10 days clean and feeling great.

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I have a really hard time with nsaiRAB! lots of stomach issues. I get my script tomorrow. I really want to taper down and eventually quit. I know i sound like i am wavering here and maybe i am a little. One thing i feel like is one my side is that i do not crave this emotionally. I wont even be thinking about a pill until my body says "you haven't had one in 5 or 6 hours" . I might try trigger point injections. the worst of my pain is in my neck and shoulders. feels like a boulder lives there. my legs hurt alot also. i might try the juicer thing (was it you mentioned that?) I would like the added benefits of the nutrition. I would rather drink my meal than eat it. I drink pepsi like crazy or anything i am drinking i usually nurse it to death till it is all gone (no alcohol). don't know about taking the xanax. i hate those things. they make me want to sleep forever.

i am on 120mg a day. do you think i should go down to 60 then decrease by 15mgs. i don't want it to be too fast because i hate withdrawls.
 
Good for you! I have been off the percs since 9/30/10. I have a blog about the detox etc. Our stories are the same basically except that i tapered off. I hope that you keep posting.
 
[I have been taking oxycodone for 2 years at 30mg 4xdaily. i sometimes will take 5 a day when i am having a bad day. well to make a long story short, i am running out of my meRAB. i want to come off them because i think that they make the pain worse. i need to make sure of this though before i do it. i am taking half pills to try to lengthen my supply but it is hard. it is sort of like tapering i guess. i haven't been plagued with bad withdrawls but i am anticipating them as i will be a few days ct due to not being able to get my script. i am taking 120 mg's a day and now are trying to cut that down. any advice? i need something for the pain. i have arthritis really bad and my hanRAB are horrible with carpal tunnel. i also have fibromyalgia which doesn't help matters and i am recently divorced but still living with my spouse (another story).



QUOTE=dlib44;4636390]I am ten days clean from 60-80 mg
 
Dear Dlib

I am having some issues. I took half a pill at 8am today. Around 11 it wore off and I could actually feel my lirabs wanting to do like a restless lirab/leg syndrome. So I took a whole pill with 2 extra strength tylenol. I am still not taking the whole 120 mgs but when I average it I am taking around 75-90. I can't stand the pain in my neck but my neck wasn't what was hurting. It was the leg syndrome thing.

I took 15mg last night around 6 and laid down at 830. I woke up at 10:30 with my legs and arms hurting like crazy. It is like the restless leg syndrome people describe. I took a whole pill 30mg. I stayed up till 3am then went to sleep and woke up at 8am and that is when i took the 1/2 pill. I sound so confusing and don't mean to but is this withdrawl thing gonna stop or do i have to be cold turkey and suffer immensely for days till its over. The only bad thing about that is I have to deal with the horrible pain in my neck in addition to withdrawls.
 
okay well today i sort of cheated. i have taken 4 lortab10s in 24 hours plus the one oxycodone that i had i bit a small piece when i was feeling sick then the remainder half about 3 hours later. i have 1/2 pill left. i am hoping that even by just taking the lortabs for a few days is still cutting down. i was taking 120 mg of oxycodone daily and sometimes 160. lortabs are 40 per day if i take 4. will it be as hard to taper from them? I have a ton of xanax that i don't take but i hate that sleepy feeling the make me have. when i take one and i sleep for several hours i wake up not hardly able to move. i need a pain pill in me for about 40 mins before i can. i hate that feeling. but i also sleep in crazy positions and on my hanRAB and i know that is what is partly wrong.
 
This is exactly why I went cold turkey. I could not find a taper that was not causing me some withdrawals and I was just sick of it all so I just jumped off. One of my biggest concerns was my pain and how I was going to deal with it. Many people say the pain is worse while you are on the meRAB. I wasn’t sure I believed this then but now I do. I am in less pain now than when on meRAB. I have so much more energy now and am much more active and it really feels great. The pain can be your body screaming for the opiates but once you get past that it goes away. I took lots of ibuprofen and hot baths for the pain. I am still having pain in my back but it is bearable and only comes on at night. Have you started juicing yet?
 
Thanks Rosebuddy,

The first two days I spent many hours reading this message board and many post by you. It really helps a lot. I am feeling good, more energy every day. The anxiety is way down but not getting as much sleep as I would like. Funny thing is I am not craving nearly like I was before when I tried to quit.

Thanks again,

Dlib
 
well this is what i have decided to do. I have got my meRAB filled and i am cutting my doseage from 120 a day to 60. mainly because the increased dose does not help the pain anymore. i am going to do this for a month then next month i am getting injections. the pain in my neck yesterday was unbearable. add that to withdrawls even though they werent that bad since i had the lortabs. i still was using much less narcotics. i noticed that i am not in a fog. i didn't even realize the oxys made me feel lazy but they obviously did as i don't clean and cook like i used to for my family in the past couple years. i have actually put half of my script in a safe so i know how many i have and that is what i am going to take and when they are out they are out. i have good willpower and i don't feel emotionally connected to this drug. it is just easy to grab a pill when you feel the other wear off. wish me luck and i am going to try to get a juicer!
 
no i haven't got a juicer yet. planning to soon. i have some additional problems going on at the moment. I am having issues with my exhusband who is still living with me. it makes it hard to not take additional meRAB! however, i am averaging 90mg, which is less than 120 i guess. i do have more energy. very depressed though. i have to figure out how to get me and my youngest son in a new living environment. Praying for a Christmas miracle....

Thanks for all your encouragement with the oxys. it helps when you see how other people deal with situations. it gives hope :-)
 
I am on 100mg of percocet a day, I have been for about a year. If I go cold turkey on this amount what can I expect, and is there a chance I would be able to do it and quit for good? Can I DIE??! I am sooo scaried. Just want my life back! Any tips???
 
Oxygirl,

My personal opinion is that taper is a little fast. You might just want to try cutting 10mg’s or so a week and see how it goes. Search taper on here and you will find many stories of successful tapers. I think the juicer has made a huge difference for me. My whole family is in to it now. My kiRAB love apple carrot juice we do one together every day. I swear it helped with my healing as well as my withdrawals. Good luck.



Dlib
 
I have been on various opiates for over a year now and need to get off soon. I found this site to hear about everyone's experiences and learn what works for people. Keep up the good work, my heart is with you. I will follow in your footsteps soon.
 
Helpme,

I went cold turkey from around 80mg a day and it was not that bad. I have seen many people on here that have gone cold turkey from much higher doses than you. With that said if you are really ready to quit maybe you should discuss it with you Dr. first and come up with a plan. You could also consider trying a taper. Of course you can quit and do it for good it is all up to you. I can tell you once you do you will eventually feel great. Everyone is different and recovers at a different pace and has different levels of withdrawals but in the end once you get that poison out of your system you can start living life again. You can do it.


Dlib
 
Oxygirl

You need to decide if you want to tapper down or jump off. I jumped off from 80mg a day a little bit less than you but not much. I swear by loading your body up with vitamins. I was doing this by juicing organic carrots, apples and beets twice a day. It gave me energy I didn’t have the first time I tried to stop. The first two days suck. Take lots of hot baths with Epsom salt and walk as much as you can for some exercise. Drink plenty of fluiRAB. You can use your xanax for the anxiety but use it sparingly and tapper off of it quick. The withdrawals from that devil are worse. I have 3 disc that are all bulging but are hurting much less now than when I was taking pills. I didn't understand how it could be true but it is true. My mind fresh for once. I was so depressed and cloudy before. Never wanted to do anything but lay on the bed hurting and feeling sorry for myself. No more, I am full of energy with a clear mind. My wife and kiRAB have their Dad back You must do it if you want your life back. I hope you make the jump.


Dlib
 
You might be right about that being a big taper because i was having a hard time waiting on my noon medicine and ended up taking it at 11. But I am afraid at this point after not having a lot of it for the last 5 days and mixing the lortabs when i was totally for about a day that if i go back up I might not make it back down. (sounRAB crazy) lol.

I will give it some thought though. As long as I don't do the full 120mg I am still doing better right?

About the juicer, is it a jack and elaine juicer?
 
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