TIRED OF TABS!!!

[Cmonroe]

Hi, well this is a little strange for me, as I usually hide my addiction from everyone, but have been telling more and more people lately so here we go. I had a bad accident a long time ago that messed one of my hips up pretty bad. It had to be fused, and everything was fine till about 5 years ago. The fusion started becoming unstable causing alot of pain. A friend of mine at work gave me a Little blue pill one day called Lortab, and I was in love from the start. Quit a couple of times, but have been taking everyday without fail for a little more than 3 years. Now I have read a few posts, and when I see how many some take, or have taken in the past, I feel like a lightwieght. I have taken no fewer than 2 and forced myself to never take more than 12 on any 1 day. But it has been everyday for 3+years now, and if I go too long (like more than 12 hours) I start to feel a little odd, but that could just be in my head who knows. My wife decided a few years back that it would be fun to start taking my pills too, so she became addicted. She usually took 5 per day. She talked to the Dr. about it and he said that it would be best for her to ween herself off, with someone there to administer the pills in decreasing amounts. Thats what we have been doing for two weeks now, and I guess everything is going according to plan. My quit date is Dec. 15, 2010 and after seeing the prolonged suffering she has gone through I have decided to rip the bandaid off and go cold turkey. I know I'm gonna feel like 2 tons of crap for awhile, and a friend has offered to give me a suboxone or two to cut into half or fourths to ease it a bit, but my question is. With prolonge drug use are there any medical complecations that could arrise from a sudden stop?

[laurel453]

Hi welcome here and congrats on taking the decision of quitting :)

If you don't have any other medical condition ( ie, heart issues ) i don't think you should worry about going ct ... i would advice you to read the thomas recipe and the amino acid protocol ( health pages on the right side of your scree ) because there are some good advices there you could follow to make your wds a little bit more confortable...Also you could help yourself by reading posts of people going through wds and see what they are doing to help with the symptoms...... drink a lot of fluids ( this is very important ), take some supplements to help you with muscle aches ( potasium, magnesium+ calcium, hylands restful legs remedy ), eat healthy, take lots of hot baths ( with epsom salts much better :) maybe some natural help with sleep like valerian root ( good for anxiety, btw ) and melatonin if you are not taking anything fro anxiety and insomnia and lots of positive thoughts to keep you on track !! ALl the best :)

[Cmonroe]

   Forgot to add that I told my boss that I would be needing at least a week off, and he was very understanding since he is a recovering alcoholic, and pain pill addict, so at least I have that little extra outside support.