[XanaxFree]

Hello. I quit Xanax cold turkey one month ago after 14 years of usage. I took anywhere from 3 mg a day for years to just 1mg daily the last 7 years. I decided to quit because one day driving to work I realised I forgot to take the Xanax. I was feeling just fine until it dawn on me I had forgotten to take it and immediately your mind starts freaking out. This really angered me and so I decided enough was enough. I was tired of Xanax dictating my life and wanted to quit for good. One thing I must convey is that too many Xanax users have too much respect for the drug and this is why it is hard for them to quit. You must shift your mind set into respecting the power of ones mind over the drug. The first few days after quitting I experience an over all "flushed" feeling where as I just felt totatlly useless. Brain fog, depression, muscle spasms, agitation and insomia all appear. For three weeks these symptoms shift back and forth and you start to worry you will never be sane again. After three week, I started coming out of the hole and things really started looking good. Its been one month now and my mind is clearer than it has been in 15 years. I am much happier and have absolutely no problem associating with peers and being pro active. Having said this, I am how ever still experiencing severe upper leg ( thigh ) muscle spasms. They are unrelenting and have been active for days with out letting up. Cant sleep because of this and really driving me nuts,

[PamelaJune]

Sometimes the rebound effect is worse than the initial symptoms you experienced or it can make other symptoms you have had so much worse than ever before. I truly believe it's the body trying to seduce you back into popping that little white magic fix. Cold turkey is not always the safest approach and definitely not the easiest so well done on your perseverance. I cold turkeyed it 2 years ago and had 2 grand-mal seizures, won't ever do that again...

[Chemar]

I do want to agree that for most people, quitting a strong drug like Xanax "cold turkey" can actually be very dangerous! and one should always try to taper off a medication like this under the care of a physician

[anon1028]

sometimes I wonder if I am a freak. I stopped close to 200 milligrams of oxycodone cold turkey with no effect. Never got a high off it. Like I said I stopped 6 milligrams of xanax per day with no effects. Stop lyrica with no effects etc. From what I have read I sincerely don't recommend it I guess my body is just a fluke.

[Kitty]

I hope you have at least told someone close to you what you have done (quitting cold turkey). If you have an adverse reaction later on this could be critical information for the doctor or whomever is treating you at that point. I'm sure the course of treatment would have a lot to do with the reason for the adverse reaction.

[mrsD]

Originally Posted by markneil1212

sometimes I wonder if I am a freak. I stopped close to 200 milligrams of oxycodone cold turkey with no effect. Never got a high off it. Like I said I stopped 6 milligrams of xanax per day with no effects. Stop lyrica with no effects etc. From what I have read I sincerely don't recommend it I guess my body is just a fluke.

Wow, Mark. I wonder how this could happen
to you since you have posted several
Times that you went into opiate withdrawal
Severely when given Suboxone by your doctor
Which is very like stopping cold turkey.

Your Oxy dose was very high to have no
Withdrawal with a sudden discontinuance.

Drugs that sit on neurotransmitter receptors
Whether controlled substances or antidepressants
or gabapentin etc. need tapering so the nerves
can adjust to pre-drug conditions.

Readers here should always discontinue with
Medical supervision, and never on their own.

[anon1028]

it is very hard to understand precipitated withdrawal. I understand that. But please read about suboxone and subutex before understanding it. Oxycodone can not be taken with subutex subutex cannot be taken within 12 hours of oxycodone. That is a totally different story and unrelated to regular withdrawals.please read about it before discussing it the doctor gave them both to me to take at the same time by mistake for pain. He was an idiot. I kind of wish I never brought it up at it is it is very difficult for the average Lay person to understand I am finding out

[mrsD]

Suboxone contains two drugs , one is an opiate antagonist
And the other buprenorphine sits on mu
receptors like opiates do.

Subutex which you posted several times as
Your culprit in previous posts is only buprenorphine alone.

So taking two drugs that sit in mu opiate receptors
Would result in a competitive situation.
Suboxone however will act as an antagonist
And is usually used in opiate withdrawal treatments.
Also some doctors are using Suboxone for
refractory depression treatment . Our
Bipolar forum has some long discussions
About this-- so search over there.

You have confusingly interchanged these two
Drugs in many of your posts, which I have been
Following.

I am NOT a layman but today I am stuck
With an iPhone which is difficult to link
With. When I get back in Sept. I'll try to
Find articles to explain this complicated
Drug actions to you.

In short -- when neurotransmitter receptors are
Deprived of a drug that was affecting them
for any reason there will be a kind of
withdrawal and this happens now for many
Non-controlled drug families now, including gabapentin,
And all SSRI and SNRI antidepressants which
are not controlled

See you in Sept.

[anon1028]

you yourself have just stated that they cannot be used in a competing situation. I have never ever ever confusingly mixed up the two drugs subutex cannot be taken with oxycodone and a doctor gave them to me together. I don't know when do you have wifi now or not but read and be careful dispensing information about subutex because you are unsure of how it works. I have seen many many many doctors about this and I got verye sick so I should know. If you want to seee take oxycodone and subutex at the same time and see what happens to you. suboxone has an extra ingredient that makes it non injectable or you will get sick. Perhaps is this is What is confusing you. I notice on this board that some people even at the risk of being wrong do not admit they might might be wrong about something and that is a little scary and possibly dangerous. anyone who wants to make the effort can look up subutex and potato withdrawal on Google. It should only take maybe 90 seconds.

[mrsD]

Mark, you are missing my point.

Stopping high dose Oxycodone suddenly
Is not much different from having buprenorphine
Bump some off the receptors. In both cases
The pain receptors are blocked an withdrawal
Will occur to some extent.

You stated on this thread that you stopped high dose
Oxy with No withdrawal. That is the reason
I am posting here today.

Buprenorphine is classed as pain drug
And is used for chronic pain in patch form
And also sublingual use and by injection.

It might compete at the receptor level and
Create a form of withdrawal , but totally removing
Oxy will also deprive the pain receptors as
Well. Withdrawal will come from either
Way and only the intensity will vary depending
On the person , dose and length of time
Involved with the treatment.