... tapered from 120mg of percocets for about 2 years to 50 mg then went to detox center where I came off of all except they gave me low dose of methadone about 35mg total. I am doing much better these past few days, but I still get very shakey on and off all day. I have been pushing myself most of the time, but I got sick with the real flu recently and it really wore me out..I am 63years old. The MAIN symptom that does not want to leave it the shakiness, sometimes so bad I can't hold a spoon. I sometimes take a xanax, .025 very low dose, but I don't think its anxiety. or Maybe..what you guys think..Methadone maybe still left in my body..I understand the depression, the low days, the GOOD times that come when the fog lifts, but this shakiness in my body has me wondering. Is it the last of w/d symptoms..please help Love Golda
Opiate Withdrawal - Hi, Its me Golda, (grandma) I am now 25 days clean, as you may remember I?
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- 14 Jan 2012 by GOLDA55
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- percocet, opiate withdrawal, methadone, withdrawal, detox, opiate
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Thor28315 Jan 2012
Hi Golda,
Congratulations on kicking that Percocet monster out of you. I know it wasn't easy. I just wish they hadn't given you Methadone. How many days did they give it to you? However, even if they hadn't given you Methadone this may still be from the Percs. Can you ask your Doc for Baclofen, that should stop the shakes. Robaxin can also be used but I find Robaxin caused heart arrhythmia in me, so I prefer Baclofen. I think even an anti nausea med called Zofran works. And maybe they can also give you Clonidine. That's a high Blood Pressure med that calms the whole body down. Personally, I would try the Baclofen and Clonidine if you can. I think between both of them and .25 mg of Xanax you'll feel much better. Be careful with the Xanax. Even .25 mg if taken daily for a long enough period of time an cause you to develop a dependency on it. You don't want to ruin your celebration for kicking Percs with another problem on Xanax. But you have done great. I'm very proud of you.
Thor
Ak_Megan15 Jan 2012
Congrats!! I was an opiate addict for 2 years, I have been clean of everything for 1 month and 4 days now. I still get the shakes sometimes, my doctor gave me xanax, so when I start to feel shakey or uncomfortable I just take .5 Mg and it seems to help a lot! I think the shakes are a combination of anxiety and withdrawals. Just keep it up, I feel better everyday. My shakes are slowly getting better and less often. Your body is just going through a huge change. I hope this helps, we are rooting for you Good Luck and God Bless!
GOLDA55
15 Jan 2012
Thank you Ak Megan, that did help..I was a little afraid to take my xanax, even though my Dr. perscribed them when I quit smoking 10 years ago and have been on same mg. .025 mg..very low, but now I am so afraid of getting addicted them. When I went to detox there was someone who was addicted to xanax and was taking about 20 a day... that scared me, but since I have had mine so long and never take them daily it would be alright for the shakiness from withdrawals, and probably a little anxiety..One month and 4 days is so great... there is some light shining through for me now after 25days so it must be even better for you..IT was so hard, never go through that again..love Golda (grandma)
Thor283
15 Jan 2012
Hi Megan,
Can I ask you how many Xanax your Doc gives you per month? I have even been diagnosed with GAD and my current doc won't give me more than 10 Benzos per month. He's almost got me brain washed into believing that no Docs give patients Benzos anymore. This is why I'm asking you. I need information so I can be more umm forceful with him. I see him this coming Friday.
Anonymous 15 Jan 2012
Ak_Megan
babyr042315 Jan 2012
Hi GOLDA55,
I second what Thor said, and let me say how fantastic it is that you beat that demon. You should be so proud of yourself. I am so proud for you. Not everyone can do this. It takes tremendous inner strength and determination. I don't know you at all, but wanted to congratulate you. I do hope this shakiness you're feeling can be resolved, and you will feel better from this soon too. But amazing what you have done so far. God Bless. Ruth
Anonymous 16 Jan 2012
golda55, wow, good for you!!! im still on my ever slow taper and its killing me. you know i know that i need to get my buns in gear and and reduce. but shees, it seem that everytime im gonna get up and do it, my good ole brain says i cant do it. why is that? an golda, can you please give me advice as what you did to reduce your mgs to bring you down to your lowest(50mg) before you went into detox?if i could possibly do it that way, then mabe lll go that route, ive got no will power to do it. and its making me feel really depressed, more then i am. giving me anxiety, just pushing me in a corner that makes me want to give up, but i know i cant, waiting for your reply
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Thank you Thor, I think you were the first one to answer one of my questions way back in Sept. when I first posted. I will find out about the Baclofen, but you think that shakey feeling is still from withdrawals. They gave me the methadone for 3 days, total of 35mg... Right now my trembling, and shakiness has gone. Hopefully it is the last of lingering withdrawals, aside from the low days, but I am trying to keep busy. The dr. gave me xanax when I quit smoking 10 years ago and I have been on the same mg. If I take it when the shakiness is bad or to help me sleep, in your opinion would that be a problem? Thank you again. One day last week I actually thought how nice it would be to have that energy and euphoria from a percocet, but of course I would never want to go through withdrawals again and I am hoping to get my own energy and motivation going soon..Thank you Golda (grandma)
Hi Golda,
If you have been able to stay on just .25 mg a day of Xanax for 10 years I don't see it as a problem. I know I would have most certainly needed more long before 10 years. Not to abuse it, but simply because I always develop tolerance to meds like that. Nevertheless I had also been taking 0.5 mg of Ativan for about 11 years but my strategy was to never take it more then 4 times in any 1 week. And many weeks I didn't take it at all. But then my old great Doc retired and I got this other Doc who doesn't like Benzos. (I often think that means he doesn't like to take them himself so he believes no one needs them)
You did great here Golda, and don't let your mind play tricks on you. You know 1 or 2 Percs won't stay as 1 or 2 very long. And then you'll have another monster to contend with.
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Yes I think the shakiness is a left over wds. That is assuming it's not high blood pressure. I find that high blood pressure feels a lot like anxiety or an inner shakiness. If you aren't certain what your BP is you should make sure Doc's always check it and maybe get an automatic or semi automatic BP monitor device. When we detox from opiates BP always goes up a little. My experience is when BP goes up it rarely comes down on it's own. Especially at our ages, I'm 59. Not too far behind you.
I'm very glad I was the first one to help you last time, and it's my pleasure to help you again.
Thor
Thank you again, I will check my bp at drugstore tomorrow, but I have never had high bp... I am probably just over-reacting, and wanting everything to go away, but it is only 25 days, so I will start again, with one day at a time and be happy with what I accomplished..thanks again Golda..I guess I must be having a good moment... tomorrow I might post how depressed I am..I will never go through this again, so I will never take and opiate again..
One more thing Thor, I saw your post to megan and I wanted to tell you that my dr. is very hard on perscribing medications, but when I quit smoking he started me on xanax .025 2x a day..the perscriptions usually lasts me longer than a month, but when I was taking the percs I did not need the xanax for some reason..now I still try not to take them too much, but maybe your dr. is too overcautious..my dr. also perscribed paxil after I quit smoking..I am still on it and I guess it helps, not really sure anymore..Hope this helps Golda
Hi Again Golda,
The reason you didn't need the Xanax so much was because of being on 120 mg of Oxycodone a day. Oxycodone is the opiate in Percs. Opiates are not the best anxiety reliever there is, but when the dose is that high they do help a lot. I was on 300 mg of Oxy during most of 2010 and I almost never needed a Xanax nor an Ativan.
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Back when I had a cooperative Doctor (when I wasn't on Oxy). I use to take 0.5 mg of Ativan for anxiety during the daytime or I would take 0.5 mg of Xanax if it were evening and near bedtime. I never took both in 1 day, and I very rarely used either more then 3 or 4 times a week. There was a couple on months when I took the Xanax everyday for a month and I felt myself starting to need it. I immediately started to taper myself off it and 1 month later I didn't need it any longer. So even if you start to get hooked on it, if you notice it and do something immediately, you can unhook yourself in a few weeks. You just need to be honest with yourself. Don't take it if you don't have anxiety. Or there are many people here that take the same dose everyday and never ask for more. That's OK too. I just know me all too well. But since I do know myself that well, I make sure I don't get hooked on anything. Well, except lately I'm getting hooked on Trazodone to sleep. I'll have to deal with that soon.
I know what you mean about never wanting opiates again. I hope you are granted your wish.
Thor
I'm not saying she needs to take a lot of xanax, just a tiny bit when shes feeling shaky or anxious helps. I plan to stop xanax completely when I'm feeling I can handle the anxiety that goes hand in hand with the fight to stay off opiates.