Author: hatmaker510
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:01 am
Hello mark and welcome. I’m sorry you’re still struggling to stabilize. I wouldn’t try to drop your dosage – I’d stick with what your doctor prescribed for now. 12-16 mg is a pretty "normal" starting dose. After a time, then it’s fine to find the lowest dose necessary. But until stabilized it’s best to stick with where you are at. Per Dr. Junig, you WILL stabilize in a few days, at the most.
As for the anxiety, you could definitely try what Breezy suggested and spit out the remaining saliva after the tablet has dissolved instead of swallowing it. That might help.
It could also be the normal anxiety of pulling the rug out under you and taking away your only coping skill – albeit an unhealthy one. At least that’s what addiction is about in many of us. You removed oxy’s from your life – that’s HUGE. I believe that it’s normal for you to have some anxiety about that. When we were all using oxy’s or whatever, it numbed our emotions, now your emotions are staring you in the face and perhaps you don’t know how to handle that. Now obviously I don’t know you, but this is the kind of thing that CAN happen with some addicts. And it’s not something you have to talk about with us, just think about it.
Let us know how you’re doing and I hope you get to feeling better soon.
