Understanding my tolerance and my withdrawal

[JohnnySwimming]

I have taken oxycodone sporadically over the past few years. Recently (last 6 months) I have been taking more regularly and therefore increasing dosage. I take it at night and chill out. Usually I'll do 2-3 nights in a row, and then take a day or 2 off. I am now at a point where I take between 45-60mg at once, and then add on in an hour or two making it up to 70/75 before I sleep.

When I take a day or 2 off, I don't have any apparent pain, sickness, or withdrawal symptoms. And everything I read is that opiate withdrawals worst is days 1-3. However, I am on day 5 now and have noticed trouble sleeping, as well as waking up drenched in cold sweat.

I understand that my tolerance is high to need that much, and I'm taking it fairly regularly, but what do I make of my state of withdrawal at this point? Is it possible to expect worse withdrawals after day 5? Should I expect insomnia and sweating to continue/worsen even if I don't have any serious withdrawal symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea, pain, etc in the first few days clean?

 

[P.o.T.u.S]

If u are only taking one day in between u might as well consider yourself a continuous user since u have started that regimen one day isnt really sufficient time to say u were taking breaks..withdrawal will get worse everytime u go through it and by day 5 u will get a little better everyday after that..good luck on 5 days its not easy your doing great

 

[Hemptress]

You can expect pretty much all kinds of crazy withdrawal symptoms from oxy. The night sweats are gonna last a long time. For me, I'm 45 days in and I'm still waking up cold sweaty. Everyone is different though. I would bet money that it is not going to get more intense. It's just going to linger around for awhile and drain all your psychological reserves. Lol no no not all, just the vast majority.

 

[MrTee]

Day 5 sounds good, I've never had any experience with oxy but if you can make it longer to 6 or more days as long the withdrawal symptons don't worsen continue.

If you go down the "vomiting, diarrhea, pain" train take just as much that's enough to stop that, or I am wrong here?

I only had an experience with tramadol (I hate that drug, never again, gives you nothing but congestion and hiccup) and codeine in terms of long time use.

I only had a tramadol withdrawal once and I just felt like I had a bad flu, because my stupid brain told me so and my roommate was also sick at the same first days xDD

Sry if my answer is more useless stuff than anything else but oxys aren't very popular where I come from. We have here opium for smoking and oral consumption, Heroin and Hydromorphone much more because it's available.

cya

 

[Johnnyswimming]

You can expect pretty much all kinds of crazy withdrawal symptoms from oxy. The night sweats are gonna last a long time. For me, I'm 45 days in and I'm still waking up cold sweaty. Everyone is different though. I would bet money that it is not going to get more intense. It's just going to linger around for awhile and drain all your psychological reserves. Lol no no not all, just the vast majority.

45 days?! What was your dose like before you went clean? Is it safe to assume that with no bad initial symptoms, my more subtle ones shouldn't last very long?? Or all bets are off?

 

[JohnnySwimming]

If u are only taking one day in between u might as well consider yourself a continuous user since u have started that regimen one day isnt really sufficient time to say u were taking breaks..withdrawal will get worse everytime u go through it and by day 5 u will get a little better everyday after that..good luck on 5 days its not easy your doing great

Well I was just thinking that since everything I've read says most intense withdrawals happen in days 1-3, and I have no apparent symptoms when I take 1-2 days off frequently, I prob don't have a strong addiction? But then I started having these night sweats/chills around day 4/5 which seems to be a very normal symptom around that time.

Just not sure aha to make of it all at this point.

 

[blazequietly]

If your experiencing waking in sweats, and having trouble sleeping, then your on your way to addiction. Stop now before it's too late.

I used to get sweats mid week when I only used on weekends, it slowly gets worse, and more unbearable, till the point where you start using through the week. Mid week first, then eventually everyday. This, inturn, can become a twice a day dose to keep yourself from wanting to die.....

I was on a much longer lasting opiate though. My acute withdrawals went for a lovely 14 days :/

Take care, get out before it's too late and you need to suddenly take a month off work.....

Use opiates sporadically, if needed....

Everything he said is dead on. When you first get addicted you might not even realize you are in withdrawal. Heres an embarassig story from when I used to causually snort h 3 to 4 times a week. I was on lunch break from work, wasnt real hungry and just didnt feel good but didnt think much of it, well I tried t fart and I shit my pants, had to call n and had a long uncomfortable ride home. I did realize I was in withdrawal, at the time I thought I was special amd just didnt get sick like some of my friends. Well I was wrong, it got me and it will get you, stop while you can or you will ruin your life like I did. Every day I neex opiates, its the first thing I think about and my entire life revolves around finding money yo get opiates or finding ways to get scripts, i cant live a normal life because i devote all my time and energy to opiates.