What to do if I’m addicted to Percocets

What to do if I’m addicted to Percocets

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You can go cold turkey and feel like you have the flu for a few days… or you can taper start taking 1/2. ChaCha for now!

Why Do Ppl Get Addicted To Oxycodone/Percocets??

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Its the way those drugs affect you brain. They are ver ystrong pain killers so you just feel numb. When you take them, the active ingredients bind to receptors in your brain and you get the numb feeling. As it wears off, those receptors sen…

How to avoid addiction to percocets?

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As long as you take the meds because you are having pain addiction is not as likely. When people start taking pain meds for other reasons besides pain that increases the risk of addiction. Also the time you will be on it will not be as long…

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I think I’m addicted to pain pills….?

Q: I had a baby by c-section 3 months ago and they gave me hefty prescription of percocets. I think I’m addicted and don’t know what to do about it. When I try to stop taking them I get really pissy and can’t stop myself from screaming at my family over little things. I don’t want to be a bad mom or wife and I’m embarrassed to admit to my husband that I think I have a problem. I don’t think he even knows I still take them. My ‘script was gone months ago. I’ve found other ways to supply myself. Please give me advice. I’m sensitive about this so if anyone is compelled to be rude, please don’t respond. Thanks.

A: You need to consult with your doctor immediately. Percocet is Oxycodone and acetaminaphen. Oxycodone is a controlled substance of the highest level (a “Schedule 2” drug) because of its great potential for physical dependence (as opposed to psychological dependence). Your doctor may renew your prescription in smaller amounts to gradually wean you off of it or he may prescribe a different drug which will help wean you off of it. Schedule 2 drugs have limitations as to how much a doctor can prescribe within a given amount of time so he may use a different drug that has the same overall effect to get you off of it. In any case you are suffering from physical withdrawal every time you try to stop cold turkey and it is a DEA controlled substance so you really need to talk to your doctor as soon as possible.And congrats on the new baby! 🙂

How to know if I’m addictied?

Q: I have been taking pain killers for multiple medical conditions. I was wondering if taking as many as I have if I;m considered addicted..,I still can’t tell if I have withdrawal symptoms when not taking them because I can not even fathom what the pain would be if I didn’t take these. Since about September I have taken close to 400 percocets, 150-175 Vicodins, 60 Darvocets, and 50-70 Tylenol#3. I know that’s alot but I desperately need them and i’m afraid I might starting to become dependent on them! What do you think?O and I am perscribed these by two differnt doctors, so i’m not getting them ilegally

A: I would talk to a doctor if your worried, if your that worried about your health…..well don’t be afraid of getting in to trouble! You might be, but the doctor knows best!good luck.

Am I really a drug addict?

Q: I probably know the answer to this question but possibly need a reality check because I’m holding on to the little hope I have left to see if there is someone or actually a lot of people who think that this is just a stage in everyone’s life regardlless of age. I’m in my early 30’s.I just want to know what anyone thinks: If I’m a real drug addict or just messed up a bit. When I was 17 I was given Percocet for wisdom tooth pain. From that day that was my basic cure of all my problems. From about 17-32 I’d do some pretty strange stuff to get them but wouldn’t go crazy if I couldn’t. I wasn’t physically addicted just mentally so I’d make frequent stops to the ER and dentist to get them. I’d smoke pot on and off and took long breaks in between. So I’d smoke pot every day when I was 18 then a few years I wouldn’t touch it and then go back. Then when I injured myself I was given a script for Oxycodone pills plus Vicodin. I’d get over 200 per month. So, I was in a lot of pain and even when I wasn’t in pain I took them. Then I would have to buy Oxycontins/Perocets off the streets because I ran out of them before the next script was ready. I only did cocaine about 14 times. I basically did Klonipins, Adderall, and basically any pill I could get my hands on that would change the way I felt.I did go to the pipe with crack but probably just did that maybe 10 times or so but never got addicted. This one makes me wonder as well: Heroin. Part of me says that I really didn’t do Heroin because to honestly do it- you have to inject it. But, I only did it through my nose two times so I really wonder if I really ever did Heroin because I oonly did it two times and honestly didn’t feel anything probably because I was loaded on Oxy. I went through treatment and it mostly worked with just some slip ups with weed, booze, and now I started taking 5 or 6 sudapheds at a time. But that was only two or three times and damn that stuff makes you fly. I’m on a maintance program with Suboxone so I can’t use opiates. But my main question is: Do I call myself a drug addict? Am I a real drug addict? Part of me says no because I remember the day that I didn’t need the percocets to make it through the day and I could have stopped but became chemically dependant but not really addicted. I didn’t steal from anyone. And I don’t believe I did Heroin because when you think about it, I never shot it up and that’s how you really do it. Hope this makes sense!

A: You might want to consider rehab. Drugs be drugs, dude.