Day 3 norco withdrawals

[ABalone]

Hi everyone. I come on here and read everyone's posts all the time, figured it was time to join. I'm 34 and have been on and off painkillers for the last 5 years. It started when I had knee surgery, I would get 35 7.5 Vic's at a time and they would last me a few weeks. Cut to a few years ago, I'm in and out of the er constantly for "back pain" (I broke my back when I was 18, no I never got into the pills then), really just trying to get more pills. About a year ago I found a pain doc, he prescribes me 150 10mg norcos or percs a month. At first they would last a few weeks, I was taking about 8/day. Well now I'm lucky if they last me 1 week, I'm taking 20-25/day. I have forged rxs (added pain pills to another rx), bought illegally, complained of "cough" to my doc to get codeine syrup when I run out of pills. I took my last norco 3 days ago, I really want to quit but I admit its going to be hard when all I can think about is going to my doc for more pills. I have to wait at least 2 weeks until I see him again, hopefully I will be able to be strong. Right now I feel so out of it, these few days have been total hell. I'm so depressed, sad, hopeless, anxious, have no appetite and my whole body aches, I feel like the biggest loser in the world. All I think about are these pills. Right now I've just been smoking lots of pot the last 3 days, taking ambien to help me sleep, taking lots of ibuprofen, energy drinks, water, bananas. I have an rx for soma that I might pick up tonight, but really nothing besides an opiate is going to get rid of this doomed feeling. Thankful to have my loyal dog at my side right now, he forces me to get outside for walks. If anyone out there can offer any support or tips to get through this I would appreciate it. I'm supposed to go back to work tomorrow. I wish I never took that first Vicodin :(

[ABalone]

The worst thing for me right now is the total lack of all energy and the overwhelming feeling of loss and depression.

[glamisgirl]

No I didn't. I did do a lot of hot baths and that really helped with the RLS. I went back to work on my 3rd day of detox which was extremely hard but also it kinda takes your mind off of things a bit so it may actually help you.

[ABalone]

I've been doing all of that...lots of baths/showers, water, bananas. Considering the supplements too, as long as they're not TOO expensive. To be honest I just wish I could take a norco or 2 right now :(

[ABalone]

Yeah I wasn't taking the pills for anything except the high in the end. Did you ever try the Thomas method? I'm considering it because I have to go back to work tomorrow and I feel like death :(

[1sorryperson]

the cheapest version of the thomas recipe is drink lots of water, epsom salt baths, imodium, fruit (mostly bananas), ice cubes and towels for sweats and chills, then ask for reccomendations as anoying symptoms come up, you may not need everything,
Pot may actually be increasing your anxiety, use a natural supliment like valerian root or melitonin but check for reactions to other meds you may encounter.

[glamisgirl]

I started because I have Rheumatoid Arthritis so I got the scrips for the pain but I wasn't taking it for pain anymore I was taking it for the high for a long time. I too was scared of the pain coming back but I have found I have had little to no pain at all. I almost think the pain pills make the pain worse. It's an excuse for our addiction to take over and tell us we need the pills.
I feel pretty good, Im still struggling with fatigue a lot and my emotions are still out of wack but i sleep better at night then I did the first 10 days so sleep does improve with time. All of it really does we just have to be patient. It took many years to get to this point so it's gonna take time to get back that's what I keep telling myself. I'm now going to start attending NA meetings because I think that's that next step for me to stay on my road of recovery.