I did something very “not so smart.” After my radiation treatment last week, I felt a great deal better (80%) with pain on my spine. For whatever reason, I decided, without help from my doctor, to take myself off of about (75%) of my pain medications; OxyContin, Oxxcodone, and gabopenton. I was heavily medicated. The pain was debilitating for 5 months. Well needless to say, I went into massive withdrawal. It was one of the worst experiences of my life. I had every symptom known to man. I did meet with my doctor after four days and now I am on an appropriate plan. 8 days later and I am still very shaky and at times nauseous. My simple advice……Don’t ever do this!