I’ve had one experience with oxycodone that I recall, and that was after I rolled a pickup in my early twenties. Broke the tips of three fingers, and massive head bruising, but TBH, got off pretty light.
What was weird is that while I was awake, aware and functional with oxycodone, I was totally oblivious to how badly I was hurt. I had friends and family help me the first 2 days and then I went back to work. Literally everyone from my co-workers to customers suggested I take more time off but I was young, stupid, and we were chronically understaffed. And because I was worried about dependency (I’m more than a little bit of a control freak), at the third day I went cold turkey on prescription meds and started using Tylenol. Two days after that I was in freakish pain, or rather, I realized I was! I could barely sleep because my bruised head and face were agony against the pillow, my left hand (thankfully I’m a rightie) was more or less useless from pain, but (see above about young and stupid) I still kept working and it did slowly get better (young healing as well).
If you’re using it as prescribed (we have a thread on that right now), and are as aware as you can be, @Beckdawrek I think you’re doing as well as can be expected with your challenges, and hope it works out for you.
Many hugs to all reading this who are in chronic pain - I get why doctors are really conservative about it right now, and it’s on the whole probably better for a slim majority to avoid the risks, it doesn’t mean a substantial minority aren’t going through hell because of it.