Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Why do you feel the need to detox or take a drug holiday. If your meds are doing their job and enable you to do your job and just making it through each day; then why do you feel you need to change what is working? Withdrawel is awful granted and I certainly thought about calling the doc and getting a refill of the oxy. I " m sure he would have given it to me, but I really wanted to get all the chemicals out of my body. The resident, a woman who is a 3rd year, and I were discussing physical addiction and withdrawel and she had said that the oxy's were right up there with methadone. That surprised me and I wonder just how true that is. If so that would certainly explain why so many people are searching for it on the streets. We have had a rash of pharmacy gun point robberies and the guy just wants the oxy. Hands them anote demanding the oxy; they aren't asking for meth. Laurie I dont feel that you are weakened or lessened in anyway by taking the pain medication you need. If you feel that you need to take a break from the drugs, then do it. Have you considered going to alower dose med and/or popping the oxycodone in half so that you can only take ~2.5 mgs at a time. If you do choose to take a break, go slow, taper down slowly, and then make sure you have a few days where you wont have to go anywhere, at least until you know how its going to make you feel. I hope this helps in some way, its dinner time and every couple of senetences somebody is coming in here asking if its done yet... the dinner not my note...LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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