Ok...Well...gee....Just took the last of my oxys my doctor gave me to get off norco (Go figure) He gave me 1 rx of 50 30mg to use for my worst wd's (And only at work), i agreed because oxy wasnt my drug of choice..So i figure, yeah sounds good! oxy should be easy for me to dump. Well gee...those damn things were quite tasty, if fact i started thinking i really like em, So i gobbled em all down, in a fraction of the time they were suppose to last.
So now here i sit typing with an upside down empty pill bottle beside my laptop, Getting ready for the real thing! Damn i knew this day was coming but did it have to be today? I do wanna quit more than anything! (well anything except for getting more pills) <-----joke gonna be an intersting weekend, Ill post if im able.
Last edited by Norcoguy; 04-22-2011 at 06:20 PM.
The following user gives a hug of support to Norcoguy: mgm55 (04-23-2011)
all kidding aside, get to a doctor for a script for Suboxone or Methadone..... they were created for a reason. You are going to go thru hell my friend.
I say get to a dr NOW before you put other people in harms way... I say this as a friend.
Your about to experience things no human being should. I have been to a couple of rehabs and let me tell you, maybe one, MAYBE one person succeeds cold turkey out of 100 addicts.
The Following User Says Thank You to corissa3 For This Useful Post: Norcoguy (04-23-2011)
Thank guys...Just got up to start my saturday, went to the kitchen to grab my coffee and pills...oh opps there are none, i missed a dose yesturday so im already feeling stiff and foggy as hell, im usally reading the news about now waiting for my pills to kick in to be off to work...but instead im typing to a&r cyber world with one eye open...i made a list of reasons to quit and memorized it, so im gonna mind over matter and just keep repeating them to myself over and over, i know everything about suboxone but thats an absolute last resort for me.
ill post again tonight, if my arms arnt to broken to type
The following user gives a hug of support to Norcoguy: OnThaBayou (04-26-2011)
Is there any way you can contact your Dr. and ask for something less potent to at least take the edge off? I would assume you should be weaned off any drug that strong.
Good luck...JJ...
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The Following User Says Thank You to JJ For This Useful Post: Norcoguy (04-23-2011)
Well about 6 weeks ago i went from 200mg of norco to 120 of oxy that seemed like an improvement at the time, since i really do have pain issues (but were not to discuss legitimate use of narcotics on this forum) and i have to work and i have to work hard (like construction hard) my wife is houswife...without my income we would be crushed in a month. The oxys were meant to get me through my 13 hour work day only, But its odvious im not responsible enough to handle opiate painkillers of any kind anymore, Im so sick of the addiction and pain combo i feel its killing me...I really want out.
Some people are very sensative to any kind of meds. I can't even take a Tylenol without feeling sleepy. I don't blame you for wanting off but it is hard to work when in pain.
Hopefully when you see your Dr. you can ask for something a bit milder so you won't have that terrible feeling when your without. Have you ever had any physical therapy for your problem, some folks swear by it?
Have a good day and best of wishes...JJ...
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yeah i went down alotta those roads before using opiates, like PT, acupucture, pain classes, yoga, tons of musle relaxers, non narcotic drugs,...All helpful, but my main problems require probably about three differnt surgerys to fix..and thats allota down time and even more temporary pain, and when i got my last surgery after getting that anestisia my nervous system has never been the same, (been scared of surgerys ever since)
A few years ago i fracured a vertabrae and didnt know it, thought it was just another pain, And it healed all wrong, and is causing alotta problems now.
Hey there I REALLY feel for you I have been where you are MANY times but never heard of a dr prescribe oxy to get you off norco GOD bless you!!! Me personally i have NEVER liked oxy as they do absolutely NOTHING for me. I would ask for some suboxone,even though you consider it your last resort it WILL help what you are about to go through. Good luck to you and keep us posted we are here for you!!!! Drop me a line anytime you want i will answer you back.
The Following User Says Thank You to SWEETIE65 For This Useful Post: Norcoguy (04-24-2011)
norco guy- go now to a really goo health/vit store n see if they have pure mangosteen juice-no-call 1st - may behard to find-but if u can get some it may save you the terrible wd-i was slammed into wd because my dr thought opana was twice as strong as oxycontin-orally taken it iis not-but this mangsteen juice shut down the wd symptoms so now aM ONLY IN severe paain=good luck
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The Following User Says Thank You to BB07 For This Useful Post: Norcoguy (04-24-2011)
Hi there brother I wouldn't wish that on anyone, but if you really do want to get off and stay off then its time to get busy and do it right. Go to your employer and be honest with him, tell him you got addicted and ask him to put you in rehab, most employers that are union cannot say no to you. At least it will be medically supervised that way and they will give you meds to help. It may not be the meds you want but they will keep you from seizing & help comfort you, oh, if your employer says no, the county of every city has a drug and alcohol program for re-hab but you have to be adamate about it and keep calling back no matter what they tell you, they want to see if you really mean it. You may have to wait a couple days for a bed if your in a big city but you can get there! Go for it man, this is the rest of your life we're talking about! You will get there brother if you want it bad enough, if not, there are plenty more bottoms out there for you. Good Luck from the bottom of my heart.
The Following User Says Thank You to dhill2020 For This Useful Post: Norcoguy (04-24-2011)
hey Norcoguy, I hate this for you! I have never heard of getting roxis for withdrawls. those suckers are as addictive as god knows what! they are most horrible to try to come off of. How are you doing btw. has it been one or two days yet? Take care.....
The Following User Says Thank You to oxygirl For This Useful Post: Norcoguy (04-24-2011)
Wow!...Day 1 was nothing i musta had alotta the drug still in my system, But today is a nightmare.... I feel really confused walking around the house not knowing what the hell im doing, dont know left from right and up from down, My mind has gone into race mode trying to come up with more pills, (how sick!!) old supressed pains are resurfacing.. mental and physical, The days tasks seem unimportant and not worth doing. my coffee tastes horrible, And the thought of work tommorow is really worring me. I wonder if day 3 is worse than day 2? if thats the case im in big trouble.
I post this not for any responses (im serious) but for a personal public log of my healing to look back on...Today was really bad maybe worst day of my life...Went bed to couch many times...finding little comfort in anything...wife has been outstanding she is a saint. she gave up one of her vices on a whim today, just to be with me threw this and to understand better.
My legs are probably the worst as far as pain, (although pain is intence from head to toe) around noon today i began to get really ****** at this, and said "this is retarded and not even happening", i totally reject this..I pretended beifly that this was all in my head got dressed packed my gym bag and headed out..I figured skrew driving ill walk to ballys wich is a short distance from me, I got to about the end of my road where i seriously fell to a knee in a blackout..i wanted to just lay in the street and knap for a while, after awhile i regained my composure and went home broken hearted with my tail between my legs, emotional rollercoaster all damn day!
The following user gives a hug of support to Norcoguy: dee088 (04-25-2011)
norcoguy u may have to go to the ER and tell them what is going on. I feel so badly for you. my gosh this is why i am so scared of withdrawls. there is really no easy was out of this is there? You are through 2 days though. Please try to stick it out. I will pray for you okay? and you have a wonderful wife. Send her some roses. yellow is my favorite. ask her what her favorite color is and just do it when this is over. good luck my friend
The following user gives a hug of support to oxygirl: Norcoguy (04-25-2011)
all kidding aside, get to a doctor for a script for Suboxone or Methadone..... they were created for a reason. You are going to go thru hell my friend.
I say get to a dr NOW before you put other people in harms way... I say this as a friend.
Your about to experience things no human being should. I have been to a couple of rehabs and let me tell you, maybe one, MAYBE one person succeeds cold turkey out of 100 addicts.
OK NORCO, I am only telling you this cuz your story not only brought a tear to my eye but also made me mad as hell.
I've been where you've been and I don't see why you will take narcotics to ruin your life but won't take them to heal you. (No disrespect bro but when I say YOU I am referring to all those who try it cold turkey) Do you realize the turmoil going on in your body right now? The havoc you are wreaking on it, and OTHERS?
For christ sakes man, swallow your pride and come off the drugs humanely.
OK NORCO, I am only telling you this cuz your story not only brought a tear to my eye but also made me mad as hell.
I've been where you've been and I don't see why you will take narcotics to ruin your life but won't take them to heal you. (No disrespect bro but when I say YOU I am referring to all those who try it cold turkey) Do you realize the turmoil going on in your body right now? The havoc you are wreaking on it, and OTHERS?
For christ sakes man, swallow your pride and come off the drugs humanely.
oh my big Chris......so do you feel I am borrowed time before I use again? 1% chance of full recovery....Huh? so, do you think I quit cold in vain...the pain from start to almost finished..was hell! thats why center make you suffer a bit...you want NO DT"s, they have treatments where they can put to sleep while you DT..so the bad never happened...it does not work for those people...why you ask? cuz they dont experience the stuff we did...you are really making it hard for me to keep moving, you are mean! lol
Narco,
i am in your place too...only 5 months ahead..you have to hang in there....We are alot alike in the sense of our work backgraound...Ever heard that saying? Const. Workers..DO IT HARDER!
DO IT HARDER! No one could make me quit...I had too..I suffer from pain but i have some pain control measures in place...so it is easy to manage the pain a bit..its hard too, but i get thru...just like a job from hell!
Hey, your Wife..is an angel! I triple Dog Dare you to post on the Desperate House Wives thread...lmao...you are cool..thanks
Occupy your mind.....i stillsee lil blue pills all over, but i think it is my mind purging those suckers.stay out of your head..build something..model car (i do that) IPOD it....volunteer...do things that make other people that make you happy...Good Luck and Pease
Kim
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The Following User Says Thank You to free1day For This Useful Post: Norcoguy (04-25-2011)
Day 3, (Night of horror) Well i missed work today...i barley had the energy to call, but i called and told em im not coming in, they asked why and my mind was really to tired to come up with a lie or explain so i just said "cause im not" and hung up, there goes 300 bucks...
Last night, i got like 2 hours of sleep the whole night, i poped advil pm's and drank halk a bottle of nyquill trying to put myself out, i even thought about wacking myself on the back of the head with a bat to put myself out! the waves of pain seemed to come in intervals, from the core of my bones, I wrapped heating pads around both arms and then bound em with rope as tight as i could, but really nothing could be done, i just had to take each wave of pain as it came, and keep my breathing right, But i am hopeful tonight will be good, now that my body sucked what was left of the opiates from my bones, It took about everything i had to shower today (wow i needed it) today has really not been as bad as yesturday, except i have no appetite at all, we have a hottub wich im gonna use later, if i can drag myself out there, (Another weird thing is my sex drive has been real high last 2 days) I do plan on going to work tommorow.
hey norcoman, hang in there, your nearing the turning point to where you should start feeling a little better each there. its usually day 3-4 and u already said your a little better than the night before. try over the counter benadryl for sleep. and yes haha the increased libido is definately a great side effect from coming off the opiates after having it surpressed for so long. keep goin and dont look back
The Following User Says Thank You to icehouse3z For This Useful Post: Norcoguy (04-26-2011)
gonna be an intersting weekend, Ill post if im able.
Re: I'm out of pills! 
Hi there brother I wouldn't wish that on anyone, but if you really do want to get off and stay off then its time to get busy and do it right. Go to your employer and be honest with him, tell him you got addicted and ask him to put you in rehab, most employers that are union cannot say no to you. At least it will be medically supervised that way and they will give you meds to help. It may not be the meds you want but they will keep you from seizing & help comfort you, oh, if your employer says no, the county of every city has a drug and alcohol program for re-hab but you have to be adamate about it and keep calling back no matter what they tell you, they want to see if you really mean it. You may have to wait a couple days for a bed if your in a big city but you can get there! Go for it man, this is the rest of your life we're talking about! You will get there brother if you want it bad enough, if not, there are plenty more bottoms out there for you. Good Luck from the bottom of my heart.
