Please help! How long will these norco withdrawls last?

[norco/user]

Hi, I've been using norco for about 2 years on a daily basis. I take at least 9 pills a day of 10/325. I recently got up to taking 3 pills at one time. My last pill was 48hrs ago and I feel really crappy! I am so sleepy and exhausted, but I can't sleep. The first night I slept for about an hour then I got up and went to work. The whole time at work all I wanted to do was go home and sleep. When I got home that was the last thing I could do. I tossed and turned all night. Finally I remembered that I had a few soma that I had taken a long time ago, so I took 1 and I slept for a full 4hrs. I am not going to take anymore soma I just want to be able to stay clear of all meds. Since I've stopped taking norco I've gone through so much. I am cold one min and hot the next. I am not hungry what soever, which is very weird. I sneeze all the time. My body is very weak and I feel kinda depressed. I have the choice of getting some more pills, but I'm trying very hard not to. I hate these withdrawls and I feel like maybe I shouldn't have gone cold turkey so I keep telling myself that maybe I should get these pills and try to come off of them slowly. Does anyone know how long these withdrawls will last? Any advice? PLEASE!! Thanks!

[Tonytone4632]

I have been an addict for a long time since i was 14 years old doing coke,weed,xanax,viks and the worst of all of them is noroco i have never felt withdrawals like those i have been taken them from a doctor for almost a year but i have been taken them by the street doc for 10 years i am 26 now i feel like a hot mess always tired lost a lot of weight lost friends lost my girl yea i found a good girl who wants to help me but the fear of actually feeling sober scares me i am high right now i hate the stomach pain all your joints hurt head hurts the doc said the stuff would help pain not make more of it..i am only 26 but i have the back of an 60 year old man i was workn my whole teen life in construction and i have nothing im a 26 year old burn out it makes me sick thinking about whats gonna happen when i dont get anymore had to vent i hope all of you get better and dont turn out like me i am just killn myself slowly takn this **** you all are to you all have people that love you and if you dont i got a lil love i can give to make you stop takn this ****    

[Peace2You]

Sorry, I haven't been to the site to see your kind reply. My husband is now getting multiple tests again. CT Scan already done, showed two hernias and something on his scrotum for which they will be doing an ultra sound on. He had hernia surgery on his left lower abdomen area two years ago and due to his back trauma it took 7 weeks instead of 3 to heal. Now he has one on each side due to having to pick me up out of bed several times a night or help me on to my feet from a chair, etc. He has 3 MRI's coming up. Two on his upper and lower back on 12-20-11 and one MRI of his head and neck area (along with the scrotum ultra sound and a bone density test) on January 9, 2012. He sees the hernia surgeon on 2-14-12 (nice Valentine's day..ugh!) who will discuss the two hernias and surgery options. In the meantime, my condition has worsened and we are fighting depression daily. We will survive it only because we really, really love each other so much. Thank God for that! Chronic pain to such intensity is very hard to watch your loved one go through. Even harder to watch as you, yourself are screaming from pain. We cry for each other and ourselves daily now. We didn't ask for any of this and he is NOT an addict. He has simply become opiate tolerant where it takes more of the meds to provide enough relief to just function like normal people get to do everyday. And doctors are at a loss so far. We'll hopefully have answers after all his tests come back. That is when he will be seeing a county pain management doctor that our primary care doctor has referred him too. It is 6:30 am (central time) and I went to bed at 11:30 pm but woke up an hour later @ 12:30 am, screaming from pain all over. After he was able to lift me to my feet, my husband once again helped me walk to the bathroom. I just couldn't lay down again because that is when I hurt all over the most. So, once again I've been up all night. Beds. They bring on so much pain. And we have a king sized tempurpedic mattress too. You'd think it would help, but no! My new specialist is a Rheumatologist and she did different lab work up. I definitely have full blown fibromyalgia she said. So she has started me on another med called Savella. It starts out with low dosage working up to 100 mg. per day. Today will be day 3 out of 28 days of the trial. OK...enough of all that. Thanks again for taking the time to post. Your compassion is felt and so appreciated. I wish you and yours a very happy, healthy and Blessed holiday. ---Peace.

[toni42558]

I too take Norco and soma. I take two Norco and one soma every three hours, how r you doing?

[need2talk]

I'm so sorry for all you and your husband have gone through. My only advise would be to search for free medical help for your husband and get family or friends involved to help care for you. There are other options for your husband like pain management and someone (not you) to handle his medication intake so it is taken appropriatley and not mishandled. I will think of you, and pray that you can make this work for both of you.

[Peace2You]

Hello to everyone: I am very concerned for my husband & a little concerned for myself. My husband has suffered tremendously 4 most of his life with chronic back pain. (please keep reading & I will explain why I am so concerned 4 my him) We've been best friends and through hell and back 4 last 28 months.It started when I was diagnosed with rare form of glaucoma in BOTH eyes along with 2 other eye diseases from July,2009 - Dec. 2009. We had no insurance & ran out of money during that time. One month later in Jan, 2010 I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer deep in abdomen called Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.Had 2 close home based business (lost all income), file bankruptcy,repo of only form of transportation, go on Medicaid & SSI (for me only) & currently face foreclosure of home.I am temporarily in remission, (this lymphoma is notorious for coming back repeatedly) & am so thankful, however, the very potent chemotherapy I was given for 13 hrs every 3 wks 4 7 months completely destroyed my body. Now I suffer daily with chron pain of numerous neuropathies, fibromyalgia, lupus & other auto-immune disorders. Chronic pain is 24/7 even though I take opiates 4 pain, unwillingly so, I might add. I take 75mcg of fentanyl every 72 hrs recently increased from 50 mcg, & now pain mgmt. doctor trying to get me to increase to 100 mcg, but I refuse, plus 30 mg.of Oxycodone 4 X's per day 4 break through pain,10 mg.Valium 2 X's per day & just recently added 50 mg.of Elavil at bed time. Pain mgmt. doc has me down as taking fentanyl every 48 hrs.but I reserve extra 5 patches ea. month 4 my husband. Also have many days where I choose to suffer & take only 1 or 2 Oxy, again saving other two 4 my husband.He doesn't qualify for Medicaid & we have no ins. & almost zero income. Also on food stamps. Big concern 4 husband. We found out in 1998 that his ever increasing back pain was due to sev. things. He was born with unnaturally fused vertebrae in neck & at base of spine. Numerous comp. fractures from several accidents & injuries starting age 12. Has Spinal Stenosis &Arthritis in most of spine. Also,herniated disc at L4 & L5. Diseases have increased over time & he can't even be in a vehicle 4 more than 15 or 20 min. before back pain from neck down, then siatica in both legs (pure torture 4 him). He used 2 take Tylenol daily, do PTexercises,used heating pad on back most hours daily (which has scarred his back horribly) and spends 2 hours ea nite taking very hot baths just before bed. In June,2007, he finally agreed 2 see my family doc.who started him on Vic 5mg. up to 4 X's day & Soma 4 X's day. He started to feel better than he had since he was a child! So,he was HOOKED. Started building up tolerance. Meds no longer working 4 pain. Became miserable again. Doctor started increasing doses & now is prescribed 6 Norco & 5 Soma per day. That works out to be 180 Norco &150 Soma per month. Also prescribed 2 mg. Xanax & Buspar daily. HOWEVER, this is no longer enough. For 6-8 months has been going  through all  Norco & Soma in 10 days. THAT'S 18 Norco &15 Soma per day! He is allowed refill every 28 days,so has 2 suffer with no Norco or Soma for 18 days ea. month. Enabler that I am, & even though my pain is extreme, I give him 5 patches of fentanyl ea month which last him 15 of those 18 days but does NOT give much pain relief at all. Says Norco puts Fentanyl 2 shame in comparison. I also give up 50 - 60 of my Oxy which he consumes in about 5 of those18 days.We literally both go through hell from pain and he suffers withdrawal 18 days ea month. No one knows about this. My pain is horrible because I do without by giving my meds 2 him. I have so many disorders from chemo. Even have chronic Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis in every joint, broken cocyx, several hern.discs, degen. disc disease, Spinal Stenosis (like he does) in addition 2 all other disorders mentioned. The difference is that I HATE TAKING PAIN MEDS! I have no problem stopping them if we can figure out a way to lessen my pain with other therapies. Neuropathy alone has both my feet,ankles &knees to be so swollen that they look like they will burst at any moment. I have very little mobility. Use a walker & some days am confined to a wheel chair. My husband is my caregiver too. Can no longer get in or out of bed by myself. Nor a chair, commode, etc. Still, I enable him by giving up my meds 2 him. He truly hurts so much & I love him 2 much 2 watch him suffer. He feels ashamed that he isn't as strong as I am when it comes 2 being able to tolerate high pain levels. The truth is I cry from pain several times a day behind his back just so he doesn't have 2 watch me suffer as much. I have 2 try 2 hide some of intense pain I go through or he'll eventually fall apart emotionally. His mom died suddenly on September 8th from cancer. We had no trans. 2 get 2 her before she drew her last breath as she lived an hour away & no one was available 2 get us there last minute.He is a really good man,kind & gentle natured, a loving caregiver, going through torturous physical pain himself daily, along with shame of not being able to provide 4 us financially, along with guilt &
shame of being dependent of high doses of these meds just to get a little relief 4 only10 days ea month.Also heartache of watching me suffer 4 last 28 months from cancer, its side effects of intense pain,vomiting & now inability to move on my own, along with shame of taking a lot of my meds just so he can be strong enough 2 help pick me up sev. X's day & night from bed or chair help me take long walk 2 bathroom & back again,etc. We have no one else who helps us. We are alone most days & can't leave our house. We may lose our house 2 foreclosure & have no idea where we will live. This adds to his feelings of shame, guilt & helplessness.I believe in the power of prayer, meditation & positive thinking. I spend my days on my computer (when I have enough physical strength) researching everything. That's how I found this thread. Being new 2 this site, I hope this long email finds itself in front of the right people. I read one post from the wife of a man who posted asking this forum 4 help as he was taking same amount of Norco and Soma that my beloved takes. She posted that he DIED from overdose just a few days after his post 4 help here. Her post was in anger (understandably) as she is now a widow with 2 children. I too, am afraid that my husband, my soul mate could die unexpectedly from the massive doses he takes just to have 10 days per month of some relief & where he feels like he can take better care of me. He is my hero & as I actually died from the chemo twice last year (and was revived at the hospital each time), I know he is scared & takes large doses partly because he is afraid of losing me. He refuses to let any doctor or therapist know or help because they will treat him as an addict when actually he is just a man with severe,chronic pain that is only relieved by Norco & Soma. Nothing else works for him. We have tried almost all meds & therapies available for his kind of pain. CAN ANY ONE HELP?

[gnarly_1]

HI WEll in short if you keep it up your liver or kidneys will fail and thats it for you you have a serious habit and you need to taper off and then quite or just quit your at the make it or break it stage of addiction I have seen worst but not by much time to make some life changeing choices ........detox off that amount will be hell it would be best if you could taper back a bit to like 1/2 that then jump off then its like having the flu for about 4 or 5 days there is a mental bash that comes along with it but right now we need to address the imedate problem of toxicity read some of the posts to get an idea of what your going to go threw look to the lower right of this page for the thomas resipe and pick up the stuff it will help with your detox there is a lot of good info on this page in the health pages read up on it when your ready to start let us know and will walk you threw the process good luck and God bless.......Gnarly