Ive been taking opiates for 6 years now, starting with T3, then percs, then hydromorph and oxy. Ive been taking at least 60-80 mg oxyneo for about a year every day and finally can't get it anymore. I am sweating and having severe stomach problems and the pain is unbelievable...i can't sleep i cant eat i am too hot and too cold and it's the worst thing i have ever felt. I am also coming off 4 mg ativan/daily for the past 3 years. Benadryl, gravol, any kind of sleeping pill nothing works and I can't go to rehab as i start college in 4 days. It's been 2 days since I last took ativan or oxy and I really don't want to go on methadone. Does anyone know anything that will help or speed up this process? I am thinking of taking my concerta because i have absolutely no energy and the mess that has accumulated is crazy...I can't keep laying here doing nothing.
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Withdrawing from oxy help
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i are spectre
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yeah sorry bud. grab some imodium ad and take around 20mg, thatll help you eat and calm your legs down a bit. im with ya dude im at day 6 after 3 years suboxone and another 10 or so of whatever you had in your pocket. hang in there man theres a bunch of us going thru the same shit right now.
i are spectre
Bluelighter
ive taken adderall multiple times for withdrawal; it helps me, especially when at school. concerta is a little rough for me i dunno if i'd wanna take that.
Congratulations on making the right decision towards coming off two difficult substances. However, I would discourage you to withdraw from the benzodiazepine and opiate simultaneously as this can cause you a lot of discomfort as you may already know. There is no way to speed up the process and what I would strongly recommend is that you discontinue the opiate first then do a slow taper off the benzodiazepine. Staying on the benzodiazepine will help you deal with the more difficult symptoms of opiate withdrawal such as the insomnia, restlessness, and agitation. The acute symptoms of oxycodone withdrawal usually don't last for more than 3-4 days so you should be up and running by the time college starts with no physical symptoms and minor psychological ones.
As far as the benzodiazepine goes, I would start tapering now and choose another time to stop when you have at least a 1 week break as the acute symptoms from that last a considerable amount longer. Also, abruptly stopping a 3 year habit without a taper is probably what's causing most of your symptoms and its outright dangerous, and possibly life threatening due to risk of seizures.
As long as your withdrawing from the benzodiazepine taking the methylphenidate will worsen your withdrawal symptoms, and is likely to trigger a seizure as it will further lower your seizure threshold.
Discontinue the oxycodone first, and the lorazepam at a later time. If you have no means to start taking the benzodiazepine again, then go see a doctor and ask for a taper or ask for pregabalin or gabapentin to rule out the chance of a seizure and make your withdrawal symptoms much less uncomfortable.
As far as the benzodiazepine goes, I would start tapering now and choose another time to stop when you have at least a 1 week break as the acute symptoms from that last a considerable amount longer. Also, abruptly stopping a 3 year habit without a taper is probably what's causing most of your symptoms and its outright dangerous, and possibly life threatening due to risk of seizures.
As long as your withdrawing from the benzodiazepine taking the methylphenidate will worsen your withdrawal symptoms, and is likely to trigger a seizure as it will further lower your seizure threshold.
Discontinue the oxycodone first, and the lorazepam at a later time. If you have no means to start taking the benzodiazepine again, then go see a doctor and ask for a taper or ask for pregabalin or gabapentin to rule out the chance of a seizure and make your withdrawal symptoms much less uncomfortable.
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Opiate withdrawal can be helped with immodium. But you've been using ativan too long and can't abruptly stop taking it for risk of seizures. Take the advice above posters have given. Don't use the concerta because that will make it worse. See a doctor and be honest. If you don't get an appointment, go to the emergency room.
Mr.Scagnattie
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First off, I wouldn't recommend coming off of both opiates and benzos at the same time.. Kick the oxy first, the benzos will even help with that... Then, when it's time to get off the ativan.. go to a doctor/er or a detox clinic and have them set you up on a proper taper because you're at risk for seizures and they are not fun.