Withdrawal's

[SuzyQ30]

I am curious about this. I have taken hydro's for several years on and off for migraine headaches.  I then became pregnant and did not take anything (obviously).  After giving birth I have been pretty consistently on hydros' again for the same thing, headaches.  I know that I probably am addicted in a sense. Well, of course I am.  I have taken 3 or 4 5 mg/325 a day, and now am trying to cut that down to 1 or 2.  Am I on the right road here...what kind of symptoms go with WD's? Lately, with not taking as many, I feel anxious, and have had some bowel issues.  Does that have anything to do with it?
Thank you in advance.

[AudreyJeanna]

Yes those could be withdrawl symptoms most definitely. My symptoms are diarhhea, dizziness, chills, sweats, weakness, depression....and i am trying to get off hydrocodone also. But my dose is probably much more than u, so my symptoms are probably worse. My dose is 8-9 750mg pills at a time...and ive been taking vic's for over 2 yrs now...But good luck on getting well!

[SuzyQ30]

Thank you for the comments. This is a very neat site and I feel comforted reading all the posts.  I won't go into much of who I am, but this is a vice I have had to deal with on my own. I do not want my husband or parents to know because I don't want to burden them. I am a big community girl...church girl...travel singing Christian music and now have an adorable son.  It's amazing how this is so real..the addiction and how I can't believe I have gotten myself to "looking forward" to taking one of these little pills and at the same time justifying the reason for taking it.
It's not just hollywood, I see..it's normal everyday people struggling.
Anyway, I am going to keep looking here because this is very helpful.
Thanks for the vent session and God Bless.

[road2recovery]

yes that is w/d ...You are a very low dose, so glad you noticed now..I like everyone was once on that dose, then turned out to be from 15 to 20 10mg a day...If you can taper , this shows how strong you are...These things are posion, so you are doing the best thing right now...I sure wish i would have found this site when i was taking that many...
good luck
you can also slow down your taper if it is getting bad, or just bite the bullet and go for about 5 days of flu like symtoms...
r2r

[CleanUpTime]

Yes on the boewl issues and yes on the anxiety.

Don't mean to scare you, but there are several WD symptoms; however, since you've only taken 3-4, I don't think you have too much to worry about. I've read some posts here where people take 15 / day.

Personally, i;ve been through WDs before and am on day 2 CT of Vic's, same as you, 5-325mg. I only took'em for about 1 1/2 months, so my WDs aren't too bad, but there nonethelss.

On the bottom right of this screen, you will see under Most Viewed Health Pages, "Amino Acid Protocol". Try that...it helped me. Vit B Complex, Vit C....

For bowel issues, take some Immodium or Pepto, very, very common unfortunately but goes away after a few days.

If you cut down to 1-2 day, you are on the right path...good luck and keep posting; we are here to help.