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Dead Inside
December 28th, 2013, 10:25 PM
Hey guys, I need some help with a problem I'm developing. But first, I would like to tell my story just so you know where I'm coming from.

It all started just over a year ago. I could remember being somewhat happy with my life, surely i had no complications in it. Then I came out as gay, and before you jump to conclusion, that was a good experience for me. Everyone was accepting and kind about it, if anyone wasnt accepting i never knew. About 2 months after that, I got a boyfriend. This was my first real relationship and I had no idea what i was doing.

Now, I never used to want to do drugs. My friend would always ask me to smoke weed with her but I always said no (only because i didnt really feel the need to do it, i wasnt against it or anything). Ironically, a year later and ive done a decent amount of drugs but i have yet to smoke weed. But anyways, so i found out after i started dating my boyfriend that he smoked weed. Something about this bothered me. Maybe i didnt feel cool enough? Maybe i felt like it was bad for him? I dont know. Something bothered me. So for the next 2-3 months, i started to fall into a depression because i was just starting to hate life because of my boyfriend smoking weed and all that good stuff. He knew it would upset me but hed still do it anyways.

So as i was falling in this depression, I decided to start to try drugs. I guess to see what it was like, since my boyfriend did them sort of. My first drug experience was with Triple C's. I regretted it about 30 minutes later after the pills kicked in and i was puking up gray puke. It was horrible. I will admit i felt sorta good after the nausea, but still. The next morning i had school and i could still feel the drugs so i went home early. After that, I dropped acid. Twice to be exact. It was an awesome experience but i did have a bad trip my first time (I did it during the end of school, not a good idea) and i was a mess, but i still found it cool. The next time i did it, it went a bit better (aside from puking up watermelon, which ended up tasting like watermelon candy :P).

Now this is where the problem comes in. Maybe like 4-5 months in, still in my depression, I had to get my wisdom teeth taken out. So, all of my drug friends kept saying "Have fun with your painkillers" and i didnt take much notice of it cause i just thought id be getting some military grade tylenol or something idk. But so after my surgery, I went home with a bottle of 600mg ibuprofen and about 20 5mg vicodin. The first thing my mom said to me was "Be careful with the hydrocodone because people actually sell this stuff on the street". Again, didnt raise any flags for me. So i avoided taking the hardcore painkillers cause i wanted to save them for after i was out of pain. That was no problem for me for some reason.

The next time my boyfriend came over, I cracked out the vicodin. This was my first experience with painkillers. I took i believe two of them, then waited. When they kicked in, i had a tingly feeling in me, i didnt know what it was, but i knew this was way different from tylenol and advil and all that stuff. I liked it. It felt good.

So after that i was afraid i was going to get addicted so i threw them away. (I still cant believe that). Then one day i was bored, so i decided to rummage around my mom's houses' medicine cabinet. Lucky me i found a bottle of 5/325 Percocet. At first, i took a few at a time, then i realized no one noticed them in there so i took the whole bottle. I had fun for a bit. Then i was out.

A few months later, still in my depression, I was searching for more painkillers. I found tylenol 3 at my grandmothers (I am very ashamed to say that i went through that much trouble to snoop at someone elses house) and then, the major role of my problem, was what i found at my dads house. I found a bottle of 10mg pure oxycodone. In those bottles comes about 100-120 tiny tiny pink pills. I can get my hands on 20 of them at a time. Later i come to find out my stepmom got them for backpain and little did i know shed be getting some every month.

My stepmom has done drugs in her young days so she tells me and she goes through a bottle of oxy in a week. Literally. I dont know how but it happens. Whenever i get my hands on oxy, i normally have a 5-10 days of oxy fun. Lately, this has been getting worse and worse. My stepmom (I swear) steals percocet from her work because she works at a hospital and she never gets them prescribed. Ill find them in a xanax bottle or something.

ANYWAY, my problem is that, i am definitely emotionally attached to oxycodone. It makes all my problems and depression go away. I've never experienced a withdrawal from it thankfully but i feel like im pushing my limits. I actually have an appointment coming up to get antidepressants and im really hoping that itll help me stop with the oxy.

So here are my questions:
1. What are ways to kill the mental craving for oxycodone. They suck so much.
2. Do you have any idea if antidepressants will help me stop using?
3. Do you have any advice at all? Im desperate.

Sorry for rambling on and if you read all that thanks a lot.

mww113
December 29th, 2013, 03:26 AM
I can give you my advise as someone who has been prescribed way too many opiates. There is no way to kill the mental craving except to try and focus on something else. If you can resist it for 15 minutes, you can usually avoid using. The antidepressants could help you since the root of your drug use seems to be your depression. They may help with your symptoms, but they're not going to kill the mental craving for drugs.

I would advise you to stop now while you still can. The deeper into this you get, the harder the addiction will be to break. And if you continue using, you WILL go into withdrawal. There is no getting around that. Once you start to w/d you will become truly desperate. Don't get to that point.

Also, don't be afraid to get help if you need it. I've known people that have been addicted to drugs, and you can't always quit on your own. Even though you may feel embarrassed or ashamed, it's better than developing a major problem. Nobody will judge you for asking for help, your parents, your friends, whoever you ask, will not focus on punishing or shaming you. They will just want you to get better.

Dead Inside
December 30th, 2013, 01:07 PM
Thanks for the advice.
Ive been wanting to reach out to someone but i can only really reach out to my boyfriend and somewhat "friends". And they dont have much light to shine on the subject because they dont have experience trying to quit a drug. If i were to reach out to my parents, that wouldnt help at all. Trust me. My dad is a retired cop who thought i did drugs even BEFORE i actually did start doing them and my mom thinks i smoke weed, when ive never even in fact seen it in person. My mom used to do drugs so i hear when she was younger but idk. If i told them about what i was doing they'd ground me for life and never trust me again. Sure theyd get me the help i need but it wouldnt be worth it because id just be screwing up my family life.
I could reach out to my counselor, but when i was on the road to trying to get antidepressants, since im not of age for the clinic they use, they had to recommend me and i had to tell her ive never abused a substance or blah blah. So if i did reach out to my counselor, there goes my opportunity for antidepressants. I mean, i only did drugs to self medicate because of the depression, not because im just some careless teen. I dont know what im going to do, i may just have to stick this out by myself. Thats what i get for causing a problem. But thanks again for the advice.

Shailene
January 19th, 2014, 11:56 PM
mww113 gave pretty solid advice, but would definitely recommend getting professional help. Have met people with Oxy addictions - not something easy to overcome on your own. Believe me, whatever embarrassment or shame you feel now, will definitely be outweighed by the long terms benefits, most of all helping save your life and getting healthy. You're risking a lot right now. Stay strong, and don't be afraid to ask for help.

thefragile
January 21st, 2014, 01:11 AM
I had a pretty bad Oxycodone addiction last year. I loved it at first. The warmth, numbness, detatchment from reality, it was heaven. What happened?

I ran out

No matter how good the high feels, it's never worth the withdrawal. Opiate withdrawal is the closest you can get to literal hell without death.

Feel free to message me if you ever need help

David

KidImage
January 21st, 2014, 01:29 AM
I've done oxy twice. Only do it when I'm really in a bad mood. I love how numb you get. How carefree everything seems to you. You literally don't care and nothing gets to you.
But I know I will get addicted if I continue which is why I stopped.
Mental cravings suck but if you really push yourself you can stop yourself. You can't rely on a pill to release your pain. Sometimes you just have to face reality sadly.

the_dude69
January 21st, 2014, 07:17 AM
Sorry to hear you are struggling with this. Personally ive been to rehab twice. My doc (drug of choice) was oxycodone. But I have been addicted to benzos and basically have tried every drug.
First thing I will suggest if you are really wanting to quit is tell your step mom or whoever you want to lock the pills in a safe or something. Painkillers make depression worse so I wouldn't want to be making it worse.
The only person who can help you is yourself.

To be honest you are looking for a life that will be 10x what you are living with now. Let me paint My picture of the destruction of painkillers (I tell people painkillers are the devil). best friend is in jail for felonies he stole my parents checks. bc he never got a hold over his addiction. Hes also been to rehab multiple times. He knew he was going to get caught and still did it. My cousin recently over dosed on oxycodone. Anyone who is using oxy is dead. The only thing that they care about is the pills and will do anything to get them.

The fact that you dont have withdraws makes me think you might not understand how bad it can get. If you keep on the same path get used to having millions of needles being pressed into every inch of your body. Throwing up if you havent used in 6hrs. But its great that you arent experiencing that. What you are dealing with is all mental. You dont need it to stop hurting. You want to escape.

You asked if you will ever not crave it. Ive been sober for five years. I have dreams about using. And think about it often. I know folks 30+ years sober and still have to go to AA meeting's.

good luck on your sobriety. Im here if you have any questions

EDIT: antidepressants will help. But they are not going to solve everything. I would suggest go to AA meeting's. Figure out why you should feel like you needed to escape. There's something that happend in your past that you are looking to drown out. And the boyfriend...let me put it this way. The things that I have done to people when I was using. Not even heavily. Were manipulated for my advantage. Anyone in the drug scene are not the people who have your best interest

peace love and happiness

Sordid Saint
January 29th, 2014, 05:49 AM
I've been off dope and oxys for a couple months now. But I feel like I'm about to go back to it really strongly :/ you need something to keep you motivated if you want to stop. Maybe someone that cares about you, maybe if you care about yourself enough, maybe if you would rather save the money lol. You can message me if u want but idk how much I'm gonna be checking this site. But I have a lot of experience with all kinds of opiates so hmu if you want to have someone to talk about it with.

JacobBower
January 29th, 2014, 06:06 AM
Stay away from ALL pills. Don't do acid or anything. Try the weed. Marijuana cures depression, reduces anxiety, and has basically no negative health issues. PILLS CAN AND WILL KILL YOU!!! But how many people have ever died from weed? None.

tvsigeys
January 30th, 2014, 09:51 PM
Chris Rock put it best that youre always trying to get back to the first high. It's not easy, but toughing it out can happen. Good luck