Symptoms of percocet withdrawal

I had an operation for a hernia, and the doctor found 2 more hernias after opening me up, and did extensive surgery beyond what we had expected. After waking up, I was very shaky, and within 3-4 hours of getting home I was in a good amount of pain, and hardly able to walk. The doctor had gien me a bottle of about 60 percoset and a bottle of high strength ibuprofen for the pain, and I ended up using very little of the ibuprofen, but really enjoyed the relaxed drify feeling the percoset gave me. I ended up taking about 6-8 percoset a day for about three weeks (I got another bottle when I ran out) Until i realized I really could do without them, and my pain was mostly gone. It was also at this point I ran out of percoset, and resisted the urge to get more, feeling like that would be a step down a very bad road. Unfortunately, the doctor had never talked to me about how i should stop using this drug (later I found it written in small type on a folded slip of paper I got with the drug) and I stopped cold turkey, without easing myself off. It was pretty horrible, at first I didn't know what was wrong with me, I couldnt sleep, I was all fidgity and I would get angry easily. I did not sleep for about 3 days straight, until i finally collapsed and slept. Strangely, during this time I had no desire to take the drug, but that may have been that I didn't make that connection until the second day of withdrawl, and I felt it would be best to just ride it out. My suggestion is to slowly ease out of the dose you've been taking over a week or so, and this should limit the amount of physical withdrawl you will feel. Also think about seeking help for your addictive personality.

Why would you give him your pills to begin with? That's illegal, you should know better. You should be in jail and your friend could have OD'ed. You're a sad, sad man and he's better off without a friend like you.

Withdrawal from opioids are not dangerous like alcohol or benzodiazepine withdrawal which can kill you. Perc withdrawal is extremely painful but cannot hurt you. I have memories of lying in bed crying and screaming at the top of my lungs. The pain is a constant sick stomach, weird 'brain bending' semi-hallucinations where things just look all wrong. You can have a lot of anxiety that a drug like klonopin or valium (SHORT TERM ONLY) can help. But by far the new miracle cure is Suboxone. It bonds with extreme affinity to the opiate receptors in your brain and shuts down withdrawal nearly completely. No diarrhea, stomach cramps, brain bends, shaking inside, overwhelming fear, etc. It too is addictive but if you stick to the plan for induction, maintenance, withdrawal you should be fine. I’ve been through it about 4 times now and for me, Suboxone (started 24-36 hours after your last percocet/vicodin dose combined with 1mg of Klonopin can completely rid you of your symptoms. Three or 4 weeks is a typical treatment with an induction phase of a couple days to stabilize you, two weeks of maintenance at a steady dose to allow the perc/vic out of your system and then another week to taper off. It might go something like day 1- 4mg, day 2- 8 mg (depending on severity) day 3 12-16 mg. Then for 2 weeks maintain the 12-16 mg. After that, cut in half every three days until you’re drug free. You may only need the Klonopin the first week as the maintenance phase usually works to help you feel about 99% normal.

Hope this was helpful.

Satori <too long-time abuser with too much expertise on the subject>

I have a very close friend who has arm problems and 2 blown disc. She has been taking percocets for probably at least a year, she never had a problem with them till she hooked up with an old "friend" now she is so bad into them i dont like to go to see her but i also dont want to give up on her. She is to the point where she snorts them her and her "friend" will go door to door to peoples houses they know that also have them she gets a refill every other week and usually out in 4 or 5 days. her friend can do around 30 a day. they are now seeling them buying them and trading them. her attitude changes so much, i can tell when she is on them and when shes not. when she is she is grumpy. I need some advice to help her. I have talked to her till im blue in the face and she thinks she is foolong me!! PLEASE HELP

Hi I've been taking percocet for a year for various pains including my knees shoulders and mainly my feet. I have a job that has me standing for 11hours out of the day on concrete and a boss that won't help and i felt like i was stuck in a downward spiral with this stuff. I was buying it off the street and doing as many as 25 a day. I went to the doctor last week and he straight up told me I had an addiction to it which really hit me hard. Since then I decided i no longer wanted to take these pills and let them control my life. I cut back to 6 on the monday and 2 in the morning on tuesday and haven't taken one since and seem to be on a good road to recovery without any cravings. I did it cold turkey which is not doctor recommended but i did it anyway. I hope this helps some people and lets them know there is a light at the end of the tunnel you just have to stay determined and focus on how good life will be after you kick it.

hey whatsupdoc do me a favor and before you quote the law and claim to know everyting study up. you do not need a written script to get percocet, I just recently had major knee surgey to where they had to replace my acl with a cadavor, my mcl needed repair and the removed about 30 percent of my meniscus. i went through percocet and 50mg of tramadol like it was candy, due to the fact of not being able to walk my doctor called in my perscription and the best part about it my girlfriend was able to pick it up at target with nothing but a address verification. one the other topic of talking about jail and federal law well we are all adults here and we all know the law on any kind of drug so before you start bashing someone put yourself in there position.

To everyone that has posted on this site with the exception of Chachi and Whatsupdoc (who are COMPLETE IDIOTS)... I give all of you my heartfelt sympathy and understanding through your tough times. I have battled severe endometriosis for 18 years, 13 surgeries, countless doctors and have found myself in similar situations.

I entered myself into drug rehab at 22 years old (15 years ago) to get a handle on this addiction, while realizing that I still had to have the medication for the severe and dibilitating pain that I have and will continue to have through all of these years and years to come.

I have to take this medication monthly, but have found other ways to combat the pain besides narcotics. Such as meditation and acupuncture. I'm not completely into the naturopathic way of life (I smoke periodically and drink on weekends), but these techniques have taught me self control and mind over pain.

This medication is part of my life and will be for some time, but other methods of pain control can help a person deal with the addiction and depression properties of it and how to control the pain through consciousness, control and understanding.

I sympathize with all of you and understand that while the medication is necessary for you, it can also be highly entertaining. I have worked past the entertaining and euphoric effects of it, but understand the inclination. If any of you feel that you have lost control of your situation and feel that my other suggestions aren't right for you, PLEASE, PLEASE, seek help and support from family, RELIABLE friends and Narcotics Anonymous. And most of all remember that you are human and humans are fallible. We make mistakes, but can recover from them with the right combination of support and belief in ourselves.

I am not a religious person, so I can't say that I will pray for any of you, but I can say that I will remember your stories and be available through this website should any of you need the support that is so crucial to deal with pain and narcotic management. As you have read from certain postings on this site, people tend to judge VERY quickly, without knowing the first thing about the person they are judging. I find this very sad, insensitive and ignorant and I would certainly not do that to any of you. While I am not in the medical field, I have life experience and a good heart.

Take care all of you and remember that you can do overcome anything that you put your mind to! We are all strong, even if we don't feel that way all of the time!

whoever posted the by the way I am a physician obviously is not with all the misspelled words and the fact that the post stated holding drugs is illegal. So, he or she read it wrong. How can you be a doc if you can't read or write? Come on people get a life. Physicians don't have time to bicker with people about this c**p.

I have taken note.. people on this VERY powerful class IV narcotic seem to come in two groups, it seems one group can maintain on a low closley monitered dosage, which Im sure is what every DR intends when perscribing this medication for pain, the other ( maybe because they either were not monitered closley or they were perscribed higher levels of this drug) get addicted.
My thoughts are that many many people get addicted to this drug. People that have never used or experimented with street or other drugs included.In the beggining when tolerance to the drug develops( and Im talking when there IS pain involved) the dosage goes up.When you first start taking the drug, it seems EVERYONE seems to "like" the effects of the drug combined with its power to ease pain.When its a DR perscribing there is a "trust" that this person knows what he is doing and that understands the ailment AND the pain has perscribed this drug, problem being is the group of people that do build tolerance to the drug start increasing there dosage or the DR increases the dosage.At this point generally speaking "most" will become addicted to this drug(my opinion only).I have disc issues have had all the radiolagy reports, I am in constant real pain and the drugs do work for the most part, but am I addicted, YES.And I do not believe there are a whole lot of others that are not unless it is a very low dose.Then comes the whole black world, it seems anyone using oxycocet seems to find others that use oxycocet as well, EVEN IF they new no one on the drug before.I dont believe there is any significant connection with lower class people VS people like pharmacists, lawyers etc, it seems everyone shares meds when they get to the point where they know that "if" they run out they will be in pain "and" will have withdrawl symptoms.I have "borrowed" and I know tons of people working for the hospital ,lawyers etc that have never ever used street drugs, that margin into this team of people that are they to support each other if they fall short.( support is not the right word)I know its wrong, Im just telling it how it is...it seems EVERYONE knows EVERYONE who is perscribed oxycocet...does anyone else agree?I know there is hope, I know there is because I have made a small step and been successful in slowly tapering( I am down 4/per day) many may see it as nothing, but I feel its an accomplishment for me. I feel there is a fine line between taking the medication legitimatley and taking it when the pain is at a min.I do not think at THAT POINT where there is an addiction COMBINED with pain a person should be cut if the medication has been successful in alieviating pain, but I think at that point the person needs to take the initiative to come off or down and re evaluate the whole deal.If this is you do what YOU need to do, either detox, OR wein down even 1/2 a pill at a time until you are off, and the whole trick is to do it "very slow".Im no expert, Im not there yet...I dont "feel" people need to be condemed, but that we need to support eachother, there is no right or wrong when it comes to "who" the drug seems to grab a hold of EVEN if in the beggining you made a mistake, mistakes are HUMAN.And we all do make mistakes, but at the same time lets stop posting blame and understand the drug is classified as a high risk for abuse drug, and its so so easy to point fingers and blame, not so easy to understand and sympathize and come together get down or off and then either stay off and find other effective measures for pain control OR get back on and keep use to a minumum.Dont get me wrong..I think we ALL need to take responsibility for ourselves as well, BUT we also need to see no one wants or intends to become addicted and no one knows how and when you will become addicted.It makes me sad when people that dont feel they have become addicted to this drug but still use it dont realize that they too are at risk, and it just as easily can happen to them.Pain is an awful awful thing, and its really hard to understand until we are the ones feeling the pain.Oxycocet for many enables them to keep up with the ADL, work ,sleep, but at the same time can control your life.Only you can get that control back.

Just a heads up, I'm a few days into withdrawal after taking 4 or 5 10-325's a day for a year and it's been friggin brutal to say the least. It all started when I suffered a herniated disk almost a year ago. Luckily, I have a Klonopin prescription handy that I only use once in a while and this has really helped with the physical ailments. I would suspect any Benzo would work given it's calming effects so long it's not abused. I have to say though, the Klonopin does nothing for the depression that I'm feeling. and Insomnia is still an issue for me as well. I'm just hoping the withdrawal effects wear off sooner than later.

The holidays are coming up and I want to be a happy person again, and not a slave to these damn things, not anymore. I'm still having back pain from my herniated disk, but it's minor enough that I'm now taking Aleve, and it seems to be helping, but with the withdrawal effects being worse than anything, it's hard to judge at this point. I just wish there was something as effective and non-addictive for pain.

Sorry for the post being all over the place, but I feel like I'm in the gutter right now and just getting up in the morning to go to work on Monday was a real chore. I started working out and drinking plenty of water as well, hoping to speed up the detox, if not a good thing to do anyway.

I hope everyone gets over this. Godspeed.

I was given hydrocodone for constant back pain from a fractured spine and degenerative discs. I started taking it about 1-2 pills per day about 2 months ago and I know that I am addicted. I went for about 3 days without one and I felt like I had the flu with the shakes, the nights sweats, the insomnia. It was awful. Yesterday I tried again in an attempt to wean myself off of them and I got about 15 minutes of sleep, total. I ended up taking a pill at about 2:30am because the night sweats were so bad and then the hydrocodone gives me a boost of energy so I was up all night!

Please, is there ANYTHING out there that can speed up the withdrawl symptoms and if not, how long are they supposed to last? I feel like that was the original question in this post but I didn't see an answer. I haven't had any sleep either, so please go easy on me. I'm a mother of a 2 year old, a regular person who had been in constant pain for years and unfortunately the one thing that works is highly addictive and I can't stop. Please help.

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percocet is a class IV narcotic, not class II... this post has turned into a rant on you guys' behalf as opposed to an advice post... I am currently fighting my addiction, I am going the cold turkey route after 6 months of 1 pill every 4 hours, for 4 stress fractures in my feet that won't heal and it blows a$$ right now, Im in my second day and I have the DEEP DEPRESSION, the damn bends and sweats and chill bumps and the $hits and the runny nose and quite frankly, feeling like jumping, LOL!!, Im not that weak, but Im sure some of you get the point. For christ's sake Im on here looking for advice. Also guys, " It is ridiculous, NOT REDICULOUS" please learn how to spell the $5 word before you use it in context..
Regards guys,
"just call me sweaty"

They most certainly are a class II narcotic get your facts straight -I ama licensed Pharmacist

It is definitely annoying to read some of these CLUELESS posts from people obviously talking out their asses about this drug.

Class IV narcotic?

All it takes is a couple of seconds on Google to see that Percocet is and ALWAYS HAS BEEN a CLASS II drug.

I have been taking 10/325s for over three years as a result of a severe knee injury. It truly does suck that the body develops a tolerance to the ALL of the effects of the drug so rapidly.

I can take three of these pills in one dose now and I barely get any therapeutic benefit from them any more, but if I try to stop taking them, I get the worst case of withdrawal symptoms you can imagine.

Every night I go to bed saying that I am not going to take my usual dose the next day, but as soon as morning comes, I can't say no to them!

How strange is that? Even when the pills no longer give me any pain relief (leave alone a high), I still can't say no to taking them!

i have been taking perk 30's for about 5 months now and im really trying to stop dolng them but im having the worst back pains of my life
but wen im on the percocets im in the best mood of my life.
i just wanted to no if anyone knows how long these withdrawls are going to last i havent taking them in 3 days.

please get back to me

HELP!!! I am in agony here.... I get 10/325 for pain and honestly.. I am in pain.. but I will not sit here and lie and tell you that I take them just the way they are prescribed. As a matter of fact.. The script I just got are all gone and I am hurting soooo f*cking bad that i wanna die. Everything hurts. Even my eyeballs... my skin.. I am yawning continuously even though I have done nothing but slept. My eyes and nose is watering, my head hurts.. my lower abdomen hurts. I can't tell anyone why. I wish there was an easy answer to get me out of this. I have someone bringing me some right now. 15. I am pretty sure I will snort those so they work quicker.. I hate this sh*t.. my kids and husband don't know.. I have no one's shoulder to cry on... i just don't want to be here anymore if i have to feel this way forever.... Anyone..??? :( :cry: :x :!: :?

I am concerned about doctors prescribing narcotic pain relievers for cronic non-life threatening pain. My 83 year old father was hospitalized under psychiatric care a year ago because of the effects of percocet and methodone that his doctor had been using for years to treat pain from deteriorating disc and arthritis in his spine. He had been off them for a year but because of his constant complaining the doctor put him back on the percocet. He had only been on them a few weeks when he started complaining again they were not enough. Thats when I stepped in and contacted the doctor. He refered my Dad to a pain specialist who I hope will work with him to get him off them or at least keep him on a low maintenance dose. Dad can not understand how he could be addicted after all he got it from a doctor and only took what he was perscribed. I really believe that most of the pain he now has is from the percocet (his body craving more) than from his actually back problem. I have fibromyalgia and I know there are non-narcotic ways to deal with pain. How do we get this across to doctors?