Day 4 - I feel pretty good, how are you?

[CinCee]

This must be my lucky day, I get to start a question!

Good morning, my fellow withdrawers.  (Anybody got a better name than "withdrawers"?)  How's everyone?

[onestep]

Thanks for the comment Chezz...if you feel ok with it give me your e-mail address and I'll send you to my web page...you might find it interesting...disabled sports stuff.

It's a fine line we disabled have to walk regarding meds. Many of us need them...then can't get off...I've now got arthritis in my index finger...my only index finger...it's swollen and hurts like hell....but I can't take Viox because of my liver....typing really gets it pissed off....

[Trend]

Hello Everyone
Never done anything like this before. I am a Vicodin addict trying to get off of them. Went to my doc 6 weeks ago and told him I wanted off of them. He says well you have a lot of pain I have something for you to take long term wont hurt. Gave me a script for Methodone 6 10 mg a day. Said I might not need to take that many just have to experiment. After being sick for a week and a 1\2 I went in and told him no more. He said just to cut back and I would be fine. Wrong! Couldnt sleep eat felt nausous all the time. All this while being married to someone who had no idea that I was an addict. I still had a bottle of Vicodin so I quit the Methodone and it took about 3 days for withdrawals to kick in. Now I was a 13 a day Vicodin habit. All it has taken is 4 per day for 2 weeks to I guess what I will call stabilize me and now I am getting ready to drop by 1\2 a tab a day. I do feel tired all the time and wake up about every morning with a headache but I am going to keep dropping till I am done. I do not know a good tappering schedule and was wondering if someone could maybe advise me. I also havent told doc what I have done and hope he will give me another script for Vicodin to finish this.
Thanks to anyone who has listened
Brian

[athena]

I know your going to the ortho doc today.This is going to be a test of your will if he offers you pain meds.Please!Please!Please! dont accept them.You are doing wonderful and i know that you never want to go through this again.I will be the little angel (or devil) on your shoulder while you are there.Feel free to argue with me while in the office.then the big men in white coats will take you off to thorazine world where you wont have to worry about hydro lol lol Good luck.Im praying for you.

pixi

[puma]

Jenny,

I remember you from about two and a half years ago. I was going through alcohol detox and stayed sober for almost two years although they put me on 10 mg of Klonopin to get off the alcohol due to DT'S and seizures. The pain from Fibro and Lupus forced them to give me 300 mg of straight codiene per day. I was flying high there for quite a while but off the booze.

I relapsed on the booze after I was terminated for the seizure disorder and my Doc got annoyed and tryed a triple detox! I went through hell for over three weeks and the hard DT's, almost died. She put me back on the Klonopin but cut it to 8 mg a day for aniety and seizures. I cannot take any other seizure drug except Neurontin and that doesn't cover as many problems as the Klonopin does.

I just recently started taking Ultram again since I am doing outdoor mowing which triggers seizures if I over do it. The pain gets severe. The way I look at it is, I would rather feel good now so long as I can function like a normal human being and be addicted rather than go completly 86 and be miserable and in constant pain with malaise and struggling to stay happy the rest of my life. You never know when your last day will be. Just think of all those folks on Sept. 15. How many went to work suspecting it would be there last day of life.? Did they really get what they wanted out of it?

Booze was always my main uncontrollable killer, but now I am off of it again for nearly one month. I feel much better than when I was drinking.

So how have you been and what's happening now?

Chatahan

p.s. you used to know me as wildcat, but we got hit by two typhoons in five days. Chatahan hit direct eye passage in early July this year. It's started with a wham,bam,boom,slam. My kind of typhoon season!

[Chezz]

Well Jenn, I'm not an old timer, but I am up too.

I am clean(day 5 or so), up in the middle of the night. And of all things, I am watching Golden Girls, and laughing. So I'm in pretty bad shape too. ;)

I know where you are coming from. Tomorrow, Thomas, Hippy and all the old timers will be here. I am sure they will remember you.

Are you already tapering? Or are you going to be tapering between now and next FRI? That would be a quick one.

Also, Are you familiar with the recipe? It will help with the w/d's. You can check down a ways it should be listed. Or of course the archives.

There are alot of new people(including me) here now. WE ALL are going through this. Chezz

[jennyfla]

Hi all,
I used to come on here a lot, about a year or so ago.
I am an opiate addict, and have been stuck in this deep dark trap for too long.
I am getting ready to try a taper.  I really hope this one works this time because i have to make it, there's too much at steak now.
I was laid off a little over a month ago from my job of 6-years.  I'm desparately trying to find a job, i'm married to an addict, and have three children (young).  
My birthday is friday and i turn 40.  I'm going to use this birthday as a turning point in my life and get back on track.  I don't want to go through my 40's as an addict, i've lost way too much and don't want to loose anymore.
So for those of you that remember me, and anyone who would like to be my new friend, i'm reaching out and would love to not be alone through this, and would like to help others, as i have in the past, find their way to freedom, or just keep you company while you find your way to wanting it enough to start.
Thanks for listening!
Jenny  (needing that angel on my shoulder more than ever!)