i've been taking percocet for 5 yrs now. it was about the 2nd yr i noticed withdrawls when i didn't have my meds and here i am 3 yrs later with a problem. i take pills for pain but now when i don't take them i really hurt. the original problems are worse and then add withdrawl symptoms. Aggitaion hot-sweats runny eyes and nose and my new favorite... bladder pain. yep i'm snotty and pissy and just hang out in the bathroom until... well until i fill my script again. so all of this physical stuff sucks but what brought me here today is the mental problems i'm having.
ive been sick forever and just getting through the day was an accomplishment in itself. but now i want more. i want to go back to school maybe get a part-time job. i have no ambition. where did it go? i have enough to do some chores when i take my first pill. but then i smoke pot because im nausus and then the day is ruined. I sleep through the day then wake up in pain and start the cycle again. ive conquered much larger obsticals in my life, i thought.
hi lillilly, i to am on percocet but only since january. it is prescribed to be taken every 6 hours round the clock and i have actiq for breakout pain. i am now down to 2 percs per day and 1/2 actiq. some days more others less but that is now my average. is it not possible to slowly wean from yours? your doc of course would know best but i sure don't want to be taking meds that i don't need. or perhaps a change in pain meds. in less than a year i was on probably 5-6 different ones as they would work for a week or 2 or even a month, then nothing. i'm alcoholic as well so the use of pain meds is tricky indeed. i do not drink (jan 2005 last drink) gratefully so.
people like you and i are in a precarious position as we need something to help with the pain and also help in dealing with the addictive and side effects side. your doc may have something that is non narcotic that may help with your pain.
i'm truely sorry honey and a really "know" how you feel. its a catch 22 and we just have to pick which is easier to live with. wishing you the best in your recovery.
thanks wiffy
in a couple of hours it will be the 72 hr mark from not taking pills. I felt like crap for a day but im ok now. the messed up thing is even after suffering physically for a day or so I cant get it out of my mind. saving grace this month though ironically is vegas; I lost my script money so no script. but next week aunt flo comes to visit. If i can make through a couple days cramps I will have won round 1. Unfortunately the cramps are the main reason im persribed narcotics. Due to medication interactions I cant take hormones or NSAIDs, so its percs or tylonol. If only I hadn't lost that sense of moderation.
You could try Suboxone which is used to treat opioid addiction. I was taking perc 10's and the fentynal patch for DVT's and neuropathic pain and was told I'd be on them for the rest of my life. I was staying stoned on the prescriptions alone but was also getting methadone and oxy on the side keeping me zoned for days at a time.
I had to quite and went on Suboxone 20mg day and klonopin 0.5mg 2x day. The sub worked well enough to mask the pain and doesn't have the euphoric effects of the other drugs I was taking. I'm not cheating either. I dedicated to stay the course so I CAN have a life beyond a drug stupored one.
Best of luck,
akhenaten