Going CT off of long term Percocet use because of gastroperesis. Need advice about WD

[Julianspinefusion]

Had a spinal fusion and ZI've been on hydrocodone and then graduated to oxycodone 10x6 a day. sometimes I was at about 8 a day and would have to refer to my n"neighborhood pharmacist" to avoid shortage at the end of the month. Recently in the passed year or so, I've been experiencing bad nausea that's almost more debilitating then the pain. I never connected the dots and my idiotic GI dr didn't either. The most he had to say about it was "do you think it's from using narcotics since 2009? I told him, "I don't know , you're the Dr" and that was that. Went back in to a followup and I explained to him my symptoms were worse than ever and could hardly support my family as I need to get my ass out of bed and work and it just wasn't possible with debilitating nausea. He setup some test and scans and finally told me I had "gastropareseis". Basically where your stomach is paralyzed. But once again told me he isn't convinced there's any link between the pain meds. Well, google to the rescue....I found many informative websites that boldly states "gastroperesis can be brought on by long term pain medicine use". I was pissed it took googling and not my "specialist " to give me the reason I felt like I'd been on the way to death. You've never experienced nausea and vomiting like this so constantly and without a end to relief in sight until you've had this horrible "disease"

well, I thought enough is enough. I can't deal with 2 debilitating problems at once. I was seeing death around the corner at 32. Lightbulb went off in my head, instead of paying $1000 a month for medical care treating all my "problems" wouldn't it be great to not have any besides pain? Even if you asked me about a week ago if I'd "ween off becasue I would eventually die, I'd say fuck off" because I needed it. My back hurts like hell. I can't live without these pills every 2 hours, can I? No way! But I prayed and prayed after feeling helpless and all the sudden gained this strength and confidence out of no where. was just thinking to myself "I'm going to quit CT and hopefully it doesn't end me up in ER and hopefully I'm not curled up into a ball cus the pain in my back gets so bad

So God willing, I'm on my way. Surprisingly my back hurts a whole lot less than I thought it would btw, oxy is a weird drug, right when it would hit my system, my pain was unbearable for the first 45 minutes and then it calmed down. Sometimes not till I took double dose. My previous pain dr who was against opiates once told me "don't you see, it's proven medical fact that long term opiate use isn't helping you, it's making your pain worse! You're more sensitive to your pain in your back and through your body unless you have it" well , 48 hours in, it seems he wasn't completely b.sing me. I'm maybe in the least amount of pain I've been in since I went on some hardcore opiate binges back in the day.

Anyways, here's my question for you guys. I know there's a ton of threads but everyone's situations different. So I will ask...

I took my last 2 Doses of oc Friday morning, one at 8 and the other at 11am. It's been 48 hours since dosing.
withdrawals have been unpleasant obviously but with the amount of meds I was on, when do you think this madness will stop?

heres what I've been on in the passed 48
alot of clonazapam
and ondenestron

ive been eating these like m&ms. I'm scared to go buy Imodium since I have pretty bad GI problems and Imodium "clogs you up" I can't imagine taking 10-15 at a time without ending up in the er.

Heres what ive been through and where I'm at,
axiety
lump in my throat/hard to breathe-think its from anxiety
restlessness and being pissed off and punching the walls for no apparent reason
inspmnia- with just the right amount of clonazapam would eventually help with the z's
feeling like a need to cum (but my girlfriend fled to my moms because I was snapping at her and the kids and punching walls, so figured it was best idea to give me the house alone )
feeling like I was going to die last night-for no apparent reason, I felt tired but yet like I couldn't sleep. Felt like I was breaking down bad.

so now I'm awake 48 hours into this and I feel pretty stable emotionally. I actually feel hungry but the cramps and diarreah have me glued to the toilet.

So with what ive been through and how I currently feel, can I expect to cycle back to all the worse shit I felt yesterday even though I'm "ok" right now?? Or might all this be coming to an end? I read most people's peak at hour 72hrs, is this universal? I'm just trying to prepare myself for the next 24 hours

TIa

 

[T. Calderone]

Cold turkey is rough but it can be done. I would expect your symptoms to last a few days. Do you have to go to work Monday? I ask because you may still feel out of sorts since your last dose was yesterday (or did I misread that?) Gabapentin and clonidine are my go-to withdrawal medications. Go easy with the clonazepam because you don't want to trade one addiction for another. Try to use them only at night when you need to sleep.

I would be reluctant to take Imodium (loperamide) for the diarrhea considering your condition. If it is still bad Monday, ask your doctor if that would be okay to use. In the meantime, make sure you drink plenty of water to keep hydrated. The 72 hours thing is not set in stone and it's a rough estimate. The severity and length of withdrawal symptoms varies from person to person. This will pass! Keep us updated how you're doing.

 

[chrisakabusi]

Horrendous I feel for you, I've never managed cold turkey its to horrific I'd go on methadone if I was you , witch I am on now after a hefty heroin and fentanyl addiction , methadone is amazing no cold Turkey yay!

 

[chrisakabusi]

PS withdraws can. Last up to a year! This you will feel better after a few days is bullshit you won't be throwing up shits etc after 5 days but insomnia and pains last much much longer use enough oxy just to keep you out of withdraw while you wait to get put on methadone