Need Help - Crying Won't Stop From Oxycodone Withdrawal

I am scripted oxycodone 5mg 3x day, but for the past 2 months I started taking 80-90mg a day. Last Sunday I decided I needed to stop and taper so I had to drop from 90mg to 10mg a day. It has been 6 days. I can't stop crying. I am hopeless. I don't know if I should just stop the 10mgs or if I should keep tapering down. I don't know why I started taking so much, but I do need it for pain and I do have someone that can monitor the administration of it to me. My question is...when will this end? The crying, depression, vomiting, diarrhea, hopelessness. Do I keep taking the 10mg and taper down to 5mg or am I going to continue to go through this mental and physical hell. Please help. I am on an antidepressant and a very low dosage of clonazepam .25mg at bedtime but just feel absolutely like I will never feel normal or hopeful again. I only was taking the 80-90mgs for 2 months, but when will this end? I'm on day 6 of just 10mgs and if I don't take the 10mg today, do I start the withdrawal process all over again?

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I really don't like hearing this I have been there to and it don't get better I promise u I put myself in a hospital to come off and I was in pain mangment and was taken 15 mg 4 times a day also 2 10 mg of hydro and amban at bed time plus 1 mg 3 times a day of zanax and gabapentin 500 mg 3 times a day and now I hurt so badly but not taking all that med I no why I hurt I have shoulder Spurs and omg it hurts getting it fixed soon if I were u I'd stop I'm 55 and feel like 85 and I blam it all on meds they take control of u completey I'll be praying for u keep in touch tammy

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It's easier than you think, but you only have to be strong for a day (maybe two). I myself a marine veteran know how to count the minutes and hours and just LAY THERE on the sofa or bed and let it hurt and pass over (cold turkey). And while you're doing it always think about suffering a day or two OR continuing every day not being normal or happy. P.S. - There are other non narcotic pain meds at the store, so go buy some now, and remember people who are in worse shape than you (wheel chairs, blind, etc) so you are blessed more than you think. And every time you go vomit you're on your way to recovery.

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If I were you I would go back to my doctor. I would raise my dosage and taper down in a structured reduction of the pain medication assuming you no longer need that amount; and by doing it responsibly and with knowledge on how this medication works and affects you, you should not have a problem weaning off of this. But you went from 80 to 90 mgs a day to 10. That is a radical abrupt change. I'm not surprised at all that you're going through this but ultimately cancel your pain management doctor. That is what I have to say about this. I think most doctors would agree but not all. I wish you well. I don't think you have to go through what you're going through. I think you're taking a very wrong approach. As I said at the beginning wean yourself off.

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U first got to ask yourself how much pain I have, now alot of people are in some type of pain, knees, shoulder, &most common is BACK pain and take pain meds and they start taking more than u r prescribed. Now when u first started talking ur pain meds it will help and then the brain says u need a higher MG on ur pain meds, but u DONT, because when u go down that road it starts to be unmanageable, so it will get out of control, now if u take 5mg 3x a day and u feel that u want more, it is only going to get worse, and then u are already addicted to the 5 milligrams 3 times a day and if that doesn't work moving up on milligrams is definitely not going to work it's just going to make you an addict and then you will be chasing a dragon that doesn't exist so keep tapering down you're going to feel like crap the diarrhea the aches and pains the nausea eventually will go away it's an opiate and if your pain is bad to where you have to take a narcotic then you have to ask yourself and your doctor do I want to live a life like this because everyday you wake up you are on pain meds and it messes your brain up and your lifestyle so keep tapering down get to where you want to be and then after that start taking ibuprofen 800 or talk to your doctor otherwise you will be going down a very dangerous path you do not want to go down trust me, and yes the withdrawals will go a way just keep fighting.

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You may have dropped To low at first to feel no withdrawal you should take out 5 10 milligrams once every 3 4 days or just stop all together it won't last more then 2 weeks you went from 90 to 10 that's a far jump your doctor can give you something that will help you

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That is too steep a drop over a very aggressively timeframe. I would sooner see you drop by 10 mgs / week for 8 weeks and then remiain on 10 mgs for four weeks. It's good that you have introduced clonazepam but your current dosage is far too low. You should increase in to 20 mgs at beftime, once daily until it builds in your bloodstream and levels out your mood and alters the brains chemistry to take you out of depression. Get your lithium levels checked as I would assume you will need 600 mgs at beftime as well.Have your lithium levels checked every three months.

The introduction of Oxycodone was a major mistake. Although you may feel relief from your pain the dependence increases requiring an increase in the drug to maintain your pain management.

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If u leave # I can call you I almost killed myself it was hell just don't use few weeks u will start to feel better just DO not Use on the phone I can give you more advice if you would like just know you can beat it I was on 1000 mcg of fent which is 100 times stronger then what you were on and I'm doing it

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I so agree w/going back to your Doctor. You obviously have an addiction problem. You need to be honest with your doctor NOW before for things get even worse. Please get help from a doctor asap! I know you're in pain, but there is alternatives & 100% your doctor will help you.

I see this was posted a while ago. I hope you sought out help & are on the road to recovery. Stay strong, YOU can do this!

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Sweetie, get yourself some Kratom. Red vein powdered. You can get it shipped out to you next day delivery from kraken kratom. They are based in Portland Oregon. Google kratom for opiate withdrawals. See what comes up. I usually get 1 oz of red vein powdered Bali, take 1 tsp. 4 times a day, it stops the depression, and anxiety from a 10. To about a 3. It is legal in most states. But please Google those words. Then Google kraken kratom and get on their website. This stuff is not breaking any pain contract, it isn't a drug, it is related to the coffee plant. I promise this stuff works miracles.

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Don't wean off. You need to just stop. Maybe try suboxone, go to a Na meeting, and whatever you do don't use (especially on subs), it will kick u into the worst withdrawal ever and ya u have the disease now of addiction as do I. You need do cold turkey. I've been fighting for 3 yrs to stop. I almost have 30 days clean and took 3 weeks to get the suicidal thoughts out and almost 7 days where I could even walk more than to toilet. it's hell but each day will get better I promise. Just don't what ever you do, pick 1 up. 1 is too many and a thousand is never enough.

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Hello, I must agree with many of the posters about this. You absolutely went down wayyyyy to fast! You just cannot go from 90+mgs a day to 10! You really should have done this over a period of AT LEAST a month or two! But the good news is that it WILL STOP, it's going to take several weeks for your body AND brain to adjust. In the meantime you can take an OTC anti diareah med, make sure that you drink plenty of water, and you may also want to start taking a good vitamin and mineral supplement. I know it's hell when you're going through it,but as I've said IT WILL STOP and you WILL start feeling better. ..

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This is just another media attack to back up the reason the DEA is doing what they are. Hurting folks who need pain medicine. Even after the CDC said they were wrong about pain medicine.

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Gabapentin.... I cannot stress this enough. It does away with 90% of the withdrawal symptoms... I have had no nausea no chills no diarrhea ... Minor aches and pains and felt kinda yucky in general but the worst parts of wd just never happened

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Gabapentin is useless waste of time. Obviously you weren't on a heavy dose of opiates it pretty really doesn't matter what you're doing you're going to go through hell coming off opiates if you're on a heavy dosage like myself.

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I vividly understand what you're going through as I have been addicted to large quantities of oxycontin for the last 10 years. I'm talking 500 to a 1,000 mg a day. Additionally I've been through detox at least 10 times in the process so I'm talking from experience. I believe you definitely tapered to fast if you went from 90 mg to 10 in only 6 days.

I believe you have 3 options. One is to ride out the withdrawal your having which is like hell but the acute phase generally passes in 5 to 10 days after you take your last dose. However after the acute phase passes your still likely to have some post acute withdrawal symptoms such as fatigue, unstable emotions such as depression or anxiety, and possibly lack if concentration or other cognitive impairment. The good news is if you've only been on for 2 months it should pass completely in a few weeks. You can Google remedies for opiate withdrawal n may find helpful hints such as long hot baths, exercise, eating regularly, sleep n lots of water and massage therapy. They won't likely knock it all out but I've tried them all n they do help for sure.

The second option is to slow your taper down. You were way to aggressive with your schedule to not experience severe withdrawal as you have been. Try something in the range of dropping 10 mg every 3 to 5 days with strick discipline not to got up and down with your schedule. Once you drop 10 mg don't go back up later. Opiate withdrawal is pure hell as I've been through it many times. So consider slowing down starting at maybe 50 or 60 mg n work your way down at the pace I mentioned. But remember when you get to zero to expect some withdrawal for a short time as I mentioned but use the remedies I mentioned and they will help.

Third option is to find a place that specializes in opiate detox and have them detox you over a 7 to 10 day time period. I've been to many but the best by far for detox I've found is Sunrise Detox in Alpharetta , GA. I don't know if it's convenient or not but the cost is around 5k and some insurance companies cover it some don't. Even if they don't it's worth the $5k in my opinion. They make it comfortable and take the guess work and effort out of your hands n they deal with everything.

If not there they are other detox facilities but I would be sure they specialize in opiate detox and ask if they use Suboxone or Subutex to help detox you. In my opinion if a place doesn't guarantee that they do then detox without is just too hard. So though there's other options Sunrise has been my best experience by far.

Hope one of these help but till you choose one to firmly go with maybvat minimum slowing yourv tape rate down. As I mentioned 10 mg every 3 to 5 days is much more realistic if you choose that route.

Hope one of these help. They have for me.

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Gabapenten. ..AKA nurontin did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for me and many that I have talked to. .I'm glad that it may have helped you, but I have never heard of anyone that used it successfully for opiate withdrawal. .

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The last reply was ok but I been too 17 detox places when it's a waste. You have to stop on ur own no can force u and tapering is b.s. I went from massive amounts to zero immediately tapering prolongs the process subs help big time I'm now on 8mg of subs and off 800 to 1000mcgs a day 30 days clean and I still can't feel my skin or half my body still have sweats can't sleep or eat much cravings come and pass all I recommend is stop cold no taper just prolongs especially if ur abusing like me

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Kratom can be extremely helpful in dealing with withdrawals. Easily bought online and legal. Try Kratom one. Best of luck!

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You are coming down too fast. You want to take one pill away every 4 days, no rush.

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Assuming you have the quantity, reduce by 10mg every 3 days, you tapered too fast, way too fast. Also, talk to a Dr. and get some Clonidine (BP Med), which will help with W/D, and a benzodiazepine, such as Klonopin or Xanax to assist with sleep.

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time is right if u go holistic route or try low dosage of suboxon and lil medical mary jane just dont take Subs too soon or it will kick you into precipitated withdrawal

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Re: Bruno (# 53)

LMAO, anyone popping 100 pills a day, should be in a clinic not on a blog!!

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Re: Preston (# 43)

LMAO! Ativan? You serious?
Ativan sucks.
And it does not help much when you’re popping 100 pills a day for a long time.

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Re: Joe (# 49)

I was taking 70-80 10mg hydros a day + Percocet like 15-20 also an oxy if I had.

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I was addicted for almost 10 years to OXY and went through over a dozen treatment facilities to beat it. I was over 1,000 mg a day at times. So believe me, I know what you're going through times 10. It feels like literal hell physically n emotionally. To answer your question, the acute withdrawal phase usually starts to improve in a week to 10 days at the most. Got some as little as 3 to 5.
However, the post-acute phase can go on for much longer though it gradually improves as you go through it. Yo taper with minimal symptoms you clearly went to fast from 90 to 10 mg. If you remain at 10 mg I would expect your symptoms to begin to improve within the next week or so. However you likely will have lingering effects for some time after.

Symptoms such as, insomnia, mood swings, depression, irritability, poor appetite, low energy n lethargic to name a few. It will improve though it feels hopeless n as though it will never end. There are many things you can do to help during this time. Exercise, even if short walk. Anything but remaining in bed all day. Hot baths daily or twice a day. Amazing how this helps. Sounds cliche, but drink as close to a gallon of water a day as possible. Massage therapy is helpful to calm the anxiety and irritability. Make yourself eat at least 3 meals a day. Eating nothing lowers your blood sugar which the symptoms are those that mimics withdrawal symptoms. So not eating intensifies your symptoms. Your Dr might be willing to offer sleep aides. If not melatonin might help. Sleeping on your own can be one of the biggest challenges. Watch light-hearted movies or TV shows that make you laugh or distracts your mind. Listen to music you like with headphones while lying down or throughout the day. Amazing how much this helped distract me.

Otherwise, Google remedies for opiate withdrawal and you'll find plenty. Just be rational n sensible about the ones you consider. You can also Google supplements for opiate withdrawal and find plenty to consider. Some are designed especially for opiate withdrawal.

Try these and I assure you it will be an easier journey than if not. It won't take them completely away but it will noticeably help.
Just be consistent everyday to gain the most benefit. Daily consistency is very important.

Try these and I assure you improvement and that it will pass. When you get comfortable at 10 mg just pace yourself from 10 to 5 and be prepared for another yet milder version when going from 5 to zero. You'll be able to handle it much better with milder n fewer symptoms by far. Good luck and I'm with ya all the way LP.

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Taper relax. If you’re getting scripted for your pain, sometimes we all go overboard. If your situation turns into where you are also going on the street to buy it, then be more worried that’s not good. Now I don’t know what type of pain you have or what’s wrong with you but I would continue taking your medication OK and what I recommend is don’t take so many and you don’t have to take exactly what is prescribed, but to help your withdrawals it will be better to remain on a lower dosage. Now if you cannot stand not feeling the euphoria then you can try the cold turkey thing. While you’re going cold turkey to help with withdrawals, what I would do is go to get a prescription for some Codeine since it’s not like hydrocodone, it’s very slow released & it will help with some of your withdrawals but don’t take like millions of them and f*** up your liver either just to take the edge off. Also, you can switch to or ask your doctor to give you something like Darvocet which is a methadone derivative that is a narcotic that is weak which will not make you feel as euphoric as the oxycodone but it has tremendous help on withdrawals.

Withdrawals suck, yes, they last for two weeks. & yes you have panic attacks, anxiety, vomiting, etc... There is a place in Tampa Florida that does ultra rapid detox. I had it done. I mean I don’t know, I don’t really believe that it works super well. I mean after the 24 hour detox I still had withdrawal for two weeks but they give you medications and stuff - a lot to help with your withdrawal symptoms whether they are diarrhea or vomiting. They also recommend you a diet and everything. It costs like $10,000. They put you to sleep for over 24 hours and they supposedly reset your opiate receptors. I mean you can do that or go to like some place for like weeks and months but I’ll tell you what, you know I did the ultra rapid detox, it was hard, but it was better than sitting in a rehab for a long time. Also, mind you that while I was going through my withdrawals the doctor prescribed me Adderall which worked very well. The Adderall gives you the energy like the opiates and you don’t crave any opiates. The Adderall works lovely so if you’re going to do that if you come to that point you really want to quit taking the drugs obviously. And after you live through the 24 hours and the two weeks, you’re going to despise the drugs.

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It will stop, go to a Na meeting. Trust me, I was on a lot more than you. If anyone ever has a question leave a response.

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What you really need to do taking such a high dose through the day you should have just went down 5 to 10 milligrams of week when you get down to 5 mg a day you could just stop and not have so many problems so the only thing that I could tell you take 20 mg a day for 3 to 4 days then cut down to 15 mg a day give it another 3 days cut down to 10 within that time you should feel a lot better then give it two days go down to 5 milligram for two days then you could stop you do not want to put your body through that type of shock that's what I'm doing right now exactly what I'm telling you to do good luck

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I Have to say you are totally correct. This drug should be used for all W.D. It has helped me more than once. I don't think doctors even know how well calapentin works. Thanks for getting the word out there so people will know

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If you are only taking 10mg a day. Stop all at once. You will only be sick for about 4or 5 days and it's over baby. But you want be able to stop thinking about how good it felt for a long time. That is the hard part not to start it all over again. So just stop and be sick a few days. It's really no big deal

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