[jm1985]

Hello... I have been on Percocet for almost 2 years... Anywhere from 10mg-30mg a day... I was on 20mg once a day Oxycontin w/ 10-30mg of percocet for breakthrough pain for a month but I got off the oxycontin a week ago... I lowered my dose to 10mg one day then to 5mg percocet 3 times a day. I am doing okay with taking 15-20mg percocet a day but now I am out. I will be switching to 5mg vicodin 2-3 times a day for a few days then nothing. In your opinion would it be better to just stop tomorrow completely? or to switch to the vicodin then nothing? I would like to make this as easy as possible as I do have chronic pain and lupus but I also dont want to draw out something that is going to happen regardless? Will it really make much of a difference if I switch to vidcodin for a few days and lower that dose over a few days? Thanks so much. I see my doctor Friday and will be talking to her about this but she is not in tomorrow so I am kinda stuck. Also I have gotten of percocet before and switched to Ultram no problem... I think I usually w/d pretty well but in almost 2 years I have not not taken a pill for pain regardless of what it is so this is kind of scary for me

[melinda7.5]

Hi jm
over a year ago, I was addicted to a lot of pain meds and I tapered down to 2 five mg of vic's a day and then jumped off and did not have much trouble..
and i have chronic pain also...
let us know how it goes
talk to you soon, Melinda

[jm1985]

Well today I woke up took my 350 soma & my prednisone and I always take a pain pill in the morning with the mix between 8-9am and it's 11:00 and I have taken nothing I feel okay... very nervous but I think it's just mental like wow I havent taken anything what's going to happen! I will probably take 5mg in a little while and then another 5mg around 5:00pm and tomorrow when I go to the doctor talk to her about getting a new script so I can continue tapering so I am not too uncomfortable but we will see... I would be okay taking 10mg of percocet a day because I do have pain and that's a lot better than 20mg Oxycontin & 10-30mg percocet for breakthrough everyday! I think I have done really well but I do have a lot of anxiety being on nothing and all of a sudden being hit by these god awful w/d because most of the posts I read are from people on very, very high doses I just wonder about people just on 10-20mg a day have done you know? I would love to hear from people that came off of a lower dose instead of the crazy high doses and horror w/d stories i have been reading I do not abuse it I am actually OCD about my medicine I just want to give my body a little break and be on a lower dose.