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Fear of withdrawal from addiction to Norco
This is my first time on any forum asking a question, I've read tons of questions, comments, advice, etc. but I still don't know what to do.
I've been on vicodin or norco for the last year or so for stomach pain (maybe gallbladder) I have no insurance which is a huge problem. I'm a 23 year old female. My doctor still doesn't know the problem with the pain, but every time I eat, I get sick, sick to point where I can't do anything, it disrupts my life. I've gone to the ER and clinics, but now I'd have to start all over again, get back in the county hospital system to get a hydascan done which could take months. My doctor requested I get a hydascan done last time I asked for a refill and told me unless I get it done he wouldn't write me another. So now I have one month left, 60 pills and then I'll have nothing. I got my last 60 on the 12th of March and I'm down to 13 left, not enough to last me through the next refill. This has been a constant problem where I run out way too soon. I actually thought I was doing well this month, and I still feel I am, but the script he wrote doesn't work for me. I have to take a pill every time I eat so I take one to one in a half 3 times a day, sometimes 4. The script he wrote was for one twice a day. It seems like the doctor does this to me every time and he's not someone I feel like I can talk to, even just to ask if I can get enough to actually last me. I'm scared. I'm scared of running out, I'm scared of withdrawing, of being without, of the symptoms. I tried to do it once, but I felt so horrible I couldn't. I want to taper, I feel like I probably could. I took one today and felt the anxiety, the body aches, the lack of energy, I just took another. I know I can't cold turkey. I've heard people say it's mind over matter, but it really isn't for me. I'm too weak to come off of these and go through such terrible withdraws. I can't take off of work, I can't seek a detox program, I can't do anything because I have no insurance. I feel like if I go talk to my doctor and ask him to help me, he might, but since he told me he wouldn't prescribe anymore to me, I don't think he will. At this point, I'm thinking of going to another doctor, of asking for a script just so that I don't have to withdraw. I don't know what to do. I have medicines I heard help with withdraw (bentyl, xanax, neurontin) but I feel like that just defeats the purpose. I don't know what to do. Any help? Advice? Anything? I never thought I would be this far in, I never thought I would fall this far down. It scares me coming off too, the thought of not using them anymore. I know the pain won't go away, what will I do then? I know the energy the norco gives me won't be there anymore, I know the feeling I get will be gone, but I don't think I have any other options.
I know I haven't even stated much of a question here, but I needed to get all of this out, to put it all out there.
Thanks
Nicole
I've been on vicodin or norco for the last year or so for stomach pain (maybe gallbladder) I have no insurance which is a huge problem. I'm a 23 year old female. My doctor still doesn't know the problem with the pain, but every time I eat, I get sick, sick to point where I can't do anything, it disrupts my life. I've gone to the ER and clinics, but now I'd have to start all over again, get back in the county hospital system to get a hydascan done which could take months. My doctor requested I get a hydascan done last time I asked for a refill and told me unless I get it done he wouldn't write me another. So now I have one month left, 60 pills and then I'll have nothing. I got my last 60 on the 12th of March and I'm down to 13 left, not enough to last me through the next refill. This has been a constant problem where I run out way too soon. I actually thought I was doing well this month, and I still feel I am, but the script he wrote doesn't work for me. I have to take a pill every time I eat so I take one to one in a half 3 times a day, sometimes 4. The script he wrote was for one twice a day. It seems like the doctor does this to me every time and he's not someone I feel like I can talk to, even just to ask if I can get enough to actually last me. I'm scared. I'm scared of running out, I'm scared of withdrawing, of being without, of the symptoms. I tried to do it once, but I felt so horrible I couldn't. I want to taper, I feel like I probably could. I took one today and felt the anxiety, the body aches, the lack of energy, I just took another. I know I can't cold turkey. I've heard people say it's mind over matter, but it really isn't for me. I'm too weak to come off of these and go through such terrible withdraws. I can't take off of work, I can't seek a detox program, I can't do anything because I have no insurance. I feel like if I go talk to my doctor and ask him to help me, he might, but since he told me he wouldn't prescribe anymore to me, I don't think he will. At this point, I'm thinking of going to another doctor, of asking for a script just so that I don't have to withdraw. I don't know what to do. I have medicines I heard help with withdraw (bentyl, xanax, neurontin) but I feel like that just defeats the purpose. I don't know what to do. Any help? Advice? Anything? I never thought I would be this far in, I never thought I would fall this far down. It scares me coming off too, the thought of not using them anymore. I know the pain won't go away, what will I do then? I know the energy the norco gives me won't be there anymore, I know the feeling I get will be gone, but I don't think I have any other options.
I know I haven't even stated much of a question here, but I needed to get all of this out, to put it all out there.
Thanks
Nicole
hey just wanted to say sorry about how i was but i started to read that and it sounded just like how i used think and i dont know why but for some reason i said how i felt it reminded me about alot of stuff that i wouldnt want anybody to get all caught up in and i think you live chicago me to i see things and i could be totally wrong but i think about my daughters making one mistake and going thru something like i have, anyways take care of yourself
HI IVE BEEN GOING THRU WHAT YOUR GOING THRU FOR A FEW YEARS AND I HAD WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING BAD TURN INTO A GOOD DAY AND SOME GUY HERE ON THIS SITE I DONT EVEN KNOW THAT HE PROBABLY THINKS IM NUTS HELPED ME OUT AND IM GONNA GET THRU THIS DAY BECAUSE ONE GUY SAID THE WRIGHT THING THAT SET ME STRAIGHT IF YOUR SCARED TO GO THRU THE DAY COUNTING PILLS AND WORRIED ABOUT HAVING ENOUGH AND YOUR THAT UPSET ABOUT LOSING THEM AND GOING THRU W/Ds TELLS ME AFTER READING YOUR POST THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS HAVING THE PILLS SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY IM NOT THE PERSON TO LISTEN TO BECAUSE OF MY PROBLEM WITH THE SAME THING BUT I HAVE BEEN THRU THIS WHOLE THING WORRIED ABOUT PILLS COUNTING THEM DONT THINK YOU CAN GET BY WITHOUT THEM ARE YOU GONNA GET MORE MAYBE A DIFFERENT DOCTOR IM READING THIS WITH CHILLS YOUR YOUNG GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND TELL HIM OR A DIFFERENT DOCTOR AND TELL HIM BUT GO TAKE YOUR SELF AND GO SEE A DOCTOR SOMEWHERE AND GET FIXED UP WITH A DIFFERENT PAIN MED YOUR ON YOUR POST TRYING TO THINK OF ANOTHER DRUG I THINK YOU MENTIONED XANX TO HELP SO THE W/Ds ARENT THAT BAD THIS IS WHAT I THINK YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD REALLY JUST GO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT WHATS HAPPENING WITH YOU YOUR HEALTH BE HONEST HES NOT GONNA BE MAD HES GONNA HELP YOU IM THE LAST PERSON TO LIE ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS JUST CALL AND GO THERE YOU WILL BE SO BETTER OFF IN THE LONG RUN TRUST ME IM SORRY IF YOU THINK IM BEING MEAN I SWEAR IM NOT BUT YOU NEED TO GO AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR SELF IN A BETTER WAY THAN THIS ONE,SO PLEASE TAKE CARE..
Hi! Could you ask your doctor for some help with stopping? Not another script for a narcotic, but ask for something like clonidine? It's a BP med that is used in detox centers to help WDs. It really makes a difference. I've been through this a lot, and I can tell you that it really helps a lot as opposed to having nothing at all. Hot baths in epsom salts help too.
I'd tell you to look up the amino acid protocol, but if you have stomach problems you don't want to put anything on your stomach that will make you sicker. I'd definitely talk to the doctor. He should be able to help you! : )
I'd tell you to look up the amino acid protocol, but if you have stomach problems you don't want to put anything on your stomach that will make you sicker. I'd definitely talk to the doctor. He should be able to help you! : )
kinda goin through the same thing, "doctor not helping enough" , you have to go back and just ask, i know the anxiety in that is almost deathly but you gotta try if you are in that much pain, and you have to find a way to get tested, maybe research what it could be im thinking thyroid disease from your description, my sister has that and she had those symptoms, do you get bad headaches and (i know gross) but the runs, and your hungry but when you eat you lose your apatite right away and you throw up constantly? and if you dont it kills? i dont know, i think serch up your symptoms and go in with ideas so they do it faster and you dont get charged, like im from canada so our heath care like that stuff is paid for i never thought about that as an issue, must make it so much worse :( but i hope that helps a little i didnt know how to write an answer cause there wasnt much of a question :P
good luck to you xo
good luck to you xo
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