Still Having Withdrawl Symptoms From Percocet And Others??? Posted: 02-20-07 16:46pm
Hi all, I am brand new here and have spent
most of this afternoon looking through
this site. Here is what I have to say.
I was on Percocet at times and the other
times Morphine.. just depended on what
doctor I seen... either my family dr or my
surgeon. I have had two major knee
sureries which required percocet and
oxycontin and then I had a horrid ectopic
pregnancy and was on pain killers for
that... basically continued use for over a
year. I also have intercitial cystitis
and my family dr gives me morhine for the
pain with that. The thing though is I got
so hooked on them.... they gave me energy
and when I do not take them I have no
energy so I would go to my family dr's and
tell him I needed more morphine and he
would give it to me and most of the time I
did not need it for pain... I only had
attacks maybe once every two weeks. Same
with the surgeon.. I told him my knee was
still hurting and even though this was
true, it did not call for percocet.. but I
would tell him it did and he would give it
to me.
Well, I finally decided to quit doing this
stuff (after many attempts) and I ran out
in the second last week of January.. I got
through the three easy days (I never
noticed any withdrawl symptoms till after
3 days) then I started to feel the
withdrawl... all of a sudden my
father-in-law was in a horrible tree
cutting accident and he passed away. This
was a horrific time but at the same time,
I was so busy trying to be there and
console my husband that I forgot about
going off the meds and after a week, when
everything was over I then realized I had
gone almost two weeks without pain meds.
I felt fine.. physically that is... now I
am going through the mental withdrawl....
I keep trying to figure out how to get
more and then I tell myself to stop
thinking about it as I am doing so well...
it has now been almost four weeks since I
took any narcotics.. physically I feel
fine... but I am still having thoughts of
going to get drugs and how I will go about
doing it...
My question is: how long till these
mental urges are gone? I am so afraid I
will give in to my needs and blow it...
I know it has only been close to four
weeks, but I am so proud of myself for
doing this but scared at the same time of
a relapse.
Any advice would be of great support and
greatly appreciated.
Thanks all..
