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Help tapering 5 15 mg a day please help

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IhateDOINGpills

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I really hate be addicted to pills now it run my whole life and every thing I do.I. Could cry right now just thinking about it.not to mention the 8 gs I've prob. spent. I can not take this anymore but to scared to quit cold turkey . So I am asking for some help for me. I have been addicted for 6 months now. I was doing at least 4 30mg oxycodone a day at about 11am,4pm,9pm,12am and now I take 5-6 15mg a day around same time and depending on how late I stay up. I don't know if this is better or worse but I wanna tapering down from here and need help on how to do it. when and how much and how long it take . I am strong enought to do this and have my girlfriend with me who is in the same situation and lives with me . We would really appreciate the help . I know I'm not th best writer and this is my first post so sorry but if you need any more info just let me know
 
I feel your situation having been in the same boat railing heroin. I know how the green eyed monster will take everything from you.

First off anybody will tell you that your really gonna have to wanna quit when you quit otherwise relapse is a given, it might seem tough but if I was in your shoes I would have a last binge for the high so you can say goodbye and take away one of your doses a week until your down to 2 and then leave 2 weeks before going to 1 dose and then take it down 5 mg a week after that. Don't make your last binge your last night alive either keep the dose reasonable.

The reason I'm suggesting a long taper is because it doesn't seem you've been doing it long enough to have hit rock bottom and hate it passionately. So the best chance of success for you and your girlfriend will come from a strict regiment and
positive reinforcement from each other. Just to recap on the c0nzor taper plan:

Week 1- take away one 15mg dose, not morning evening or night though.
Week 2- take away another 15mg dose, again leave your breakfast, lunch and bedtime dose alone.
Week 3- take away the dinner time dose, leaving just your breakfast, lunch and bedtime dose.
Week 4- take away your lunch time dose, leaving just breakfast and bedtime.
Week 5- take this week to let your body adjust, start doing things you used to do before drugs, peruse old hobbies and try not to argue with your significant other as you'll both be high strung and trying to come to terms with life appearing to be dull in comparison to life being high.
Week 6- take away that breakfast dose, make yourself a good drug free breakfast and maybe get some vitamins to take to ease you mentally for the day having given that part of your brain the satisfaction of swallowing a pill.
Week 7- again just take this time to adjust to life around you and the new dynamics of your relationship.
Week 8- take away 5mg of your overall dose and continue steps above unless you feel at this point your ready to come off it.
Week 9- take away another 5mg and continue to reinforce a positive attitude to your opiate free lives.
Week 10- take the plunge, choose a day and make it your last day walking in footsteps 5mg deep and step on level ground.

I can't guarentee success but as long as your committed you'll be alright and your little family unit can begin again. If you need somebody to talk too about anything or questions to ask just pm me, let us all know about your progress, study shows those whole journal do a lot better in recovery. I won't say good luck as luck has nothing to do with it, so keep your chin up and your doses gradually lower and your headed in the right direction. Without having to go to an in-patient rehab...
 
I dont necessarily agree with one last binge before quitting. I remember when I got into opiates it was easier to quit when I started them and got harder and harder to quit every time I relapsed.

Withdrawal is part mental as well, keep in mind those pills you are doing are actually prescribed to real people. You are using 4 a day, it is almost like you're using them as someone who is prescribed to use them, would use them... Just stop thinking of the mindset of that you're abusing them. Well don't think that you're not abusing them I mean, but I mean don't be so nervous or scared to quit, you're taking pills that a doctor prescribed and you're not using that much... I was using around 320 of oxy everyday for months. just be calm and taper off of them and don't over think it or else you may think youre withdawaling when youre not.

First I wouldn't taper slowly neccesarily, I would switch to only using the amount first of all that it takes to keep you from withdrawaling (maybe that's half the amount you're using right now) and THEN taper from that amount. I think longer tapers are better than really short tapers like the first person said, but often people who taper relapse within sometime during the period of they're taper and are back at square one. So some think shorter taper's are better.

Regardless, cut out as much of the pills as you can and try to use tomorrow only the amount that will keep you out of withdrawal and then taper from there.

Also don't be afraid to go and see a doctor! seriously! i take all my friends addicted to opiates to see a doctor. i wouldn't recommend getting on methadone or suboxone, i'd stay away from those if you can, but a doctor can prescribe you clonidine, valium or t3's to help ease you off the oxy. I find that taking clonidine during opiate withdrawal takes away about half the withdrawal and a doctor is usually happy to prescribe them to you to help you.
 
he isn't on that much oxy, so definetely stay away from methadone or suboxone. i feel like methadone and suboxone are really last choice substitutes, when you really can't quit and you go months trying to quit and you really prove to yourself you can't quit without switching to another drug.

i unfortunately had to go on methadone for a year and then switch to suboxone to quit methadone and then i quit suboxone and was clean... but then started opiates again. start it all over again.
 
Sorry i took so long to respond. I couldn't find these through the full site only through the mobile site so if could please explain how to view my thread through the full site that would be helpful


Thank you all for the answers . Just today I broke down crying because I thought I would never get better. So I got on blue light and thankfully found my lost post and given me hope .thanks to y'all I've realized my addiction could be a lot worse and if others can do it why can't we . The tapering program you gave me c0nzor sounds like a great one for me and my girlfriend and where not going use subs or anything else like you suggested We are going to have one last night like you said lol and then were starting tommorow. And I kinda can't wait and confident we can do this together.I'm sooo looking forward to a day without pill . I will keep a journal on here like you also suggested. So wish us luck and I will keep y'all posted
 
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