My name is Christy, I am 5'5, 130 lbs, 25yrs old and addicted to opiate narcotics. I have come along way but I am still not where I want to be. I had a habit of anywhere from 800mg to 1000mg a day habit. I would use any or all of the following to reach this dosage: oxycontin, Endocet, Hydrocodone, Oxycodone. I know now that I am fortunate to not have died from the amount of acetaminophen alone that some of these pills contianed. I've never met anyone who has taken the dosages that I have...and lived. The very errie thing is that I was PRESCRIBED these medications. I never once bought a pill illegally nor did I "doctor Shop". I put complete trust in my doctor and was let down mesirably. Now, 2 months "free" from my doc, my mind is not free, I am not free. Now I find myself "doctor shopping" to get high, or stealing pills from family members. This is not who I am. I justify myself now by saying "I only do 200mg a day, every once in a while, that's better than 800mg-1000mg, right?"
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel it coming back like a slow, evil disease.
I never want to experience what I felt coming off pills (such a high dosage) again. I was alone, I was in a bath tub for 3 days - LITERALLY. I felt like my skin was going to come off (probably because I scratched and rubbed it raw).
I lost 17lbs in 5 days. I could not sleep, I could not eat, I could not function.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE ENOUGH, RIGHT?
wrong. I still crave it, I'm not strong, I need help.

slipperyslope - I usually was prescribed 80mg oxycontin 2x a day and something for breakthrough pain (oxycodone, Endocet, hydrocodone, etc). So until I ran out of oxycotin for the month, I would crush up 2 - 80mg oxycontin and 4 -10mg tablets of the above for breakthrough pain....I did this 4-5 times a day until my "months worth" of prescription ran out. Then, all I had to do was call the doctor for more "breakthrough" pain medication (in some cases she would even give me more oxycontin, but only 40mg tablets) until my next appointment. It was nothing for me to go through a bottle of 100 "breakthrough" 10mg pills in a day. So, no, I am ashamed to say that your math is not wrong.