Hi, I am new here. I have been taking opiates for several years. As per CDC guidelines my dosage was cut by more than half this past year. As this dose has not been effective in pain management, and I felt I was too the point where the opiates were sucking the life out of me, I decided to taper off. My pain doctor was not at all helpful. As she would not prescribe enough to help my pain, she wanted to keep me on what she would give me. She cut me from all immediate release to some immediate release and added extended release. I personally didn't like the extended release because they made me drowsy. Anyway, I tapered off of the extended release first, she did give me the lowest dosage (15mg morphine er) so that I could discontinue them easier. It was a little rough as it was difficult to sleep due to pain, but I sucked it up and got it done. So, my next step was the immediate release taper. The doctor, again, didn't seem interested in helping, as a matter of fact, after telling her I was done with the ER, she asked if I was sure I didn't need a refill on them! Really?? Thanks for the support Doc! So she prescribes me another month of the immediate release, says nothing about tapering. So, I use my best judgement and do it myself. I took the last "piece" of a pill, which was 2.5mg (1/4 of a 10mg oxycodone hcl), at 10pm four days ago, today will be day 5. I feel quite tired, have the pain I was taking the meds for to begin with, but other than that I am not bad. I thought that days 3 & 4 were supposed to be really bad. Did the tapering help avoid that, or is there still a chance that withdrawal will still kick in? I mean, I certainly don't feel like hopping in my car and going anywhere, but I am not in bad shape. So, does anyone know if I am on my way to feeling better, or can withdrawal symptoms still happen? Thanks in advance!!