I was trying to lengthen the time between doses of Percoset, and noticed that I couldn't get to 6 hours without disabling pain. Then I noticed that a lot of the pain was in places that shouldn't hurt -- shoulders, knees, feet. I figured I'd developed not only a dependency, but a tolerance to this horrible drug, and tried cutting the pills in half for a day, followed by quitting completely. After five days of withdrawal symptoms that got worse and worse, I called my pain management doctor, who prescribed Clonidine to reduce the symptoms while I completed withdrawal.
Clonidine was a whole new nightmare in itself. Incredible dry mouth. Still couldn't sleep. Irrational thoughts and obsessive thinking. Weakness, faintness, no appetite, and still with some Percoset withdrawal symptoms too. The topper was today when I finally went to the pharmacy to check my blood pressure, and it was 81/48. No wonder I felt so terrible.
Perhaps these doctors should monitor Clonidine more closely, especially if the person they give it to only weighs 110 pounds and has a normal blood pressure of 110/58, which is normal but on the low side to begin with. I could have ended up with kidney damage.
My last dose was 3:00 a.m. today. I still feel weak, but the Perc withdrawal has lessened, since it's run its course pretty much. Good luck to all trying to get off this drug! It's probably better to be more patient than I was, and wait it out with decreasing doses. I just couldn't stand it anymore. Looking forward to feeling human again. Oh, and my back barely hurts at all now, almost seven weeks out. I probably could have stopped the painkiller a long time ago, only the dependence/tolerance on the Percoset was causing me to feel bogus pain whenever I tried to taper off. Lesson learned.
Clonidine was a whole new nightmare in itself. Incredible dry mouth. Still couldn't sleep. Irrational thoughts and obsessive thinking. Weakness, faintness, no appetite, and still with some Percoset withdrawal symptoms too. The topper was today when I finally went to the pharmacy to check my blood pressure, and it was 81/48. No wonder I felt so terrible.
Perhaps these doctors should monitor Clonidine more closely, especially if the person they give it to only weighs 110 pounds and has a normal blood pressure of 110/58, which is normal but on the low side to begin with. I could have ended up with kidney damage.
My last dose was 3:00 a.m. today. I still feel weak, but the Perc withdrawal has lessened, since it's run its course pretty much. Good luck to all trying to get off this drug! It's probably better to be more patient than I was, and wait it out with decreasing doses. I just couldn't stand it anymore. Looking forward to feeling human again. Oh, and my back barely hurts at all now, almost seven weeks out. I probably could have stopped the painkiller a long time ago, only the dependence/tolerance on the Percoset was causing me to feel bogus pain whenever I tried to taper off. Lesson learned.
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