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tryin to come down off of precription meds at home

i first started doing hydrocodone in february of 2001. For no medical reason I did them for the high i moved on to stronger painkillers like percocets,oxyicodine,even oxyicotin a couple months later.4 months ago i weined my self down to no painkillers. I got stressed and started taking them again this time i only stick to the hydrocodone. I take around 5 pills a day. (5milligrams) I started weining my self todayand it's been un comfortable as far as the aches and pains are there any success storys on weining from home or do you have any tips on how i can make my self more comfortable I don't feel as if i'm far enough in this for inpatient treatment. Like i said before I've gotten off of far stronger pain killers.I really wanna do it this time I am a mother of 5 children 3 livin and 2 angel babies I have a lot to live for and i don't wanna lose my life behind a high i don't wanna be in a treatment center because I have a family that is very dependant upon me and i really need to be here for them. Ive been taking these pain killers for close to 8 months and i'm ready to to get my life back. any word of incouragement will be well apprechiated.
thanks
DarkAngel
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well I posted here thinking it was a support group- but nothing- the posts are old and the two posts I have written and asked for a little support or help. Nothing. so please take my name off this group. WOw- wrong place to land.
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hon you have posted on a really old post that will probably not be seen.  I was motivated to look as you posted on another thread about roll call.  If you will copy and paste one of your posts and then start your own thread...people will see it as new.  Just go to the top of this page and look for the green post a question icon.  Click on that and repost your help request.  
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wow so much suffering but a group you can feel safe with it seems.
I started taking 1/2 vicodin for restless legs and that worked great for a couple of yrs. Things started getting worse with health. I have sever spinal stenosis and another name to my back conditions which I assumed was the cause RL.
My MRI came back and my NP gives me a;most as much as I need because he sees how bad my back is. The worst part was at night but now I had to take more to make it effective and sleep. MY back is really getting bad but not so much in the day time. I still seem to crave it because I notice in the day time I need a little to feel any energy. This is not like me. I have never been this depressed and felt so crappy all day. In 10 days I am getting spine shots and praying this takes RL and pains in leg and back away at night.- I still as my husband said, will have to reduce and get off this stuff. SO my NP  upped my script to 4 (7.5) a day. I try to take just a 1/2 at a time and maybe a quarter through the day so I do not feel buzzed. I just want energy. hate the buzz feeling but just want to feel like myself. I never took it for high. ever. I guess feeling so despondent and totally listless is part of the withdrawal. Does tapering off make your energy come back faster or do you just feel like hell until you are completely clean of them? I feel so sorry for people who need good information. No one want to talk about it to anyone because we have been so conditioned to think of this as our fault - totally opposite with me. I am usually pretty self controlled and disciplined.
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wow so much suffering but a group you can feel safe with it seems.
I started taking 1/2 vicodin for restless legs and that worked great for a couple of yrs. Things started getting worse with health. I have sever spinal stenosis and another name to my back conditions which I assumed was the cause RL.
My MRI came back and my NP gives me a;most as much as I need because he sees how bad my back is. The worst part was at night but now I had to take more to make it effective and sleep. MY back is really getting bad but not so much in the day time. I still seem to crave it because I notice in the day time I need a little to feel any energy. This is not like me. I have never been this depressed and felt so crappy all day. In 10 days I am getting spine shots and praying this takes RL and pains in leg and back away at night.- I still as my husband said, will have to reduce and get off this stuff. SO my NP  upped my script to 4 (7.5) a day. I try to take just a 1/2 at a time and maybe a quarter through the day so I do not feel buzzed. I just want energy. hate the buzz feeling but just want to feel like myself. I never took it for high. ever. I guess feeling so despondent and totally listless is part of the withdrawal. Does tapering off make your energy come back faster or do you just feel like hell until you are completely clean of them? I feel so sorry for people who need good information. No one want to talk about it to anyone because we have been so conditioned to think of this as our fault - totally opposite with me. I am usually pretty self controlled and disciplined.
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Hi - I'm here, I'm 58 days off hydros myself.  I'll send you private message.
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I'm going through extreme withdrawals from hydrocodone what can I do I can't stop the diarrhea and vomiting then at times I feel like I'm choking to death HELP?
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I am an addict I wanna get clean??? I am addicted to loratab 10 and have been for 2 1/2 years I hide my life behind this high!!! I don't take them when I wake up or anything like that I function everyday I go to work but as soon as I get out of work I take 5 at a time and possibly have to take 1 more before bed!!! I have quite twice it was a little difficult I wrote a list to remind me why I want to stop I clearly know why I want to stop but I couldent now I am really ready I think??? I feel like I can't live without the high and energy I get!!! Do you get ur energy back like you did before u started taking them??? I want to stop again but I am so scared??
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I am an addict I wanna get clean??? I am addicted to loratab 10 and have been for 2 1/2 years I hide my life behind this high!!! I don't take them when I wake up or anything like that I function everyday I go to work but as soon as I get out of work I take 5 at a time and possibly have to take 1 more before bed!!! I have quite twice it was a little difficult I wrote a list to remind me why I want to stop I clearly know why I want to stop but I couldent now I am really ready I think??? I feel like I can't live without the high and energy I get!!! Do you get ur energy back like you did before u started taking them??? I want to stop again but I am so scared??
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Keep in mind that in some way you are also doing this for your son. He is with you in spirit and I believe that. Your son didn't tell you for the same reasons you not telling anyone, so it's good you are here to open up to the people on this forum.

God Bless,

Dove
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Thank you I will
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Welcome!!!! you are taking a great first step by tapering down and wanting to get your life back.You can do this!!!!!Yes the first few days will be pretty unpleasant but before you know it you will feel better and better each day. Check out the health pages for some suggestions on vits ect to help you through this time,Especailly the Thomas recipe. You may want to start your own posting thread you may get more responses since this is at the bottom of an old one. Keep posting and you will get lots of support here. Best wishes Heather
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I just started reading this today, trying to find hope. I'm addicted to hydro 10mg not sure how much a day. But ill go through 60 less then a week. For about 3yrs quitting twice for a month total, evertime it was so bad I had to stay home from work. Start on a Sunday and back to work the next Monday .  So I now the pain that is coming.  I was never prescribed for pain, just really enjoyed the high. I'm tired of lying sneaking around. Tired of the false emotions and happiness. I started cutting down doing halves about 6 a day. Already starting to feel crappy, throwing up not eating or sleeping and the sweats are insane this time.  But I know its time i have a wife and 2 girls to support. I just really needed to get this out. Can't talk to my family or go to treatment again. Thanks for listening ill keep u all updated.
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Please help me!!! The first step is admitting that you have a problem. That you are powerless over drugs and need help. Well... that's me. I started taking hydroccodone for severe stomach pain. I've had 3 c-sections, a gastric bypass that allowed me to lose 150 lbs, and just recently a surgery to rmove excess skin from my stomach. NOT a tummy tuck but close. Insurance wouldnt pay for the whole thing. Im from Las Vegas and lortab are a dime a dozen. My mother in law was giving them to me just for fun sometimes. She's also an addict. I used to be addicted to meth and that detox was nothing like what I've experienced when I run out of pills. I honestly feel like I cant function without them. I'm so jealous of everyone who is off of them and I feel so hopeless and helpless. I started just taking 1-3 a day of the 10mg... but recently I've taken up to 20 a day!! This is sick right? I still have pain but the line between pain and taking them for pleasure is so blurred I dont know where I am anymore. I've tried going to emergency rooms and urgent cares just to see if they will prescribe me more because I litterally took a month's prescription in a week! What is wrong with me????? Quitting meth was so kuch easier than this. Does that sound crazy??? OMG i feel like im losing my mind. Yesterday was my first day without any. Of course I went to the urgent care, but now that I live in Texas... dr's here are very scetchy about prescribing it. They gave me 10 pills. I knew there would be detox symptoms but i neverthought I would feel like this!!!!! Please help me God!!!! I took 10mg just to take the edge off and get to sleep but now it's 2am here in texas and I am tripping out!!! I dont want to take them. I took another 10mg a few mins ago just to get the shakes to go away. I have 6 pills left 5mg each. How can I use these best to get off this damn roller coaster??? I feel so helpless. Did I already say that?  My parents both battled drug addiction (meth, heroin, and more) and won. I grew up going to NA meetings and still  became an addict!!! I know all the steps, I know it works. Thats how I got myself off meth. I started getting off for my kids, then did it for myself. I have a wonderful husband who is here helpoing me thank god but has to go back to work very soon and i will be alone with the kids. Im so scared. Today I could not even pickk up my baby who is 1 years old. Maybe I need to go to an NA meeting. Ihavent been there in so long, but I know the steps work. Sorry if Im going on and on but i neeeed help please!!!! I read almost all of your posts and I feel there will be light at the end of the tunnel. If you could email me privately that would be great. I think I need a sponsor. I think I need a meeting. Both my parents are dead now (mom killed on her motorcycle and dad dies from hep C) and I know they would tell me the same thing. 30 meetings in 30 days. O God please help me!!!!!  
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Keep it up. I am 2 days in and I so want to go grab something to make me feel a little happy. I know at the end of this I get my natural high back. Dude, join NA or PA, they are real fun groups...I've been going for a week or so.
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I am on day 2 coming 6-10 10/325 Norcos per day. I have read many horror stories on certain forums. Raptor's adivce is excellent. I am using Clonidine and if things get real bad my dr gave me some Xanax. I feel ok. I am very sad, anxious at times and sleeping about 6 hours. I just know that the first 72 hours is the worst and in a week I may feel pretty close to normal. Then I have my life back,,,my head clear.

Let me add, go tell your doctor the whole truth. Me, I was the biggest liar to 6 really great MDs. I regret that thoughly. They will help. We are self-medicators...I am doing what he said and I am winning. Don't read the horror stories stay positive. Its not really as bad as the flu for me.
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wow, feel like I missed the train. The last post on this site was back in Jan., 2002. Did everyone die or just discontinue this site? Man, am on fourth day of self-detox from hydros, oxys, etc. Has been constant back and forth trying to quit, making it for a few days to a week or so and feeling so down emotionally and drained physically, that I would convince myself, now that I have quit for a week, I am no longer addicted; therefore, it is safe to just buy a few to help with the down moodiness I am feeling. Of course, in a week or so am right back on the same destructive journey again.
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How did the Ultram withdrawal go?  I am in the dark part of hell with Ultram right now and am unsure how to proceed.  AA/NA helped
I went to a decent Pysc Doc who said reduce by 15% per week.  No meds to help me...nothing.  I feel like I am on the way out but I do not want to go.  I too have a mom who I visit sometimes when I am sick.  She could not help me if she tried.  All the doc's and meds in the world she could pay for would not make me quit...It is only my will to live that comes from my soul causing me live to stop this sorry drug nad choose life
Thanks
Sunny
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Hi everyone. I am on day 9 of my detox from hydrocodone, about 15 10/650's a day. I was also taking 5 to 6 10mg ambiens per day. It got to the point where I was taking ambien during the day to calm me down. I detoxed from an outpatient program using Buprenorphine, clonidine, and trazedone for sleep. I am still very tired and achy although I can deal with it. Its the chills and inner coldness that is killing me. Also, only 2 to3 hours of sleep a night. I expected that because of the ambien. Does anyone know how long these chills will last. I thought they would be gone by the ninth day. I have been taking the hydrocodone for about 4 years off and on. I do suggest buprenorphine for detoxing if you can.
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Hi you fun people, Just to let you know today is day 1 from vicodin. 2-30 a day. Just returned home from Docs and he was suppoetive and gave me all kinds if stuff to eliminate discomfort. The cost of vitamins and presriptions are high, but look at the pay off in the long run. I am so willing. My mom has to pay and complains but can't she see the longer I stay on Vicodin my liver won't last. Have liver disease. He gave me methadone, valium, librium, trazadone and I had already bought all the vitamins from "recipe" I feel like I have made all new friends on this forum. Thanks and don;t forget to write. I feel better just knowing I;, doing something about it. This recipe is a god-send. Has Thomas considered going into business. I have revenue!!!Thomas, e-mail me:; ***@**** Hope to hear from you. Love Karen
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You guys gave me so much hope today. Thank you for all of your suggestions. I think I am on the right track. Dr.,vitamins,family support,all kinds of med. ideas. Doctor will prescribe anything I want!!!! Don't want to continue taking
vicodin for chronic pain in back and legs.Detoxed from Heroin last February and feel pretty good except for this. Don't have to stop, want to. I want to take steps to elimate this "monkey"
so I can see if it is even better than it has been. Unfortunately, after being junked out for so long on the other, it is hard to determine if I have a problem with the pills. I go by my gu, and I am sure it is not O.K. Plus, I take them whenever I feel like it. It does not have to hurt to take them. Also, I don't get high. Dependency? I think so. Help!!!!
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tio
i started taking percosets 2 years ago due to tennis elbow i started with 3 a day then it got out of control it went from 3 to 5 to 10 up to 40 a day im on my 4 day at homeim down to 4 a day just to ease the pain i know im going to beat this but i cant sleep its been 3 nights that i cant sleep my heart races and wakes me right up i tried tylonl pm i took 7 the first night and still did not sleep my question is am i doing this the right way by taking 4 pills a day to ease the pain and what can i do to sleep should i use another drug
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tio
i started taking percosets 2 years ago due to tennis elbow i started with 3 a day then it got out of control it went from 3 to 5 to 10 up to 40 a day im on my 4 day at homeim down to 4 a day just to ease the pain i know im going to beat this but i cant sleep its been 3 nights that i cant sleep my heart races and wakes me right up i tried tylonl pm i took 7 the first night and still did not sleep my question is am i doing this the right way by taking 4 pills a day to ease the pain and what can i do to sleep should i use another drug
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how bout the recipe that is circulating around sounds good to me
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I, as a 6 year perscription pill abuser would like to report an unexpected success in the area of self-treatment.  I have found success in recovery with the use of clonidine.  I have found that after a relapse one can actually forgoe 95% of the pain of withdrawl by careful use of clonidine.  I usually will take two 0.1mg tablets before bed, leaving two additional tablets by the bedside.  When withdrawl is in full effect a patient/abuser can rarely expect more than 4-5 hours of uninterupted sleep.  When I wake, I quickly take the two other  clonidine tablets and wait to fall back to sleep.  In addition my doctor has me using the Anti-depressent/Sleep medication Trazadone.  Using this method one can expect to get 6-8 hours of sleep or more.  Also, by maintaining clonidine in the blood supply one tablet every 6 hours while awake will have the effects of keeping muscle spasms to almost nothing.  I have found that by keeping the physical symptoms to a minimum, the focus becomes the inherent depression one feels during withdrawl.  I keep my mood up by watching fun entertaining movies and eating "comfort foods".  NOTE TO EVERYONE: If an patient/abuser is taking powerful doses of dangerous narcotics in large quantities this method does not help.  This method is useful to pain-management patients and pill abusers that use between 1 darvocet (very weak) per day to 2 percocet (very strong) four times a day for long periods of time.  This method has the best effect for patients/abusers using hydrocodone 5/500mg three times per day.  

Many doctors I have spoken with feel that an abuser should feel the pain of withdrawl so they are relunctent to make the same mistake twice.  I understand the logic in this, but I can't help but feel this information would benefit doctors that have patients that become addicted through no fault of there own.  

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