[EnoughPercs]

Hi all. I wonder if the same familiar usernames are still around from my last posts.
To give you all a quick background without reading them, I came off of 80 mg of Adderal a day, eight (plus) 10/325 mg of Percocets & herb.

Well, I can safely say that 2 of the 3 are still gone. But the percs are back.
I had an operation recently & was prescribed them for the pain.
I'm back to being dependent on them. This time around, I find myself consuming approx. 4 or so pills a day.

I want to ask advice from those who quit for a while: Which would you recommend:

1. Paying an Addiction Specialist for a Suboxone program (approx. $1,500 for 3 months treatment (24/7 on call including pills).
2. Wein off of the percs by cutting down to 10mg, then 5 mg, then 2.5 mg daily?
3. Go cold turkey.

I'm pretty much ruling out #3 merely because I cannot miss more work for this & need to kick this habit once & for all without it disrupting my daily activities.

Last time I quit for about 6-7 weeks & the terrible immediate withdrawal got easier, but the tiredness & mental was murder!
Will Suboxone help with the tiredness?

From those who took or who are taking it (Suboxone): How do you feel in comparison to when you were taking the real deal? Please give me as much details as you can.

When I met that Addiction Specialist when I was quitting last time, I laughed at the price mainly because it seemed like such a rip-off.

On a side note, I heard an ad on the radio for a rapid detox via General Anesthesia & the administration of chemicals to the brain which disconnects the Oxycodone Hydrochloride from the Opioid receptors. It seemed interesting, but when I called & heard it was $7,500, I gave up on that idea. Way out of my budget.

After thinking it over & relapsing, I'm having second thoughts.

Please help.

[Cats Meow]

Since you successfully quit in the past you should be able to now, it probably won't be as difficult. You can miss work if you have to, people get sick and have no choice sometimes, two or three days should be all it takes, and the money you would spend on SubO would be saved. You didn't state how long you've been taking percs, if it's only been a couple of months then w/d's won't be as bad, you may even still be able to function at work. I would say, do a rapid taper, lay low over the weekend on your days off, if you have to then take Monday off, say you have food poisoning or something, then get on with it. It kind of sounds like you don't want to quit, if you don't then you'll have to change your screen name from EnoughPercs to EnoughSub or MorePercs (just kidding). Good luck, you owe it to yourself to quit, it gets harder the more you wait.

[EnoughPercs]

Thanks for the advice, Cats Meow.
It's really difficult to predict how hard it will be given that the opiods are in my system now.
I'm sure it won't be easy, but I'm giving myself two more weeks to finish the pills I got from my recent surgery.
In those two weeks, I'm going to try weining off to minimize the withdrawl I go through.
I plan to stop on a Thursday or Friday & maybe take off Monday like you said.

We'll keep you post here!