Oxycontin Oxycdone Cold Turkey Withdrawal (Top voted first)

I've been on oxycontin for a year---for pain. Had a bad accident, almost three dozen fractures. Have been tapering for past couple months, down to 10 mg oxycontin/day plus one or two 5 mg fast-acting oxycodone if withdrawal starts. So I'm on about 15-20 mg total/day. I plan to go cold turkey on Friday. Am I crazy to think that in a week to 10 days I'll be back to "normal." I've heard everything from 1 week to 3 months for withdrawal to go away. I have clonazepam to help with withdrawal pains, and gabapentin (leftovers from when I was in terrible pain). Advice? Home remedies? Experience, strength or hope to share? I'm pretty nervous about this. From what I've read, withdrawal can be hellish.

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It does help very much, thank you. It's been 12 days now and...it's been rough. I won't bother rehearsing the symptoms--all the usual stuff--what surprised me was their intensity. Wicked headaches. Burning stomach cramps. Total exhaustion. And the body twitching/jerking--which lasted 9-10 hours at a stretch. Lingering symptom seems to be insomnia and twitching through the nights. And some emotional stuff, which I think is in part due to the total exhaustion. Low-grade depression, or just feeling blue. Also, I had almost no appetite for the first week, so I lost weight. I'm thin already so I went from thin to gaunt. Appetite pas mostly come back, but I'm still feeling kinda wore out. Easily fatigued. But YES, I'm off these freakin' drugs and I believe the worst is over. Also, I was on them for severe injury (35 fractures) and the good news is that I'm not in pain. Phew! Next week I start a new job so the timing is kinda good. A new start. Thank you again for the supportive words. They help immensely.

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Did you get a reply? Several years ago I did a cold turkey from oxy & perc (mom threw them out) after surgery (had been 60-80mg/d for about 5 mo). It was like I had the worst flu ever. Constant puke/runs, couldn't eat. But after about 1 week it was done.

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@bones healed,

The numbers you heard are pretty much along the same lines as many reviews I've read, whereas it may take a ball park range of 1 week to 3 months to feel normal depending on several factors unique to each individual; such as body chemistry, tolerance levels, among other information you already provided.

Some other things that may be worth taking into consideration from a mental standpoint of overcoming transition/discontinuing something you've been taking for such a long time: One's reason/driving force behind transitioning; certain aspects of one's own sense of security after stopping treatment; adaptability to environmental circumstances/situations while in this temporary state of vulnerability; keeping emotions in check...little things like that which aren't really mentioned too often.

And after seeing post #1 by lizbiz, I don't think it's crazy at all to contemplate if you'll be back to normal around a week's time. But if it doesn't happen the way you expect it to by days 7-10, don't give up, but instead use that as an indicator that you've pushed through the worst of it.

Hope this encouragement helps!

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