MY Dear God, I don't think I will make it. I started out ok with oxy because of medical reasons. Now I am taking Probably 500 mg a day. How do I taper from that? what am I to do. I am so lost with nowhere to turn HELP ME. Please.........................
georgi
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MY Dear God, I don't think I will make it. I started out ok with oxy because of medical reasons. Now I am taking Probably 500 mg a day. How do I taper from that? what am I to do. I am so lost with nowhere to turn HELP ME. Please.........................
georgi
I was about to ask what up geogi.... but I think you pretty much answered it in that sentence.... Ok, so lets break it down for a hot minute. You are on 500 mg of what? Percs, Oxy 80s?
Lets assume you are on 80 mg oxys.... thats about 6 per day. I am not condoning it but you are not as bad as you think.. I DONT MEAN YOU CAN AND SHOULD TAKE MORE!!! But at my worst, I was about 10 per day PLUS 200 bucks of heroin !!! and the odd methadone drink.
Back to you.... how are you taking them? Are you snorting? shooting? just orally?
Its important cuz the ways mentioned act differently and provide medication at a different rate. Its much easier to taper if you are taking orally. Although the other ways can be just as simple jsut harder to give a "dose" in public.
Anyways G, provide a lil info and I (and others) will step up and try to help you.
I am putting you on my newly formed prayer list also (see where that goes) so I am gung ho with these new super powers.....
Ill be back. Take a deep breath hun...it willl be ok
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Awwwww! G.......its going to be okay.......girl! Im was in your spot but iwas out of control....I have RSD and started on oxys methadone somas.....chris is right.........if its only 500 mg and you aren't looped then you have what's called.dr don't know how to RX painkillers.....
Answer chris' questions and you will have support galore.....don't panic and why don't you have a look around here...I suggest going to chronic pain board or you are welcome to follow me down the rabbits hole to reflex sympathetic dystphy......
Thats way overkill...Your opiate receptors are saturated at 200mg a day, anymore then that and your just wasting the drug, and destroying your brain and vital organs, I would call a suboxone doctor, and ask him about the best rout to taper down...Alot of sleep is gonna be key.
Not to turn this into a ******* contest however, the opiate receptors may be saturated at 200mg but the tolerance level is obviously higher than the 200 mg a day georgi is taking.
That said, a suboxone doctor is what is needed to kick the addiction but without all of the info, suboxone may not be the key.
Oxy is there for a reason, I would imagine there is an underlying reason for the prescription. Can it be tapered? Yes.... safely? Yes, absolutely.
Lets let Georgi give some answers and we can go from there. We only want whats best for her.
Ok, Here is the deal........... First Thanks for all of the feed mack. I needed that. I went to a doc that does suboxone and he said I need to bring my dosage down first, Good-by. So I get 60 mgs of oxy long lasting and chew 2 of them and some times take 2 short acting 30mg also. Then I take one mg of xanax sometimes 2. I can funtion, but tired. I do this 3 times a day and then I wake up in the middle of the night and need more. Sometimes I can take a xanax and it will get me till about 5 am I get half way sometimes through the month then my oncologist gives me some more. [first was fron gp] Hey I am trying to be honest here before you all come down on me like a ton of bricks. I am scared, can't beleive I am even close to being in this situation. What a jerk I have become. I am 61 years old. Because of my medical background cancers. Thymus, breast removed and esophagus removed most docs would rather give me meds than work with me and take the time on getting me off. My disibility insurance is a joke. Covers not much. You guys are my only hope. I have 2.5 years left before my cancer is concidered cured. Think docs are afraid of my little body. I started out at 127 pounds and went don to 89 I am now a fairly healthy 106. Other than a bit of breathibg problems I am ok. Radiation years ago messed up my lungs. WHAT AM I TO DO? W ish I could just go into the hospital and get off. If it wont kill me. God, wish I could go to a Betty Ford Clinic. Scared stiff of cold turkey. Think my husband will kill me before the meds do. He is a sweet regular guy who has had enough. I can't tell himm everything he gets so mad and I have been through too much. Just want it to be over. Can anyone help me? Thanks guys and hope the board alows my ranting
georgi
Okay .. we both know you need to taper down... thats obvious.... and I don't want to be the "obvious guy" here but Obvious seems to be the answer to your questions.
Suboxone is going to be your saving grace. ME personally, I prefer methadone. It is a great pain reliever and it helps kick the habit. It's a remarkable drug in that you can stay on it the rest of your life and not have to feel guilty about it. There aren't many drugs out there that you can stay on for the rest of your life without some sort of side effects.
Don't beat yourself up. Honesty is the way to be.... Georgi, you are a sweetheart, you don't think you are the ONLY person on this board to receive meds from more than ONE doc do you? No one condones it but I once had someone tell ME not to feel bad until I have more than 4 docs prescribing me meds...
I wish I had more than kind words to offer you. You know what you need to do.. it's now a matter of how badly you want it.
Thats way overkill...Your opiate receptors are saturated at 200mg a day, anymore then that and your just wasting the drug, and destroying your brain and vital organs, I would call a suboxone doctor, and ask him about the best rout to taper down...Alot of sleep is gonna be key.
Shhhhhhhh! Narcoson.....master the beast within...calm grasshopper!
My friend....she is in pain bruh! chronic pain addicts are different......We dont take virgin nose dives into clouds of oxy.......let her answer the questions and then give it to her...dang boy! You a woman hater? I love ya!
Chris is right! I knew the taper was coming...I personally am not on team Suboxone...I tapered 100 times and the only thing that did so far it to....go cold. I was on 170 mg of methadone and it did nothing for pain and i was not going to use it the rest of my life.....I used alot of oxy...I use to get 240mf of 30mg and theyd all be gone by the 10 day.....THATS Addiction! and the way i used them and the way i obtained them was an sddiction...
Let me expalin this to you, coming from Illness pov! heres is the cycle you get intolerant then they increase then you become dependent..at some point they cut you off..and there you go...knocking on hectors door...self medicated...
i dont care who you are...old or young...it takes a hold of you...you kids that have RSD...12 year olds.....they are on oxys? omg! can you imagine?
G,
You know, you seem like a very smart woman...please do your homewaork on Suboxone...you really are trading one for the other but the thing with suboxone...no pain relief so when you zero...what plan are you implimenting to control your pain? food for thought and I am here for you..the best I can....
Okay .. we both know you need to taper down... thats obvious.... and I don't want to be the "obvious guy" here but Obvious seems to be the answer to your questions.
Suboxone is going to be your saving grace. ME personally, I prefer methadone. It is a great pain reliever and it helps kick the habit. It's a remarkable drug in that you can stay on it the rest of your life and not have to feel guilty about it. There aren't many drugs out there that you can stay on for the rest of your life without some sort of side effects.
Don't beat yourself up. Honesty is the way to be.... Georgi, you are a sweetheart, you don't think you are the ONLY person on this board to receive meds from more than ONE doc do you? No one condones it but I once had someone tell ME not to feel bad until I have more than 4 docs prescribing me meds...
I wish I had more than kind words to offer you. You know what you need to do.. it's now a matter of how badly you want it.
Chris
Hey Chris, I just read your post and do you think methadone would be good for me too. I thought that methadone was hard to come off of? Is it as badly addictive as the oxys? just curious
Okay .. we both know you need to taper down... thats obvious.... and I don't want to be the "obvious guy" here but Obvious seems to be the answer to your questions.
Suboxone is going to be your saving grace. ME personally, I prefer methadone. It is a great pain reliever and it helps kick the habit. It's a remarkable drug in that you can stay on it the rest of your life and not have to feel guilty about it. There aren't many drugs out there that you can stay on for the rest of your life without some sort of side effects.
Don't beat yourself up. Honesty is the way to be.... Georgi, you are a sweetheart, you don't think you are the ONLY person on this board to receive meds from more than ONE doc do you? No one condones it but I once had someone tell ME not to feel bad until I have more than 4 docs prescribing me meds...
I wish I had more than kind words to offer you. You know what you need to do.. it's now a matter of how badly you want it.
Chris
Chris!
you and me? are like twins? how is it that you post what i want to say before me? we? think alike? yeah?
See I told you! You are my Brother!.................Hes my Brother..hes my friend! I am sooooooooooooooooooooooo stupid!
Hey Chris, I just read your post and do you think methadone would be good for me too. I thought that methadone was hard to come off of? Is it as badly addictive as the oxys? just curious
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OG!
I am posting about immaculate zeros from metadone! are you flipping crazy?
RSD, u truly are my twin (so you better not change)
You crack me up! I so enjoy your half coherent posts... but thats what makes me like u!
Oxygirl... methadone is TWICE as hard to come off than heroin. Methadone has its place.
I will never be one to say its right or wrong for anyone. I can however tell you it saved my life. If it didn't exist, nor would I. I am not being melodramatic and I have tears in my eyes right now because it's now and only now that what I just told you is true.
It works wonders for my pain. I have ZERO desire to get high and although my temptation to use is getting harder to fight, they are NOT the same. I don't miss getting high, I miss everything that comes with gettiing high and that is human interaction.
I want to write a book so desperately because I know I can connect with people and I am not writing from a text book,, I am walking, living proof of what these drugs do, don't do and what to expect.
Im falling asleep..... yes I did slightly overdue the carries....some privelidge huh? Im such a failure at times.
Nite nite brother! Chris I wasn't judgeing anyone about methadone ...some need it...I don't...its bad for me and I just didn't want OG even going there ....
Worse than heroin...it is! I rather zero from oxys once a month then zero from methadone ....
So my friends, How do I taper without crawling up the walls? How much do I taper and????????????????????????????i
I think this is my last oxys from onco;ogist so now I am down to one doc that will give me 60 tablets of the oxycontin and 240 of the oxycodone. I could take those in a week and a half LOL How sick is this
Some one giv e me a plan of action. I can try to keep up with the oncologist and he usually gives my 90 15 mg oxycodone an 60 30mg of the long lasting. Its nice not to be alone on this ride, but I am sorry you have to join me. I'm freaking crazyWHAT ABOUT WALK IN CLINICS?
georgi
So my friends, How do I taper without crawling up the walls? How much do I taper and????????????????????????????i
I think this is my last oxys from onco;ogist so now I am down to one doc that will give me 60 tablets of the oxycontin and 240 of the oxycodone. I could take those in a week and a half LOL How sick is this
Some one giv e me a plan of action. I can try to keep up with the oncologist and he usually gives my 90 15 mg oxycodone an 60 30mg of the long lasting. Its nice not to be alone on this ride, but I am sorry you have to join me. I'm freaking crazyWHAT ABOUT WALK IN CLINICS?
georgi
First off, don't panic, you are gunna be just fine. The FIRST thing and the hardest thing to do is find a hobby that you enjoy... Why? Keep your mind off the pills. If I am into something I enjoy, I can go almost 2 days without methadone... then the physical symptoms kick in.
Back to you (stay focused). Don't let these danm things rule or control you. Take what you have and divide that up to what it has to last you. Do not rule out walk in clinics... What ever it takes to not get sick. I'm not going to lie and say its going to be easy, you are in for one heck of a ride but you are not the first nor the last. The only thing different in your case is YOU will benefit in the end by reducing your consumption. Make sure you keep us posted and we are behind you 110%. There are a couple things you can take to ease your pain but we can stumble that hurdle if and when the time comes.
Thank u RSD and Chris, you guys are truly informative. I hate the roller coaster ride and to make matters worse (or better) I have met someone that I really like but he is only separated from his wife of 20 something years and I am afraid to get involved with him. Plus I am still trying to get the ex out. The ex weaseled his way here and like a big dummy I let him stay because he does act somewhat better but I still see his old ways come through from time to time. I just can't forgive him for the years of pain and abuse. So why did I let him come back.....because I have 2 teenage boys that are driving me crazy and at least they are bearable to be around when he is here. However, they hate him....their own daddy.. my older son read some of my text messages (nosey bratt) and found out about the other man. He said "mama I love you and I want you happy, dad is mean to u and us" it made me cry. what have I done? just to have to not deal with the kids and discipline them I let a monster in. don't get me wrong, he is behaving for the most part but I still don't love him and he still talks mean to me.
So now that I have admitted to being a horrible mom for this crap, I am seriously considering involving myself with a married/separated man? I am going to try to have the courage to stay away from him too. He is so nice to me and the kids and he says things to me that nobody has in a long time and it feels good.
Why is it always one thing or another going on in life. Nothing can ever be simple. Anyways, didn't mean to dump on yall. Just really don't have a lot of close friend who understand my situation or they think they know what is best for me and never walked a day in my shoes. I am glad you warned me to stay away from the methadone RSD and Chris, you are doing great and you could write a book. You are so full of good advice for Georgi, I can just see you (mentally) encouraging her to reclaim her life and I see that you really mean it. Stay on here and keep us ladies going please.
Well I gotta go my baby girl is getting an honors award at her college this evening and I need to be ready. I am so proud of her. she works so hard to be a good girl and do what she needs to in life. Hopefully I will check back on here tonight.
Are you ready to do this? I forgot to ask. What outcome are you expecting? By that I mean do you want to taper and quit or taper and stay on the lowered dose and be able to handle it?
None of this will work if you are not into it. And YOU BETTER BE INTO IT! I can find you if I have to and force you to want this (ok, I just made myself feel creepy... no more of those comments... I swear)
Ok... ya gotta post up girl ... I'm off to relax my brain.
Where you at girl? whats your plan? please post soon! even if you are using....we understand and we wont judge...I do enough judeing on myself to satisfy allllllllll of us!
I cant comment on centers or any outside help....i quit cold...all alone!
