Quitting opana (oxymorphone) soon. What to expect? Advice appreciated

[JKTeets2789]

Some history- used oxy for 1.5 years, up to 500+mg a day toward the end. Ended up in a rehab facility in May of this year. Managed to stay clean for 4 months post rehab. I relapsed on oxy (30mg blues) in September, always sniffed and occasionally Iv'd).

I was only using 30mg a day st the relapse start, eventually grew to 120mg a day to stay good, could probably stay not-sick off 90mg. Oxy (and occasionsal heroin- 2-3bags in a shit/ twice a day when I had no oxy) was just too expensive and I ended up finding a connect for Opana 40s. They were far cheaper and I could get by with 1 40 a day. The opana use started ONE MONTH AGO.

Ove rthe course if that month my tolerance grew from 1 40 a day to 3 to eventually 6. This past week I have been doing 2 40s 3x daily - so 6 or 240mg Per day snorted. Obviously this is to get high, I can stay well with 80-100 mg per day but this is spread out to not get sick and I wouldn't get high from it.

Basically I have withdrawn from a lot of things before. oxy, fentanyl, dilaudid IV. Oxy was the biggest as I was withdrawing from a multi year run while the others were a few months. I am wondering what the withdrawal from Opana is like. I hear it's awful, but as compared to a multi year, high Mg oxy habit how will this month long high mg opana bender compare?

In the past I have done cold turkey and also used suboxone tapers for a week along with benzos. I plan on using suboxone and benzos to aid this time

I have 8 8mg subs, 4 2mg Xanax bars, and 6 350mg soma... I plan on using the Xanax to knock myself out for a day or 36 hours and then dose on the Subs for a week (my body needs very little suboxone, I sniff the pills and can be good off 4mg over day usually)

Any info is appreciated, if anyone has experienced both oxy and opana WD and how they compare and what to expect (other than the usual). I think my plan of using Xanax to get past day 1-2 and then use the subs and sims as needed for a week. I am DEATHLY scared of precipitated WDs as I have been thrown into them about 5-6 times, sometimes after waiting up to 24 hours so I will most likely wait 36 hours after sniffing my last opana.

ThAnks ahead of time for the responses. I'm quitting with the next 2 days so hopefully I can learn someothing I didn't know before.

 

[OctoberRust12]

Hello JKT!

I was also a Rec opana user. Started out just like how you are. 1 40mg to nod my ass off. Then it turned into 2 40's a day, then 3 a day. I was tired of spending the money. I decided I needed to get out before it gets worse so one day I completly stopped. I'm not going to lie, it was the harshest w/d I ever went through. My body hurt, no motivation, no sexual drive, did not want to move, RLS, couldn't sleep, depressed, and it seemed like nothing I did matter. It's very hard trust me. Good thing it's only been a month for you since you got into them. Get out as soon as you can, and bunker down and get ready for the w/d effects. They are not pleseant at all. After 3 days, you start to get relief and you slowly start comming back into reality.

You can do it man, your not far in right now so turn for the better before you dig yourself a deeper grave. If you need help, please don't hesitate to message me or write back in here. You can do it boss, don't let some pill break you down and make you weak.

 

[badfish45]

Like october said, it's a good thing that you have only been on for a month, those can turn into a deadly habit. First off, do you intend to ween yourself off slowly, or cold turkey. I strongly suggest weening, but for some people that can throw them back into the cycle too easily. I also suggest going to an NA meeting, it's not a rehab but it will hopefully give you the support you need.

Best luck, you can do it

 

[JKTeets2789]

Thanks for your responses guys. I appreciate any words of wisdom. Perhaps someone could fùther explain- how do opana withdrawals compare to oxy?

I know 240mg is a lot, and I also know 1 month isn't too substantial but including the oxy- this has been a 3 month relapse- so in expecting a nasty kick. Does anyone agree that the subs- xanax combo will help? I've successfully used it with oxy and experiences only minor w/d after the subs were ceases after a week.

I don't plan on weaning, I need to get this over with, so I plan on stopping Monday and knocking myself on Xanax until I can safely induct suboxone at the 24-36 hour mark. The subs wi be tapered throughout the week and I won't use them for over7-8 days.

Basically I'm asking for clarification about the magnitude of withdrawals of this run (3 month oxy-opana run) vs the withdrawals of a year long oxy run. Specifically the difference in symptoms between oxy and opana.

Thanks a lot guys

 

[JKTeets2789]

Sorry for some of the grammatical stuff- the iPhone is annoying to write long responses on

One more question- anything else to help with the WDs? As I stated I usually use Xanax to sleep and knock myself out for 36 hours then start sub. And as I said I have some soma. I also will use loperamide in doses of 24mg as I have experienced some relief from this as well. Hopefully I can get some Valium by Monday - as it is both an anxiety med (sleep and anxiety w long half life) AND a muscle relaxer...

 

[OctoberRust12]

I would jump on the suboxone wagon ASAP if your not going to ween yourself. To be honest I tried weening of this stuff... It really dosn't work unless you have great will power. I know how you feel, trust me... It suck! Xanax and suboxone will be a merical worker for you no doubt about that. Why dont you stop tommarow? Whats stopping you? You want to quit yet your letting youself indulge for a few days more which in my opion, it's not worth it.

I would rather go through an Oxycotin w/d any day before I go through a Opana w/d. If I were you, and you really wanted to quit, I would start by quiting the next day. Dont tease yourself man. And stay away from the people who are carrying the supply, there texts/presents will highly test your will power and you might relapse again...and again...and again. Remeber, if you need help I'm here! You can PM me anytime!

 

[JKTeets2789]

I'm waiting because of two reasons- a) I have 7 pills left that I paid a pretty penny for and in theory it would be very noble for me to flush me but I mean comon now. I have zero dollars left to buy more pills anyway so it doesn't matter

B) I have found that (especially by I live at home with my family I'm only 22 and they don't know I've relapsed) that it's better for me to take a small dose in the AM (it's going to be 1 40mg dose ) so that I can function for the next 12-15 hours during the daytime when I will be around my family, then by the time the withdrawal starts to set in around the 15 hour mark with opana (much faster with oxy) It is night time and I can "go to sleep early" and just knock myself out on Xanax in my room without being suspicious. The alternative would be taking a dose before bed and waking up nd suffering the whole day withdrawing and drawing attention to myself by being sluggish.

Obviously the reason for this is because I am going to wait 24+hr before taking the subs because I have waited less and always enter precipitated WDs so if I take the final dose early in the AM I am Ok thru the day, can withdraw and take Xanax all night, then hopefully take the suboxone early the next morning-afternoon and that will alleviate the majority of my symptoms, thus making it as discrete as possible. Make sense???