Withdrawals are never fun. You can plan on feeling like crap for about a week. The worst is 3-5 days. Can you start to taper. The trick is to drop by small amounts slowly over a period of time. I can't be more specific because of medhelp's rules..I can however..message you some basic info. There are tricks to help. Go here for some info. The health pages I will send you to has other good info as well.
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Addiction/Thomas-Recipe-Re-Posted/show/16?cid=66
Do you want to quit or just get thru the trip??
sorry i didnt get back sooner, well, its tough, yes i know i want to quit, i hate counting pills, spending bout 1500 a month on pills, however i have recently been recieving scripts again which has been tremendously offseting my ability to make money... its tough, i do have legitimate pain, and at times extreme lethargy and i dont know how much is from the crohns, its very tough, they are the only thing that helps me through the day, most importantly at work. but more importantly i want and need to be able to get through this trip. its the first international job in some time and i get first crack, guys are all jealous and hating, so i have to shine. more work coming in mex, spain, uruguay, and i hthink new zealand. we will see, but i cant keep living like this, specially if the work picks up. however i would live if i oculd get it back undre control and use just as i need for pain, i was able to really restrain today. im hoping this trip will help me in some ways, too, just to get away and experience some new stuff.
Hi Calikid ,
I was at 100mg Norco a day , Tried Ct went 3 days cried & wanted to die just could not take it . Started a taper plan 3 1/2 weeks cut my dose at first by 25% for 5-7 days then by 15-20% per 5-7 days , At the end i was at 20mg a day & quit . Sure it still is tuff but i found i could handle it . Not fun , Not easy , but DO ABLE . first 3-5 days are the worst then you will start feeling a bit better day by day . I am now on Day #15 and feeling pretty good . I can do things again , spend my day not takeing pills every 3-4 hours , Not worried do i have pills in my pocket or do i have to go home .
Not sure i could do your job during Weaning or first 2 weeks after quiting
but i am older then you (65) maybe you can do it with a slower taper say 10% cut per 5-7 days .
... Ron
hey ron, thx for the input, i have never gathered up the balls to actually stop, this is the closest i have come in a year, which is running out of a supply and having to go cold turkey, but i was able to find a few here and there, it was too painful and quite frankly i dont know about being able to stop without like at least a week or two of from working, i dont even feel like i could function in the world, let alone the incredible aches and pains and my chrohn's goes absolutely nuts which is the main reason i take it now, along with being addicted, my crutch is that when the narcotic wears off, my stomach goes nuts... otherwise i can function if i keep the cramping at bay.... maybe im just a *****, but as long as i got them i am able to function, otherwise i feel like im just a mess?