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Hydrocodone
Hi,
I have been prescribed hydrocodone for probably close to 10 yrs. Before that it was darvocet. I never knew what addiction really meant when I first started taking them for fibromyalgia. I know, I'm naive. Now I am worried that it's affecting my quality of life. I have become very lazy and I have very little desire to do anything. This past year I have been slowly decreasing my activities. I stay in bed almost all day, many days of the week. I am 46 yrs old.
I have talked to my dr about getting off them and he's no help at all. He says to just wean myself off them. But I am very scared of the physical pain I get and the anxiety I feel while trying to taper off. I'm scared to pin my dr down much more. For some reason I don't trust him. I feel if he gets mad he'll just cut me off. I'm not even sure that once the w/d's are over that my pain will still be bad enough to warrant taking them again. So I don't want to bug the dr about it.
I've thought about going to another pain dr for help getting off them while keeping my prescription just in case. Can someone please help me? Also, I saw on TV today about ibogaine. Is this something I should look into?
Please help. I don't want my life to be over. This has been going on for a very long time.
Thank you.
I have been prescribed hydrocodone for probably close to 10 yrs. Before that it was darvocet. I never knew what addiction really meant when I first started taking them for fibromyalgia. I know, I'm naive. Now I am worried that it's affecting my quality of life. I have become very lazy and I have very little desire to do anything. This past year I have been slowly decreasing my activities. I stay in bed almost all day, many days of the week. I am 46 yrs old.
I have talked to my dr about getting off them and he's no help at all. He says to just wean myself off them. But I am very scared of the physical pain I get and the anxiety I feel while trying to taper off. I'm scared to pin my dr down much more. For some reason I don't trust him. I feel if he gets mad he'll just cut me off. I'm not even sure that once the w/d's are over that my pain will still be bad enough to warrant taking them again. So I don't want to bug the dr about it.
I've thought about going to another pain dr for help getting off them while keeping my prescription just in case. Can someone please help me? Also, I saw on TV today about ibogaine. Is this something I should look into?
Please help. I don't want my life to be over. This has been going on for a very long time.
Thank you.
Hey! It's great to see you're still hanging in there -- GOOD FOR YOU!!!! I lost track of you for a while, but for the past few days you have made HUGE strides ... seriously, you are very strong and doing amazingly well. You give me hope. Can you do me a favor and just sum up in a few paragraphs what you've gone thru the past 3 days. It not only will help me ... and others ... but will show you how incredibly far you've come in a very short amount of time.
Seriously -- it helps all of us to be reminded of all it takes. Remember, if you relapse, it gets much worse. Even if it wasn't as awful as you imagined, it will be worse than that the next time. Don't let there be a next time!!!
XOXO
Seriously -- it helps all of us to be reminded of all it takes. Remember, if you relapse, it gets much worse. Even if it wasn't as awful as you imagined, it will be worse than that the next time. Don't let there be a next time!!!
XOXO
I'm sorry that you are having a bad day. It happens, though, but it does get better. I'm 8 days clean, and days 4 and 7 hit me on the emotional side out of nowhere. Today, I totally feel great again. You just have to remember it's temporary and that a good day is right around the corner. I'm not saying I don't have cravings, but I just don't let myself think of taking a pill as an option. I know that you need something for pain, but I don't know how you will be able to truly quit if those things are anywhere near you. I would go crazy if I knew they were around and obsess about it. As for pain, many people here have said that their pain actually got better or went away completely after detoxing from the pills. That's the trouble with the little monsters- they trick your body into feeling pain that isn't necessarily there just to get you to take more pills. In general, they are not recommended for long-term pain management because of the tolerance you build up, which renders them ineffective. Have you checked out the fibro support group here? I have a couple friends with fibro and they have chosen the OTC route with natural/holistic therapies. Just know that you have other options for the pain. Personally, I take an anti-depressant which helps immensely with the anxiety and depression. I don't plan on taking it for long, but I will take it as long as I need to get off of the truly damaging narcotics. All of this is just my own personal experience and opinion, but I hope it helps. Hope you feel better soon. Keep on going!
Hi Everyone,
I'm just wanting to vent a little. I'm having a bad day and really wanting some pills. But I haven't taken any because even tho I'm having pain it's not unbearable. It is the anxiety and depression that is getting me. And the general malaise. Plz send me some encouragement. Thanx alot,
LMH
I'm just wanting to vent a little. I'm having a bad day and really wanting some pills. But I haven't taken any because even tho I'm having pain it's not unbearable. It is the anxiety and depression that is getting me. And the general malaise. Plz send me some encouragement. Thanx alot,
LMH
Off to bed and looking forward to tomorrow! I feel very good about all of this now!
Hi,
zanaflex/tzanadine is a muscle relaxant. It helps but it makes me drowsy, which I don't like. I have focalyn left over which I heard it's like speed. It's not doing much. Lol. So I guess I'm still going thru withdrawals and just feeling very crappy.
I just took one more hydrocodone. Sorry to say. But I still say I'm doing awesome! It's been 94 hrs my husband says, since I started trying to quit. I'm going to have quite the stash at the end of the month. Lol. I guess that's not good. But by the time I get back from my horse vacation after thanxgiving weekend I think I'll know more about how addicted I am or not. My husband just said maybe I'm not addicted to them because he's only seen me sobbing once from the pain. At any rate I think we are doing a very good thing to double check ourselves to make sure it's never a problem. I think I was definately heading in the wrong direction as I rook my dead fathers oxycodone. I was just feeling like I didn't care about anything at all so why fight it. But I realized I'm not that kind of person and I really do want to enjoy life. I wasn't enjoying much for the past couple of years. I was just so apathetic alot of the time. I want to get excited and enjoy life so badly. But when you have a chronic pain condition it's so hard to care if you're missing out. Ice been camping before, many times and be content to stay at camp by myself while everyone else would go off riding their horses. And my poor horse had to stay behind with me. :( I have severe anxiety. But I have to say I found this program that really works and it's really why I'm even trying to quit the narcotics. If you want to know more about it pm me. I am very passionate about it. I'm a different person. I don't let fear or anxiety/panic stop me anymore and I don't get it much anymore either. I get it right now because I'm trying to quit this junk. Lol pm me anytime or email me. We sound the same in a lot of ways. Thanx for replying to my thread. I'll look for yours. Take care and big hugs!!!
zanaflex/tzanadine is a muscle relaxant. It helps but it makes me drowsy, which I don't like. I have focalyn left over which I heard it's like speed. It's not doing much. Lol. So I guess I'm still going thru withdrawals and just feeling very crappy.
I just took one more hydrocodone. Sorry to say. But I still say I'm doing awesome! It's been 94 hrs my husband says, since I started trying to quit. I'm going to have quite the stash at the end of the month. Lol. I guess that's not good. But by the time I get back from my horse vacation after thanxgiving weekend I think I'll know more about how addicted I am or not. My husband just said maybe I'm not addicted to them because he's only seen me sobbing once from the pain. At any rate I think we are doing a very good thing to double check ourselves to make sure it's never a problem. I think I was definately heading in the wrong direction as I rook my dead fathers oxycodone. I was just feeling like I didn't care about anything at all so why fight it. But I realized I'm not that kind of person and I really do want to enjoy life. I wasn't enjoying much for the past couple of years. I was just so apathetic alot of the time. I want to get excited and enjoy life so badly. But when you have a chronic pain condition it's so hard to care if you're missing out. Ice been camping before, many times and be content to stay at camp by myself while everyone else would go off riding their horses. And my poor horse had to stay behind with me. :( I have severe anxiety. But I have to say I found this program that really works and it's really why I'm even trying to quit the narcotics. If you want to know more about it pm me. I am very passionate about it. I'm a different person. I don't let fear or anxiety/panic stop me anymore and I don't get it much anymore either. I get it right now because I'm trying to quit this junk. Lol pm me anytime or email me. We sound the same in a lot of ways. Thanx for replying to my thread. I'll look for yours. Take care and big hugs!!!
Hello and good day to you!
I had 2 norco's yesterday and a half today so far. I have really bad anxiety and don't know how ppl make it through this. But I am still here, reading and posting so I guess that is a good sign to continue on this journey. I have only been on the norco for a year and want to quit but there is always something in the way. Live with roommates, kids, thanksgiving coming up and can't afford to be sick, blah blah blah. So here I am. I have made a big improvement, even in the last week (cutting down drastically) so that is something to be proud of. I do think that maybe the time to jump never comes, maybe you just have commit and take it???
Anyway, I am happy that you are doing better and that the plan you are following is working for you. Do you get bad anxiety? That seems to be the killer for me!! Increased heart rate, and chest pain. That gets me. I am worried about having a very bad reaction and ending up in the hospital. I have xanax but take it rarely.
What is zanaflex? Thanks for replying and keep posting!!
I had 2 norco's yesterday and a half today so far. I have really bad anxiety and don't know how ppl make it through this. But I am still here, reading and posting so I guess that is a good sign to continue on this journey. I have only been on the norco for a year and want to quit but there is always something in the way. Live with roommates, kids, thanksgiving coming up and can't afford to be sick, blah blah blah. So here I am. I have made a big improvement, even in the last week (cutting down drastically) so that is something to be proud of. I do think that maybe the time to jump never comes, maybe you just have commit and take it???
Anyway, I am happy that you are doing better and that the plan you are following is working for you. Do you get bad anxiety? That seems to be the killer for me!! Increased heart rate, and chest pain. That gets me. I am worried about having a very bad reaction and ending up in the hospital. I have xanax but take it rarely.
What is zanaflex? Thanks for replying and keep posting!!
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