How bad are withdrawls

[DBT]

Hello, Im new to this. Ive been on Lortab 10 for about 5 yrs now and Im tired of it controling my life. Im 30 yrs old and have two gorgeous daughters and today was my last day of taking my meds. How bad or the withdrawls and how long does it last for?

[avisg]

Withdrawls can be very bad ,try to keep in mind they dont last forever and when its all said and done you will feeling so much better then you do now .You can do this :)
avis

[Mandapanda17]

whooohoooooo for us!!!!! :) I get to go hang out with rob schneider today...long story!! should make day 8 cool for me, but I'm neeerrrrvvvooouusss!!! so proud of both of us, keep truckin along..it can only get better!! :)

[otto1]

Well you are ahead of me by a day!!!!!!! Day 6

Don't we need a good laugh?

J

[otto1]

Oh yea...just drank some warm milk; maybe now I can fall asleep. (Why do i find that so funny and ironic?).

J

[otto1]

You know Mel, I am not a religious person, just spiritual; and I feel, that if there is a God, these are all tests of mens mortal souls. Ok dramatic? Not really!

That one sucky year, I hit what I think is rockbottom for me, and I find a drug instead of the spirit inside me. I hate myself sometimes.

I pray I won't have to go the sub route...all i see is "GET OFF METHADONE NOW", GET OFF SUBOXONE NOW AFTER YOU ARE OFF THE METHODONE. Or TRY ANOTHER ADDICTIVE DRUG...Mel, you know the cycle...I had to get up after 6 hrs of sleep because the oxy's wore off after 3-4 hrs and I took so many so quickly, my tolerance balooned. I took over 60 one day...thought i was gonna die.

It ends now!

Love ya!!!

J

[Mandapanda17]

I was taking 10...sometimes up to 15 or so norcos (10/325 vicodins) a day for almost 4 years..maybe a little longer and I'm feeling pretty alright on day 7 :) theres hope!!! sleeping is a little screwy and I've had some bad anxiety, but most of the physical symptoms are gone!! Keep a GOOD mindset and it will be so much easier...easier said than done I know. But, if you really want it, you can do it!! keep posting and reading posts! it helps soooo much!! :) ttys!

[melonoxys84]

So have you tried suboxone it's an antidote to oxy's. It should help you sleep at least. It's really easy to get off of, not like methadone!
I have a 4 year old son and he means the world to me. So you can;t blame yourself. It does really happen to anyone. Although we did let it happen we can change it. It's never too late. At least that's what I wan't to believe. Mel xoxo

[otto1]

I swear, if I didn't find this community right here, I don't know what I would have done.

In one year, my girlfriend died suddenly (23yo), my two boys from my previous relationship decided their new daddy was more fun and decided not to see me anymore and move out of state; then a month later I lost my job as a sales executive that I had for 11 years. Right after that, I had two dental implants, a month later, hand reconstruction surgery, and more scrips for 325/10 than i knew what to do with. Shoot, even bought hundreds and hundreds from a neighbor....i was hooked, and I wonder how it happened to me, cause it can happen to anyone...anyone.

My last 2 month spree i did over 1600 325/10 oxys ....

My biggest w/d symptom now is complete and utter insomnia, and after the detox with 4 days of xanax, I don't even want a tylenol PM! I JUST WANT TO SLEEP AGAIN!!!!

[melonoxys84]

Wow your tough bud. I can't get past the first 12 hours. I've been on oxy's for a year and a half now. It's hell trying to stop. I've wanted to sell my stuff, myself whatever gets me oxy's. That feeling of needing it is bad... Mind yo I've been taking 5 80mg a day. and I shoot up.... so it's much harder to kick it! Mel

[otto1]

There are so many variables...how much lortab daily? I am on day 6 C/Turkey W/D of a two month oxycodone "spree" is all i can call it. This is the second time for me to detox from this scary drug....expect the first 4-5 days as miserable with the 2nd, 3rd day as the worst. I keep saying it is only time, but i havent slept in days!

Look at the Thomas Recipe in the Health Pages". That is what I used, and made the w/d's less painful and anxiety ridden....seems nothing helps with the depression except for time.

[tjrox]

Hi, I was taking vicodin for 5 years and they're pretty much the same as Lortab.  When I stopped taking them my wd's were very bad (restless legs, insomnia, sweating, fast heartbeat etc.  Since I've heard everyone's wd's are different it's hard to say how yours will be.  I've been off of them for almost 60 days and my wd's lasted 5 weeks.  I had really good days in between but I'm still suffering from anxiety, insomnia and leg cramps.  I was taking a lot of pills though, in the month of June I took over 800.  Up to 35 pills a day (blah!)  If you want, keep in touch and I'll let you know what I did to help some of the symptoms, but don't give up!  It might be hard for a while but just don't give up because there will be a light at the end of the tunnel and we're all going through it right now.  It will get better  : )
Terri