I Feel so horrible..

[wantabdrugfree]

Hopefloats - May I ask how many things and what you were taking per day?

I am fixing to start going cold turkey, well sort of I will take valium to sleep the first few days cause it would be to hard other wise. I ask how many things you take cause I was hoping by 7 days the withdrawls would be gone. Are you still in physical pain? If not what day did that really start to let up. I have only went to days without OC's in a long time and those 2 days were he!! so I know what i'm in for. I am currently taking about 120 - 160 mg's of OC a day. Did you take more or less or was it something else you took? I can't wait to get this over with I want my life back so bad!!!! Hate spending all my time in search of pills I hate it. Also I crush them and eat them so it hits me harder, never snorted any though.

Any info would be nice since I will be going thru something similer soon.

THANKS!!!

[BeginAgain]

Have you considered tapering down as low as possible before you jump off cold turkey? It might shorten your withdrawl and ease the symptoms some? I do think it will be rough jumping off at this high dose. I don't know if you've kept up with buzzkillers posts - but he has been tapering off OC and Perc. He's doing really well. OC seems to be alot harder than other opiates..maybe because of the extremely high doses people are on - or the fact that it's a much stronger drug.

It never ceases to amaze me how many of us become prisoners to these opiates. It's baffling when I think about how many I've seen fighting the same demon since I joined the board in August.

[hoapfloats]

Hey Wannabedrugfree right before I quit cold turkey I was drinking 2 ounces of tussionex( that is 10 mg liquid hydrocodone and chlorpheniramine time release) a day.So that is like taking 12 10 mg vikes. Looking back it makes me sick. On days I couldn't get the tussionex I had my regular script from my primary doctor who rxed me 120 7.5 vicoprofens a months. So wen I wasn't taking the tussionex I was taking 8 of the vicoprofens a day. That may not seam like the hugest dose compared to the oc's but mind you I am just five feet tall and 115 pounds, I have always been petite I actually am a dancer, and now that I am sober I would love to teach classes agin, the little kiddies are sooo cute. Anyways I aree with Beginagain maybe tapering is a good idea. You should ask Philster he is a genious with all this and I think he tapered off hydro. I am on day 8 and honestly I feel better then I did when I was using, yes I do have bad parts of the day. That is usually when I reach out here because I am feeling down, trust me though I have more good parts of the day, wait until you see what its like to think so clear and not to ever have to lie. Hang in there and please try to get off the oxys life is far too short and I promise you in the end it will be so worth it. I am here if you need me.

Kelley

[sk777]

Kelley, I agree w/ you 100%. I still feel s**ty but so much better already than I did when I was medicating. So much of the self-loathing is gone, and then all the physical symptoms of being addicted. I was told recently that when you are addicted you are also going through withdrawal every day. It's a terrible treadmill to be on. Quitting was no picnic. But I'm so glad I did.

Karen

[hoapfloats]

Hey Karen!! I know what you mean as crappy as I feel now it is so much better then being back on the pills. When I was self medicating myself with vicodin it was like a rough emotional rollarcoaster, all the up and down feelings and always thinking how I was going to get more. We are so much better off without these pills, every day we will be closer to the happiness of a new sober life. How are you doing Karen? Is your migrain better? I can't beleave the pharmacy gave you a hard time, come on they are just non- narcotic migrain meds. I hate when pharmacists try and act like doctors! Oh well hope all is well.

Kelley