Day 4... Uggg... Screwed up at the Pharmacy

[Dan Forsythe]

Hi everybody... I'm on day 4 of my cold turkey quit.  I have been on 40mg of Percocet for the last couple of months or so but have been on pain pills for 9 months.  I re-injured my back a couple of weeks ago and on the same day my doctor refilled my prescription.  Usually I pick it up but the nurse didn't want me to walk downstairs to the pharmacy so she said that she would take it down for me.  Needless to say that I never saw the prescription.  

I picked it up later in the day and took them how I had always been prescribed.  2 every 6 hours.  However... I didn't realize that the doc upped my prescription from 5mg tablets to 10mg tablets.  I continued through the prescription and when I called the doc he was a little upset with me.  This was last Friday afternoon and I had taken my last pill that morning.  

Not knowing that these were 10's my body wanted a lot more than one tablet that day so I sarted going through the beginning phases of WD's on Friday evening.  The doctor told me he wouldn't refill and that I would need to make an appointment with him and sign a "pain contract" whatever that is.  

In desperation I went to the ER where I was prescribed 20 5mg percocet and 14 Diazepam.  I went to the local pharmacy (only one I use) and they had to call the doctor.  When she told the Doc about my last few prescription he told her to rip up my scripts and to not fill them.  The pharmacist told me on the phone that I had enough percocet over the last month.  

Here I am on day 4 and now I'm totally thinking of not even taking another pill.  If I could count how many times I've said that...  I'm through the worst of it.  Ugggg....  but I still feel like ****.

[wantlifeback]

That is wonderful news.  i am so happy you have such a supportive wife....that really helps during this time.  Keep up the great work and you will be back to your old self soon....

[Lotsatrout]

Thanks for all of your comments and you're all right... This was the best thing to have happen.  As far as the "contract" it was stated to me that anyone going into long term narcotic treatment has to fill one out.  I was at the point with my injury that the doctor did not know whether or not it would be long-term.  When it was determined that it would be then that is when the contract came out.  It had nothing to do with abuse or dependency.  Just as Bettie stated... It's to cover their behinds.  

I already feel better.  Nothing sums it up better than this.  My wife knows what I'm going through and backs me up 100%.  I am the luckiest man on Earth to have her as my wife.  She is very supportive.  She came into the living room this weekend in the middle of the worst of the WD's and said how sorry she felt for me and that it seemed that I was just a shell of myself sitting in that chair.  That kinda hit me.  A shell of myself.  That is exactly how I felt.  Like there was nothing inside.  After 4 days off of the percs I feel like my shell is starting to fill up again.  

Thanks a bunch everyone!  I'll keep in touch.  

[wantlifeback]

I think you are lucky to have this happen,  keep up the great work and remember everything happens for a reason.  You will be a much happier person when all the physical wd are gone.  These are terrible things to be relying on...it will be a blessing to regain control of your life....I did wd off percs ct years ago so i know what you are going through...i was so much happier when it was all over and i did not need to count pills everyday and hope the doctor would prescribe the next batch...in my case one day he didn't no warning....best thing that ever happened to me (not that i thought that during the 7 days of h-ll)  Keep posting for encouragement and with progress reports....

[road2recovery]

oh i am losing my mind, i though beach wrote that  LOL  LOL..i was about to ask if he was bi-sexual..I did not realize it was you..I am LMAO so much right now...

Well the one in my dream, one is not as cute as adam, and two yes i did!!!  LOL...
I can't stop laughing i swear, wait till beach reads this.
I will get spanked!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
r2r

[bettie1976]

no i didnt mean i did adam LMAO! he just handed some over! LMAO LMAO!!!!

[road2recovery]

Adam Sandler?? LMAO...Ok i will give only a hint, it is not my husband..lol
i have never done anything like that for pills..Well i am not saying i would not have gotten to that point, i would hope not..But i sure am getting some in my dreams, pills too!!
thanks for the laugh.
R2R
beach -when do the dreams stop

[beachtowel]

I hear ya about using numerous different pharmacies.........lol

[bettie1976]

at least my dream had adam sandler in it. lol

[road2recovery]

i want to say i am sorry this happened, but really in the long run you will be better off..Day 4 is so hugh..I promise you are about over the worst physically..

i had to sign a contract at an othropedic once and had no idea what he hell it meant..I wasn't an addict yet....
i am sure the doctor has had many people say they didn't read the bottle, or lost them etc..Not saying you did that on purpose, he really should of told you, but they do have to save their butts...

You did not feel a hugh difference taking 2 10's compared to 2 5's???

Gosh, whoever said about the dreaming, i am still dreaming of those d a m n blue pills..i am over 30 days...When does that stop..I won't even begin to tell ya'll where i am finding them and what i am doing to get them for free., NOW ONLY IN MY DREAM, that just sounded like one of my favorite songs...LOL
Everyone have a great day
Love to u guys
R2R

[bettie1976]

the doctors do this to cover their own a$$e$.

[beachtowel]

Part of a pain contract states that you will not get narcotics from any other doctor except one.....why would anyone have to sign something like that?

[bettie1976]

pain contracts arent just for people who are abusing. Many people are given them when they first start with pain management. I got one in the middle of my 2 year relationship with my gyno and she trusted me completely.

[beachtowel]

Pain contracts are given to people who are doctor shopping and abusing narcotics............
The doctor may even inform phamacies about you so that you will have a very difficult time filling any more narcotic scripts......

[avisg]

Four days already, good keep it up :) you have stopped now I would suggest you try to keep it that way. The worst of the physical is almost over , now its just the mental, you can do it there is a better life out there for you.
Avis

[Lotsatrout]

Yeah... I hear ya IBK...  I'm kinda glad they did to.  I've experienced something over the last 4 days that I care not to experience again.  I've heard of people having "pill" dreams....  Last night I had my first one.  

In my dream I went through the pockets of my wife's snow pants which are green and found (4) 10mg tabs of hydrocodone.  Don't ask me why they were in her snow pants... It was a dream.  :)  In my dream I was so excited that I'd be able to get through the day and just as I had that feeling of relief in my dream, I woke up and realized that I really didn't have 4 tabs of Hydro.  I woke up bummed out.  That's horrible!  Thanks for your encouragement IBK...  I appreciate it.  

[IBKleen]

Good Morning!

Day 4 is great. You are almost over the hump with the physical. Keep up the good work and keep posting. If anything gets rough..ask questions..there is a lot of help here, especially thru this stage.

BTW..I am almost glad to hear you got caught at the pharmacy. It will make it harder for you. Sometimes, as addicts, we need that road block.

Take care. Hope you feel a little better today.