-- Posted by xandsoigo at 2:38 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 i recently found out that one of my good friends has apparently been taking oxycontin for awhile. i have also heard that she has done other drugs such as xanax and cocaine. i'm not sure about this but i do know for a fact that she smokes weed every day. she got caught by her parents about a week ago. this wasnt the first time. she is in alot of trouble and has completely stopped with the drugs altogether, completely abruptly. they have been drug testing her. she no longer smokes either. her mood swings are basically unbearable. she's tired, her heartbeat is strange. she's very happy for awhile and then completely crashes into depression. she gets very touchy about alot of things and irritated easily. she gets mad easily and often. she'll be very standoffish at random points. can someone help me understand what is happening? is it definitely oxycontin that she is withdrawing from or are these just normal symptoms in any withdrawal at all? has anyone been through this? its tearing me apart to watch her go through this. i dont know what i can do to help...especially when i never know how she will react to me. if you have any advice please reply. -- Posted by easy at 2:39 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 she needs a detox center,iwithdrawl is dangerous -- Posted by uprize at 2:40 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 its the weed. fucks with your head when you smoke hardcore every day and then suddenly stop... Its probably her body going into withdrawl -- Posted by mz pretty01 at 2:42 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 that is deffinitly withdraw. ive been there. the best thing you can do for her is support her. tell her if she ever needs to vent that ur there..allow her to just scream at u and get all of it out...it will help. if it gets to bad you also may want to suggest a methadone clinic. -- Posted by bmxboy at 2:43 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 such a sudden stop is never good and is something i would never advise. Dont leave her, she needs your help now. it may take a couple of months but unless she starts doing the drugs again she will improve dramatically. she must be in a heck of a lot of trouble to stop so quickly. oxycontin isnt something that you should just stop taking. you should take other drugs along side it and eventualy cut the oxycontin out and the the other drugs. i highly recomend that you speak to your parents and get them to speak to her parents about going to the doctors. it must be a hard time but try and stick with it. if she looses a close friend now she may become suicidal. -- Posted by mz pretty01 at 2:45 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from bmxboy at 2:43 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 such a sudden stop is never good and is something i would never advise. Dont leave her, she needs your help now. it may take a couple of months but unless she starts doing the drugs again she will improve dramatically. she must be in a heck of a lot of trouble to stop so quickly. oxycontin isnt something that you should just stop taking. you should take other drugs along side it and eventualy cut the oxycontin out and the the other drugs. i highly recomend that you speak to your parents and get them to speak to her parents about going to the doctors. it must be a hard time but try and stick with it. if she looses a close friend now she may become suicidal. exellent reply. -- Posted by xandsoigo at 2:45 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 i will never ever let anything bad happen to her. i'm so terrified but at this point i dont even know what to do. she never wants to talk about it, and i pretty much had to figure this whole thing out for myself. she gets in crazy moods and im letting her treat me pretty horribly because i know its not her, its so hard and i cant even imagine what shes going through right now -- Posted by cometodaddy at 2:52 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Oxycontin  sucks when getting off, trust me. Withdraw is a bitch -- Posted by dingle at 4:42 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Sounds like she's going through a relatively minor withdraw. I take it for legitimate purposes for extended periods of time and abuse it atleast a few times a week, the withdraw symptoms aren't terrible because I never let the drug take control of me, but it definetly makes you irritable, and i get alot of headaches. Usually a super small dose (5 or 10 mg) will satisfy my minor addiction enough to make the symptoms go away (similar to giving methadone to recovering heroin addicts) I would just try and advise her to spend a few days alone watching tv and eating cheetos.