Okay so I am going to try to sum this blog up pretty quickly without making it too long. So I started using painkillers on the daily about 1 year ago, I was taking anywhere from 4-6 lortab/percocet 10's a day. I know I know it doesn't seem like much but when I tryed to quit CT I experienced horrible withdrawal symptoms. I continued using more and more because I didn't want to get sick ect ect.. So finally I had gotten sick of it and I wanted to do something about it. My friend mentioned to me that he went on suboxone (his opiate use was simmiler to mine) and he was off opiates with in a week of using subs. Now he is off everything completely. So I was alright I'm going to do the same thing he did and starts using subs to get through the withdrawals no problem. No, this did not work...I used about 4mgs of sub strips for about 6 days now, I thought I would be over withdrawals and I could go on my merry way. Apparently it doesn't work at all because after the 6 days of suboxone detox I was still getting withdrawal symptoms when the subs wore off. Please if anyone has any input on this matter please help me out. I don't know what to do. I'm sick of being sick, I just want my life back...please no haters.
This isn't really a place to pose questions, at least it isn't if you are hoping to get an answer anytime soon. I will answer your question though, you won't like the answer though; Oxycodone (the opiate/opioid contained in your Lortabs and Percocets) has a a 72 hour evacuation. This means that by 72 hours your PHYSICAL symptoms are finished. Mentally though? You might be feeling those for the rest of your life.
You should be posing this question to your medical provider. I hope you do. Good luck.
You should be posing this question to your medical provider. I hope you do. Good luck.
