Need Advice

[Star76]

Hi, Several years back I was in my first car accident. The doctor prescribed me Loritab. I took it as prescribed and since I had never been on any kind of pain killer I LOVED the high. A few years later I was in another car accident (neither of these accidents were my fault). I was again prescribed more Loritab and Xanax for anxiety.  I just loved the meds a little too much but I was still managing to take them as prescribed. Recently, I moved to another state and got different insurance. My hubby and I went to the doctor and both got scripts for 120 Norco a month.  Each script last about 1 week between the 2 of us and then we have to wait for the other one's script to be filled so we end up buying Norco or Oxy until we get the next script. I also have a script for 90 1mg Xanax a month which I finish in about 2 weeks, if that, I feel like a slave to it. We have 4 kids and my husband just got laid off from the construction industry. It's like we're heroin addicts.  Our New Years Resolution was to quit. We have been clean for 2 days now but the moodiness, diarrhea, sleepiness just doesn't cut it. Having to deal with 4 kids is nearly impossible trying to get off this crap! My mom has the kids for a few days but we caved and my hubby is on his way to go get some Roxicet 30mg. The valium helps but knocks me out. I took about 3 this morning and slept for about 5 hours. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! We don't want to be slaves to pain killers anymore but it just seems impossible!

[hiskidd]

Detox, detox, detox, and keep posting. I would add if you have pills in your bathroom, or a prescription in hand, it's going to be incredibly hard to make it. I had to flush my pills down the toilet on day 2. The next day I was glad I did.

I'm not sure about Xanax, but if it is a benzo, I would take that slower. Getting the opiates out will be hard enough. I'm a rookie to all this stuff having gone through opiate withdrawal once, but I think anyone would tell you, once is enough for anyone. I never, EVER want to go back to that hell.

Keep posting, you will find good help and encouragement here. Praying for you, your marriage, and your kids.

[Jaydizzle]

Georgia girl is right you almost made it.  My advice to you is to gradually cut down by the weeks.  See what your body is comfortable with first and stick to it if cold turkey is too much for you.  I'm going through it myself right now.  Ive quit alot of other street drugs about 7 years ago.  Take hot baths with epsom salt and Im taking some other herbal remedies right now.  I was on 8-9 7.5/750mg and 2-3 Tramadol 50mg hcl a day not inlcuding the alcohol I was drinking.  Today I took half a 5/500 hydrocodone and the herbal remedies and it is not that bad as when I tried cold tukey last time.  That's just my advice but like I said Georgia girl is right, you might not wanna try to waste your clean time.  If you wanna know what herbal stuff I'm taking just let me know. Tomorrow is my actual quit date, but from as much as I was taking to what I am on now I see some type of hope:)  Keep the faith

[GeorgiaGirl1022]

I meant does not "dies". Sorry small buttons on my iPhone.

[GeorgiaGirl1022]

It is possible. I'm clean 60 days from Xanax and 46 days clean from opiates. Pick one drug at a time is my advice. I kicked benzo's first, waited 2 weeks then did the other. I didn't feel like my body could take both at the same time. That's just me though. I also would not take that med your hubby went to get your suffering will be for nothing. Why start over? I wish there was an easier way to say this but you're not going to get out of wd's. Your 2 days in and your kids are not there so just bite the bullet.  It passes believe me! If u use you're back to square 1. I don't want u to throw away your clean time! You can do this. It's a short time to feel like crap. In the scheme of life a few days is nothing to have your sober life back! You deserve that and so dies your hubby and kids. Good luck and keep posting. It helps to talk and let someone talk u out of bad decisions!! Or atleast try :-)

[LeaAnn807]

The BEST advice anyone could give you is to NOT take any pills.  You are basically saying that the misery was for nothing.  You have made it two days.  A couple more, and it gets SO much better!  Please don't take them.

Can you tell me why you would?  You have help with your kids.  You have gone through at least half of the bad physical detox, so WHY do it now?  You may not have another chance like you have right now.  Please don't throw it away!!

Best of luck.  Please think about what I am saying??