I am VERY proud of myself for this...

[SJS49]

So, last week, on Thursday, I developed an excruciatingly painful abscess in my wisdom tooth, I suffered with it until very early Saturday morning and went to the dentist, my tooth has to be surgically removed, it has fused to my jaw bone, he prescribed me antibiotics, a BUNCH of ibuprofen and EIGHT NORCO, yes, 8. He wanted to give me a full prescription of 30, and I told him NO!! And I asked for the 5/325 instead of my old friend the 10/325...I didn't give the bottle to anyone to dole out to me, I took one HOURS after I filled the prescription, and to be honest, after a month of not taking them, I got extremely drowsy and "loopy" (or as some of you like to say "high") from just the one pill. I was shocked, as I had not felt that way with those pills like that like EVER...I liked the Norco for pain because I DIDNT get high from it, and I did not like that feeling at all!! I took that dose at 5 pm and that was it. When I woke up in the morning, I did not go right to the bottle, I had to take another one at about 1 in the afternoon along with my ibuprofen. The pain woke me up this morning at 3:48 am and I took another one, I left them at home when I came to work this morning and I brought only ibuprofen and my antibiotics with me and so far, the pain is nothing that ibuprofen can't handle. I think my morning dose of the antibiotics has really made it feel better soooo...when I get home if I have gone all day with just the ibuprofen, I am going to get rid of the 5 pills I have left. I am super proud of myself because a month and a half ago, I would have gotten the prescription for the 30 Norcos that I was offered, and they would have been gone by now, instead, I have taken 3 pills from a 8 pill prescription and I don't even want to hold on to the rest. I am very happy that I am now able to do that, and that I actually do not want them, and I am not sure why anyone would want to feel the "high" feeling, because I never understood how anyone got high from Norco to begin with, but I felt it and I didn't like it not one bit. Is that strange that I felt that loopy from just ONE 5/325 Norco after just so little clean time?? Everyone says that it takes so long for your opioid receptors to go back to normal, if they ever do, and that after using for so long, we will all have a high tolerance no matter how much time has gone by. Maybe I have a super human brain hahaha :)

[jifmoc]

I don't want to burst your bubble and I'm sorry you had that wisdom tooth pain. Just because we don't feel euphoric doesn't mean we are out of the woods. There are many people I've known that have been re-triggered by having to take painkillers and doing it on their own w/o support. You didn't mention what aftercare you were doing, sorry I don't remember. But I hope that you are involved in something. As many have said on here, the only way you can do this wrong is to go it alone.

[SJS49]

Um, I said that I used to like the norco because I DIDN'T FEEL EUPHORIC EVER and I didn't get loopy or anything (or the "high" that people crave I guess) until when I had to take one on Saturday for my tooth after 31 days of having none (a minimal amount of clean time)...I just was saying that it was odd that all my years of taking these things, I never ever felt that, and when I felt it for the first time the other day when I took it for my tooth, I felt it, and I DIDN'T like it. Not one bit, it reminded me of the dilaudid I had after my belly surgery, and I wanted as far away from that stuff as I could get. You posted on my other post saying I was 31 days clean yesterday, and I sent you a big long comment about the aftercare.

[Pollyanna7]

Wow good for you!! This was good counsel in case I ever come across needing pain killers for real pain not for the addiction, I am scared to death to ever take another pain pill. 10 years of this horrible addiction has taken a toll. I am happy for you.. let us know how it goes

[Pollyanna7]

Wow good for you!! This was good counsel in case I ever come across needing pain killers for real pain not for the addiction, I am scared to death to ever take another pain pill. 10 years of this horrible addiction has taken a toll. I am happy for you.. let us know how it goes

[SJS49]

I was scared to take it too, like I was the very first time I ever took a vicodin. But like I've said, they are good for when you really really need them, but not for addiction. I also took them for 10 years, off and on, but mostly on.

[Pollyanna7]

I am so happy for you to be off the pills. What freedom!!