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help with vicodin w/d
by hubbyshelper, Feb 16, 2007 12:00AM
Hi my hubby has decided to come clean off of vicodin after using for 5 years. It has been 8 days since his last pill. I was wondering if the severe sweating is normal and will it ever stop. This is all new to me so any help would be greatly apperciated. Oh and how long til he can sleep for more than an hour a nite? The sleep depravation is getting pretty bad
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He is getting close to being ok from withdrawls but sleeping will be a big problem.
I am afraid to give you another bit of news. It is probably inevitable he will relaspe and probably do it behind your back.
If you have any questions to ask I'm here today.
good luck
I commend him for going cold turkey and dealing with the sweats did you leave out the terrible diarrhea?
Subutox will last for five days, you can work, sleep and ween off like a patient instead of a junkie.
M
If they know your detoxing from oppiates they either use subutox or suboxon.
This can be perscribed for home use by a addiction doctor. You will recieve a five day supply.
Don't forget he will be a handful to help and a terrible patient.
I hope your ready for a long haul its only beginning.
Sorry for my honesty.....
Five years is a long time to go on a drug, and then just come off.....even more so, when it has been used for pain. There are many vitamins out there that could be of service. Just for myself I smoke weed, to help me sleep. It works for me!! And cuts on cravings sometimes...as did my shots of vodka or a cold beer throughout the day....Mind you that was daily...at least the drinking.....our livers are going to be going thru enough getting off pills....I can understand that...
I am doing a tappering...I have allowed myself 4 per day.....and right now...Im doing 2...so Im keepin the other 2 for antoher day lol i guess...I am having help with that! As I cant control it myself. I think it would be good for your husband and yourself see someone in addictions and a doctor...or perhaps a nurse if you have coverage...There are tons of people here that know alot...its quite resourceful and I have to say, i think Im doing alright...considering...
Please dont use any of what I have told you as advice...mer personal experience!!! It doesnt and wont work for everyone....I do understand that....but I hope hearing from others will help.....Help paint a picture of our lives...to perhaps understand whats going on in his....to some degree.....
His best bet would be to go back to detox and just follow their directions - whether he likes them or not. Learning to follow directions is an essential part of recovery. If he could follow detox with rehab (the longer the better), it would increase his chances GREATLY. I went to rehab twice - first for 28 days and then, less than 5 months later, for 122 days. The first one obviously didn't take. The second one got me into sustained Recovery, which is now over 600 days.
If detox/rehab is not an option, then there are still some things you can try to get him through this acute crisis.
1.) Look up the Thomas Recipe (in the archives of this site or on Google) it will help a lot. However, I would avoid the Recipe's call for Valium or benzos, because: a) he shouldn't need them if he's 8 days down the road; and b) a medical detox should be done by a medical professional.
2) Check out one, or all, of these books: a)"End Your Addiction Now," by Charles Gant; b) "Staying Clean & Sober," by M&D Miller; and "The Mood Cure,"0 by Julia Ross. I would start with "a," but they will all help.
3) Get him to some 12 Step meetings - as often as possible. I prefer AA even though my most recent problems were exclusively with drug addiction, but NA is basically the same and both are in the fight against the same disease.
Good luck
Your hubby is also going through this detox the hard way because of guilt.
He knows your one of his victims and he feels terrible but that won't last the calling for pills soon will come in a strength like you can't believe. I wrote this at a rehab I was at and it is posted maybe it will help.
Meeting the Devil
Addicts are loathed and ostracized by most, they are thought of as a social stigma that walks the earth. Some people may have pity or compassion, where a very small minority of people may truly believe that addiction is a disease. Addicts live in the insanity amongst demons and a calling only heard by the addict. Sometimes considered psychotic but no anti psychotic medicine can stop the voice telling the addict to get high you will feel better, go get some heroin your pain will all go away or a prescription of heavy narcotic pain pills to get rid of the loneliness or depression while drowning in self pity. Another voice will tell you to go and steal money if you don’t have it, there your parents they will understand. The voice may say go into the department store and steal a CD player then take it back into the same store for a refund moments after. The voice may say steal it out of your wife’s purse she probably won’t notice. The voice will always say don’t worry about getting caught or loosing everything even though your conscience will tell you its wrong, you can always fix it later. Addicts are great Actors and will tell a thousand lies to get what they want because they have to! Most people including family members, friends, policeman, and Judges all think and believe the Addict is a choice and so are their decisions they make but I am here to tell you you’re wrong. The insane mind of an addict is a very scary place! It is a place where monsters are alive and breathe fire, it is a place where Satan himself dwells in all his glory.