[lovebug85]

Well, I have been on pain medicine for the last six months. Due to a car accident I got into last year. I just tried to stop using them and starting to feel really bad a friend told me I might be going through withdraws. How long will this last and what can I do for it? I don't want to be on these things for the rest of my life. And what are the symptoms of percocet withdraws?

[jenniepepsi]

I'm sorry your dealing with this. I became addicted to codine inadvertently after a minor surgery, and it was definitely not fun. Here is a link for you about percocet withdrawl.

Good luck hon. And keep your head up and your nose out of that bottle :D

Percocet Withdrawal | Addiction

Aparently percocet will be a lot like my codine, so, just to warn you, along with the issues listed on that site, they did not list the fact that I also had strnage dreams, and I felt numb a lot of the time as well.

[jmjoseph]

Sweating, aches, nausea, irritability, cravings all are withdrawal symptoms. You can do it though. Good luck.

[asking]

Depending on how much you are taking, you might want to do it in stages. Like one weekend to cut back to half your current dose, wait a week or two and then do the rest?

I was put on powerful opiates after back surgery and was on them even longer than you. I wish I'd got off sooner. I was afraid the withdrawal would be worse than it actually was. You can do it! It's not pleasant, but lots of people have got through it.