Norco addiction and can't skip a beat in life to withdraw. What can I do?.

[Trytrytry1]

I am a single mother of several children that I am solely physically and financially responsible for.  I got in a car accident where I suffered a neck fracture that turned into a degenerative injury and it's damaged nerves to my fingers.I work with my hands and sometimes the pain is excruciating. Does anyone have any experience with quitting 10-325 Norcos 6-8 a day without having to skip a beat in life? I don't want to be addicted to anything and know I have to do a lot of physical work and therapy but I also work and have to push my body to the limits when I get home with housework, cooking, chasing toddlers, laundry etc. Unfortunately, I have NO support system. Both of my parents passed away and all of the distant family lives 25 hours away. I would love to hear from people who have kicked the habit without losing their children and jobs.

[kyle505]

I suggest that you get your doctor involved. If you have major, legit pain issues then stopping all meds may lead to other things.
K

[Jinx_777]

how are you planning on managing your pain??  is it mostly nerve pain?
there are non-opiate solutions (opiates don't work well for nerve pain anyway).  
have you taken your meds for any other reason than pain?  to feel good, energy, etc.  
pain can suck the life out of you too and i suggest getting PT or something to help with that so you can easily stay away from narcotics.

personally, for me, norcos were a breeze to withdrawal from compared to other things i got prescribed (fentanyl, oxycontin, percocets, etc).  
A LOT of it is mental.  at the very worst, i believe day 2 and 3 to be the worst.  

since a lot of it is mental, a huge part is HOW you took them.  for example, did you take way more than you were supposed to and did you take them for non-pain issues (energy, high, etc).  if you never abused them, the mental part will be much easier.

also, try not to anticipate the withdrawals you may read on here or other places. each person is so different and it really does matter how you took them.

[weaver71]

You are in the social forum here, you will get more responses if you post in the substance abuse forum, just trying to help. I have seen people not miss a best with norco detox. I know you are busy, but the successful ones go to meetings, counseling, church, or some aftercare before they quit to build support. Don't underestimate the mental part that follows acute detox, which is an average of 5-7 days. They got all the nutrients and prepared the house by cleaning and new sheets etc... While preparing, they tapered down to decrease the severity. I have a friend who quit on Thursday night, co workers could see they were getting sicker through the day. They played the flu card after the weekend to buy a few more days to finish detox. Upon returning they were able to slowly improve and people figured it was just a long recovery of a virus. I have seen this work for many, also seen many relapse after getting back to work. Missing a few days work is worth it for sure, but the mental part can convince a person it's not. On e you play the flu card it's over. People catch on if you keep getting sick and well over and over.

A slow taper down is easier on the body and mind, but it takes longer and many, including myself, have a hard time sticking to the plan and not taking extra on a rough day or whatever reason. I tapered my methadone as far as I could and had to cold turkey, in a sense, as I kept cheating, at least I had lowered my intake by then And it helped. Welcome to the forum and I'm glad you want to get clean, you and your kids deserve more . My kids see me as a different person, and all the sacrifice was worth it. They had to do without awhile due to me not being able to work so much. I lost cars, farm, trailers, business, and my farm to detox, it was still worth it. I can feel my kids love now and my live for them. I thought I felt it, but block more than physical pain, they block emotions too, good and bad feelings. Do what it takes, you won't regret it.