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Opioids Oxycodone
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lexxbell
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well if you’ve really only been taking 15mg then it shouldn’t be too too bad. tho taking them daily for 3 years will give you some withdrawal. opioid withdrawal commonly feels like you’ve got the flu to some degree. i’d expect some amount of rebound pain. nausea and diarrhea are also super common when coming off opioids. general malaise and restlessness as well as insomnia are pretty much inevitable. irritability/anxiety, a runny nose, and feeling hot and/or cold are common too.
tapering down would minimize the withdrawal symptoms but unless you go down milligram by milligram you will experience some amount of withdrawal with each time you lower the dose. it definitely wouldn’t be as bad but you would still experience some mild discomfort for a couple days each time you lower the dose.
so it really just depends- do you wanna have 3-5 days where you feel bad and sick but then after a couple days it’ll clear up and be done? or do you wanna have 2-3 days where you feel a little bad, then a couple days of being fine, then 2-3 more a little bad days, couple normal days, then 2-3 more less bad days? basically do you wanna rip the bandaid off, feel bad and cold turkey, and then be done with it in a few days or do you wanna take it off slowly and feel less bad over a longer time? it’s gonna be unpleasant either way but it truly shouldn’t be that bad if you really only take 15mg a day.
if you taper dropping 5mg every week would be a pretty quick schedule and shouldn’t be too bad. personally at that dose i’d just cold turkey it, get some stuff to make me comfy during the withdrawal and be done with it.
tapering down would minimize the withdrawal symptoms but unless you go down milligram by milligram you will experience some amount of withdrawal with each time you lower the dose. it definitely wouldn’t be as bad but you would still experience some mild discomfort for a couple days each time you lower the dose.
so it really just depends- do you wanna have 3-5 days where you feel bad and sick but then after a couple days it’ll clear up and be done? or do you wanna have 2-3 days where you feel a little bad, then a couple days of being fine, then 2-3 more a little bad days, couple normal days, then 2-3 more less bad days? basically do you wanna rip the bandaid off, feel bad and cold turkey, and then be done with it in a few days or do you wanna take it off slowly and feel less bad over a longer time? it’s gonna be unpleasant either way but it truly shouldn’t be that bad if you really only take 15mg a day.
if you taper dropping 5mg every week would be a pretty quick schedule and shouldn’t be too bad. personally at that dose i’d just cold turkey it, get some stuff to make me comfy during the withdrawal and be done with it.