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 Ok I have two subjects to talk about. I really would like anyones input and want to know if anyone has had the same experiences...

   First off... i take alot of roxy 30mg and oc 40 mg. When i am under the influence of these pills i have to pee alot but when i go to the restroom i can never pee the urine will never come out. So I wait and wait and wait and sometimes it barely comes out and sometimes it never comes out at all. I can feel it inside me it just seems like its jammed up or its held up by something. It really really bothers me because sometimes i find myself standing over the toilet waiting and waiting for over 15 minutes and when i wait i got a rare chance of even going... so i am woundering if anyone has this same problem or if anyone can tell me anything about this or is it just me....

  Next... somtimes i find myself doing to many of these pills but when i realize ive done to many i usually slow down the pace and try and slow it down the next days ... but my tolerence is so high that i  have to take so many.... but i end up being messed up and i find myself falling asleep sitting up so when this starts to happen i know that it is bed time...me and my girlfriend tuck ourselves in for bed and i fall right to sleep( This isnt all the time but its happened alot of times) but usually 45 minutes to a hour later i wake up out of a deep sleep its like i slept off the tiredness in my head and i start freaking out like a high sence of anxiety and i start to realize that its hard for me to take deep breathes its like im breathing very rapidly and my heart feels like its beating out of my chest....i also start to feel paranoid so i start looking out of the windows...then i get up and start pacing through the house... i start to freak myself out i really dont know why this happens and it dosent always happen just somtimes... i also feel like i have heartburn so i try and drink cold water... this usally lasts a long time and i cant ever go back to sleep so i stay up all night because i freak myself out thinking that if i go to sleep i am afraid i wont wake back up... my girlfriend just thinks i am crazy... it sucks though because i have to stay up all night until the sun comes up in the morning and i feel all weird until i can finally go to sleep.

  I just want some input on the things i said, im not sure if anyone else has experienced these things i just want to see what everyone has to say..

I have problems with urinating too, feeling like you have to go and having to push and can't go. My doctor/pain management specialist said it was the opiates, oxycontin 40 mg (then) now 60mg and roxicodone 30mg. I also was having panic attacks for the 1st time in my life after he increased my dosage, my doctor also said it was from the higher doses of opiates. After I got used to the higher dosage of Oxycontin, the panick attacks are not so frequent, but the problems when urinating have not at all. I hope my experiences help.

but instead of sitting in there for ever I just wait and try again later. One thing I have found that helps sometimes is I turn on the faucet in the sink and every now and then it works. I don't know the physiological cause for this but I would love to hear from anyone who has researched it.

Osiris0004, have you had your prostate checked? If you have an enlarged prostate gland it can cause difficulty in urination.  Enlarged prostate is quite common.

Urinary retention, like constipation and anxiety is a common side effect of narcotics.  But you should see a doctor, to have other causes ruled out.  It would be really refreshing to have someone come in the office and say "hey doc, I am a narcotic addict, but could you give me a physical to make sure nothing else is wrong."