hydrocodone

[lpnsissy]

ok if i quit on the 23rd night take 30 mg on the 25 th go back cold turkey shouldnt i be ok by tomorrow night or does it start all over ? i was using well 250 pills 10/325 mg in 12 days so decided to quit cold turkey had lung cancer and started taking it after battle with that now need to quit addicted need to get back to work im a nurse and i cant go to dr
HHHHHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GoingToMakeIt]

Try melatonin for the sleep. It helped me 6-9mgs.

[lpnsissy]

i called doc cuz i was getting jittery and the xanax and clonidine 0.1 and .25 wasnt working do you think i will be finished with the withdrawals by tomorrow i am supposed to only take somuch a day and he told me to stickin there but man im going crazy at night when i lay down my feet and hands are going nuts anyways
im so happy for you badman it will get better but man it stinks lol ill pray for u some sleepa nd peace too :)

[Badman400]

Hang in there ipn! I'm on my second day off of Fentanyl patch and hydro. Little sleep. Thrashing in the sheets mostly. Flu-like, achy. Seems to be getting some better at times. I pray for a good night's sleep tonight for both of us.

Bec1, get him into rehab. Maybe the Doc can prescribe subxocome to help with the discomfort of withdrawal. It's not gonna get any better as long as he is still taking the pills. Drinking with, could be fatal.

Good luck all and best wishes for a Happy Clean New Year!

[lpnsissy]

i would say rehab if he is not listening other wise he is going to be dead you have to make that choice you have to decide to live again but if i were you i would put him in rehab or have a talkwith his doctor about it if you can maybe he could suggest something else ? im so sorry your goin thru this i cant imagine 25 years
hang on there is help out there ok :)
im doing ok today but its rough really jittery and i feel like climbing the walls and i didnt sleep but 2 hours last night so thats 4 hours in four days anyways i pray its going to be better tonight :)

[GoingToMakeIt]

I am so relieved to hear this. That is the Dr helping you, not the high BP. Many Drs (not all) are good, once they realize where you are at.

[Bec1]

My husband is very addicted to percocet 7.5 and vicodin 7.5. He had a very bad injury at work in 1999 and in 2004 had to have knees replaced. Surgery did not go well and he continues to have severe pain in his legs along with the arthritis that has developed. The doctors say he will have to deal with this pain for his life so they continue to prescrip him the percocet and vicodin every month to take everyday. He takes so many now in one day that he runs out in a week and a half and is miserable until he can get more medication. I have tried distributing them to him but he ends getting furious with me and even has accused me of taking his pills. What can I do? How can I help him. He has been getting violent lately because he tries too make the pain pills stronger by drinking vodka with them. He never used to drink except once in a great while if we went out. Now he drinks every day. We have been married for 25 years and this has just changed my husband. He now blames me for everything. We have no children at home so it is just he and I. Help someone please. I do not want to lose my husband.  

[lpnsissy]

guess what saw dr glad i went im only a 100 pds so bp was 237 over114 and right side went numb i almost stroked out my doctor came down gave me clonidine and heart meds and im doing great with that and some supplements well lots of vit  anyways tonight is great and to top things off thought i couldnt share becaiuse i would be looked down on my dr is chief of staff and was addicted to theese and almost lost his carrer so thank god for docs that are human he has a group that meets so i am wonderful tonight and no withdrawals besides the no up and go stuff when does that come back ?
thanks all of you for your help and i will be staying on for a while so i may be able to help others i know how you feel this is horrible horrible addiction !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! especially when you still hurt
oh i hate cancer too but still fighting it two years now multiple myeloma stinks lol but i survived so far im in the 4 percentile woho :)

[lpnsissy]

well i have tried to put my message up but i guess i messed up well im going nuts i called dr asked for something to be called in no call back yet ringing in ears are deafening but sometimes i feelok just out of the blue then it all comes back and i start to cry feel like a failure and hate myself and freak out im doing all this by myself no one knows so its really hard when is it gonna get better  ?

[GoingToMakeIt]

Day 5 for me and for most they started to feel better. It was like I could see light at the end of this tunnel. Each day after that you will see improvement over the day before. I can't stress enough the importance of fluids, vitamins and supps. They help to rebuild your body after detoxing and after what using the drugs did to it.
     I missed the part about the ears ringing. Many take something for the blood pressure. You could get it measured. Fire stations will usually do it for free.

[lpnsissy]

**** does it get easy after that 4th day man i hate this i just really hope it gets better i take care of my mom and dad sometimes but i clean there house and stuff everyday well hell i had to miss christmas and it is horrible so i know i have to do it tomorrow
and yes already takin immodium thank goodness not bad now i think i have no food in there till just a while ago lol well going to take a hot bath be back later thank you so much

[GoingToMakeIt]

Day 3 and 4 are rough. Plan on it. Drink lots of water. Gatorade help replace electrolytes lost due to sweats and diarrhea. Immodium on hand is good. Take it for comfort, not just because. Sweating & diarrhea serve as mechanisms of detox.
Hot baths are your friend. Way to go on this decision. You are doing good. Hang in there!

[lpnsissy]

your great all of yall thanks for recipee i dont have valium but i have benedryl and meletonin so surely between the two i can make it since im really almost 2 days out ill find out tonight if i sweat like a pig all night i weigh like prolly 100 pounds i have ate a sanwhich a while ago so im not feeling too bad just real jittery and hungry and thirsty but i also have gastric bypass yeah i know so what happens i absorb 100 times faster than others  so i am hoping maybe i will detox faster than normal lol yeah i never can do things easy
thank yall for helping me its getting so close to time to go to sleep here almost 10 oh and when they go to bed the ringing in ears that is deafening is that my bp bursting to the roof or am i going deaf because it is too quiet oh and doing this alone im single with kids no ins or i would have turned my liscense in and took detox over this yes i am that scared too fun fun
thank you again and GODBLESS YALL FOR TAKING TIME

[lurker]

Sorry to hear you're going thru all this.  Can you try Suboxone?  You won't have to endure withdrawals if you use it to get off the drugs. The key is to only use it for a few days to a couple of weeks to get thru the acute phase of withdrawals and then taper off it fast so that you don't replace one addiction for another.
Good luck to you...hang in there (and cancel those refills - that is just a disaster waiting to happen)

[GoingToMakeIt]

In my journals I re-posted the 'Thomas recipe'. You might take a look at it and see what would help you through this process. Lots of water, vitamins and supplements are key to your success. elieve it or not, chocolate helps too. Bananas help the legs.

[lpnsissy]

thank you for the support i just want it over with and i am never touching another pill except when i hand them out and im aware now on what it feels like and not that i havent had sympathy i will have it now for sure this is horrible at night no sleep and i feel like my hands and legs are gonna spazzzzzzzzzz out of bed unless i move them yes i have three boys home plus twins so i cant be sick but atleast not working at the moment thank god otherwise i would definitely sneak someones pills prolly i just can beleive this has happened and whats bad is i have three more refills of 300 pills a month at the pharmacy i think i will call him and cancell them tomorrow just to be safe not to go back after the 15 when i go see him i cant get a refill till them do you think by the 15 i will be finished with withdrawals or is it like some people say a month or two im so worried i cant sit around for a week or two much less a month im so worried how long is the bad withdrawal stuff last all this cramping ? and no sleep ?
oh and merry christmas guys and you are my life line i really was thinking desperate i live in texas so its cold and i think that is making withdrawals worse ? what helps this that i can do at home without doctor i heard about the thomas recipee or something ?
thank you so much again
angel

[uvlvrebel]

I would venture to say that anytime is a good time to decide "i'm an addict and want to be clean".  I hope it's not as bad...you only had 3 pills for your "relapse". that's not bad.  remember, relapse is often a part of the recovery. don't beat yourself up too much... you are doing great by being here._rebel

[lpnsissy]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENCOURAGEMENT I NEED IT GREAT TIME FOR ME TO DECIDE IM AN ADDICT LOL

[GoingToMakeIt]

I can't say for sure. If I understand you, you were already clean and then slipped today? If that's the case it probably won't be too bad. I sure hope so. Take care of yourself. We need those nurses around you know. Merry Christmas, too.