ok, so i'm in day 6 of cold turkey. i thought i would day each day, actually, i wanted to. i called the local hospital which specialized in this kind of treatment and they told me 4 days. huh, 4 days, right. i'm in day 6 and i'm still screwed to the wall. i've been on pain meds for the past 16 months, everything, then was intro'd to oc after surgery this last summer. started at 4 20's a day, by the end i was doing 3 80's a day. figure this out, i never had a chance to taper, just went cold turket from 3 80's a day and have been deathly sick for 6 days. i keep thinking each day will get better but it doesn't. i have no choice because i'm tired of being a slave to this. someday soon i will be fine and anyone who reads this realize that you too can be fine, it just hurts damn bad!
im on day 4 with nothing. have to go to rehab. cant go unless i get clean. my legs feel like there full of broken shards of glass. the pain is tearing me up. i cant stand this. forcing myself to eat i ve been on 3 80s a day for 3 mnths, was clean for two, and before that highly adddicttd and using heavily. I HATE THIS DRUG
It is really nice to hear everyones stories. It gives me some encouragement that I can do this.
I am 34 years old and have degenerative disk disease. When this was discovered my dr took me off T3's and put me on OC 20 mg a day three times a day plus 120 perks. I know insane huh. Well I ran out of my script this week and she would not release my script early. Boy was I pissed. I never had to buy them from someone before and I thought to myself I have been on this sh*t for far too long so I decided to go cold turkey. Let me tell you this is day three and I feel like a bag of c**p but I keep thinking to myself another minute gone, another hr and so on. It takes alot of guts to do this I have not really ate in three days but have drank my corner store out of milk, Gatorade and ginger ale lol. I am just trying to take it one day at a time. Oh by the way I have mentioned to my dr about how much I wanted back surgery done but she will not recommend me to the surgeon. The good old Canadian health care system
I am 34 years old and have degenerative disk disease. When this was discovered my dr took me off T3's and put me on OC 20 mg a day three times a day plus 120 perks. I know insane huh. Well I ran out of my script this week and she would not release my script early. Boy was I pissed. I never had to buy them from someone before and I thought to myself I have been on this sh*t for far too long so I decided to go cold turkey. Let me tell you this is day three and I feel like a bag of c**p but I keep thinking to myself another minute gone, another hr and so on. It takes alot of guts to do this I have not really ate in three days but have drank my corner store out of milk, Gatorade and ginger ale lol. I am just trying to take it one day at a time. Oh by the way I have mentioned to my dr about how much I wanted back surgery done but she will not recommend me to the surgeon. The good old Canadian health care system
Keep on keepin on!!!! I am now on day 21. My DR. lost his license and as a result I had to quit cold turkey.!!!!!!! My dosage was extremely high due to chronic pain . At the end I was doing up a dozen 80s a day. Yes 12 80s. I no. But as we all know the longer your on the more you need. For all of you trying to kick IT CAN BE DONE!!!!! The first 14 days ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!!! But it is getting better. Day by day. The worst is the emotional ups and downs after 10 days, Believe me between crying ,pukeing and diahria it took alot to get to day 21. I am still craving but I know I cant do that to my family again. My kids need their Dad. Good Luck! Remember IT CAN BE DONE!!!!!!!!
its is a really bad feeling. my boyfriend was getting it off the street, and of course i followed him. he has always done more then me, but now he is drinking methadone, which really helps. and i am trying cold turkey. well not really, i have taking percs every once in awhile, but i have natureal pains to begin with. which is why i started in the first place. dumb i know, but cant turn back now. i've been good for a week, dont really crave unless i know its around. i also suffer from depression, so i admit im not mentally stable. but with drawl is usually all mental. i am a graduated pharmacy assisted, so i know what im talking about
(This may have posted twice,if so sorry!Lag!) Firstly,to Christian2424-To say that anyone who says they went cold turkey successfully is talking BS is a very jerkwad thing to say,not informed or intelligent either.And not very supportive of others.Also,to those doing it right now,I'm with you all.I'm in 5 days now,and it is still really ugly.All of it,sweats,nausea,shaking,muscle spasms,a general constant tingling,or vibrating within my body,all of it.I was on 6 30mg Oxycodones,2 30 mg Oxycontins,plus 2 20 mg Baclofens,all of that daily.After 5 yrs of this,my pain clinic got busted for selling drugs,if you can believe that!
Dr. Chirban,his wife Marilyn,their two other clinics,and two other pharmacies who were filling the prescriptions illegally all got busted. It caused city wide Medical panic here in Phoenix,AZ.Now no Dr will prescribe pail killers,.they dump you off to another pain clinic,which will just tell you that they cant help you with the amount of pills you are taking,and then they seriously drop your dosages right away.Sending you into immediate withdrawals,but they say just ride through it.And,its aweful.Also,they make you feel like it was your fault for getting so far into the pills.So,I stopped going to my new clinic,and have been just surviving all these withdrawals.I,too,have nothing at all to take to ease all this. *Except a bottle of Jack Daniels.Believe it or not,It's been working a little.Takes the edge off,and since I dont drink normally,it doesnt take a lot for me to feel that soft fluffy warmth.I still dont care for the flavor tho,so I wont keep up the drinking once I am clear of the withdrawals..Lol!* I have tried to get off the pills before,but the original clinic who started it all would say,nooo,you cant do that.You NEED them,etc. Now I know why.They were making huge amounts of money off me,through my insurance.Still,twice,I threw them down the toilet,and made it off them.Why did I go back? I couldnt walk for the pain. Now,..with the clinics on the run from any contact with Oxys,or even Vicodin,I'll make it. I wont buy them.I wont spend my money for them.I've never done anything like that in my life,..to pay for drugs.I have insurance that would pay for them,..if I got em back.But,..nope! :) Now that there is no place to get them from,I am happily very ill. It's aweful,but I can do it,Ive done it before,and I'll do it again.
So,...to that id**t who posted that you cant do it,that its BS,..f**k you.Obviously,YOU cant,but others CAN. My heart is with you people here,those of you who are trying,and those of you who've done it and are here to support othes in their effort to get free of these vile little pills.. Good luck all!
I have been on oxi's for rsd, for years.... I was on 6 40's, and started being this rebel patient.... (my doc thinks I'm a pain when I do that, but respects me for it!) AND I decided to see what meds were helping, and get rid of the rest. And I am on 3 40 mgs, now. I got sick, and just have cold turkeyed on my meds for 5 days, but really have been SICK, so just took 1 20 mg. I dont know if its because I'm sick, or detoxing, but can't eat, dry heaves, the worst diarea! The HARDEST thing I ever came off of, was baby doses of vallium.... I was only on 5 mg, 2 times a day! That really hurt! Body aches from hell, and just chipping off little peices of the vallium, for a month, anyway.I am so sorry about losing your girl.... that sux!