Need Help - Crying Won't Stop From Oxycodone Withdrawal (Top voted first)

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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You are coming down too fast. You want to take one pill away every 4 days, no rush.

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I so agree w/going back to your Doctor. You obviously have an addiction problem. You need to be honest with your doctor NOW before for things get even worse. Please get help from a doctor asap! I know you're in pain, but there is alternatives & 100% your doctor will help you.

I see this was posted a while ago. I hope you sought out help & are on the road to recovery. Stay strong, YOU can do this!

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Hello, I must agree with many of the posters about this. You absolutely went down wayyyyy to fast! You just cannot go from 90+mgs a day to 10! You really should have done this over a period of AT LEAST a month or two! But the good news is that it WILL STOP, it's going to take several weeks for your body AND brain to adjust. In the meantime you can take an OTC anti diareah med, make sure that you drink plenty of water, and you may also want to start taking a good vitamin and mineral supplement. I know it's hell when you're going through it,but as I've said IT WILL STOP and you WILL start feeling better. ..

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I vividly understand what you're going through as I have been addicted to large quantities of oxycontin for the last 10 years. I'm talking 500 to a 1,000 mg a day. Additionally I've been through detox at least 10 times in the process so I'm talking from experience. I believe you definitely tapered to fast if you went from 90 mg to 10 in only 6 days.

I believe you have 3 options. One is to ride out the withdrawal your having which is like hell but the acute phase generally passes in 5 to 10 days after you take your last dose. However after the acute phase passes your still likely to have some post acute withdrawal symptoms such as fatigue, unstable emotions such as depression or anxiety, and possibly lack if concentration or other cognitive impairment. The good news is if you've only been on for 2 months it should pass completely in a few weeks. You can Google remedies for opiate withdrawal n may find helpful hints such as long hot baths, exercise, eating regularly, sleep n lots of water and massage therapy. They won't likely knock it all out but I've tried them all n they do help for sure.

The second option is to slow your taper down. You were way to aggressive with your schedule to not experience severe withdrawal as you have been. Try something in the range of dropping 10 mg every 3 to 5 days with strick discipline not to got up and down with your schedule. Once you drop 10 mg don't go back up later. Opiate withdrawal is pure hell as I've been through it many times. So consider slowing down starting at maybe 50 or 60 mg n work your way down at the pace I mentioned. But remember when you get to zero to expect some withdrawal for a short time as I mentioned but use the remedies I mentioned and they will help.

Third option is to find a place that specializes in opiate detox and have them detox you over a 7 to 10 day time period. I've been to many but the best by far for detox I've found is Sunrise Detox in Alpharetta , GA. I don't know if it's convenient or not but the cost is around 5k and some insurance companies cover it some don't. Even if they don't it's worth the $5k in my opinion. They make it comfortable and take the guess work and effort out of your hands n they deal with everything.

If not there they are other detox facilities but I would be sure they specialize in opiate detox and ask if they use Suboxone or Subutex to help detox you. In my opinion if a place doesn't guarantee that they do then detox without is just too hard. So though there's other options Sunrise has been my best experience by far.

Hope one of these help but till you choose one to firmly go with maybvat minimum slowing yourv tape rate down. As I mentioned 10 mg every 3 to 5 days is much more realistic if you choose that route.

Hope one of these help. They have for me.

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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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@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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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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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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It's easier than you think, but you only have to be strong for a day (maybe two). I myself a marine veteran know how to count the minutes and hours and just LAY THERE on the sofa or bed and let it hurt and pass over (cold turkey). And while you're doing it always think about suffering a day or two OR continuing every day not being normal or happy. P.S. - There are other non narcotic pain meds at the store, so go buy some now, and remember people who are in worse shape than you (wheel chairs, blind, etc) so you are blessed more than you think. And every time you go vomit you're on your way to recovery.

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If I were you I would go back to my doctor. I would raise my dosage and taper down in a structured reduction of the pain medication assuming you no longer need that amount; and by doing it responsibly and with knowledge on how this medication works and affects you, you should not have a problem weaning off of this. But you went from 80 to 90 mgs a day to 10. That is a radical abrupt change. I'm not surprised at all that you're going through this but ultimately cancel your pain management doctor. That is what I have to say about this. I think most doctors would agree but not all. I wish you well. I don't think you have to go through what you're going through. I think you're taking a very wrong approach. As I said at the beginning wean yourself off.

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You may have dropped To low at first to feel no withdrawal you should take out 5 10 milligrams once every 3 4 days or just stop all together it won't last more then 2 weeks you went from 90 to 10 that's a far jump your doctor can give you something that will help you

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Sweetie, get yourself some Kratom. Red vein powdered. You can get it shipped out to you next day delivery from kraken kratom. They are based in Portland Oregon. Google kratom for opiate withdrawals. See what comes up. I usually get 1 oz of red vein powdered Bali, take 1 tsp. 4 times a day, it stops the depression, and anxiety from a 10. To about a 3. It is legal in most states. But please Google those words. Then Google kraken kratom and get on their website. This stuff is not breaking any pain contract, it isn't a drug, it is related to the coffee plant. I promise this stuff works miracles.

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This is just another media attack to back up the reason the DEA is doing what they are. Hurting folks who need pain medicine. Even after the CDC said they were wrong about pain medicine.

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Gabapentin.... I cannot stress this enough. It does away with 90% of the withdrawal symptoms... I have had no nausea no chills no diarrhea ... Minor aches and pains and felt kinda yucky in general but the worst parts of wd just never happened

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Gabapentin is useless waste of time. Obviously you weren't on a heavy dose of opiates it pretty really doesn't matter what you're doing you're going to go through hell coming off opiates if you're on a heavy dosage like myself.

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Gabapenten. ..AKA nurontin did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for me and many that I have talked to. .I'm glad that it may have helped you, but I have never heard of anyone that used it successfully for opiate withdrawal. .

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The last reply was ok but I been too 17 detox places when it's a waste. You have to stop on ur own no can force u and tapering is b.s. I went from massive amounts to zero immediately tapering prolongs the process subs help big time I'm now on 8mg of subs and off 800 to 1000mcgs a day 30 days clean and I still can't feel my skin or half my body still have sweats can't sleep or eat much cravings come and pass all I recommend is stop cold no taper just prolongs especially if ur abusing like me

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Assuming you have the quantity, reduce by 10mg every 3 days, you tapered too fast, way too fast. Also, talk to a Dr. and get some Clonidine (BP Med), which will help with W/D, and a benzodiazepine, such as Klonopin or Xanax to assist with sleep.

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Hi Taper!
I agree with the folks here who said your taper is too fast. If you have the quantity, slow it way down. It seemed like you might be at 10 already?

One thing though: do not try the suboxone route. It is merely trading one addiction for another, and, suboxone is a nightmare to get off of, way way harder than Oxy. Like 6 months of feeling awful, not 3-5 days.

Yes so nobody said it would be easy getting off this stuff, but you can do it! I would slow your taper down, I would order some kratom... maybe get some xanax if you can... and then try to relax. It will get better. You are on the right path! Good luck!

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