...no, i just want to see more examples of people incurring withdrawal from that dose range. Oh! ROXIanne didn't even respond to my question: how bad was the withdrawal?
IDK you can try PM her ! but the withdrawals from a low dose oxy or any opiate in my opinion differ from person to person, we all have a unique biochemistry and react differently to opiate WD! one person may have full blown WD from taking just 1-5 mg oxycodone for at least 3 consecutive days and another might just have WD that are hardly notifiable! But if my CNS physiology serves me correctly there are the physical and the emotional symptoms of WD The key areas of the brain and brain stem which narcotics typically suppress become hyperactive (running at a level above normal) when the inhibitory action of the opioids is suddenly reduced or withdrawn. If you have been there you know this can be brutal;additionally every time someone go's through this WD process it tends to get progressively worse! With the exception of diarrhea, functional changes in certain areas of the sympathetic brain can account for nearly all of the physical symptoms attributed to opioid withdrawal.
Dysregulation of the hypothalamus leads to an excess of many bodily functions normally inhibited by narcotics. Pinpoint pupils (miosis) become abnormally large (mydriasis), the dry mouth begins overproducing saliva, dry skin begins to perspire, the dry nose begins to run, while the insensitivity to temperature gives way to hot/cold flashes and chills.
Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis contributes to an excess of hormone release, a state of stress, emotional vulnerability, and an inability to fall asleep.
Dysregulation of the locus coeruleus leads to an excess of noradrenergic tone; this manifests as anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, increased heart rate and blood pressure, muscle tension, tremors, restlessness or akathisia, involuntary movements of the limbs, nausea, vomiting, and stomach discomfort. All of the negative side effects of WD is unique to the individual biochemistry regardless of low dose opiate intake! After stabilization from the acute withdrawal. many people then suffer from post acute withdrawal syndrome ! It is truly amazing the allopathic western world allows opiate medications to be prescribed for long term therapy! I personally was taking 30mg ir 8x a day and 15mg ir 4x a day for breakthrough pain! and for me at that point it really did not help the pain after 6 months of continuing large amounts of IR oxy! No matter how much oxy i take eventually i would need more to get any pain management ! when you take into account what all the narcotics were doing to my adrenals and CNS central nervous system it really is not advised !!!oxycodone dependency is no walk in the park !