[mslibo]

i will make this short and break it down so it is easy to understand.

well i am 25 years old, and have a bad knee.
i was prescribed 10mg percocets a year ago, and let me tell it was like love at first sight.

before i started taking them i was drinking alcohol 4 out of 7 nights, and weighed 220 pounds, a year later while on percocet, i have lost 50 pounds, and completely stopped drinking, i do however take the percs regularly.

so in way i am benefited from the pills
no pain, no alcohol, weight loss.

there is something else, have been depressed for a few years, and all i want to do is stay at home, and do nothing. however the percs help me to go out and do things. i also have mood swings, and lose my temper very fast.
i also have been treated for anxiety alot, i constantly felt like i was dying.
i still have bad depression, and anxiety, but when i am on percs it is not that bad

so i guess the percs have helped me alot, but i know i have to get off them eventhough i dont want to.
i cannot stand the withdraw effects, and i absolutely do not want to gain weight.

what can i do? i cannot stand the withdrawls, i do not know what to do.

i want to get off them, but my depression is really bad, and my anxiety is getting worse, and it horrible when i am not on percs.
i am more worried about my mood, and anxiety what can i do or take to get rid of these problems.
i know my description is not great but is really hard for me to write this, i am so anti social it is crazy, i was like this even before i started taking percs, but the percs helped alittle with this.

could someone help?

kind regards

[concernedlou]

I hope I will be of some help to you. I do not suffer from severe anxiety or some of your other problems but I do suffer from extreme pain in my left knee. I have been on Tylenol 30 (the 30 mg is Codeine)for many years. I was first prescribed Fiorinal C 1/2 (sp?) for severe migraines which I still have. I was not aware of what these pills would do to me and had to come down off them as well as diazepam quite a few years ago and would not wish that on anyone. A good Doctor should help the patient he prescribes these medications to. I still take Tylenol 30 and Chlorazepoxide which is in the same family as diazepam but in a smaller doasge than I used to. Why do you have to stop percocet if it helps you? I am healthy otherwise and I would not be able to walk if I did not take pain killers. I cannot take any thing else besides these as if I do I have severe stomach problems. Have you talked to a Doctor that is telling you to stop taking percocet? I am aware that medications are hard on your liver and kidneys but your Doctor can check this with simple blood tests. I feel that if you need percocet or any other med to help you then you should be taking it.
I have a very good Doctor that understands my problems with the pain and I have taken these for over 20 years. If I ever have any problems, so be it. I know I cannot live without this help. Please find a Doctor that will understnad what you are going through. Hope to hear from you on this forum and may God bless you and watch over you.

[screamtoasigh]

are you addicted to the percocets? you sound like your worried to get off them because of anxiety and gaining weight NOT because you are worried about pain. are you getting high on them? YOu need to go see a psychiatrist and get on anti-anxiety medicine and get intoa behavioral therapy program for being anti-social. I reread your post again, and you need to get off the percocets. Your writing shows that you (seem to) do have an addiction. You don't take narcotics to get high (which is what you are describing). Go to a psychiatrist and join a gym or PT program. and get off the narcotics!