Fentanyl Withdrawal Symptoms (Page 55)
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I'm trying to wean myself off the Fentanyl patch. I went from 75 micro-gms to 50 now I'm on 25. Having a problem and not sure it is related to the decrease in the med. It's been 20 days on the 25 micro-gm and I'm going crazy. I need to keep rocking, moving in any way b/c my body is very restless. Is this a symptom of withdrawal and what do I do? I cannot take it any more.

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Hi Nanny, Et an all
I can not describe the pain an depression associated with all this, empathy is somthing most lack. I know I am in good company in here as we are unfortunatly in the same Hell. Heaven sounds wonderful most days. But seeing how F'd more this gets is simply facinating to me an keeps me off that ledge. Nanny, ty for the tip on the just cran. I nvr heard that before. Et, enjoy your spring break an I pray you can afford someplace warm an you can feel better. ;( it's one of those days for me again too. I'm glad I have this sancturary with you all
here. It helps me, you all help me an I worry about the ones we've spoken with an havnt heard from.
Love an Prayers to us all!

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Hi nuttynanny and all,
I didn't know roxy was another name for oxycodine. I too was on that but I couldn't handle the side effects. My chest pains were severe.
Don't get me started on kids today. I teach high school kids and most (not all) have no respect for family, others and life. Thy only care about themselves and what's in it for them. This world is falling apart and at times I'm looking forward to going home with the Lord.
I just wish I wasn't in so much pain.
I don't have kids but I talk to a lot of them and their parents and it's said what I hear and how the kids react to their parents and families and teachers.
It just seems like yesterday that love was so much apart of our family lives and we would all be there for each other. Now, that's almost gone.
Hang in there and be strong. Just because some kids show no respect towards others is no reflection on us. Kids have multiple distractions that is changing their lives. We had to concern ourselves with coping with pain and that is tough enough.

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Hey Etienne, my friend. Roxy is the name brand for oxycodone, and it is a strong pain pill that I take every once in a while. Mostly when I think that I just have to have something to get out of bed and get going. Some days are harder then other days in my world with just living. If you can relate then you know what I mean. Sometimes the hurt outweights the staying off the drugs deal. I guess I'm not as strong as I orta be at times, but I can't help it. I appalud anyone that stays off the pain meds and don't let lifes ups and downs get to them, I can't. I feel like taking a whole bottle of nerve pills, esp. with three teenagers that have no respect. If I acted like the teens today I would find myself knocked across the room but nowdays they have that "abuse" excuse. Them that sit in their ivory towers that make up labels to put on situations are causing our children to be very disrespectful with no morals. I'm just going to hide in the bedroom today to keep my cool. (And they are all out for school spring break next week). Thank God their mother is not working next week. Don't get me wrong, I love them with all my heart, they are my grandkids......But I am a very old, sick grandma.....LOL...Living one day at a time.....LOVE YA"LL

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Hi everyone,
Yes I was depressed before being on the patch. I'm taking anti depressants but sometimes it just doesn't help.
I'm trying to cheer myself up but it's tough trying to find much on life to be cheerful of.
I know one thing though, I'll never get back on the patch. I believe my depression is now worse after bein on it.
Love you guys.
Et
Call me stupid but what's a roxy?

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Etienne,Shannon and Vicki...How is everyone today??Etienne, depression is something that goes with withdrawals and sometimes it carries over after you are through. Did you have alot of depression before you came off the patch?? Babe, I feel for you so much, depression runs in my family and I have seen so much damage that it has caused. Please, if you ever need someone to talk to let me know. I'm here for you..friend. Vicki, I'm glad to hear that you are 5 months clean off the patch but hate that you are still having problems with your stomach. I hope the best for you too. Shannon, my Doctor told me not to drink that stuff or any cranberry juice. He said it causes kidney stones and makes you have alot of urinary trac infections,and them , by no means, are fun to deal with. When I get a UTI, I sit on the commode and have everyone bring me plenty of water to try to flush the bacteria out of my urine. I can't stand to get one of them, they hurt. So I feel so much for you. Ya'll, I'm sorry but I fell to weakness yesterday. My back and legs and breast bones was hurting so bad that I could not get out of the bed. So I took a roxy. I can't make a habit of this, so I need some encouragement. Praying for all and living one day at a time.......

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Good Afternoon ET, brownies are always an added bonus! Just for those that can't or won't, my way really works for me an I pray will work for them.
I wish you all well too!

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What no brownies? I'm hurt. :(
Sorry I haven't written to anyone. I hope u guys are well. I've been going through a lot lately and have t felt much like writing or reading. depression has been getting the best of me. Today is a better day. No more patch, yeah!!!
I wish all of u well.

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Nanny, I'm you! I hope your recovering really well. I found a way to come down without withdrawal as I believe I've mentioned before. I hope I don't get in trouble for admitting this, but we are all in the same hell! Ok, 1/4 of the patch prescribed on for 2 days. Not 3. A 1/4 inch slIver or less is better under your gum for the day. It's soo small you'll forget it's there. That is my advise based on experience! No brownies needed with this method! :)

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Viki? I went down to 50 as well. I'm doing ok, however I, for the last 2 days have been downing "just cranberry" by Knudsen? It's all cran an have to add water. I feel like I'm getting a uri? Is it related? I never get those.

Keep eating your brownie a day guys and see you all in Ca soon!

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I was on 100 mg fentanyl for about 7 years and then went to 75 mg and later 50 mg for four days before going off cold turkey. I WOULD NOT RECOMEND THIS TO ANYONE. I'm 5 months free from fentanyl and still have digestive problems and may have gallbladder problems. It is best to go down gradually, three months at a time and there is even a 12.5 dose if going off 25 it too hard. I still wake up through the night and feel my body searching for drugs that are not there and I never thought it would last this long. If your doctor won't work with you talk to an addiction treatment center. If you use it properly you most likely have a physical dependance and intolerance to it. This is nothing to be ashamed of and so many doctors just don't know what to do or how to treat you for this. Please don't do what I did. Take it slow, I know it's hard each time you go down on dosage, but your body needs time to adjust and get it out of its system. GOOD LUCK

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Well, where did everyone go???? I have been off these patches for nearly two months and have decided that I am going to live despite it all. No really, I have been taking Suboxone and I nearly feel normal again. So, now, the doctor that has me on Suboxone told me today that he thinks that I need to be on a mild pain pill. He said that if he knew my history with all the cancers I had he would never had put me on Suboxone, that he would have wrote Lortab to take several times a day. What the hey am I suppose to do now, stay addicted??? I may not have very many years to live my life but I want to live it sober and with my kids and grandkids. Enough said.......Taking one day at a time.......(Gosh, I'm so corn-fused as to what to do, if that don't make any kind of sense....) Granny always said God loved old people, babies and people that don't have good sense....I guess that would be me....

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Goodmorning everyone....Hope it's good for you all...iwantmylifeback:= I had to re-learn how to be strong all over again when I was coming off these patches. I would quit them every time I went to get my script filled. Then I would say I am quitting and they would be sitting there looking at me with those big puppy dog eyes, saying put me on you know you want to. And I would break down and put one on when I started feeling bad. I finally had to just not go get mine filled. The doctor had enough b#lls to call me up and cuss me for missing two appointments with him. I have news for them doctors, they can go stick their heads up their ass#s and do the congo dance!!! That was how I felt when I wore the Patch, in a big fog. I got in so much trouble by saying stuff when I was in that fog that I didn't remember saying and doing things that I didn't remember. You orta see the stuff I accumulated when I was on the patch....(Thank God I had the reciepts....LOL) I believe that if I stayed on the patch I would end up in prison for killing someone when I was driving. There has been time that I would stop for a green light and go on a red. One time I woke up to a horn blareing in my backside when I was suppose to be driving. I would go off in space. ALL that was uncalled for, I needed off the patch. I was determined to come off and stay off. Being strong was one of the hardest things I had to do, but I had to do it or end up dead. I hope everyone that is going through this, find the strength that they had before the patch and learn to live again. See everyone later....Hope you all have a wonderful day today....living one day at a time...LoL(don't know if I will be here tomorrow....lol)..

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Hi iwantmylifeback
All I have to say is "don't we all".
Some of u think your not strong but like nuttynanny said to be off thr patch is and enduring the withdrawals shows you have mental and physical strength.
I wish I could get my life back but I have to play with the deck of cards I've been dealth and make the best of it and talk to others to be strong. I've been off the patch since december 22nd and I can say my head is clear, I'm not as depressed but I still have pain and yes I did give birth to a cow. I would show u a picture but it's not for the faint of heart. :)
Keep smiling and keep eating a brownie a day
Love you guys.

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I was on Neurontin but was changed to Lyrica, which I found better. Personally am scared to death about my Fentanyl dose. I take 2 x 100mcg changed every 72 hours. I was on super high doses of Morphine before, thus my dosage (I weigh just 96lbs). I am also on Cesamet and Sativex, but now depressed because of all this pain. They put me on a what I was told was a mild antidepressant, that would also help with one of my types of Pain...it was Cymbalta, and I almost died with a seratonin effect, and I spent weeks in hospital to recover from that in the Fall/11. By the way I am in Canada, so I know there might be different drug names used here.

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Hazel, I am so glad that you are doing good and you are truly a strong person. The reason that you hurt more when you come off this drug is because the nerves are very touchy when they have been deadened by the patch (or that was what was explained to me by my doctor) and when you come off the patch they wake back up worse than what they were before you started wearing the patch. I can vouch for that because I hurt way worse after I come off the evil drug. It took at least 6 weeks, no I'm still hurting and its been 6 weeks for me, so I don't really know how long it takes to get back to a full normal person that you were. I am also very proud that when you were hurting so bad and crying that you didn't pick up the patch again. That shows that you are a strong person so don't ever say you are not a strong person. Any one that quits that kind of drug and stays away from it, esp. if you were hurting, is strong. I think I would rather have a cow then to go back on the patch and have to go through this again. NO WAY!!!!!! I will never ever wear a patch of this kind again. I don't ever want to go through this again. JASON: You are so right.....Goodbye everyone, hope you have a great day. I sure miss those brownies...:))))))

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Hi everyone well i cant believe that i' ve been detoxing the 'demen drug' for seven whole weeks on nothing. My doctor just took the patch away and told me too get on with it. Luckily another gp did give me some oramorph after two days of agony. But that just made me sleep and i needed to take insulin other wise i go hyper not good. I wont lie too you all its been hell i' d rather give birth to a cow. I'm not a strong person And there have been time when i cried for the drug but i would sit and look at the patch and think i want my life back. So anyone out there please just give it a go you'll know if its not for you after the first few days. The pain is worse than before i started the patch - why does anyone know? I know I will make it now thank god and everyone on this site without you all I may have faultered. Hazel xxxe

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Hi Bobi
I will definitely pray for u. I cannot imagine what u are going through. Life is tough enough and then there are the extra stuff that's thrown at us. All each of us can do is the best we can with what we have to work with, listen to what the doctor tells us, make our own decisions and pray that the Lord helps us to understand why we are chosen to carry so much on us.
I was very bitter at the beginning, probably more
frustrated than bitter but as time goes on you get stronger. This site has helped me so much. Reading others comments, laughing, talking about our symptoms and our withdrawals symptoms gave me hope and encouragement. Pray for you? Yes I will. Let's pray for each other that's on this site. We can never get enough support. :)

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TO MARC ANDREWS;;;; I copied this off the Wikipedia web-site " Fentanyl is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine,[9] with 100 micrograms of fentanyl approximately equivalent to 10 mg of morphine and 75 mg of pethidine (meperidine) in analgesic activity". So I don't know what micograms are but this sounds really, really strong and this concerns me. That is one of the reasons that I come off this evil drug even though I need something, I do not need something this strong. It scares me......Just wanted you to know where I got the info. BOBI.....Hey, I am keeping you in my prayers that you don't have any more rough days or night coming off this drug. Just try to keep from going back to the patch because you are hurting from the withdrawals. I thought I was dieing and the pain was way worse then when I started useing the patch. I hope you find something to help you with this or a doctor that will give you something to ease the withdrawals. I am here for you and if you ever need anything just write and when I get a email I will write you back and try to help. I have been through this and this site and the people on it helped me cope and also helped me by telling what they did when they were coming off. I needed there support so bad cause i thought I wasn't going to make it several times so I understand what you are going through. Take care and write with your progress so I know you are alright. Love and kisses to everyone.....Miss the brownies....))))):

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Please do pray for me, I truly need it!

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It seems too me .the doctor are prescribing more meds to get off one or two prescriptions then they need to .I know its so hard to come off thease pills then I could ever Imagain possible.I myself am dealing w the same problems as all of you are .my question is do doctors make more $ buy. Giving out more pills. Cuz this problem has swept quietly thought out the country now placing new laws each day to make inchurents company's so much money I seen it with my own eyes in life and the stocks. When I was young I was told I could go as far as I wanted in life.now thease doctors play god and let u go as par as they want u to.doctors are gods and the hospitals act as the new church

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