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Oxy withdrawals

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tcfuller79

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Ok...am sorry as am sure this is not where this goes, I am awful with forums and threads and stickys or w/e. Have come here lots of times before when withdrawing but never joined or posted til today. Let me start at the beginning and lay it all out for you (and for me). 33 years old, 6 kids, in my second marriage, 6 years strong. Ok started smoking pot and drinking as a teen. Never stopped on those. As I got into my twenties I did lotsa mushrooms and lsd, lotsa coke and meth, but never steady or addict style. Then my best friend got addicted to oxy. I never understood, its just a pill. I would rant and rave at him about it. Eventually he died from mixing methadone and klonopin. That was 7 years ago, about two weeks after me and my first wife split because of my drinking. Rough times and I moved in with his widow, whom I had known for decades, and I basically proceeded to spiral out of control, got addicted to opiates myself, and somehow she saved me after a year. The withdrawals were beastly. took a good 45 days to feel right. But I quit everything. No more weed no more alchohol, even cigarettes. Then proceeded to get a job trucking and start being the man I always knew I could be, a great dad and husband and friend. A few times I relapsed, when a tooth got pulled and was prescribed or when I hurt my back, but nothing too bad and I stayed on track. Then in February this year they hired this guy to ride with me. He had an oxy script. well I decided to do it once for fun and shebang its july and he quit recently and im spending my vacation withdrawing, hard core. Thing is I don't remember the Wd's being this bad before, though my wife assures me they were. My legs are like insane demons. Was doing around 90 mgs a day for 3-4 months. Day 4 is in mid swing, not much sleep, still diahhrea, restless legs are unreal, lotsa other stuff. Also a lot of guilt. How could I do this?? Risk everything I earned without even a thought or care? I thought I was better. I have to go back to work in 5 days. Think ill make it?
 
In 5 days if you don't touch any kind of opiate opioid you will be over the most hellish(intens) part of WDs. Will you be a 100%, nope. You will still feel pretty bad. It's prob going to take a solid 2-3 weeks to feel close to normal.

Things to help-possibly length WDs- kratom, loperamide, suboxone.
 
Honestly, if I could've made it past day 1 of detoxing from oxy I would've not have needed Subutex, much less if I were to get to day 4. You'll be fine to go into work. You might not be getting good nights of sleep, but you're through the worst of it. Just remember, just because you stopped, doesn't mean you're going to pick back up all fresh and new. It's going to get worse each time...trust me.
 
Our brains have a weird wiring to them that causes us to forget about how bad withdrawals happen to be. But we damn well can not forget how enjoyable it is to use drugs. Hence why so many people end up relapsing and needing some type of maintenance drug to help get clean. 90 mg a day isn't that bad, cold turkeying it is very much possible and in 5 days you should be able to function at work with no serious issues. I cold turkeyed 3 times from habits that ranged from 90-150 mgs. The worst thing for me is not being able to sleep. One night of no sleep is somewhat tolerable, but after the 2nd or 3rd you start to become delirious. I used Lorazepam or Clonazepam combined with 3-4 beers and some marijuana as well to knock me out cold. IDK if you have issues with sleep, I don't, but people who do can have a real hard time sleeping even after the heavy withdrawals are over. Try googling the Thomas recipe, if you haven't found it already. Its the go to for anyone cold turkeying. The only thing that is tough to acquire is the benzos (clonaz diaz loraz-epams). I got Loraz from my doctor 2 out of 3 times I kicked. Just gave me 20x 1 mgs and it was plenty to get me through and taper down to avoid becoming dependent on those.
 
Man I feel ya. I've had to do the same thing numerous times. If it gets to bad go to an urgent care and get some tramadol.
It takes the edge off of the DT's and it wont effect your job performance. Since your body is used to opiates, it wont get you "high" but it will stop the "sweats". Hang in there.
 
Well, four days clean, went to the bar, got hammered, met buddy, did 2 30s with him, now I am officially reset right?
 
I still have almost 6 days til work, so I am hoping I didn't totally restet. Damn it I am so ashamed, but my fault. anyhow, yes that's why I did some. havnt slept since Monday night, was about to lose control of myself. jesus how bad have I screwed myself,,i was almost there!
 
used last night after 4 days clean. and they were a brutal 4 days. anyone have any idea if I completely reset the withdrawals? im hoping I only added a day or two.....
 
It doesn't seem to work that way with opiates, sorry dude.
As tough as it is, you need to stay committed to quitting, and as hard as that may be, the hardest part is staying quit.
Opiates are powerful substances, not to be taken lightly.
They continue to be the cause of many deaths every single day
 
tcfuller79 said:
used last night after 4 days clean. and they were a brutal 4 days. anyone have any idea if I completely reset the withdrawals? im hoping I only added a day or two.....
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If you use before you are fully detoxed, yes you are basically starting from scratch. You need a lot more time off the drugs then on them for your body to notice any difference. 4 days compared to months/years of using is nothing to your mind/body.
 
Well, I must not have completely reset. went through a rough weekend after my Thursday relapse, but woke up today feeling relatively right as rain. did some drinking yesterday to ease the last of my anxiety and leg pains. actually got called in to work today to cover for a guy who called off, and I went and had no issues. though I didn't receive all the responses and support I had hoped from reading older threads on the same subject, I still want to thank all those that did take the time to read and or reply. I was clean for years before these last few months, and I intend to stay that way now. Have cut myself off from potential suppliers, and my wife is such a huge support too. And responses or no, reading miscellaneous posts and forums on here concerning opiate withdrawals has given me strength time and again over the years. Thank you all and wish e luck: here I go! #finallycleanagain #feeling like me #able tofunctionandsleep
 
Why do people do this...it's 2013 there is no reason to go cold turkey ever. If you could acquire one single 8 mg sub you could have detoxed almost painlessly

Hope you stay clean though and glad ur feelin good
 
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