Posted by Holly VanBen on September 12, 2006, at 15:58:49
In reply to Tentative Withdrawal From Oxycodone, posted by corafree on September 8, 2006, at 6:51:48
> I say tentative, because I am not being forced to do this by anyone or myself, and because did it once b4 and pain was not tolerable.
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> Yeah; so .. I have herniated discs in c-spine.
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> I've been on oxycodone 10/650 3x a day for 2-3yrs(Began Darvocet in .. wow .. '94 or so!) and I'm using to Lyrica to try get down to 5/whatever 3x a day, and I'm surprised that 'the need for relief' you feel when a narcotic is expected and not received, IS buffered by Lyrica.
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> Oh ... there is PTSD and borderline stuff all around this injury, so 'my head' gets to feeling sorry for my body.
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> I'm little .. 115lbs, 5'5'. Doc called in some is Lyrica 25s and 50s for me to play with. I've only been on the 75mg at h.s. and has helped as I've said. I asked for the little 25s to take during day as felt initially a little 'sleepy affect' w/ Lyrica.
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> Had break-through pain yesterday morn' so had to go w/ my oxycodone. Having again this a.m. so will have to do same. If awaken tomorrow w/o bt pain, will only take 50/whatever(525?) oxycodone (I'm chopping them up!). I'll ask for smaller dosage pills when see PCP in week and half.
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> love, cfHi CF,
I was on oxycodone and Lyrica and much more for pain. I also elected to stop all my meds. I have been on Morphine based drugs and Narc's and Lyrica/Nuerontin and Benzo's and others for quite a few years. I could not stand the side effects any more and felt everything else had been tried. I am at almost 5 weeks clean now, it has been horrile and I never want to go through this again. I can tell you I had to taper for about 5 months before quitting and I wouldn't do it again without help and detox. If you have to do this alone make sure you stay in constant with your doc. Make sure he can prescribe meds for withdrawals symptoms as well. (very important NOT all docs can, I found out the hard way) I know the pain is horrible and unbearable. I do want to tell you though the more you reduce your meds and eventually face quitting, it does get much worse before it gets better, BUT IT DOES GET BETTER! Your body puts up a major attack when you take away its meds. As far as Lyrica, I eventually had probs with it. I actually feel that the body cannot heal while we are on such harsh chemicals. I am not trying to be harsh and believe me I do know what the pain is like, but I can tell you I went from not being able to get out of bed or a wheelchair to walking for short times and not using my wheelchair at all, in less than 5 weeks. I really hope that brings encouragement to you and strength, hang in there.
Holly
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