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The "I Quit Oxycodone" Success Stories Thread

The sleepless nights and constant feeling of not being comfortable is really hard to deal with. I spend my days wondering aimlessly around stores.
 
Barnaclebill: You are doing amazingly well!!! Happy Thanksgiving! I had planned on doing a reduction of my dose today and into the week-end b/c I have free time, but ended up taking my prescribed oxy doses. It is so worth it to have some discomfort now in order to be free of the trap of oxy's. I had been clean for a year 2013 until May 2014 and want to quit very badly, as I have financial goals that do not include the $$$I am spending monthly on my visit to my pain management doctor and the script, but continue to struggle. I am sending positive energy your way so that you continue to win this battle, one day at a time.
 
Thank you for messaging. I quit drinking in 2009 and I remeber the day I quit my life got better and better that's why I'm so disapointed in myself to pick up Oxy habit. Quiting booze was much harder for me. It was very emotional and it has always been my drug of choice. So far I'm getting my life straightened back out. Just staying busy and doing all the things im suposed to. Like paying bills.....could have lost everything but I stopped just in time. I do have so pain in my back and neck but not as much as when I was on 140mg Oxy. Took a long 8 hour drive uesterday and it feel so good to be away from home without worry about pills. I only took 2.5mg of Norco because of pain. I am ok with that. I took some lorazepam the other day and it didn't do much. Take care
 
Hi Bill, I noticed you have not posted for a few days. How are you doing? I am very interested in reading about your oxy withdrawal . . .I am currently tapering even more slowly under the supervision of my doctor. My symptoms are about the same as yours, but I have not jumped off yet. I am 51 years old and was prescribed pain meds for a long time (almost 10 years) so my doctor is worried that CT or quick tapering will be too much of a shock to my brain. I am currently down to 40mg, and like you it started to get bad after going under 50mg. I am waiting for my body/brain to stabilize then I will go down 5mg and wait some more. Yes, it is death by a thousand cuts and the lengthy withdrawal symptoms are causing boredom. I know I have to stay busy and not focus on my symptoms.
Again, I would love to hear how you are progressing. Take care and I wish you all the best
 
Hi lily. Thanks for the reply. Due to me being out of commission for a few weeks a lot of my bills went unpaid. After being completely of for a few weeks I can tell you a few words of advise. One is make sure there is nothing else at home you can take. Get rid of everything you may think of taking. The tramidol really helps but if you have a huge supply on hand like I do you may just start popping those. 2.if you tell people about your addition they will look at you and even talk differant to you. 3. Understand you will go to your grave an addict and you will struggle with this everyday untill you die. It's very hard for me to come to terms with this. Especial when facing rough times in life. You will want to dive back in when you are down. 4. After you are off for a few days you will say that wasn't too bad and start taking a small dose once a day because"it's only a quarter".

Currently I'm taking about 20mgs a day. Struggling hard to stay there. I have a few people calling me a few times a week yelling at me not to fuck up and dive off deep end. My depression is at all time low. I'm really at my breaking point. I must not go any higher than where I'm at now or I garentee I will lose everything.

Take care. Good luck
 
Hey bill!

Barnaclebill198 said:
Hi lily. Thanks for the reply. Due to me being out of commission for a few weeks a lot of my bills went unpaid. After being completely of for a few weeks I can tell you a few words of advise. One is make sure there is nothing else at home you can take. Get rid of everything you may think of taking. The tramidol really helps but if you have a huge supply on hand like I do you may just start popping those. 2.if you tell people about your addition they will look at you and even talk differant to you. 3. Understand you will go to your grave an addict and you will struggle with this everyday untill you die. It's very hard for me to come to terms with this. Especial when facing rough times in life. You will want to dive back in when you are down. 4. After you are off for a few days you will say that wasn't too bad and start taking a small dose once a day because"it's only a quarter".

Currently I'm taking about 20mgs a day. Struggling hard to stay there. I have a few people calling me a few times a week yelling at me not to fuck up and dive off deep end. My depression is at all time low. I'm really at my breaking point. I must not go any higher than where I'm at now or I garentee I will lose everything.

Take care. Good luck
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Hey bill. Just wanted to check on you and see how you are coming along. I pretty much had the same original habit taking 240-300 mgs Oxy a day for last two years. It's day 5 for me today (cold turkey) and I am thankfully feeling 90% normal today. Miserable last 4 days and my fiancé has no clue about this so I had to go to family events and shopping while detoxing. Miserable....

Your posts give me strength, and I want to be able to give you strength back if you need it. How are you doing?
 
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