I wasn't on Percocet for that long from my surgery, but I had no sugar
cravings. Sugar cravings do come from use of opiates and then getting off
them, so I am not sure what will happen for you.
You are in a tough situation in some ways, but try to look at the positive
side of things. I try to make a negative into a positive any time I can.
You are on the right track. You are on your way to recovery! That is
great. Be happy about the future. I find it unlikely that you really need
Percocet now. Yes, you will start feeling your body again and it will have
pains and so on, but you do need to have that feeling back and pay your
dues, so your body knows what to do. You are masking your pain and your
body can't react. I think a month or so after you are off you will really
feel much better. I had a friend that had major surgery on his neck/spin
and he was on Oxycotons and he was hooked. He de-toxed in my home and so
on. I don't want to tell how this story ended up, unless you really want to
hear the whole thing. I will just say this....he was made to stop taking
the drugs and he is now fine. He was on them much longer than you. It did
take him a few months get used to feeling his body, but I suspect it will be
much shorter for you due to your differences. Don't let this go on any
longer. Feel some pain for now and your body will adjust to it and mask
what it needs to. It is amazing how it works.
As far as you going on LC. It depends on you. If you don't feel you can
handle both right now, don't. Get off the meds!! That is the most
important thing. I really mean this. I have done lots of studying on this
and how it effects you and so on due to my friends. You need to stop. Get
the calendar out and set a start date for the diet and stick with it. Try
not to gain while you are getting off the meds, but make sure you get off
them first and diet is second.
You can see how important I think this is. I unfortunately had a few
friends go through a lot of this [censored] and I hate to see it happen to anyone.
Be thankful it is just Percocet and not something a little stronger. I
requested Percocet for myself when I got out of surgery, but know it can be
addictive.
If you want I can discuss this via e-mail with you. Let me know.
Curt
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Quoted message said:After being on either Percocet of Vicadin for the past year or more, I've
become dependent and my doc has me going to a chemical dependency program
for people like me. I'm still in need of the pain meds but will soon need
(and want) to stop taking those meds. I have an appointment this Thursday
with a doc and an intake. I'm scheduled to start back to work on Monday
and
Quoted message said:told them so. They asked if I would be willing to take more time off of
work
Quoted message said:if necessary for the drug thing. I said yes. What immediately popped into
my
Quoted message said:head was "Well, I shouldn't try and cut out carbs now. It will be too much
to do both at the same time and I'll not succeed in either." I think this
is
Quoted message said:a rationalization for eating carbs. I've had no experience with this kind
of
Quoted message said:thing so I don't know what to expect, but I have heard that alcoholics and
drug addicts substitute sugar when recovering.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this? Am I going to crave sugar as they
reduce the meds?
I know this is a weird subject but I would really appreciate any thoughts
the group might have. TIA
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Bear-
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