Guest guest Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Moderator's note: Content of previous message edited. you need to converse with your dr some people can not tollarate oxcontin or roxicodone but their is many choices left. hell a long time ago they put me on methadone made me sick as a dog of 6 days thats when we changed. goo luck blind poo -----Original Message----- From: stock_rod I am on oxycontin, just starting to get " habituated " , man what a nasty feeling, and of course I am not going to take anything cause I am not in pain. Yeah, yeah, I know, that is not how oxycontin works but I don't care for the feeling either ON or OFF something and have " control issues " . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Moderator's note: Content of previous message edited. Poo, " > you need to converse with your dr some people can not tollarate oxcontin or > roxicodone but their is many choices left " Thanks but it is not an issue of tolerating oxycodone, it is about the best so far, believe me I am well out of choices or I wouldn't be here. I have tried just about every narcotic (not the patch), non- narcotic and treatment there is. DRUGS SUCK, it is just what sucks the least and works the best... and I don't like any narcotics or drugs that alter me, I want to AUTO-OFF the meds when the pain eases up - I simply don't know how to do drugs take drugs for pain when the pain eases up (for lack of a better explaination). Works great if you are not habituated... 1. I am not use to being on oxycodone NOW, I have been habituated before no tolerating oxy is not the issue. 2. I also have serious problems sleeping on oxy OR ANY OTHER OPIATE (cept Levo which puts me la la), oxy is about the best so far. It is going to take me time to get use to it, that is all. 3. I have these control issues, AKA being thick headed... I just need to be ON it like I am suppose to or OFF it - I can go either way easily but you can't do that twice a week for pain control... 4. I gave in and did take enough to get me out of withdrawal and eating, I cannot put my health at risk out of being thick headed about it, to prove I am stronger than the drug... I am coming to some acceptence about being on meds, that I really am in control but have to give up some of it in order to be healthier. Any time I want to stop, I can up and stop - yes I know exactly what I am talking about, detoxing, on my own, piece of cake for me compared to 999/1000 people out there (if not more). 5. I will ask (and get) some 5mg oxy IR tablets to break in 1/2-1/4 and 10mg oxy-contin, it will make it easier for me with using lower doses when I feel fine without going into withdrawal The point is to make me more comfortable, not to be off everything and not to be detoxing or under medicating myself. It is me, not the doctor this time, I am not using enough (yet) meds. I just have (again) to get use to it and the idea, again. AND FINALLY #6 The control issues in part come from a history of drug abuse. I have not abused a pain med in 17 years and now going UP to oxy from hydro because I have to, is like searching for the edge of a cliff while blind folded... I will absolutely not have a problem (relapse/abuse pain meds...) but the feelings really SUCK. I had a real bad day the other day and DUMB-ASS-ME decided that was also the day I felt good, so I stopped the oxy... bad move. THis is not how to take the medication and I know it. I was fine once I caught my footing (while detoxing), uncomfortable it is but I am good at being uncomfortable, can just about meditate away anything, for a bit anyway (ie I can't do it with gangs of back to back cluster HA's but can do it with any one - that is what I give up taking pain meds, I won't be able to do that and have to carry drugs with me - being a former addict, I made it a habit not to hold onto things like that, never carried pain meds... But now it is a bit different and I have to let go and let it in, nothing BAD (abuse) will happen, it is just NOT a warm fuzzy feeling having to do this (habituation). There is that and forget about bringing up this kind of thing at an AA/NA meeting, they start to twitch... they can't do it so I can't either... I have, I can and I will. So, parts of my apprehension/feelings have to do with old behaviors. Sorry for the ramble and lack of punctuation. Good luck all, hope you all had a happy and safe 4th of July Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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