Am i psychicallly addicted?

[Niki_Fm]

Am i psychicallly addicted?
On fridays and saturdays i like to eat about 10 Acetaminophen: Hydrocodone Tablets 500 mg, 5mg (vicodin) these pills are def a narcotic and 10 of them is nothing short of a BAG OF DOPE!! i also drink mabye 10 drinks on friday and 10 drinks on saturday with them at the club and when its time to go to sleep ill take two .5mg xanax its been a routine for me for the last 4 months or so and i enjoy it so much that i dont plan on stopping any time soon. The funny thing is that mon thru fri i can work and excercise normally and sleep semi normally. I dont really get psychical withdrawls like people talk about. i may get a little anxious but thats about it. I eat normal and joke around normal and can maintain my daily scedule without any drugs or alcohol at all. What will happen f i keep up this routine??

[Cowboy36]

You take ten at pills at a time?  That is way too much I know that taking 5000 mg of acetametaphin can be very bad for you if not fatal.  Just my 2 cents

[lovemychris]

You will damage your liver and kidneys if you continue... please seek help.

Also, acetaminophen is even more harmful to your organs when paired with alcohol.  By the time you realize the damage that you're causing, it will be too late for you to fix it.  You can only have regrets at that point.  Stop now before you get to that point.

[lms58]

I read on the internet that "the maximum daily dose of APAP (acetaminophen) is 4 g in adults and 90 mg/kg in children. The toxic dose of APAP after a single acute ingestion is 150 mg/kg or approximately 7 g in adults. The at-risk dose may be lower in some susceptible patient populations, such as persons with alcohol abuse. When dosing recommendations are followed, the risk of hepatotoxicity is extremely small.

Acetaminophen is rapidly absorbed from the stomach and small intestine and metabolized by conjugation in the liver to nontoxic agents. These water-soluble conjugates are then eliminated in the urine.

In acute overdose or when the maximum daily dose is exceeded over a prolonged period, the normal conjugative pathways of metabolism become saturated. Excess APAP is then oxidatively metabolized in the liver via the mixed function oxidase P450 system to a toxic metabolite, N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone-imine (NAPQI). NAPQI has an extremely short half-life and is rapidly conjugated with glutathione, a sulfhydryl donor, and is renally excreted. Under conditions of excessive NAPQI formation or reduced glutathione stores, NAPQI covalently binds to vital proteins and the lipid bilayer of hepatocyte membranes. The result is hepatocellular death and centrilobular liver necrosis."

Hope this helps.

[mgbrooks]

It doesn't sound like addiction because you don't do it everyday BUT really hurtful to your body. It's definitely substance abuse which can lead to more binging which can lead to addiction. At those levels it sounds toxic. Try to be kinder to your body- maybe you can take less and still have a good time.

[MInute Maid]

You abuse your liver when you do this and eventually it will stop functioning. And when that happens, you will be talking to us 'psychically'!