vicodin addiction? at 13 years old? pleas help!

[kat1in2the3hat]

im 13 years old, ive had to be put on vicodin and codiene since may of 2008 due to an infection that turned out to be staph, they had to cut the area open, and prescribed 500 mg vicodin to me. my mother who has rhumetoid arthritus ?(sp?) constantly has vicodin due to joint pain and what not. i think i maybe be abuseing them.i steal them and would usually take half of one, every weekend, then it turned to 1&1/2, then it was once or twice a week. then it escaladed to every day, (now) 2 every day, with 2 aspirin, or sometimes 2 generic brands of acetamenophin that are 500 mg's. ive been taking 4 pills (2 vicodin and 2 500 other ones) every day. since february 1st. im not sure if ts an addiction, but then again, ive never had a dependancy on anything else. like, i will look forward to the buzz you get, and the feeling of being totally out of it. it calms me, and i really do have a lot of stress in my life, that may be why i take them so much. i dont know. my parents really think im some kind of child who has to live up to thier expectations and be a model f perfection, when n reality, im not, at all. theres stress on my grades, stress at school in general. stress at home. i think i should have a thereapist, but i dont know. i was wondering if i could possibly have an addiction. i get bad headaches when im at school, after i eat some of my dinner i always feel kinda crappy after, im really tired pretty often, im sometimes shakey, and when i have an itch, like  on my leg, and i itch it, i barely really feel it, or notice its happening, sometimes ill focus on a word on the T.V and it will become hard to look at after a while. does any og those things have anything to do with it? what are the withdrawal symptoms if i were to be addicted? what are signs that i will be addicted if im already not? i would really appreciate it if someone wrote back and answered my questions..

[kat1in2the3hat]

my parents know. im getting a therapist. they hid everything. they yelled at me, took everything away from me, arent letting me out of my house, and took my cell phone away, wont let me talk to any of my friends who smoke. i dont smoke though. they called my guidance councelor. i havent doneanything in a longggg time though, like 3 or 4 days.

[Sithtiger]

So has it been 3 days now?  Are you having any withdrawals yet?  If you're not then that's a very good sign.  If you're not having them bad or at all now, then it shouldn't be too bad.  Then again having bad w/d's is more incentive not to use anymore, but of course we don't want you to go through any more suffering than you have to!

Just chime in and let us know how you're doing...ok.

[j34]

Good job on the two days. Have you talked to anybody yet. You don't want to push this under the rug and be a "secret" secrets can kill you. This is harsh but the truth. You know what you need, you know that this is not normal or you.You are reaching out, funny thing is when we have problems we almost always know the answer our insides tell us.  ,find somebody you can trust and talk about it.if you feel you need the help you probably do. Good luck and give yourself a gift .....   freedom from your secret,freedom from substance abuse that will only spiral downwards, there is no up from addictions.Good news is you can learn to live without.With help.Keep in touch k.You can do this.You were brave enough to reach out to us .Help yourself

[firefish]

Two days?  You haven't had any in two days??  GREAT!  Give it one more day.  Then if that goes well, see what Day 4 can bring.  We're pulling for you!

[kat1in2the3hat]

well, im gettin there. i havent done anything in 2 days. with a little motivation. but i have this awfull craving.

[firefish]

Talk to us, Kat.  Howzit going?  I'm worried about you.