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RE: a question by crk611 on 12/24/06
by amythist2779, Dec 30, 2006 12:00AM
Hello I go by the name amythist2779. I usually come to this site daily, but with the holidays here I have been slacking some. So here I am trying to catch up on whats been going on and I come across a post by CRK611 about a week ago. It was on 12-24-06. My problem is quite like hers. There is not enough room for me to repost her comment so could some of you please go read her initial comment and also my response to her? I too feel the same way she does and I don't understand it. There are days where I feel like I am hooked, or addicted, but then if I don't have the norcos I dont crave them or freak out because I dont have them. Does that make sense to anyone? I don't know what that means. Does it just mean that my body is used to them and dependant upon them, but I dont have the addictive personality? A long time ago I tried meth, and hated it. I do not see what anyone in their right mind is thinking when taking that drug, because its nasty, then again just recently I tried marijuana because someone told me that it helps calm pain....well it made my pain worse, so I hated that one too. I guess I would just like some opinions on whether you think I am one of the few that have the addictive personality, or whats going on with me. I dont have anyone here to talk to about it, and most of the time I feel like such a burden to them. Not only do I have fibromyalgia but I also have cushings disease, a pituitary tumor, arnold chiari I malformation, bipoloar. So could some of you please find a moment and read that older post by Crk611? And give me some advice, input, or anything?
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Three years ago I had a huge tummy surgery...and I really NEEDED more .. came home with a Morph pain pump and went back to the Vics but I was doing more.
Never thought I was abusing the stuff but I did notice I was able to get more done. But instead of 1/2 a pill... I was doing a whole pill...a whole 7.5 used to put me into a stupor but all of a sudden it didn't have that affect any longer. I'm going to cut this short... last six months or so...that one pill at a time turned into taking two pills at a time. Anxiety got out of control, so I started taking Xanax... NASTY STUFF...I had to come clean and admit... I AM ADDICTED TO VICODEN... not just a physcial dependency but a real addiction. It crept up on me.
Everybody is different... this stuff may never catch up to you and you won't have to worry. But I will say this... I am now doing a C/T detox... it's living hell. Of course, I'm feeling a lot better than a week ago, but still have very little energy and I can't stop crying all of a sudden... I haven't cried in years.
Just giving you 'my' version of what these pills do/did...and what I don't get is the Dr. just giving me more any time I asked for them. Once I realized they were taking over my life it became a whole other ball game for me... I would never even leave the house w/o a few in my purse...just in case!
They truly are nasty.... just plain ole nasty
Good Luck w/your choices
XoXo
Gip
My kids are 6 and 11 and I feel like such a crappy mom cuz I cant play with them or do or go anywhere cuz I am hurting so bad. Its a sick and mean visious cycle that I absolutely hate!
Anyhow enough rambling for now, I really need to rest some so maybe I will be able to function later sometime today.
Thank you so much for your response though, you dont know how much that means to me! I hope you and your family are having happy holidays and have a happy New Year too.