I have been taking hydrocodone for almost 9 years.  I am down to 2 to 3 a day.  If i take any less, i get severe burning in my body and sweaty.  The burning is the hardest part and i also feel such pain and severe weakness.  I cant stand these withdrawls and have failed to get off of this horrible drug because of the withdrawls.  I never took drugs in my life.. it all started with a knee surgery, but i followed the doc's directions.. but a few years later i went thru a horrible thing.  my husband at 28 years old, broke his back and had to have a rod placed in his back.  he now suffers everyday since and has permanent nerve damage and other problems.. well, what really happenend to me is when he first got sick i did a stupid thing and was curious about what his medicine made him feel like, so i took a few to see. he was taking norce.  Then the next thing that happend is what changed my whole life, i became addicted to vicodine and norco.. whatever i could get.  i lived for 30 years without ever being addicted to any drug.  couriosity is how my addiction started.  it is now almost 9 years later and i am still struggling to get off it.. i have aged so much cause of this drug.  i only take the 2 to 3 a day and i still go thru some pretty heavy withdrawls.  im so afraid to ask a doc for help.  i also suffer from bi polar disorder, or so they say thats what it is.. i sometimes think its the drug that makes me go thru the symptoms of bi polar disorder.  i dont know anymore.  i am always tired!!!  i cant even work.  i have tried to get off this drug, but cant do the withdrawls.  my daughter does not know about it, and that makes it harder for me to get off it cause i dont want her to see me go thru withdrawls.  i just dont know what to do anymore.. i dont know how to get off this drug.  any help would be great.