And, what are your guys thoughts on my goal being to get down to 6 pills per day? Am i just wasting my time bc im technically an addict and will get my tolerance back up to where it is now bc i wont be able to control my intake? Or, is it possible to get it down and stay there?? What is your experience w. trying to do this?
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Oxycodone Tolerance Question
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I would suggest in-patient detox/rehab as an alternative. I am going into a one month rehab for my oxy habit and I only do them recreationally during weekends and with only 60mg per day.
Not sure if I have switch to a suboxone during that treatment or do they let me continue oxys as I need them daily for pain management.
Also during that visit they tweak my bipolar and PTSD medication.
Not sure if I have switch to a suboxone during that treatment or do they let me continue oxys as I need them daily for pain management.
Also during that visit they tweak my bipolar and PTSD medication.
adicabrady
Bluelighter
For most addicts it is hard to get off their drugs without going to a detox and rehab or going on a short methadone/suboxone detox.It is possible though.You have not told us if you have tried to get off these pills before.It does not matter how or why you got addicted.Give us more information about what you have tried and what your reasons are for coming off.Will you still be in pain without being on pills?
The fact that you take your pills not as directed by a doctor is not a good sign.Also,that you say you don't feel them anymore.
A person taking prescriptions for pain alone is not looking for a high.From what you say,you are.Are you willing to try a detox or do you believe that you can do this on your own without any help?Do you get all your pills from a doctor or do you buy some off the street?
The fact that you take your pills not as directed by a doctor is not a good sign.Also,that you say you don't feel them anymore.
A person taking prescriptions for pain alone is not looking for a high.From what you say,you are.Are you willing to try a detox or do you believe that you can do this on your own without any help?Do you get all your pills from a doctor or do you buy some off the street?
Adicabrady, with all due respect, and I do appreciate your feedback and taking the time to read thru my post and try to help. However, some of your comments are a little presumptious and judgemental. Of course not taking my pills as Rx'd is not a good sign, of course I know that. That is stating the obvious. How do you think I got here....into the position im in now? Isnt that one of the most common ways for someone like myself to get addicted to oxys?!?! Its called tolerance. And to generalize or assume that everyone taking Rx pills for pain alone is not looking for a high is absurd. There is a term pseudo addiction or medical addiction. Some of us fall into that trap. Either way....who cares. it is what it is. I might as well be a crack head in the gutter, its the same result. Im addicted, just like anyone else. How do you think this all starts? Let me explain.... when you are young and naive of addiction and its power, you go to your doc bc you have 3 herniated discs. He Rxs 5 mg percs qid. Ahhh, pain is gone, you feel great! 6 mos later you go back to doc saying 5mgs arent working anymore, so he gives you 10mgs. Ahhh, pain is gone. 3 mos later you go back, doc gives you 20mg oxycontin plus 10 mg percs for breakthru. Ahhh, that really works, pain is gone. 3 mos later, you go back, 20 mgs arent lasting the 12 hrs as stated. he gives you 3/day, so on and so on.... then your at 3 80mgs/day plus 6 percs for b/t pain. then that doesnt work, but doc wont give anymore, so you DO WHAT U HAVE TO DO TO GET MORE to feed the monster. You do that and 5 years buzzes by your life in the blink of an eye, and here I am. My addiction 2 yrs ago was 5x what is is now (give or take). Ive trimmed it back to what I am currently taking now, which is 30mg roxis ONLY.
So to answer your question, yes, I do think I can do this on my own being that I have cut my intake over the past 2 yrs or so from anywhere between 1000 to 800mg/day, down to what I stated in my earlier posts (300 to 400mg/day). I did that on my own. no rehab. no detox. nobody forced me. All my decision. In fact nobody knows i have this problem. its my one monster in the closet. All for the simple fact that im sick of being a loser hooked on these pills. Ive done a good job cutting out what I have so far, but I have a ways to go. I still have a huge problem, thus the reason I posted a few days ago....
So to answer your question, yes, I do think I can do this on my own being that I have cut my intake over the past 2 yrs or so from anywhere between 1000 to 800mg/day, down to what I stated in my earlier posts (300 to 400mg/day). I did that on my own. no rehab. no detox. nobody forced me. All my decision. In fact nobody knows i have this problem. its my one monster in the closet. All for the simple fact that im sick of being a loser hooked on these pills. Ive done a good job cutting out what I have so far, but I have a ways to go. I still have a huge problem, thus the reason I posted a few days ago....
TheLostBoys
Bluelighter
Wow bro, you were at 1000mg a day, thats an insane tolerance but can happen to any of us......it seems you have done well on your own to bring your intake down, good for you, keep rolling along!
adicabrady
Bluelighter
Sorry I offended you.The last thing I want to do is pass judgement on another person posting for help.I might have stated the obvious but from your posts,I didn't know if you knew the obvious.If you can quit on your own,that would be great.I don't want you to think that I am saying you can't,I just wanted you to think of other options,if quitting on your own doesn't work.
You were drawn into addiction by physical pain,I because I was a F'd up kid.It really doesn't matter how we got addicted,it is what we do about it.Sorry again for offending you,I just really wanted to help.Addiction has taken up decades of my life and I hate to see that happen to others.
I'm a woman in her mid-fifties that started with drugs at 13.I am bound to have a different perspective about drugs then someone your age.
You were drawn into addiction by physical pain,I because I was a F'd up kid.It really doesn't matter how we got addicted,it is what we do about it.Sorry again for offending you,I just really wanted to help.Addiction has taken up decades of my life and I hate to see that happen to others.
I'm a woman in her mid-fifties that started with drugs at 13.I am bound to have a different perspective about drugs then someone your age.