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[OffTheHook]

Im 25 years old and Ive been taking vicodin or percocets for about two and a half years for rls and fibromyalgia. I live with my family and well its embarassing to admit to them that the pills have become a problem. And the worse thing about WD for me is that Im the single mom of a two year old angel and shes always with me. I dont want her to see me go thru this but I dont want to be on the meds anymore either. Help!

[mellie4]

Hope you're feeling a bit better.  I'm tapering down from very high doses of a couple of things.  I'm a pain management patient and decided for different reasons that I want to be off these medications to see where my pain really is.  

I've been on the pain meds for RSD that developed after nine surgeries on my hand.  But I do have fibromyalgia as well and know that it can be very painful and often debilitating.  What's your plan for when you come off the medication?  It's possible, probably even likely, that your pain level will get really bad, though I'm told it's temporary and your body will sort of reset it's pain level to where the pain really is.

My own personal goal is to get by on mostly OTC medications and only use the narcotics for extreme pain or after a surgery.  I don't like being on them 24/7.

Best of luck.

[busta1028]

check your messages.

[busta1028]

Well I guess he hasn't learned to be quite a man yet in life, because if he was he would realize that's no way to treat his little girls mother. There still has to be that mutual respect between each other when there is a wonderful little being involved. He most likely cannot see past certain insecurities in his own life and that's why he points out other peoples so called short comings. He shouldn't be taking your inventory when I'm sure he probably has his own to worry about, as we all do. Stick to your family for support right now and keep the stressful chaos to the minimum until your through this, because it alone is stressful enough. I think your doing great considering the circumstances.

[OffTheHook]

Lol hospitals are like a home away from home for me I have so many med problems. I think the worst part of this is that the father of my baby who has been my bf for like 8 years recently moved out and has almost nothing to do with our daughter and always puts me down with the pill addiction instead of trying to help. Not to mention he seems to always bail on me when I need him the most. I havent seen him for days now. It bums me to the max in times like these bc I have always been there for him, no matter the problem.

[busta1028]

Yea, that's for sure. I wish I had my first detox experience on tape. I was trying to con the nurses into letting me use those big tubs they have at hospitals, because I was to tired to stand up in the shower. They all got a crack out of that, but little did they know I was serious. Lol They all got together and made a poster cartoon of me laying in one as a gift for making them laugh every night. I was hurting though so I'm sure I was a bit slap happy!

[OffTheHook]

Im not to the point of hot shower yet. Tho I am getting there. Im a firm believer that theres almost nothing a hot shower cant fix