Oxycodone Withdrawal Advice

[SPC123]

So I am here again, feeling the first hints of W/D. Here's where I'm at.

I dose 60-80 a day.

I took 50 yesterday afternoon and 20 before bed last night.

Monday I am off work and will have a new scrip by the afternoon.

I have 20mg Oxy and 5mg of valium sitting in a pill bottle here.

How much will that help stave off any serious W/D symptoms, if at all? I had figured on taking that tomorrow at the start of work to get me through the day.

Opinions? Advice?

 

[AnyCouponWorks]

so you have work tomorrow but off on monday, and a refill on monday?

my suggestion is to use the 20 mg oxy tomorrow to get you through work, then the valium either tomorrow night or monday morning to get you through to the prescription.

if you are feeling sick now after 70mg yesterday, what you have unfortunately isnt going to carry you all that much.

best thing is to hold off on taking any of it until u CANT STAND IT ANYMORE. ive alwasy found that once i was ALL OUT, all the symptoms seem worse. just knowing that you do have those two things for when its unbearable, is surprisingly good way to trick yourself. hang tight long as you can. the reilef will be greather then too, even if its "not enough"

 

[T. Calderone]

so you have work tomorrow but off on monday, and a refill on monday?

my suggestion is to use the 20 mg oxy tomorrow to get you through work, then the valium either tomorrow night or monday morning to get you through to the prescription.

if you are feeling sick now after 70mg yesterday, what you have unfortunately isnt going to carry you all that much.

best thing is to hold off on taking any of it until u CANT STAND IT ANYMORE. ive alwasy found that once i was ALL OUT, all the symptoms seem worse. just knowing that you do have those two things for when its unbearable, is surprisingly good way to trick yourself. hang tight long as you can. the reilef will be greather then too, even if its "not enough"

Good advice. Sometimes weed helps with the jitters when you run
out of meds. Maybe try going to bed early to get your mind off it.

 

[klemme]

i doubt the valium at 5mg will help much but i suggest taking it tonight so you can relax and sleep and take the contin tomorrow id day.valium has a longer half life but will also help you to sleep hopefully or smoke some weed witth the valium so you can sleep through the w/d if any tonight

 

[AnyCouponWorks]

Good advice. Sometimes weed helps with the jitters when you run
out of meds. Maybe try going to bed early to get your mind off it.

yes of course forgot to mention this - weed can help in some ways and hurt in others.

it def used to help me sleep during w/d's but at first, right after smoking, it would make my heart pound and elevate my blood pressure so much id hear whooshing in my ears. but it was worth a few minutes of that to get some zz's during those long nights.

 

[SPC123]

I don't do well with weed, so that's out. I was considering maybe taking the valium tonight to help me sleep. To be perfectly honest, it helps my case if I go to my doc looking strung out. I am trying to convince him that 60mg a day scrip isn't enough, I need 80g, and "this" is what happens when I run short.

I love my doctor, and I am betting I leave tomorrow with scrip for 112 Oxy IR to be dispensed 56 now, 56 in two weeks.

Truth is it's a double edged sword. I am at the point where even when I am not in pain I need 40 or 50mg just to keep me feeling "normal". Then when I am in pain, I have to up that to like 80-120mg to get real relief.

 

[AnyCouponWorks]

what about weed dont you do well with?

just curious - if you dont want to answer that is ok. i ask because i am a long time pot head but for the couple years i was hooked on oxy's i found weed much less appealling.

anyway. if you are able to go to the doc sick then surely take what u need sooner. i know personally i would want to avoid them seeing me in withdrawal for fear of havign the meds yanked from me altogether, or swtiched to something else.

i would not stress with the doc "what happens" when you run out, but rather focus on the pain level that is not beign lowered with 60mg. i would imagine you would get better results. "what happens" is the whole reason they dont want u on those pills to begin with.

 

[SPC123]

I am entirely honest with my doctor about the drug, the physical dependence and the w/d. He views it all as a short term solution. I need to make an appt. to see the surgeon for long term relief, but I am afraid I might end up in surgery again and then things might be even worse. Meanwhile I don't have (and I know how this sounds but) a psychological addiction to the drug. I like em, don't get me wrong. And I have been quite honest in telling my doctor than I would be high on Oxy the rest of my life if it weren't for all the damned negatives. But when it comes down to it, when the pain is gone, I will ween off the drug and go on my merry way, just like I did when I was dealing with this same thing with the same doc several years ago.

On the weed thing: It just makes me super paranoid. All around anxiety and panic attack.

 

[AnyCouponWorks]

gotcha.

sorry about the pain youre experiencing, i know the drill my mother has terminal illness(es) and she refuses to go on the heavy opiates even though they help. it is only a short term solution AND a can of worms. she instead takes tramadol but i dont think its strong enough really.

sucks - good luck.

 

[SPC123]

I have an empty stomach, so I am going to watch Arrested Development, drink 3-4 beers, then ultimately down that valium to sleep.

 

[klemme]

be careful with ETOH and valium and ETOH intensifies the effects of valium and you need to watch for CNS depression especially your respirations,if i were you i'd eat something even something light and please do me a favor and sleep on your side if your going to drink with valium just incase you vomit