I did try to cut back on the pills, I was taking 12 to 15 pills a day. I must be very weak, cause the cutting back didn't last long & I was taking as much as I did before. I can't handle these wd's though. And I have absoulety no energy. I know this is not fair to my family, I'm trying though. I just can't imagine every feeling normal without the pills again.
tjc, cutting back with addicts just doesn't work usually. I tried it myself so many time, I had to go to treatment to get over it. They have ways to medically detox you so you can get a fresh start.
The withdrawls aren't fun, but they aren't permanent...hang in there.
and welcome to the board.........
kerry
The withdrawls aren't fun, but they aren't permanent...hang in there.
and welcome to the board.........
kerry
HI tjc" i looked at my last post to u and i realised i did not tell u how i quit i tried the cold turky way on my own but for me and iam only speaking from my exsperience it was a big misteak i should have gone to my doc because i had a sevier seizser and as he pointed out every ones tolerence is different where one can do it cold turky and handle the W/d and make it' the next person system cant handle the W/D its to much of a shock just to cut off like that so for me he had me tappering 1/2 a pill less a week and with the kind and careing support of jacky" marie" rhonda" teresa1" ladym" charmed " bender" bob" gina" ect.... the tappering worked for me at least" and i had very little w/d" i was taking 9 tylenol 3's aday for about 3 years it started after i had back surgery and i just keeped right on taken them i gave so many ecuses to get them' things like arthritis and toothaces but the thing was i realy had artritis but i knew i was just useing that to get more pills" tappering worked for me anyway" but please ask your doc its just my opinion" please take care . HUGS + LOVE LITTLE H.
I will talk to my doc first thing tomorrow, today is Sunday she probably wouldn't do anything for me over the phone. Thing is she's not the doc who was prescribing them, in fact she doesn't prescribe addicting medicines at all. But maybe she can help. Anything has got to be better than trying to do this alone. When I had plenty pain pills left, my husband tried to cut me down from 12 a day to 2 a day, and that just didn't.work. But 1 right now would sure help, I just don't want to deal with this anymore. If I just had some energy, It's like my body doesn;t want to move, and everything hurts.
By the way there seems to be some really great people here.
By the way there seems to be some really great people here.
tj....
I'm in the same boat you are. I'm on Day 4 of no percocets, after years of having been on them and Vicodin after several serious surgeries. I'm hoping my last back surgery fixed the lion's share of my problems, but I won't be able to tell while I'm on the meds.......they make me sick anyway. Unlike some people, I've never liked the drugged feeling, and I have all the possible bad side effects of most meds.
Right now I feel like I'm going to die......MAJOR anxiety, violent hot sweats, ache all over......shaking, numbness all over my body. This is a nightmare. But I know if I take any more of the percocet, I'd probably get worse.......so I'm going to tough this out for awhile.
How are you feeling? I've been drinking gallons of TEnsion Tamer tea, and burning up my massager.....it helps a little.
Lee
I'm in the same boat you are. I'm on Day 4 of no percocets, after years of having been on them and Vicodin after several serious surgeries. I'm hoping my last back surgery fixed the lion's share of my problems, but I won't be able to tell while I'm on the meds.......they make me sick anyway. Unlike some people, I've never liked the drugged feeling, and I have all the possible bad side effects of most meds.
Right now I feel like I'm going to die......MAJOR anxiety, violent hot sweats, ache all over......shaking, numbness all over my body. This is a nightmare. But I know if I take any more of the percocet, I'd probably get worse.......so I'm going to tough this out for awhile.
How are you feeling? I've been drinking gallons of TEnsion Tamer tea, and burning up my massager.....it helps a little.
Lee
