Thanks for the reply. The OC withdrawal was pretty intense. I went into it with a positive attitude but by the fourth day I thought I was going to die and by the fifth, I was afraid I wouldn't. :)

I expect this won't be as bad. I hope not. I do have to work through it. I've been at 30 mgs for a week now getting ready. Had some mild withdrawal with the dose reduction but nothing I couldn't function with.

Got a pocket full of Immodium and some Restoril to help me sleep. I'm taking Bayer Body/Back pain because it has caffeine and I remember how fatigued I felt the first time.

Brent

Sorry to keep bumping this. I only log on a couple times a day.

Thanks again for the responses.

Day 1 wasn't bad at all. Some nausea and muscle aches. I did eat a sandwich. Surpisingly, no cravings. Yet. Took a couple restoril and slept about 6 hours.

This am I feel similar so far but I can feel the diarrhea coming on. Sorry to be so graphic.

To backtrack, when I CT'd the oxys, I was extremely ill. I vomitted for days, diarrhea, no sleep at all, and worst (to me) the creepy crawlies.

I tried ensure then because someone suggested it. Vomit city. Ditto for Gatorade. I called my doc and got some phenagran but it did nothing for me. Neither did benzos. I took 10 Xanax one night. I didn't even feel them.

The thing is that the worst of the wd didn't kick in until day 3. So even though, I don't feel all that bad yet, I'm very apprehensive because I know the worst may be yet to come.

The only thing I've got going for me this time is that I got down to a low dose first and was only on them about 6 weeks. But when I attended rehab, they said once you're addicted, your brain remembers the addiction and you go right back to where you were.

So does this mean it's going to get that bad again?

I really do have to go to work on Monday.

Brent

TAKE IMMODIUM...if you can keep it down take some Dramamine, it is a motion sickness med. That helped me so, so much. That foggy, dizzy, pukey feeling goes right away with Dramamine. And the immodium will stop the runs, you will need to take that for awhile, i did anyways.
Suck on ice, drink sips of water or maybe try some diluted o.j....
you gotta be able to keep hydrated. glad you were able to get some sleep and at least you got a sandwich in. As soon as the runs start, use the immodium. It helps alot with the stomach cramps too.
Try to keep as busy as possible, my symptoms always seemed to be worse when i was laying around "sick". If i pushed myself and got out, after the immodium kicked in-of course LOL, i felt a lot better.
O.k....i hope i helped some, what is restoril??? what is that supposed to help with??? I was just curious. At least it helped you sleep. Is today day 2??? I am a lot like you the physical doesn't start hitting me hard til about day 3....hang in there, you can do it
luv,
LISA

Restoril is a mild benzo prescribed for sleep. It's not very addictive like Xanax. So I feel okay taking it for a few days. Of course, it's not very strong either. But you can't have it both ways. :)

Yes, day two. I got up and went back to bed. LOL. I laid there a long time and finally got up and drank 6 cups of coffee and took 4 Bayer Body/Back aspirins. And the Immodium, of course. I took that the first time I got up.

Then I went grocery shopping. I live alone and decided it was only going to get worse so I better get some supplies for the upcoming week.

I felt like I was going to collapse in the store. Plus I felt like I was going to have a panic attack. I've never had a panic attack but I felt like I was going to run out of the store. Is this normal? I don't remember this symptom from the last time. Of course, I was much sicker so I was probably more focused on the phsyical part. And I may have been ODing on the caffeine.

For me, the first time, day 3 was the worst too. Monday, it's time to pay the piper. Go to work no matter how I feel. No free rides when it comes to drugs.

Brent