I have been down to 45 mg / day oxy for two days now. Using Lyrica to get past the anxiety from wd's. It's not too bad but tolerance with the Lyrica builds FAST. Two nights ago 300 mg felt like I overdosed, and tonight 450 mg feels like nothing.
I'm in hell. Took 75 yesterday( took 60 the day before) when I wanted to break past my next level and only take 30. I'm going to try to get back to 45 today and work on 30 tomorrow.
It's really disappointing and makes me want more because the oxy helps me alot with stress in addition to my back pain.
Thanks Shroomy. It helps to get advice from someone with experience. And you're right- my biggest problem is the roller coaster of wd stress. And I have always been horrible at taking my own good advice. I have about 4 weeks to get off the oxy now so I can get my job back( not getting it back is not an option). I am on a taper plan of 10 days till zero oxy. And I will have to stick to it this time or die trying.