Need Help - Crying Won't Stop From Oxycodone Withdrawal
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I am scripted oxycodone 5mg 3x day, but for the past 2 months I started taking 80-90mg a day. Last Sunday I decided I needed to stop and taper so I had to drop from 90mg to 10mg a day. It has been 6 days. I can't stop crying. I am hopeless. I don't know if I should just stop the 10mgs or if I should keep tapering down. I don't know why I started taking so much, but I do need it for pain and I do have someone that can monitor the administration of it to me. My question is...when will this end? The crying, depression, vomiting, diarrhea, hopelessness. Do I keep taking the 10mg and taper down to 5mg or am I going to continue to go through this mental and physical hell. Please help. I am on an antidepressant and a very low dosage of clonazepam .25mg at bedtime but just feel absolutely like I will never feel normal or hopeful again. I only was taking the 80-90mgs for 2 months, but when will this end? I'm on day 6 of just 10mgs and if I don't take the 10mg today, do I start the withdrawal process all over again?

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Re: Timtime (# 51)

time is right if u go holistic route or try low dosage of suboxon and lil medical mary jane just dont take Subs too soon or it will kick you into precipitated withdrawal

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Re: Bruno (# 53)

LMAO, anyone popping 100 pills a day, should be in a clinic not on a blog!!

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Re: Preston (# 43)

LMAO! Ativan? You serious?
Ativan sucks.
And it does not help much when you’re popping 100 pills a day for a long time.

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Re: Joe (# 49)

I was taking 70-80 10mg hydros a day + Percocet like 15-20 also an oxy if I had.

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I was addicted for almost 10 years to OXY and went through over a dozen treatment facilities to beat it. I was over 1,000 mg a day at times. So believe me, I know what you're going through times 10. It feels like literal hell physically n emotionally. To answer your question, the acute withdrawal phase usually starts to improve in a week to 10 days at the most. Got some as little as 3 to 5.
However, the post-acute phase can go on for much longer though it gradually improves as you go through it. Yo taper with minimal symptoms you clearly went to fast from 90 to 10 mg. If you remain at 10 mg I would expect your symptoms to begin to improve within the next week or so. However you likely will have lingering effects for some time after.

Symptoms such as, insomnia, mood swings, depression, irritability, poor appetite, low energy n lethargic to name a few. It will improve though it feels hopeless n as though it will never end. There are many things you can do to help during this time. Exercise, even if short walk. Anything but remaining in bed all day. Hot baths daily or twice a day. Amazing how this helps. Sounds cliche, but drink as close to a gallon of water a day as possible. Massage therapy is helpful to calm the anxiety and irritability. Make yourself eat at least 3 meals a day. Eating nothing lowers your blood sugar which the symptoms are those that mimics withdrawal symptoms. So not eating intensifies your symptoms. Your Dr might be willing to offer sleep aides. If not melatonin might help. Sleeping on your own can be one of the biggest challenges. Watch light-hearted movies or TV shows that make you laugh or distracts your mind. Listen to music you like with headphones while lying down or throughout the day. Amazing how much this helped distract me.

Otherwise, Google remedies for opiate withdrawal and you'll find plenty. Just be rational n sensible about the ones you consider. You can also Google supplements for opiate withdrawal and find plenty to consider. Some are designed especially for opiate withdrawal.

Try these and I assure you it will be an easier journey than if not. It won't take them completely away but it will noticeably help.
Just be consistent everyday to gain the most benefit. Daily consistency is very important.

Try these and I assure you improvement and that it will pass. When you get comfortable at 10 mg just pace yourself from 10 to 5 and be prepared for another yet milder version when going from 5 to zero. You'll be able to handle it much better with milder n fewer symptoms by far. Good luck and I'm with ya all the way LP.

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Taper relax. If you’re getting scripted for your pain, sometimes we all go overboard. If your situation turns into where you are also going on the street to buy it, then be more worried that’s not good. Now I don’t know what type of pain you have or what’s wrong with you but I would continue taking your medication OK and what I recommend is don’t take so many and you don’t have to take exactly what is prescribed, but to help your withdrawals it will be better to remain on a lower dosage. Now if you cannot stand not feeling the euphoria then you can try the cold turkey thing. While you’re going cold turkey to help with withdrawals, what I would do is go to get a prescription for some Codeine since it’s not like hydrocodone, it’s very slow released & it will help with some of your withdrawals but don’t take like millions of them and f*** up your liver either just to take the edge off. Also, you can switch to or ask your doctor to give you something like Darvocet which is a methadone derivative that is a narcotic that is weak which will not make you feel as euphoric as the oxycodone but it has tremendous help on withdrawals.

Withdrawals suck, yes, they last for two weeks. & yes you have panic attacks, anxiety, vomiting, etc... There is a place in Tampa Florida that does ultra rapid detox. I had it done. I mean I don’t know, I don’t really believe that it works super well. I mean after the 24 hour detox I still had withdrawal for two weeks but they give you medications and stuff - a lot to help with your withdrawal symptoms whether they are diarrhea or vomiting. They also recommend you a diet and everything. It costs like $10,000. They put you to sleep for over 24 hours and they supposedly reset your opiate receptors. I mean you can do that or go to like some place for like weeks and months but I’ll tell you what, you know I did the ultra rapid detox, it was hard, but it was better than sitting in a rehab for a long time. Also, mind you that while I was going through my withdrawals the doctor prescribed me Adderall which worked very well. The Adderall gives you the energy like the opiates and you don’t crave any opiates. The Adderall works lovely so if you’re going to do that if you come to that point you really want to quit taking the drugs obviously. And after you live through the 24 hours and the two weeks, you’re going to despise the drugs.

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It will stop, go to a Na meeting. Trust me, I was on a lot more than you. If anyone ever has a question leave a response.

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What you really need to do taking such a high dose through the day you should have just went down 5 to 10 milligrams of week when you get down to 5 mg a day you could just stop and not have so many problems so the only thing that I could tell you take 20 mg a day for 3 to 4 days then cut down to 15 mg a day give it another 3 days cut down to 10 within that time you should feel a lot better then give it two days go down to 5 milligram for two days then you could stop you do not want to put your body through that type of shock that's what I'm doing right now exactly what I'm telling you to do good luck

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I Have to say you are totally correct. This drug should be used for all W.D. It has helped me more than once. I don't think doctors even know how well calapentin works. Thanks for getting the word out there so people will know

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If you are only taking 10mg a day. Stop all at once. You will only be sick for about 4or 5 days and it's over baby. But you want be able to stop thinking about how good it felt for a long time. That is the hard part not to start it all over again. So just stop and be sick a few days. It's really no big deal

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Please be very careful with the benzo replacement because the withdrawl from that is a 100 times worse deadly and last over 2-3 months this is from the voice of exsperience

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Nicole, you seem to be a very compassionate & intelligent person with an above-average knowledge of how a lot of this "stuff" best works. I don't assume you have an answer and/or advice for my question but asking anyway in hopes that you just might have info for me. I have read up on many a person's formula/recipe, whatever you want to call it, for safely getting off of suboxone. Do you have good information on this, more specifically I am thinking, on any possible vitamins and/or good natural safe supplements to help with what I know will be a certain level of 'discomfort', regardless of how long & drawn out & gradual of a step-down taper i attempt to do. it's the fear that keeps me just taking it. i am already suffering with depression & anymore i wonder if it is the suboxone. i have been on it over 6 years. i have tried many different antidepressants over the past 17 years & just started cymbalta (the generic, not the brand name) about 3 weeks ago. my doctor told me to give it "a good 6 weeks for efficacy" (that is, if there is any efficacy to be had, IMO).
I am so confused anymore I just don't even know. I read many of the posts on here & my heart breaks for many & i wish these people knew that they have an automatic & understanding empathetic & sympathetic friend in me because i absolutely relate & it's hard when you have nobody in your corner emotionally who just do not understand ANY of this medication crap, from antidepressants to dependance to addiction to recovery, knowing how one never intended for things to happen as they did. I do believe in better living thru chemistry but I am also sick to death of playing trial & error. I am more & more feeling like my point of existence has been to conduct a lifelong scientific chemistry project on myself. Pharmaceutical companies are evil, all of them. I worked for 2 of them & had to bite my tongue so much over 10 years i am surprised i have a tongue left at all. Sad world we are in as far as healthcare & medication. Really makes it that much easier to know 'they' are trying their best to depopulate the world - seems apparent to ME, at least...

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Back in the mid 70s when methadone centers started dispensing methadone if you were trying to get on methadone and you told them you had a hydrocodone habit they would've laughed at you and told you to go home, kick your pill habit on your own. Back then you had to have a strong opiate habit to get on the program. But today they know hydrocodone is every bit as strong as morphine. If you can get some Ativan for a couple of days you'll be fine with your hydrocodone habit.

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You shouldn't have to go through that. It's our Government showing it's love. I hate them all. My heart breaks for those worse off than me and I have it pretty bad. The power should be given to the people. They don't know what's best for me. Pain yes I agree more people are on them, but take away cars. Cars make it easier to deal with traveling, paIn meds make it easier to deal with pain.

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You do realize suboxone is an opioid and much more difficult to detox from than an opiate.
What is your education or certification on substance abuse and addiction?
Do you understand the difference between addiction and dependance?

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20 mgs of clonazepam? What? Rethink that amount. Maybe 2 mgs at bedtime.

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First are you an addict? Second a jump from 15 mg to 90 usually is because your trying to feel high not just stop pain. Third, your brain can only compensate 5% a week without having symptoms. 2 months is long enough for your brain to be hooked at that mg. Your drop to 10 was way too fast, that's why you're sick and depressed - dopamine depletion. I would drop 5-10% per week or approx. 10mg week drop at most: 90, 80, 70, 60 etc. My biggest question is why are u manipulating your meds, mixing klonopin with opiates and you're homeless? Have you been honest with yourself about being an addict before tragedy could happen (overdose or suicide)? I've done everything u have. I'm now in recovery and try to help others in pain. If u are or are not an addict get help with this situation and the truth will reveal itself and u will get better. Either way God bless. {edited for privacy}

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@19timesinOR, was thinking the same. It's been a month now. hoping to read how their recovery is going. I hope he/she is doing better!

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Hey folks... have you noticed Lost In Taper hasn't ever responded to any of these posts? I hope this person is alive and well.... if this is you, please let us know what's going on...

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Please stop the taper now and increase the dose of possible. Not much... Just enough to get you out of the danger you have put yourself in by dramatically dropping the opiates!

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