Hydrocodone addiction

[Jitterbug]

Hi I've been taking lortab 7.5 or 10 now for about a year. I started this by going with a friend to her quake doctor to get scrip for soma,furocets and lortabs. I sold them at first and then started taking them. For the last 9 months I've been taking about 5-6 a day. I'm coming off because I just don't like being controled by anything and also I hate it so much when I run out. The fact to that I really can't afford to continue spending 500-600 a month buying these pills from the street.
Today is my first night without and I'm experiancing chills followed by sweats also my whole body hurts. I really want to do this I don't want to continue in this never ending cycle. Could any of you please tell me what I should expect and about how long it will take for me to get through these withdrawels? This is the worst part because I had gotten to where the pills werent fun anymore and I'm through with them. I say that in trying to  convince myself that I am done with them. I know if someone showed up at my door with a bottle of lortab's I would have a very hard time. Any help would be appreciated I really want to do this now before it becomes a worse situation. Thanks

[Sugarbeens]

Hi, I just read your post and it sounds like that you also have an addiction to vicodin as your husband does??  If I got that right.  I know it is hard, but, get off it.  As I said, I have been taking vicodin for 8 years and percocet for 3 and two days ago I flushed the percocet refill down the toilet and today I flushed the vicodin.  I took them for a total of 8 days this time, and I just know this is it.  I do have severe back pain, but, I have to find a ways to manage without these pills.  I spent the last 3 days in bed with a migraine and sleeping from taking these awful pills.  In the beginning they make you feel good, but, after 8 years they depress me and now I am done.  My problem is I am all alone.  I can not tell anyone, so will do this alone with the support of this forum.  I can't and won't tell you what to do about your husband.  Get yourself clean first and then you will make the right decision.  Try counseling and come to this forum.  They really help when you feel you can't let anyone close to you know.  And the drinking wine with the vics, I did that too for a while, your liver will be gone if you don't stop.  Please remember your beautiful daughter.  You can do this. I am praying for you.

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I've just joined today also, and have been reading pjn, and sugarbeens conversations. I fell in like with hydracodone about 8 years ago, when my husband, who has always had a dependant personality, fell into a reconstuction job for 2 doctors, one, a trauma surgeon (husband) the other, and anesthesiologist (wife).
The husband (Trauma surgeon) was addicted to vicodin and began using my husband to fill his needs, he would write the prescription, give my husband cash, and then split the prescription with him. Then he (doc) went into rehab, because he came under investigation, and almost lost his license (for the 2nd time, the first being in N.Y.) While he was in rehab, his wife, (the anesthesiologist) who now had a new born baby, demanded attention from my husband, and continued to fill his narcotic needs to get it. He got to the point of forging scripts with the aid of others and taking 20 vicodin 10mg a day and being injected by the (wife/anesthesiologist) with 140mg of Demorol. He even had bruising on the inside of his arm from it when I left him. (I could actually write a book on this story)
Anyway, after reconciling 7 years ago things were looking better, until he started his own business and discovered that he could get what he wants from another physian. He is now on his way back to point A, and doesn't want to hear it. The problem with me is I now like to drink and take Vicodin and can't quit with it in the house, but depend on him for income for myself and 10 year old daughter. Outside of his addiction he is a wonderful and respected person. WHAT IN THE HELL SHOULD I DO?

[donnyt]

Hello sll,

[donnyt]

Hello all, I just joined this forum today and I am relieved to hear that many more people share my same addiction problems as I d. I am addictd to vicodin 10-15mg @ 10-15 per day. Have been for about a year. When I do run out even for a day.....I feel like I'm gonna die and have no evergy. I believe in the tapering off method of quitting, but I do not think I have the self-discipline to do that. I want to quit cold-turkey. I just needed to here that one day, not too long from now, I will be back to my old self again. It is great to hear about the physical, brain receptor stuff that you all talk about. That eventually it will get back to normal, naturally. No psychiatrist will see me unless I am off the addictive drugs. What is NA and how can I be a part of it. See, I to am totally alone with this and have no-one to push me away rom the ease of getting these drugs, so I need someone slapping my hand each time I go for it. I also want and need to hear of how much better I am going to feel mentally and physically after a certain amount of time with this out of my system. Am I really gonna feel better?? Please pray for me, I think I have a very high hill to climb in the next week or so!! Thanks for your time!!!

[donnyt]

Hello sll,

[pjn]

Hey Sugarbeen, I know it must be hard if your in physical pain not to take the pills.  Maybe your doctor could prescribe you Viox or Celebrex for your pain if you decide to quit. I was just taking them to feel happy until, you know, they make you miseralbe. I just knew I wanted to look at the sun rise in the morning and really see it again and not dread another day that God so generously blessed me with. Nothing was beautiful anymore, without it. Then nothing was beartiful with it. You know what I mean. I'm on day 8 of w/d and it gets better everyday. I did throw away my stash too if anyone was wondering. If you've been taking them for 8 years the withdrawal would be rougher and I wouldn't even try it until you've made up your mind. Withdrawal is hell. You may want to taper and get a friend or relative to help. Or maybe even a rehab.  My husbands been in 4 and they are great. He never gives up and hopefully niether will I. I hope you decide to. Remember, if you had a whole truck load it would never enough, eventually the truck will be empty. The first three days I just prayed and I got through it. After that it got better. I promise you you won't be sorry you did.