help getting off percocet and valium

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Hi, I am new. I have a severe percocet and valuim problem. I have been taking percocets for 4 years now. in the last 8 months i have started useing valuim. I thought it would help me quit the percoets, but just added. I am scared. I take 8 to 10 percocets a day and one valuim. i need to quit. i stopped taking valuim and now the world dosent seem real it is my second day. I cant sleep. i am still taking the percocets. I am hoping someone has had and gotten over a addiction like mine. i dont want to stop taking the percocet untill i get over the valuim. i just want to feel noermal again. pls any advice would be grate ful. i have a family i need to take care of. i want to quit both cold turkey. i just dont know what to except. i am sorry for posting on yoour thread i just dint know how to make my own.
 
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Hi

I came off Xanax and Oxycodone. My plan with my doctors actually was oppostie from yours... off the opiate first and then from the benzo. Truthfully, although we each must work out the plan that is best for us, coming off the opiate first seems more logical to me. As we withdraw from the opiate (for you Percocet), the benzo (for you, Valium) is still there to help us through. Also, withdrawal from a benzo neeRAB to be slow, slow and steady.

Am I assuming incorrectly when I think you are doing this on your own and without a doctor's imput? It sure can feel like something we just cannot face in even considering telling a doctor our secrets like this, but I speak from experience when I tell you that it is one of the most productive things we can do. We are self-medicating when we abuse drugs or make our own decisions on how to stop them. Either way we are attempting to prescibe to ourselves. Not a lecture here, just experience gained in my own journey.

There is no way we alone can overcome drug abuse by sheer willpower. It takes a village of people to help us through it... family frienRAB, professionals, and lots and lots of learning and understanding. It is not something to jump into.. takes a lot of planning and steps.

It is so achieveable and there is every reason to believe... to know... that our lives can be totally restored and even greatly better.

Please. don't try to do this in an isolated way. Share not only with this supportive board, but also with real live people who can help you greatly as you progress.

With all best wishes and tons of hope
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thankyou for makeing this a thread. I dont think i am able to start new threaRAB bc i am new. i will be honest. i did not disscuss this with a doctor. I do have my familys support in quiting. I didnt exactly get these leagally. meaning i didnt have a prescribition. i read other peoples posts and saw that you have been on here a while and been helping people with addictions. i tried to add you as a friend but i wasnt sure how. I am still free of valuim. things are a little better today. I Read the advice on how to quit cold turkey. i cant hold down food, but i got insure today. i took 2 percocets when i got up. i could only sleep for 4 hours today. I tried to take anthor percocet 5 hours later but I got sick, I had some insure and just been trying to read. thankyou for your help and advice
 
you should start be tapering down slowly like with any addiction if you do it too fast you can get very sick. If you are to erabarased to talk to a Dr. then this and other sites are your best bet. The thing with percs is that it's not only th withdrawls symptoms that are bad it's all the emotional crap that is so hard to deal with also. Where you taking them by mouth or crushing and snorting them like some do I think that way might be a little harder to get off. Many have quite and they are no better or worse hten you. We all have the ability, just remeraber that it will be one of the hardest battles you will ever go thru and you will more hten likely sturable, but as long as you keep trying,, you wont fail. My husband got offf crack coccain. If he can get offf that crap, you can get off the pills. Best of luck, you will be in my prayers.
 
Hello and welcome!!! :) You're best course of action would be to taper slowly off the Percoset first, and then begin gradually tapering off the valium. Any sudden discontiuation of these medicinces will induce severe withdraw symptoms. If anything, the valium may help you deal with the physical and emotional difficulty of stopping the Percoset. I, too, dealt with a Percoset addiction, and recovery was far from easy. But you've taken a step in the right direction by recognizing that you have a problem and seeking help. Although, I know it is difficult, I would recommend speaking to a health professional. Drug addiction is a vicious cycle that cannot be corabatted alone and the sooner you recieve professional help, the easier it will be for you to cope and learn to live your life without the drugs. Drug use extenRAB far beyond physical addiction, especially with drugs like percoset and valium due to their mood altering qualities.

I wish you the best of luck and am so glad you decided to fight this!! Stay strong and keep us updated! :D

*~Krystal
 
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