Percocet Addiction And Withdrawal (Page 5) (Top voted first)

Someone please tell me how long it takes to withdrawal from percocet and what is expected day by day?

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Thanks. I'm on Long Island in NY.

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Are you able to see the doctor who was prescribing the pain meds to you so that way they could prescribe you meds to help the WD symptoms? Your across the country from me im in Seattle, WA im not sure what the laws are there ig you need a referral for a pain Clínic ir not, but here its very strict . Just curious.Did you quit the pain meds cause you wanted to or did a Dr cut you off? Here its illegal for a Dr to cut you off withour offering help or a referral to a Clínic that can help. If you can get your hands on a couple very low dose methadone pills like the 5mg and tale two a day for 5 days no longer Then that ir a new habit will form it will help tremendously, which I know methadone scares people I refused it until I was on day 3 of a 104 tempature and thought I was going to die and at that point I was willing to rey it and I was Fine afterwards .

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That is awesome, good for you ...the worst should be almosy over what symptoms do u still have? I have a friend that gets 380 of the 5mg percs per month and when hes out for a few days he has no symptons at all besides diareah so everyone is different, I wish that was my only side effect to lose a few pounds per month wouldnt be Such a bad thing : ) Haha im 33yrs old ive been prescribed these for 3yrs the past two years ive taken them regularly, this was all due to a head on collision car crash broke my tailbone tore my shoulder which I still need another surgery on it dislocates about everyday , the day this happened I asked my boyfriend at the time to slow down he was from florida and I knew he wasnt familiar with the hill and the Sharp corner we were approaching but he didnt listen and im messed up for life while hes off somewhere perfectly Fine ,it haunts me daily. I can do everything normal unless im off my pain meds Then I feel everything like its the day after the crash again.

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Thanks man.. I'm helping my stepdad to get off years of perc addiction.... I don't know how he is still alive... smokes too much, seriously addicted... his heart and lungs, kidney, whole body is just messed up. He really wants to quit now to not lose his family. I'm writing down a grocery list of items to get for his detox. I hope it works.

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Hello everyone. My story is not as intense as the rest of the board but I thought I'd share anyways. I have been clean now for 6 days after 2 months of taking upwards of 20, 5/325mg percs a day. A lot of people have become addicted due to injury. Me on the other hand shamefully became addicted out of pure ignorance. I took them because I could and had no regards for what was to come. I had around 7 bottles of percs and 4 bottles of vicodin 5mg/325. All gone w. In 2 months. I will describe from last pill how I have felt and the withdrawl symptoms that I have experienced.
Between hours 1-20 from the last pill I felt fine. I remember thinking this is not going to be so bad but then hour 21 hit me like train running into a straw house. Hours 21-26 I was unbelievably cold. Like an eternal chill had consumed me. Even outside when it is 95 degrees currently. Between hours 26 and 36 it felt like a week had passed. I was confused. My vision blurred. While trying to sleep the auditory hallucinations started but only briefly followed by what I have read called restless legs. I could not sit still. Or sleep. I was kicking so hard I became fatigued and could barley walk. All the meanwhile there was a presence of extreme anxiety and mood swings. I thought the world was ending. All of this within the first 2 days. The severity of these symptoms lasted another day and a half. It's now day six. I have accumulated 5 hours of sleep maybe. My appetite is still gone but I can throw down small things here and there. My addiction was of pure stupidity but the lesson is that it isn't all euphoric. The day will come when you think the apocalypse is at the very foot of your bed. I did this cold turkey with no help and no meds to relieve the symptoms. That itself is the moment my eyes opened to a opiate free life.

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I would greatly appreciate info regarding the kit you mentioned.

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Hello, my name is Andrew.
I was recently taking percocets for 1 year. 30mg everyday

I made a bad move and 1 day just said I'm done no more.

I stopped cold turkey. Was the worst feeling in my life.

This is hard to explain but the main problem was the pressure/tension that was in my arms.

Mainly in the upper bicep area and forearm.

I felt like I just wanted to grab something tight and squeeze and scream.

It stresses me out so much and keeps me up night after night.

Anyway I went to the doctors, he gave me butrans patch 20mg every hour.

Also gave me clonodine and trazadone to help me sleep.

Things felt good and getting better.

2 weeks on the patch I decided I want to take this off so I don't get hooked to this.

Next thing I know I'm having withdrawls from the butrans patch now.

Back to the doctors again he gave me higher dosage of clonodine and trazadone as well as he gave me baclofen for the pressure tension in my arms. First day I took the baclofen I slept good but the pain and achy ness in arms etc was a lot.

When I took it I felt paralyzed.

I have been on baclofen trazadone and clonodine for 1 week now.

I have been off percocets for around 25 'days now and off butrans patch for around 7 days.

My question is, when I stop taking clonodine trazadone and baclofin will I be having withdrawls from these also?

Also, does anyone know what and how to cure this pressure tension in my arms

It is untolerable and I only get it while laying down I'n the night. Keeps me up I cannot sleep.

Please any help is appreciated.

How Long will this butrans withdrawl last?

Thank you

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I have arthritis ...my doctor has me on 5/325 percocet I have. Come to my senses that I needed to get off of this drug been on it for all most two years now ..its been 6day since I took a pill I have had anxiety attack, chest pain , cant eat much or sleep for a long time but I do fill better today than the day before any tips on how to improve my appite

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Post 69 is the best info on how to get through this....scrolll down and read

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I've read a lot of comments on here and haven't seen anyone taking as much as I do. I was wondering if anyone had any information on an estimate on how long it would be until I get my energy back. My habit hasn't been very long but it has been about a year. On a typical day I do anywhere from 10 to 15 perc 30's a day. Its consuming all of my time and my money and really want to get off of them. I've quit before for 4 days but had absolutely no energy still so I went back on them. I'm only 19 years old and haven't told my parents anything about it and want to get clean before they find out. If anyone has any idea how long it would take for me to get some energy back after I quit cold turkey would be greatly appreciated because the big unknown factor and terror of my parents finding out if keeping me from stopping. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

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It depends on each person. Please I am a 42 yr old who does not even do nearly as much but as a mother I want to be able to raise my son sober... You may need medical help with the amount you have taken and then try quitting cold turkey ... Do u have the will power to taper??? Cut dosage down little by little...please don't be like me... U are a young kid who will lose everything to this demon... You really need to want it...

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Can u share how you were able to taper to such a low level so quickly? Did you have any withdrawals? If so, how and what did you feel like? I am a mother of a 3 year old and am looking to stop but tapering is the way I need to go as no one knows of my problem plus I need to be there for my son... Thank you for your help.

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I have been taking percocet 10/325 for about 2 years. Sometimes it would only be 1 a day but then a had a re injured of my herniated discs and now I am trying to stay with 2 a day but most times I take 3-4. The other day I got really sick...i think it is because my doctor changed my muscle relaxer from soma to Robaxin 750 mg and also gave me Naproxen 500 mg. I think in my dazed state I messed up on some of them. anyhow the next day I thought I would just not take anything and just stay as still as i could to avoid any pain and clear my body. Well I felt Horrible. I was having a hard time breathing and was sooooooo tired and just felt nausea and just crappy. Then when i finally took my Percocet that night and the muscle relaxer before bed I was feeling much better. Does that mean my body is addicted to these drugs?

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It is always possible to get addicted when you are doing something for 2 years steady. I'm not a doctor but I do unfornately take atleast 300mg a day of percocet and I do know the withdrawels you feel horrible. Luckily in your case you are on such a low dose if you wanted to make sure your not addicted to the percocet I would just take the prescribed amount of the muscle relaxer and no percs. You will probably feel tired for a few days then be fine. I tend to have a hard part with the mental side of stopping due to boredom and lack of energy. Just stay positive and good luck.

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I appreciate your message about going and getting help and I want to but I live in southern maryland and don't know of any detox centers near me. Also any suggestions on how I should tell me parents? I promise you I'm not a bad guy but I'm only 19 and I just want to stop before I end up in a hospital and the only reason I haven't is fear of dissapointing/letting down my parents again by telling them about my addiction.

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You should wean yourself off of them. Don't stop cold turkey or you will get withdrawals and feel like you have the flu. I did it by taking a little less each day..3 qtrs for a few days then 2 qtrs then 1 qtr until your taking nothing at all. Do that for a week or 2. It wasn't hard for me to do it that way. I did the same with morphine and I didn't get sick like I did before when I quit cold turkey.

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I have been switching from oxy to Percocets for two months every 4 hours after getting two ankle surgeries. I am supposed to go off them since I got my cast on so I stopped taking them. I have been suffering withdraw symptoms only for a day. How much longer do I have till the symptoms are gone?

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how did u do it at home I cant sleep im agitated anxious and when I do sleep it is during the day and I cant get anything done please help

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the amounts some of these people are taking is outrageous.I'm 45 and suffer severe pain in my entire body.extremely physical job for 15 years but absolutely refuse to ever take more than 3 percs a day cause thats STUPID enough.I've been able to cut back to a half in the morn and a half in the afternoon.this has enabled me to skip a day which quite plainly means SUFFERING.The half half method does not help the pain in my opinion but at least i'm not a fricken IDIOT! I WANT TO LIVE. Use your brains people that's why you have them.

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If you have read anything about Percocet one of the things they will always say is "DO NOT CUT THEM IN ANYWAY". By cutting them you are killing a large portion of there usage so no wonder you don't "feel" anything.

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