I hope my story and info will help someone out there... And maybe I'll get some advice from all of you amazing people!
So I have posted on here one time before explaining my battle with prescription pain killers, OxyContin and Oxycodone to be exact. At the worst I was at 180-200 mg a day, but now I have successfully tapered from 100 mg a day to 10 mg in a month. I tell you this has been ROUGH. Here's my history.
-26 year old female, bartender, cocktail waitress.
-abusing opiates for 2 and a half years.
-cold turkey of of tapering to 40 mg and was clean for short amount of time, then relapse.
- now, in 1 month I went from cutting the 100 mg a day to 60, then 40, 20, now finally 10.
- currently 27 hours clean.
HOLY SHIT I should have tapered like this last time I detoxed! I cannot express how much easier it was.
Overall it was uncomfortable, but I wasn't lying in a heap on my bathroom floor covered in sweat and tears for 4 to 7 days in a row!!! I cut down every week and that initial shock to my body made me very lethargic and my back pain was TERRIBBLE, but any time I needed to I took ibuprofen, Immodium, melatonin, and valerian root. All of these things are a MUST HAVE.
Because of my job being so physical I could not go to work feeling too Bad, and it is SO HARD to act like nothing is wrong when your mind is screaming at you, filling your psyche with awful thoughts of suicide, depression, anxiety, and in my case most of all ANGER. So I decided to taper as low as I could this time instead of jumping from 40 mg, it was long and drawn out but I hope everybody tries to taper like this! Today at 27 hours I feel a bit shaky... Fast heart beat, the sweats a little, my stomach feels kindof crazy but I mega dosed Immodium yesterday, (30 mgs total) but shouldn't I be feeling wayyyy worse by now????? Did my taper actually work?!?!? Am I going to get worse you think?
I have 2 of the 2 mg suboxen, I cut them into quarters so each is .25 mg. I took one about 10 minutes ago to make sure I didn't feel like dog shit at work. If I only take the .25 twice a day do you think in 4 days I'll be pretty safe?
Or for some reason is my body not totally realizing I haven't taken anything in 27 hours so I'm going to feel like complete shit pretty soon???
Any input I would love and appreciate, and any advice I can give on my taper and things I did to help I will be happy to help. Please let me know your thoughts! Thank you!
So I have posted on here one time before explaining my battle with prescription pain killers, OxyContin and Oxycodone to be exact. At the worst I was at 180-200 mg a day, but now I have successfully tapered from 100 mg a day to 10 mg in a month. I tell you this has been ROUGH. Here's my history.
-26 year old female, bartender, cocktail waitress.
-abusing opiates for 2 and a half years.
-cold turkey of of tapering to 40 mg and was clean for short amount of time, then relapse.
- now, in 1 month I went from cutting the 100 mg a day to 60, then 40, 20, now finally 10.
- currently 27 hours clean.
HOLY SHIT I should have tapered like this last time I detoxed! I cannot express how much easier it was.
Overall it was uncomfortable, but I wasn't lying in a heap on my bathroom floor covered in sweat and tears for 4 to 7 days in a row!!! I cut down every week and that initial shock to my body made me very lethargic and my back pain was TERRIBBLE, but any time I needed to I took ibuprofen, Immodium, melatonin, and valerian root. All of these things are a MUST HAVE.
Because of my job being so physical I could not go to work feeling too Bad, and it is SO HARD to act like nothing is wrong when your mind is screaming at you, filling your psyche with awful thoughts of suicide, depression, anxiety, and in my case most of all ANGER. So I decided to taper as low as I could this time instead of jumping from 40 mg, it was long and drawn out but I hope everybody tries to taper like this! Today at 27 hours I feel a bit shaky... Fast heart beat, the sweats a little, my stomach feels kindof crazy but I mega dosed Immodium yesterday, (30 mgs total) but shouldn't I be feeling wayyyy worse by now????? Did my taper actually work?!?!? Am I going to get worse you think?
I have 2 of the 2 mg suboxen, I cut them into quarters so each is .25 mg. I took one about 10 minutes ago to make sure I didn't feel like dog shit at work. If I only take the .25 twice a day do you think in 4 days I'll be pretty safe?
Or for some reason is my body not totally realizing I haven't taken anything in 27 hours so I'm going to feel like complete shit pretty soon???
Any input I would love and appreciate, and any advice I can give on my taper and things I did to help I will be happy to help. Please let me know your thoughts! Thank you!