How can I self- detox from Oxycontin?

Jeremy wrote:

I have been on roxycodone for 5 yrs. I live with chronic pain and started taking it to help me be able to function.At first yea it did help but my needing for higher does.my life now out of control. I'm depressed and lost with seems no hope. I've been wanting to find away to get away from it's grip. Open to any suggestions that I could possibly get my life back.

Hello Pilly wrote:

i myself is in a simalar situation. i been using for a lot time and now i am resigning to the methadone progrom i have tried just about everything just have to hold out till my doctor visit.. have u tired to quit before

helpful-one wrote:

Moderator-- Please remove kyderby4ever's last post-- there is the chance that lorijim was trying to be helpful to someone out there who might find healing the way they did.... and that has everything to do with what we are all talking about here, GETTING BETTER, getting relief.
I am a chronic pain sufferer who will probably struggle with managing my meds all my life. But I have no problem with anyone sharing anything related which helped them. Even if I don't agree...
I happen to relate very closely to lorijim's post. However not taking anything is not an option for me at this time if I want to function. Nevertheless I appreciated the candor and spirit of lorijim's post.
Please respond Moderator-- I thought the rules for this site included civility and politeness?

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mike wrote:

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scooter wrote:

<quoted text>. Lmfao.
Hey friends!! Just dropping in to let you all know I'm still alive!
Very glad to see your doing well stay strong!
Ex~ another gas pump Oh my.....
I'm about a week short of 2 yrs clean..STILL have problems dealing with stress!
But I'm ok with that! I have me back even if I've changed from 15 yrs ago :)
Best of luck to us all! Glad to see the oldtimers hangin with the newbies yet! That's awesome!
P..s this board and the real people on it will give you the strength you need to suceed!!!!!
Love/hugs/kisses to all...
Scott

EXmethadone wrote:

Check out this link:
www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/6672/Withd...
I used 5-HTP and DLPA with vit. B-6. Also D-3, magnesium and bananas for potassium. Immodium to moderate the runs (still bad), and maalox for stomach problems. Water and gatorade, and bland food only.

shining star 72 wrote:

<quoted text>hi ex. can do you think oxycodone and oxycontin can cause severe depression? cause i think i have really been taking it to try and relieve depression

EXmethadone wrote:

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Were you depressed before you started using oxy? It didn't depress me but other people have stated that it did.
And then there's the rebound effect with the comedown, both mental and physical. With drugs, what goes up must come down.
And if you've used continuously for 5 years, the euphoric effects of the drug will be muted at best. Or virtually nonexistent, with the exception of the initial "come on".
Five years of continuous addiction can be depressing in itself.

shining star 72 wrote:

<quoted text>no i was not depressed when i started using them, this depression came on me last year, it was so bad i lost 65 lbs wich is the only good thing cause i was overweight. i am also on major anti depressents cymbalta, zyprexa, and lamactil, i wonder if the oxy is not letting them work as well as they should? s.s. 72

EXmethadone wrote:

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Wow, 3 antidepressants and oxy and still depressed? I don't know what to think about this. Whatever, if you are deeply depressed then it is obvious that this combination of poisons is not working for you. If oxy was the initial cause of your depression then maybe it will persist until you give it up. And maybe you wouldn't need three other drugs that don't work.

shining star 72 wrote:

<quoted text>yeah ex. i really am thinking the oxy are making me depressed, i am just afraid of the w/d when i quit the oxy, any advice on how much i should taper down with.

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shining star 72 wrote:

<quoted text>yeah ex. i really am thinking the oxy are making me depressed, i am just afraid of the w/d when i quit the oxy, any advice on how much i should taper down with.

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Serious Jonesing wrote:

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they do make you depesses they stop the brain from making dopamine email me @prancerdancer6969@hotmail.com i have subs ill help ya our leave me ur cell number when you email me

EXmethadone wrote:

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If you haven't kicked before there is no way to know your reaction to WD. But tapering gradually to a low dose will soften the landing.
Fear of WD is a bigger obstacle than enduring an "imperfect" detox. If there is such a thing as a perfect detox. Whatever works for you. Just do it at a rate that is tolerable. Moderate WD. Don't try to avoid WD. No such thing. WD is very temporary.

cant stop wrote:

I originally began taking oxycodone and vicodin for chronic pelivc pain, I was terrified bc of the risk of addiction. I only started taking them to try and regain some type of normal life and now things are worse bc I can't live without them. I know my story is so similar to others but I have "quit" cold turkey before and suffered through the withdrawls without medication. I only start taking them when the pain is too much for me to withstand. I have recently moved to a small town where the physicians here REFUSE to treat pain. So now I resort to other means of obtaining them. They are ruining my life. I am in a catch 22 situation. I love my family, I love my husband. I just want to be pain free and pill free. How can I Manange my pain without the support of a good physician and doing something illegal. I have never been in trouble with the police. I am risking everything for the sake of staying out of pain. I am so desperate, someone please help me. I have started having suicidal thoughts, I am so scared.