i used oxycodone use for 6 months

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i've been using oxycodone use for about 6 months. 30mg tablets 2-3 times a day. How bad would my withdrawals be if i go cold turkey. i also take about 1 mg of xanax every night or so to sleep. whats my best way to taper off or should i just try the c/t way to get off the oxy's. i know not to go cold turkey with the xanax but i would worry about that after i kick off the opiates?
 
Hi jrb123 - welcome to the group. Going c/t from 60 - 90 mg of Oxy a day would be unbelievably horrible. People have done it, but you would be in for the worse 7-10 days of your life. When I didn't know anything about the Oxycodone I was taking, I went c/t from 60 mg/day and ended up with my head in a toilet for 12 hours straight, body aches and pains and just didn't feel right. Like I said, I didn't know about Oxy back then and I thought I had food poisoning. I started taking the pills again and the symptoms went away. I tapered down to 10 mg/day because I had less pain, still durab about the drug, and went c/t once again. This time I finally realized I was having w/d's and did some research and found this board. I spent the next 52 hours in pure hell with body pain, restless legs, severe shaking, insomnia and a whole list of other withdrawals. I broke at 52 hours and took some oxy. The good thing was I found this group in the process and they helped me with the rest of my tapering.

I would highly suggest tapering down a ways before going c/t. I went c/t at 2 mg/day. With 30 mg pills, it will be difficult and it is easier with the 10 mg pills and later on with the 5 mg pills, since you can cut them into smaller pieces while you taper.

Is there a reason for wanting to go c/t from the Oxy? Can you taper down instead of going cold turkey? We can work with you.
 
Thanks for the quick reply denon. I basically just want to get off these things. I have herniated disc in my neck and chronic back pain but I'm learning to live with the pain. I've lost so much weight and I'm tired of relying on these things. I just want my life back. I don't even try to take them when I feel pain, only when I feel like a slight withdrawal is coming on. But I don't really want to go thru withdrawals so any and all advice will be greatly appreciated.
 
I feel the same about my suboxone sometimes, where I all of a sudden resent having to take something every day and just decide to go cold turkey randomly and impatiently. That's very addictive thinking, to just want to change something overnight without having to suffer any consequences. Not gonna happen. Previous poster is right - 6 months straight of using that much OC would cause really bad withdrawals, peaking around 3-5 days and getting much better after about a week. You can have a short, intense withdrawal, or you can stretch out the process over an extended period, with probably some withdrawals as you lower the dosages and especially when you jump off, but not nearly as bad as cold turkey. But you can't just quit and expect not to have withdrawals. Remeraber, the longer you're on the pills, the worse the withdrawals will be, so I'd make my decision now and start going for it!

I don't know what to tell you about the benzodiazepines except that I jumped off 1 mg of xanax a day and had grand mal seizures three days later. Coming off benzos and opiates by themselves is awful, together just sounRAB like too much to take on and too much for us here on the boarRAB to help you with. Have you thought about/are you able to go to a medical detox for a little while to help you with this? If you were just tapering off opioiRAB that's one thing, but both of these together is potentially dangerous. I don't want to tell you to just stay on the xanax for the whole time you're tapering off OCs because then the detox from THAT will be that much worse. I really think you should talk to a doctor and think about checking into a detox for a few days.
 
jrb123, I know the feeling of being in chronic pain and having to take the Oxy. It's a dilemma that I'm dealing with also. I have 3 bulging discs (C5-C7) and I am constantly dealing with the pain and nurabness in my arm. My pain started again in August and has been constantly getting worse. I hate taking the pills, but I don't know what else to do. The pain is too great for me to not take something, but I only take the pills when the pain reaches a point where I just can't stand it. So, I take anywhere between 5 to 20 mg a day, but some days I have to increase it up to 30 mg to get by. I hate it! My wife keeps bring up the surgery word lately and I just don't know if I want to go that route yet. But, I can't handle the pain and be productive in my life. I envy you wanting to get off of the pills and that you can manage the pain. I really hope that you can do it.

I highly recommend that you taper down though instead of going cold turkey. It's an unbelievably horrible experience to go c/t from your level. If you do go the c/t route there are some Rx's that can help with the withdrawals and you should talk to your doctor about them. I used valium and arabien to help me through my withdrawals. Expect 5-7 days of pure misery.

Good luck and let us knwo what you decide and how you're doing.
 
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