Not to hijack the post, but I also have a
percocet withdrawal issue.
I shattered my ankle and had surgery 5 months ago. Initially, I took liberal amounts of
Oxycontin and Percocet, but cut way back after about 2 months- the Oxycontin made me feel too drugged. My Dr. switched me to Vicodin for 2 weeks, then abruptly told me I had no more pain (um... what?), and cut me off. I still have pain, I can manage it during the day with
Motrin, but at night- not so much. The kicker is that he told me over and over- "don't stop taking these too abruptly....". Yeah, thanks for that.
A friend who had had back surgery gave me 40 5/325 Percocets he had leftover, which I have been taking only at night to sleep. I have 10 left, and I'm starting to panic. Last night I tried to skip the percocet, and I was a crazy woman- tossing, turning, crying, I ripped my pillow with my teeth, cut my hand on a water glass, and was generally just nuts, and yes, the legs were very restless. I took about 10 melotonin, 3
benadryl, anything to get me to sleep- nothing worked.... so I finally took 1/2 a percocet at 5 am, fell asleep at 5:45 ish, and slept until 11am, but I still feel kinda crazy/edgy/wide-eyed. And scared.
So, I have 9.5 pills left. What do I do? Cut them in quarters to wean myself off, or stop cold turkey?