moonrockinmynose
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Hello, I'm new to the forum and have registered myself to ask some questions regarding the opiate detox.
I've been taking tramadol sporadically since 2014, and in 2015 I started taking oxycodone. With time it turned into a daily habit. In the end, I used to take 60-80 mg of oxycodone daily. This year I decided to try to quit opiates and went to a psychiatrist. He's been prescribing me tramadol since May and as of now I'm taking around 1000 mg of tramadol daily. I know this dosage is pretty high, but my tolerance went up so high that it's no longer dangerous. I wasn't taking oxycodone for two weeks, but since the last week I've been taking sporadically around 40 mg of oxycodone (not everyday, just when I got my hands on some). My psychiatrist wants me to wean off tramadol gradually, minus 50 mg each two weeks, but that would take too long for me and in my opinion it just would prolong the agony. Decreasing the dosage, in my experience, already produces bad enough symptoms, so I think I'd rather go cold turkey. By that I mean taking for example 100 mg of tramadol in the morning and in the evening. That would be quite a difference from what I'm taking now. And after a few days I would decrease the dosage by 50mg, and so on. Do you think that could work? Is my addiction very bad? Is taking 40 mg of oxycodone per day a lot? Especially, considering that I've been taking it for a week or so, and before that I had managed to live on tramadol only. How bad the symptoms will be in your opinion?
To help myself in the withdrawal process, I've been equipped by my psychiatrist and GP with the following:
- alprazolam 0,25 mg (Xanax)
- a dozen or so of Xanax SR 0,5 mg
- escitalopram 10 mg (I've been already taking it for four months - 20 mg daily)
- mirtazapine 30 mg (I've been taking it already for a month - 45 mg daily)
- zolpidem 10 mg
- quetiapine 25 mg (I was prescribed it by my psychiatrist by felt like an emotionless zombie the following day, so I stopped it, but I can always use it if it should help me in the withdrawal process)
- clonidine 75 mcg
I also got myself:
- drotaverine 40 mg (for muscle cramps)
- loperamide 2 mg
- metamizole 500 mg (for general aches and pains)
Do you have any suggestions regarding the aforementioned "aids"? Is there anything else that could help me get through the withdrawal? I do have a lot of tramadol in case it were better to decrease the dose gradually and not going cold turkey.
I would be very grateful for any suggestions
I've been taking tramadol sporadically since 2014, and in 2015 I started taking oxycodone. With time it turned into a daily habit. In the end, I used to take 60-80 mg of oxycodone daily. This year I decided to try to quit opiates and went to a psychiatrist. He's been prescribing me tramadol since May and as of now I'm taking around 1000 mg of tramadol daily. I know this dosage is pretty high, but my tolerance went up so high that it's no longer dangerous. I wasn't taking oxycodone for two weeks, but since the last week I've been taking sporadically around 40 mg of oxycodone (not everyday, just when I got my hands on some). My psychiatrist wants me to wean off tramadol gradually, minus 50 mg each two weeks, but that would take too long for me and in my opinion it just would prolong the agony. Decreasing the dosage, in my experience, already produces bad enough symptoms, so I think I'd rather go cold turkey. By that I mean taking for example 100 mg of tramadol in the morning and in the evening. That would be quite a difference from what I'm taking now. And after a few days I would decrease the dosage by 50mg, and so on. Do you think that could work? Is my addiction very bad? Is taking 40 mg of oxycodone per day a lot? Especially, considering that I've been taking it for a week or so, and before that I had managed to live on tramadol only. How bad the symptoms will be in your opinion?
To help myself in the withdrawal process, I've been equipped by my psychiatrist and GP with the following:
- alprazolam 0,25 mg (Xanax)
- a dozen or so of Xanax SR 0,5 mg
- escitalopram 10 mg (I've been already taking it for four months - 20 mg daily)
- mirtazapine 30 mg (I've been taking it already for a month - 45 mg daily)
- zolpidem 10 mg
- quetiapine 25 mg (I was prescribed it by my psychiatrist by felt like an emotionless zombie the following day, so I stopped it, but I can always use it if it should help me in the withdrawal process)
- clonidine 75 mcg
I also got myself:
- drotaverine 40 mg (for muscle cramps)
- loperamide 2 mg
- metamizole 500 mg (for general aches and pains)
Do you have any suggestions regarding the aforementioned "aids"? Is there anything else that could help me get through the withdrawal? I do have a lot of tramadol in case it were better to decrease the dose gradually and not going cold turkey.
I would be very grateful for any suggestions