I have been addicted to oxycodone("Roxies") for over a year, I use between 2 and 7 30mg tablets a day, and I obtain them on the streets so I am wrecked financially because of my addiction. I've been trying to quit, but the worst part of the withdrawal is that when ever I attempt to go out and do anything I feel like I am freezing to death... Staying at home with the heater on under a pile of blankets is ok, but i have 2 jobs and have to get on with my life... is there any otc drugs or anything from a health food store or food supplement, or vitamin, that would do anything to make me not feel so cold? That's been the main reason I've continued to use when I try to quit, I'm so cold I feel like I'm gonna freeze to death... any ideas?
What can I do to avoid the horrible cold feeling I get from opiate withdrawal?
- Asked
- 30 Oct 2011 by TeddyDB
- Updated
- 13 March 2019
- Topics
- opiate withdrawal, oxycodone, withdrawal, addiction, opiate
6 Answers
Inactive
31 Oct 2011
if your new, welcome, youve come to the rite place. im sorry your feeling it, and yes if your buying it off the streets it can be hard. mabe you should think of going to a detox center to help you thru. that may be the best bet, take a few weeks of personal time and go to treatment. hang in there
trmd
20 Aug 2015
been on oxy 15 for 8 years. last 6 days i have stop. i can,t do this anymore.today i will see dr for subocone. i have no energy and take 3-4 hrs to wake up everyday! i do not miss the blackouts at night finally ! thanks
Danni926
31 Oct 2011
Hi TeddyDB... I know exactly how u are feeling, and believe me, I know it absolutely sucks, both the financial devastation AND the emotional devastation... Suboxone SAVED MY LIFE!!! I don't know what area u live in, but u should be able to find a place close to u that offers help for opiate/heroin abuse... read as much as u can find on suboxone to give u an idea of how it works... it's a sublingual pill (placed under tongue and slowly dissolves with your saliva)... it will stop your acute withdrawal symptoms, absolutely no lie... i woke up wanting to die and knew i could not get more (oxycodone as well)... i called a friend of mine who i knew had really gotten clean off of oxys, and he told me about suboxone and brought me 2... within a half hour of taking it, I was up, getting ready for work, grabbed a coffee and was on my way... I since got in touch with the same suboxone-certified MD who my friend worked with, and set up treatment with him...
I don't recommend doing it the way I did, but it worked nonetheless and I got my own prescription 3 days later and now, over a year later, I still see this doctor... I take less and less of the suboxone and hope to taper off completely in the coming months...
Please look into suboxone and a certified physician... u won't regret it.
Good luck!
TeddyDB
1 Nov 2011
Thanks... a friend of mine recommended suboxone as well... I don't have health insurance, but I'm sure the treatment will be much cheaper than the 75 to 150 dollar a day habit that has a grip on my life. I'm looking int it very soon. Bless you for the information. It feels really good to talk to people about this, I've kept my addiction such a secret to everyone except the guy I score from who has the same problem... It feels good to talk about it. Thank you and bless you for the information.
Danni926
1 Nov 2011
TeddyDB, you are welcome... not sure how each state operates, but i have excellent health insurance and it does NOT cover the doctor appointments... i am able to use my prescription plan for the pills, but I still pay out of pocket for the doctor, so don't feel too bad, insurance wouldn't help u except for the pills... in the beginning i went to the doctor every 2-3 weeks, i am charged $25 per week as long as i am still a patient... so now I am at a point where i go every 4-5 weeks, so i am paying him $100-$125 when I see him... he gives me a prescription for the suboxone, enough to last me until my next appointment... in the beginning of my treatment last year, I sometimes ran out before I saw him again, but the longer I stuck with it, the less pills I took.
Now I still have some left when I see him and I saw him yesterday and we are going to start tapering me off (I let him think it was HIS idea, he has a bit of an ego like most physicians do), so I am going to keep slowly cutting back... I started on 2.5 suboxone pills a day, and now I am 1 or 1.5 a day and some days I do not take any... they say the average person stays on suboxone for one year, but I personally think that is bull... I can't speak for the other people, but I had 4 years clean off of opiates from 2006-2010, and I started taking them again and it picked up right where it left off and got MUCH worse... I had a good job and had more money, so I didn't think anything of spending the crazy amounts of money I was handing over... After being clean for 4 years, I never thought I was completely safe... I always knew that I had to be careful, and all it took was one trip to the dentist and an innocent prescription of vicroprofen... it was only 12 of them... so I have a very healthy fear of relapsing and would rather keep taking suboxone until I feel I am ready to trust myself more...
You can't take opiates when u are taking suboxone, u will not get the euphoric high off of them, so it would be waste... Good luck to u!!! Hopefully u have a job and can find a physician who is Suboxone certified... it is the ONLY thing that helped me... some people say it is trading one pill for another and that is true of course, but I am spending a lot less money, I have my life back, and the anxiety and fear of never having enough opiates is gone...
TeddyDB
1 Nov 2011
That's great news... I have no problem trading one pill for another when the other is significantly less, and prescribed by a doctor. I'm behind on my rent(god bless my landlords for being very kind understanding people otherwise i'd be couch surfing), have all kinds of bills that are behind, and spend almost all the money I earn on pills... I'm young and in the prime of my life and haven't had any intimacy or relationships with anyone in over a year because I've been married to Oxy. I'm looking into a Suboxone doc right now. Thanks.
cetteferge
1 Nov 2011
Hi Teddy - Hot baths! Soak in Epsom Salt mineral hot/warm baths, take brisk walks & keep on movin', eat well, like hot soups, protein, etc... basically, get creative & think of anything & everything to avoid continuing the same insane cycle that many of us are familiar with. I remember saying, "I'm trying!", whenever I was asked by my father about quitting (at the end, when everyone knew, anyway!). He handed me a pencil, and said, "Now, try to take this pencil from me." At which point, I simply grabbed it! We ended up laughing, but it drove the point home to me about "trying"... basically, he said, "When we say we're trying, its usually a cop-out, meaning we're trying to buy more time cuz we're not quite ready!" Of course, he was right at that time, for me, anyway... May he Rest In Peace. That was the best lesson I think he ever taught me about using that phrase.
I realized how supportive he meant it to be, in the sense that, he believed in me, and when I was really desperate to stop, he knew I would find a way, period! Anyway, lots of us are here to help, so if you're ready, please find a Dr. (Subox or not), and he will help with the meds that may facilitate an easier w/drawal, go to meetings daily, make calls, find clean friends, find an Addictions Counselor, if you can, exercise, and join us here for support. We've got hundreds more suggestions, if you want:) I know it can be hellish and difficult, so I'm not making light of it... it just gets so tiring, fighting that battle, no?! Good Luck!
TeddyDB
1 Nov 2011
You are right. I need to make a conscious decision that I am quitting, period... thank you for your help... I want my life back, I spend my life working all the time, so I can buy more pills so I can work more so I can buy more pills... I haven't had a relationship in over a year and I squander all my money on drugs... It feels very good to talk about this since I've kept it such a secret for so long... thanks for the advice and support.
cetteferge
2 Nov 2011
Hi Teddy - Good for you! I know exactly how you feel, as I've been there many times, and am done now! Didn't mean to sound harsh, but I'm hard on myself, too. And, sometimes I think the addiction tries to fool us with every possible type of ammunition... and, it often works, so that's why I try to "bust" the disease, not you! God Bless, J.
rosemneed81
17 May 2013
Hey teddy are you still here?
herbs99
26 Jan 2017
I get that your dad was ' trying ' (lol) to motivate you because he cares about you . But he doesn't understand . What if he was gripping the pencil so tightly , that when you went to take it , you simply couldn't ? Then you would have tried , but it was too difficult .
smithrf871
28 Aug 2017
will taking hydrocodone make me fill cold
karmateque
3 Apr 2018
This reponse is very late considering the time you originally posted your q.
I had to register and stuff so I could ask you what has happened? I hope you have gotten on with your life and kicked the habit.
What I wanted to tell you is do not expect anyone who hasnt been there to understand you, they wont.
Seeking help is only the beginning to a better life.
I am here if you need, please let me know how you have been
Benzopiatesurvivor
13 Mar 2019
The biggest thing for me is taking Iron supplements, drinking Ensure, showering regularly, 3 meals a day diet, lots of fluids and the worst but the most help is exercise. I exercise twice a day whether I’m sick or fine.
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