OMG what did i do to my body?

[road2recovery]

The last time i saw my counsouler, while i was waiting, there were many pamplets, forms , with info...Well i took a few home with me..IT was something to figure out about your DOC...etc..
The first sheet was what it was, and amount, plus APAP
So i started it, and now i am sick to my stomach...If i did this thing right, i was taking on average 25,000mg of tylenol per month...That is just CRAZY...
The next section, was if you purchased from others...The money figure also did me in....After i thought about it, I was like well what is done is done..I can only do what i am doing now...

She had always told me to take some of that home, but never did, now that i did and waiting a week to actually read an do it, it is just nuts......Sure wish when that doc persribed that first bottle this paper would have been attachted....I know it is not my doctors fault,,IT is ALL me, but i would hope by reading that and really knowing that second number was tylenol, and how much a day u should have , I would not have done that so long....then again maybe not..
BUT like i said, it is all my fault ...

Also, If i would not have found this forum and great people and info, I probably would still be using, and still not knowing the numbers, and how much you are suppose to have a day..
Praying for anyone struggling right now!!!
r2r

[Mandapanda17]

just the fact that I'd put almost 15,000 PILLS into my mouth over 4 years scared the crud outta me....the tylenol? I didn't even want to think about that part of it.. a nurse friend of mine told me that our livers would heal easier than those of heavy drinkers.. I don't know if shes correct or not, but it sounded good to me :) At least we're clean now!! Its likely I would've taken over 100 more pills in just the days I've been clean...WOW.. glad we're hanging in there now!! :)

[uphill7584]

Yeah I figured something had to be off. 260,000...that is a lot and makes more sense. Glad you are off it. Our bodies are very resiliant and will do everything possible to correct the harm we do.

On a personal side note...

It is kind of ironic...I started out with Vicodin, typically 10/325, and sometimes 5/500 if thats all I could get. And for a long time I was doing right around the max APAP dosage. And instead of worrying about the fact I was becoming a drug addict...I decided to switch to OxyIR because I didn't want to harm myself with the tylenol. When you are a drug addict you can come up wit some pretty interesting and inane logic. Just an example of the crazy way your mind rationalizes using when you are addicted. I rationalized jumping into a serious oxy habit, because I didn't want to take tylenol anymore.... the crazy things we do and have done...it is very enlightening to look back with a clear head.

[road2recovery]

Thanks for the PM...BIG math error...It was more like 260,000mgs....WOW,
But it is done, I can't go back, and i won't go back to that place of he ll!!

anyone new here, please read and understand how bad that amount of tylenol is..., and how quick it becomes that amount...
thanks

[uphill7584]

Don't worry about your numbers, or the past. We are all moving forward and thankfully have this forum to support each other.

FYI - The maximum daily dosage of tylenol is 4000mg. For example, if the doc gave you script for Hydrocodone/APAP 5/500...that would mean each pill has 5mg of hydrocodone and 500 mg of tylenol. Most docs would prescribe 1-2 pills every 6-8 hours. If you took the max dose it would be 2 pills every 6 hours...equaling 40mg of hydrocodone and the 4000 mg dosage limit of tylenol. So over a months time one could safely take 120,000mg of APAP. Probably wouldn't feel great on the stomach....but it wouldn't kill ya or cause permenant damage.

Just a like info for everyone. Take care.

[worried878]

I am not gonna go there...that was then and this is now...it is not pleasant i am sure and i could count it up in a heartbeat but gonna skip that task...doesnt matter now but for those who r still using it is important..i am lucky all was well with my enzymes

[K Todd]

Now your back to yourself!!!!

The liver is one of the most forgiving organs in the body...

I had liver failure and turned jaundice (yellow) in my eyes and skin...from my past chronic alcolosim...

Supprisingly enough, after about 3-4 weeks of not drinking, my eyes and skin turned back to normal, than they did blood work, and my liver enzymes where great!!!

So...like you said, it's done and over with..we can not change our history....let it go, and keep grabing that bright future that is all yours...just take every bit of it.

Lots of love to you and God Bless.
Todd

[road2recovery]

Thanks for the responses.  Todd, you are right, and that is what i have done...Until i did that paper....I swear looking at he numbers, money etc, at that moment , god wasn't even a thought...The first though was What a STUPID DUMB AS!!  Then it got better after
I said ok, i am clean now, and that is all that counts...
What a reality check

sara---I sure hope it repairs well...I take milk thristle, so hopefully that will help..I have had alot of blood work done and liver is alway's good, I dont know how, only by the grace of god...

[bandnmom]

They say the liver is the most forgiving organ in our bodies. To a point of course! Learned that with my moms struggle with addiction.

[dominosarah]

Do our livers repair themselves back to before we used or what does it do??  Hopefully my liver is forgiving!!!    Doing the math would be way to scary for me!!!!   sara

[road2recovery]

Thanks....There are no stupid questions here..Yes they do come with what you should take, and how much, and stickers on them say about alcohol and driving...It is just wierd because when i was not a addict, i would watch the clock and wait my 4 hours...But that is not because i knew about the tylenol in it..Just did what it said...Even when i started abusing it, i still never thought about the tylenol....
I found out here how much you are suppose to take a day, and then I was like oh cr ap..But i never sat down and did the math, and money ...YUK

[K Todd]

Hey sweetie...just let it go, and give it to God!

You still alive, and your liver is fine...you can't change the past...you only have the future, and it's all yours...just keep on grabbing it!

God Bless You!
Love,
Todd

[bandnmom]

OMG...i am afraid to figure out my numbers...but now you know im going to! LOL!!! Its so scary what we do to our bodies and not even think about it until sometimes its to late. Thank god for all of you and this forum. I am sure i would still be using if i wouldnt have came here that night in December!! Now i am getting ready to celebrate 9 months on the 1st instead!
Hugs to you all!!
Jen

[1234betterlife]

i did know what i was doing. you would think as a nurse i would have stopped. it is a testament to how sick we all become in the disease of addiction.
we should all pray for healing. for ourselves and our friends on the forum. physical and mental healing from the damage done by our addiction.

[gizzy32]

That does sound crazy. i try not to think of #'s now as sometimes it's hard to believe we put that much junk in our body. Do warnings not come with pills there, sorry stupid question, but i did not take them. the few times i had rx's they came with the pamphlets here and warnings. Well, it's been almost a year since you took them so that is a lot less mg, like 10, 000 000 less mg, lol. CONGRATS, on all that clean time:)