Opioids Bad Experience with Oxycodone

[mind-explorer]

You can look up opioid conversion charts for equipotent doses. I don't find some of them entirely accurate but they can give you idea about potency of opioids.
edit: Keep in mind they usually mean equipotent in analgesic effects not euphoric.

 

[rave_itsrealfun!!!]

Be careful bud, you kind of remind me of how I was when I first started using Oxy...I'm not sure of how much you use, and 2.5mg is a pretty low dose, but can also increase very quickly, and you can end up in deep water. Just be careful and remember it is a potent addictive substance

Thanks for the warning and input.

I take 2.5mg twice a day, spread out by 7 -8 hours. I have severe chronic pain in my spine and this is the only form of relief from my suffering that I have found. I was dependent on the drug before I even knew what it was, because I am unable to function with the agony of my chronic pain. I didn't like other opioids that I tried because they were too sedating; thought heroin was complete shit, and hydromorphone was too short-acting and the oral bioavailability too low, but when I discovered 5mg oxy IR and a pill splitter I knew right away that this was it, what I had been looking for.

I've been at it for quite some time, a good few months at this point, and I am psychologically addicted in the sense that I would be really pissed if I didn't have my stash. Then my pain would come back, I would never get relief from it and my pain really sucks. I've had it for years in my spine, it is agony but I don't feel it on oxy. I can even ride my bike and do a little yoga. My dose isn't enough to provide 24/7 relief, but it helps just enough to keep me sane. I have no trouble so far in keeping it to 5mg a day, and I don't have any cravings to use any more than that. I'm no stranger to addiction, and I do realize that I am already addicted to a low dose but it has not become a problem yet, although it definitely could turn into one months/years down the road and could happen very quickly if I make that choice to lose control.

I'm not writing to attempt to justify my addiction - considering my various issues I would consider myself quite prone to this type of habit, since this drug essentially cures me temporarily from horrible problems. But I haven't spiralled out of control yet, not saying it won't happen - just that I am definitely watching out for cravings to increase my dose and making sure to exercise self control if it begins to consume me, although I have no intention whatsoever of cutting back from 5mg/day. I'm not obsessed with it at all, I don't have thoughts about oxy all day or anything like that - so far, it's just half a pill that I take twice daily at a specified time and I have no trouble keeping it to that although I really like the effects a lot. At 5mg/day in two doses, I don't think that tolerance will become very much of an issue in the future. I think that the main issue is making sure not to increase my dose, because personally if I started taking 10mg/day then I would consider myself walking further down a dangerous road that I am already treading a bit seriously on. It's a low dose but it's still serious shit and a lot of people start out like this and then spiral out of control.

That being said, oxycodone is the best drug I have ever used. I prefer it to everything else by far. In fact I don't use any other drugs at all anymore, apart from a benzo whenever I have a panic attack.

 

[TheLostBoys]

^^^^^^

I'm impressed with you sticking to 5mgs of oxycodone a day, very impressive & you are doing it for legit pain & not to get high.

Morphine does tend to slow the mind down but I find it to be the best for my spine/back pain. Hydrocodone doesn't last as long unless I'm mixing a soma with it.

I wish I could like oxycodone but it makes me so irritable & gives me headaches.

I actually like Lwvorphanol the best but not many doctors prescribe it.

 

[rave_itsrealfun!!!]

Thanks for the input. I have very serious pain issues, and it's not like I'm only popping pills for it. I've got like 4 different doctors who specialize in back problems on the case, but they haven't been able to fix me yet. I suffered for 2 years before I began to consider low dose opioids as an option. I lost a high paying career job in which I was doing great at before the injury, I used to be an athlete and I can't even go jogging or swimming anymore... the pain is no joke and it has totally set me off course in life.

I am very committed to sticking with 5mg/day, even if it starts to not work as well. Then I would cut back or stop for a while. I really don't want to see myself spiral out of control with this one, and I can see how it could happen. I obviously really enjoy the effects and there is more to it than pain relief. I already ruined weed for myself forever when I was younger, can't ever smoke it again and I think I learned a valuable life lesson from overusing it.

I seem to be doing ok so far, if anything I'm already quite worried/concerned about using 5mg daily. But I need it in order to function in life at this time. If they could fix my back or relieve me of my horrible pain through some other means, then I would straightaway begin cutting back to maybe 5mg once or twice a week. I love oxycodone so I'd continue to use it, but I'm only really dependent on it daily for my back problems.

 

[TheLostBoys]

I use to have a doctor that use to tell me, I should be jogging, lifting weights, etc......I'm.like, are you kidding me, or what? I once ran to the mailbox to get the mail cause it was raining out & I had this sharp pain shoot up to my head. My back hurt real bad & I had a strenuous headache for an hour until I took double my dose of pain meds.

Some doctors cant handle the concept of someone's pain.

I switched doctors 4 years ago & the one I have now understands pain. I feel bad for him cause he's going thru chemo therapy but it seems doctors finally understand another persons pain when they go thru pain themselves.

 

[BroughtFromHome]

Yes, they have no choice if its just for getting high......if it was just for pain, then it could still work.

In a fantasy world, it would be nice if we could all get unlimited supplies of codeine, then when that stopped working, move up the ladder to hydrocodone, then oxycodone.......for me, I think i could last 3 years on each one before moving to the next, but it takes some self control.

Since your codeine doesn't do it for you, did you try hydrocodone? I know you just started with oxycodone & if this is your drug of choice, stick with it as long as you can before moving up to something harder because the opiate game is no joke.

I wanted to try Hydrocodone since I've heard a lot about it. Though I never got my hands on any. I'd like to go back to Codeine sometime, I'm sure my tolerance is back down to zero. Its just the withdrawal and constantly avoiding addiction is what I hated. I don't plan on using Oxy much, just wanted to see what a stronger opiate felt like. I plan on trying Oxy again this week. I supposed I'll post what happens. Thanks again for the information!

 

[rave_itsrealfun!!!]

With 5mg/day split in two doses, I've been having minor issues with tolerance. I have to take week long breaks and deal with more pain or resort to doubling my dose to get what might not be as pleasurable an effect, which I'm unwilling to do... I see how this can be a slippery slope.

 

[BroughtFromHome]

Okay guys. I decided to try 10mg again, despite the fact people were saying 10mg might've been too much. I took it by itself, no Benadryl before or antacid. The come up was about the same. Everything was pretty much the same, except I had no nausea and my head wasn't spinning. It was pretty enjoyable, I talked to my friend the whole time and we had a very good conversation (I've heard that Oxycodone has been known to be a "social" drug). I think the first time 10mg might've been too much or it was because the fact that I took it on an empty stomach. This time I took the Oxycodone with some food. Thanks to all for the information!