18 Years Old Addicted To Oc Need Advice
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I am currently 18 years old ive been doing oc for the past 6 months i did perks the 6 months before that i have a good job and have a great life going for me i wanna get off of it without rehab please someone give me advice i am curentely doing 40 mgs aday during the week and 80 a day on the weekends.. i mix it with cocaine atleast 4 times a week someone please help..i been getting very very deppresed lately and have thought numerous times about suicide

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I'm currently on day 4 of suboxone started taking a full one n then half n no I haven't taken any yet today doin g a Little xanax to sleep at night its not as bad as I haD expected I was doing ten roxi 30mgs a day up until 4 days ago because they make oc abuse proof now which is an amazing thing saving peoples lives and making suboxin littlestrips of paper. I have a clear head and really wanna stick to this. So amazing how people who don't even knowme care so much, mindblowing. Thanks everyone for the advice over over the past two years of my struggling addiction I turn 20 years old in 5 days and hope to be cleaN and healthy for the rest of my life.. But deep down I feel like thatll never happen n that Ill be back to usinG within the week..

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to 18 yrs and addicyed now to oxysI did not read all the replies, but do not go to methedone or suboxone. I am 50 yrs. old and had no idea about the prescription drug stuff. Stay away from the meds or clinics they will ruin your life. Be honest whit yourself you can do this Your strong and aren't even old enough to know it. DDDon't even worry about jobs and all that now. You got alot of life to live and you will get trough this! If you have to you might have to tell your parent's and go to the Dr., but that is a last case senerio. Keep your mind on the fact you will get better every day. Drink as much water as you can, aand if you can hold vitamans down do it. After about a weak get up and keep your mind on the truth. your going to be fine. Don't tell alot of people if you don't have to. They will drag you down. the old saying misery loves company! Go through the moion 's if you needdd to and keep telling yourself you will do this. You will KEEP YOUR SELFTALK POSITIVE AND AS SOON ASPosible stay busy There is initial physical hell. You will do fine! You can and will do this. Don't slip and use anything you will be back at square1 I can tell you have a good heart, let it shine. It might seem like this is the worst thing, and it is a bummer. It will be in a distant pass. You have alot to live don't let this negative thing bring you down. In 10 yrs. even less it will be something you remember as just a mistake. Stay Positive, you got every thing ahead of you. You do not need chemicals to help you out every thing you need is right in youTake a minute and thank the man upstairs everyday. He says you are butifilly and wonderfully made! You are this is a slip up that kids make and don't ever beat yourself up over it. Take care YOUCAN DO THIS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE BAD THINGS IN LIFE THEY ARE ALWAYS FUN AT AT FIRST AND THAN You know you are on sorry street. If You are telling the truth abought what when on You will be fine again You will go through hell at first but it can be a learning experience. I think you will do it, Ican tell you know right. You will be back to normal as soon as you know it. Peace out

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Good luck, I was on OC years ago and when the Dr. said no more, I almost passed out. I had 4 pills left. I went home and told my wife I was coming down with the flu, etc. I took one pill and went to bed. I slept well untill about 3.am and woke up sweating and I thought it was 130 degrees in the bedroom. I laid and looked at the other pills until I went back to sleep. I work up feeling like S+it and I took another pill. I went all day and about 2.pm, I started with the withdraws. I went home took a bath and went to bed, I laid there 4 hours and got up and broke one in half. Went to sleep like a baby, 2 hours and got the trotts. I went until 2pm and took the other half, I made it until the next morning about 2 am and Dam I was crazy. Broke the other in half. two days later I was mean as hell, tearing ever drawer apart, looking in my car, anywere to get a pill. Nothing, I was sick, freezing, craped on myself 2 times. Suffered for another week . was eating at Mcdonalds one day and thought i was having a heart attack, went to the dr. and she said you are doing fine, the worse is over, She had no Ideal. I went 6 weeks and finally felt better., 6 months, nothing, one day I had a friend give me a lortab for a bad backache. Like a fool, I took it, Back on OC. DAM ,I'm a full pledged dumb ass

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I THINK IF I WERE U, I'DE BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFULL WHAT I PRINT ABOUT YOURSELF.. ANYONE CAN READ IT, BUT, IT DOE'S LOOK AS THOUGH YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME HELP.. GOD BLESS U... i've been there 2!! GOOD LUCK TO YOU.. HOPE U CAN FIND THE HELP YOU NEED, AND i'M NOT BEING A JERK, i REALLY MEAN IT... GOOD LUCK .. YOU ARE SO YOUNG 18 YEARS OLD, GET ANY HELP OFFERED NOW WHILE YOU ARE STILL YOUNG.. GOD BLESS YOU-- HOPE U FIND THE HELP Y NEED....

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BRIAN, do it the same way you got to that level start decreasing your dosage amount, methadone 10x worse than oxy's i rather use suboxone but there is still a dependency but it is easier for some to wing their way off other than that disipline yourself and start decreasing the mg slowly and you can do it just be determined and stay away from friends who use them some people cling to each other cold turkey is rough i helped my girl friend trough it benadryl, immodium, pepto bismol, and melitonin(found in the vitamin section) for sleep. and or a zanax or two this is my advice as to what we did! everyone is different. good luck!

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my bad 18 yrs old ha ha lol at me

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they didnt start making OC's until yr 2000 ..... 18 yrs lmao at u

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Withdraw from opiates is horrible. I tried then found a doctor that prescribes suboxene. It is a miracle. U feel normal and no withdraw. I highly recomend it.

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you can go to methadone clinics and just do a 21 day detox program, they bring you up in dose then right down, 21 days later your off methadone, doesnt matter age, or how long youve been addicted, if you are having problems, try the methadone clinic, its helped many people i know of all ages, doesnt matter how long youve been doing pills or how old you are, stupid advice from stupid people is why so many people get hurt and relapse

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hey help with dude. im 26 i know all about it. suboxone will help with the ocs and coke doesnt have withdrawals. sounds like u need rehab to be real. if not go to a suboxone dr. immediatly. or ur gonna die. help urself dude im tryin 2 these drugs are no joke and made me depressed also.

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Hi Adam..I love Vancouver, it reminds me of San Fransisco, only much cleaner..No one droping garbage on the ground and the weather is wonderful..I am glad someone else said to stay away from methadone. I would have told you to stay away too, because as you already know, methadone is a long term committment..I didn;'t get on maintenance until I was 46 years old..I will be on it because I have tried everything else since I was 17 years old..I am glad you found a doctor to help with your withdrawls, but I just don't agree with that tough love BS anymore..Ya know like on Intervention..For opiate addicts the truth of the matter is some of us will never be 100% abstinante. My mom never gave me money,, but she made sure I wasn't living in the street and she made sure I had food and she bought my cigarettes, but not once when I was on heroin did she give me a dime.. Had she have cut me out of her life I would have probably died..I hope you can get clean with the medications you were talking about. I am glad you are seeing a doctor and not doing it alone..The thing I hate the most is when people say It will get better It doesn't always get better, for me, I had PAWS for years. I was suicidal. so I don't ever tell people to suck it up..I always tell them to see a doctor because it is almost impossible to do on our own..Good luck friend
Pat

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hey man like alot of these people r saying i would stay away from the methadone clinic. Im only 25 but have been hooked on oxy end coke for over 5 years off and on mostly on. i tried the methadone program which last 8 months where i started at 90 mg and in 8 months i was still at 68 mg program takes way to long and ur still having to rely on something everyday. ive been crushing up and snorting 4-5 80mg pills mixing it everytime with cocaine. Ive been to rehab to methadone program cold turkey you name it. right now im in the process of thrying t get this crap outta my life and the only thing that i have ever founf to work with me was a clonazepam, clonidine, and gavapentin. the only time i was clean was wen i stuck to that. If your in the vancouver area the greatest docs to talk to are dr. coleman. and dr hedges in New Westminster but one word of warning do not expect any sympathy they will tell you wats up and if ur serious they will really help. Ive had 5 friends succesfully complete it though his program so as of yesterday i started with him

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TAKE SUBOXONE it's a blocker and will stop your craving for o.c. i'm on four eighty's a day so when i'm out i take sub and it works

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Hello Brian...I'm 36 years old and I was one of the first Oxy victims...I highly suggest rehab asap especially if you are having suicidal thoughts...If you don't have insurance there is help out there in every state...If you wanna get it over with quickly without rehab and you are buying oxy off the street I suggest grabbing about 20 suboxone from someone and gradually weining yourself off the oxy...otherwise it is intolerable and we all know that...Suboxone has pretty much become just as easily available as Oxy now...Now with the crack...You need to get off the oxy just say no to crack cuz if you aren't doin it everyday then you don't NEED it...this is still my no rehab advice...Hit up an AA meeting and get a sponsor ASAP...If you enter rehab someone will help u get a sponsor..Those 2 drugs mixed together can kill u in itself thats speedballin and sooo bad for you...I lost 3 former drug allies doing that so, please STOP....Now one more option yet you will be substituting one for another there are local Methadone clinics in every state also...Methadone is much safer and cheaper and you can get off oxy get on methadone and then when you feel ready they will safely wein you off the methadone at the clinic...I'm currently on Methadone and go to my local LEGAL clinic because I have a lot of health problems and probably wouldn't move without it but, I tell you one thing...It lasts over 24 hours and you don't feel like sh!t when you wake up...so use your best discretion honey and good luck to you...You'll be in my prayers...Hey if you choose methadone they have Methadone Anonymous meetings and you are welcomed to the program with open arms...

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Shelly,
I read your second respnse to Brian. You know what? You are some kind of special. Evevrything that you said was right on point. You would make a very good counselor. Brian, all I have to say to you is PLEASE take Shelly's advice. In the long run you will probably want to seek her out and personally thank her. Any kind of Drug, perscribtion or not, is just plain wrong and devastating if you abuse them. I just wish that I knew Shelly personally, She would make a great life coach. Shelly, it seems like Brian just might take your advice and at least find someone to confide in (hopefully his family and friends) because right now support is all he needs to kick this behavior. Brian, GOD BLESS YOU MAN. Make the right choice, I think you know which one that is.
Shelly thanks for taking the time to talk to brian. We need more people like you in this world.
GOD BLESS YOU AS WELL.

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Brian,,PLEASE, whatever you do, don't listen to this Zen person, don't go near a methadone clinic..You are so young, and methadone is a long term committment..I didn't get on maintenance until I was an addict for over 25 years..I care about you because I have been where you are..I am not against suboxone short term, but methadone, stay away......PLEASE

Pat

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Shelly, that is what is so great in the recovery field today..You and I are alike. I got addicted to the opiates I need to even get out of bed in the morning, Years ago, doctors would tell you that you have to suck it up and live with the pain..Its not like that today,,I tried having my husband hold my pills, and I found them the same day and I am sure you know what happened after that..I went back to heroin after many years of being off of it because painkillers wernt working..I decided to go to a methadone clinic in Jan 2001 and it took a while. but I havent touched any other opiate since July 1, 2002..Methadone helps the pain, plus I get no euphoria on it, so I don't crave anything anymore..I finally got my life back..Thank god for compassionate doctors.....I would really like to talk to you because we are alike meaning we are using our pain medication as prescribed and that is a miracle in itself...Just let me know if you want me to give you my email

Pat

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This is for me2 light at the end of the tunnel,,Are you a doctor?? I am asking because b4 I got on methadone maintenance, I was on suboxone, and the WD's were HORRIBLE. Sure methadone is a stronger medicartion. but don't tell people there are no WD's with suboxone. As for methadone, I am a 55 year old patient. I am not hooked on methadone. I am dependent on it, but being hooked is a hell of a lot different,. I would never suggest methadone to anyone like Brian, he is too young and his drug history isn't long enough, he wouldnt even be ecepted into a methadone clinic....Please don't give advice unless you are an MD
Pat

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Brian, Shelly is right, why do you beat yourself up..No reason for that. My advice to you is see a doctor ASAP..U are so young that WD's won't be that bad. plus you havent used that long..Maybe your doc can suggest something that can help you through the tough spots....
Pat

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Brian,
I am sorry that you slipped but you need to realize that just because you made one mistake, it doesn't mean you have to keep on doing what you are doing. So what? You screwed up and did an oxy. Admit it and stop. Don't use that one time screw up as your excuse to keep on screwing up and that is exactly what you are doing. Please read what JayJay wrote. He's right and there is an awful lot of wisdom in what he said to you. My email is forakershaker at yahoo. You can email me any time. I haven't been on here for a while because I went in and had the total knee replacement done on my right knee on 12/15. It was awful and the most pain I have ever been in. I didn't know anything could hurt that bad. I am telling you this so you know what can happen down the road. Like I said the pain was more than I could take. I woke up screaming after the surgery. They couldn't give me enough meds to even take the edge off. The reason was because my body has become to tolerant to pain medication from all the years I have been on it. After they gave me all they could I was under constant supervision because my blood oxygen and blood pressure were so low I was in serious danger. This is what you have to look forward to if you keep using. At some point in your life you could become injured or sick and actually need pain meds but by then it won't matter because they won't help you. Brian, I am begging you, please don't risk this. I cannot even come up with words to use to describe the pain I have been in, it is that bad. But guess what? Even after getting out of the hospital and coming home to my own meds I have not taken so much as one extra pill. I am not stupid. I know myself. If I take just one extra it will lead to more. I am not willing to risk that. Especially after what I went through the first ten days. The first 48 hours I just begged them to cut off my leg. It was awful and I would not wish this on my worst enemy. The doctors and nurses knew my situation and why the meds weren't working and they didn't look down on me or treat me badly. If anything it was just the opposite. Now if total strangers treated me that well, imagine how your parents will treat you. My dad was there with me, crying because he couldn't stand to see me hurt so badly. I'm a lot older than you are hon. I've got grown daughters with kids. I want them to come to me if they have a problem. I don't want the police at my door or a call in the night asking me to identify a body. You need to give your parents some credit. Unless they live in a bubble they know how bad addiction is in our country. Just be honest with them. They may throw a fit for a bit but then they will calm down and most likely do whatever they can to help you. But, to quote Jayjay you really do need to 'man up'. Stop making excuses for your behavior and admit that you are powerless over this stuff and go do whatever you have to do to get into a rehab facility. The drugs will always be there. Temptation is always there, it never goes away. You have to learn to say no and walk away. Nobody can do this for you, you have to do it for yourself. Not being able to do it alone is not shameful or weak. It's being smart enough to know you need help and to actually ask for it. Stop making excuses for yourself. That is exactly what you are doing and you need to stop. Okay, you screwed up and took an oxy. You know you screwed up. It's at that point that you should go to a meeting, call a sponsor, call anyone and talk about it. DON'T use it as an excuse to keep doing more drugs and that seems to be your pattern. It appears that you think if you made one mistake then that gives you cart blanche to just keep going and going using whatever you can get your hands on. That's addict thinking. It's stupid and I think you know that. Quit looking for ways to give yourself excuses to mess up. Start by admitting you have a serious problem that you cannot deal with on your own. Get the help you need. Go to rehab and when you get out go to meetings. Find something to occupy your time. Put the effort that you use to get drugs and use into something else, perhaps helping someone else. Try helping other people with problems. There are loads of charities who could use a nice young man to help out. Do that, not drugs. You can email me anytime you need to Brian and I will try to help but I can't fix you. Only you can fix you. There are lots of tools out there to help you kick this. Use all the resources you can find. That's why they are there. Don't continue to throw away your life. You are slowly killing yourself and by increasing your habit you may not have much time left. It's only a matter of time before you OD. That means it's only a matter of time before you may DIE. That's no joke Brian. You are human and your body can only take so much before it just stops. I will continue to pray that you realize this before something terrible happens to you. I will pray that you find the strength and the courage to admit you are an addict to your family so that they can help you get into a facility. I also will pray that you will realize that what you are doing is not okay. Getting on here and saying you messed up and how sorry you are or how bad you feel doesn't mean anything. You are waiting to die and I honestly think that will happen if you don't get some help. We all do what we have to do in this world to survive. Sometimes we get to make our own choices about events in our lives and sometimes we have to live with the choices other people made for us. You have a choice Brian. You can choose to keep using or you can choose to ask for help from someone who is actually right there and able to help you with more than just words. The second choice is the hardest but it also will give you the most rewards. Please Brian, make a choice, make the right choice.
Shelly

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