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?
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- 30 Oct 2011 by TeddyDB
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- 20 Aug 2015
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- opiate withdrawal, oxycodone, withdrawal, addiction, opiate
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Anonymous
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
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...
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.
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.
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?
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