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I have cervical spondylosis, meaning my neck discs are very thin and the bony vertebrae are deteriorating. I was first given Tramadol and I quickly realized I needed to take more and more to feel better. When taking high doses I felt a euphoria. I told the doc that the pain was still coming through, so on came Percocet, 240 of them a month.
I told him I was taking too many a day and it was a pain, so on came Oxycontin 40mg three times a day, of course then I started taking the Percocet for "breakthrough" pain. After a month or so, I was finding that I was running out of 90 Oxys and 240 Percs a week early. The week without them was hell but I made it. |
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Then weird things started to happen, at the dose I was on, my body hurt all over, I felt like I had the flu, etc. I asked my doc and he said we needed to raise the dose. I said, wait a minute, when does this stop? I am already a zombie in the mornings, in daze during the day, I did not want to get off the couch for anything. So I made the decision to quit. I tried cold turkey and this was living hell, in fact I was considering taking my own life over it. Can you believe that. |
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I weined myself down from 3 oxys a day and 8 percs, down to half a perc three times a day. Then this week I flushed them all down the toilet and just bit the bullet. Intestinal issues are horrible, I ache all over, but you know what I am thinking as clearly as I even have recently, and I actually feel good to get up in the morning. |
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It can be done. God Bless those who are in my same boat, these drugs are not worthy of taking away your life...get help if you need to. Randy |
