hi , this is my first post here and i am hoping that someone can give me alittle help.. i was taking percoset 10mg about 6 a day for almost a year .. i recently had enough with them and the terrible person i was becoming on them and decided to stop.. a friend of mine who was on suboxone recommended i take a few while coming off the percoset , i had 5 8mg suboxone pills i took peices of them over about a month and the last 4 or 5 days i took very small pieces (about .50mg) the last dose i had was Thursday night about 8pm and today (Monday 6pm) i feel totally crappy .. so my question is how long will this last being that it was only a month and only 5 pills? ive heard a vicodin or 2 will ease the withdrawal but i really dont want to take anything like that or go down that road again ,, any help is greatly appreciated thanks in advance =] ...
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I can't believe how close to my story yours is. I have been taking about 6 10/500 percs per day for about one year too. About a month ago, I said this is B/S. I quit. Went through the physical w/d's like no sleep, no appetite, crapping fluids 10 times a day. No nausea though. However, the anxiety and depression afterwards were just unbearable. Then, a friend gave me suboxone. I put about 1mg under my tongue and within an hour I was totally feeling normal. My friend was so kind as to give me two of the 8mg suboxones and i took 1mg every two days until last Thursday morning. I felt normal most of time but was still feeling depressed and anxious for about a half day before taking that 1mg dose. The problem is, I WANT OFF OF EVERYTHING, not just switching one friggin' opiate for another. Like I said, so last Thursday morning was the last time I took the suboxone and it's now Wednesday afternoon. I am totally suffering from the anxiety and depression though. So what I think is that I never really fully withdrew from percs. Yes the physical part is over, but the PAWS (Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome) is now my problem. Not caused by the suboxone, but the perc abuse over the last year. Now, all this said, my days are not totally consumed by the anxiety and depression. I have periods of complete normalcy for some reason. Example...during the anxiety and depression my hands and feet sweat and my heartrate is about 120 bps. But I have periods when there is no sweating and my heartrate is about 84 bps...normal. Those periods of normalcy are occurring more frequently. I have to believe that my brain is retraining itself to produce endorphins again and that in a little while, will be completely free from the anxiety and depression. This is what I hope, anyways. I think it just takes time. I also think it's the PAWS from the percs you're suffering, not suboxone withdrawal. Hang in there. Stay strong.
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I took percocets for 15 years. I loved them. Got too expensive. Got suboxone a few months ago. Stopped it a week ago. Felt like garbage for about a week and poof. The only thing I miss is the energy from percocets. I’m jealous that you guys only have depression. My biggest misery was the restless legs. But all things come to an end
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