Is anyone here addicted to Diphenhydramine (in Benadryl, etc.) like I am?

[AB_IN_TX]

I'm seriously addicted to Diphenhydramine (in Benadryl, etc.). Is anyone here addicted to this stuff that seems to be NOT addictive to everyone else but me? I finally found a place on the internet that talks about being addicted to Diphenhydramine HCI Like I am. I saw a member's (Unisom) posts here from a few years ago ...I had to write him and anyone who may be on here reading this. I have searched the internet for so long trying to find anyone speaking of being addicted to Diphenhydramine HCI like I am. Unisom was the first person I have found so far saying they are addicted too. This crap has destroyed/is destroying my life. I take 8 1/2 pink pills (each pill is 25 mg) every 4 hours and I cannot stop. I feel so physically horrible when I attempt to stop taking this crap. I have gone from a woman with 3 college degrees and many friends to a person who is basically a recluse that avoids people and only leaves the house when absolutely necessary. I am so ashamed. I was a good looking woman (according to every single person I've ever met) and now I don't even take care of or care about myself physically at all. I also gained 18 lbs. the very 1st year I started using Diphenhydramine HCI and I've never lost that weight. This drug obviously slows my metabolism down. This is what I've become after 6 years of taking these 8 1/2 pills every 4 hours between 4-5 times every day. That's 34 - 42.5 pills a day at the very least! Every single day! I AM physically addicted...NOT JUST emotionally addicted to this stuff and I don't know how to stop taking it every 4 hours. I’m embarrassed about how I look now, which makes me more of a recluse. I’m worried about what it is doing to my liver and the rest of my body. I've never told anyone about this. My parents have both died in these last 6 years and I have no family near me at all. All of my income comes from the stock market and from renting out houses that I've purchased in the past (when I was normal and functioning), so I don’t have any regular work place that I go to daily. Never talked about this or even wrote about this to anyone before writing this the other day on this forum to a member named Unisom. Truth is that I really have no one to tell or admit this stuff to because I don’t even truly know any one anymore. I haven’t had any regular contact with anyone for years. The thing is that no one can help me unless I help myself too. I know what I “should” do, I just can’t seem to do it. I'm incredibly sad about this addiction. I feel like I’ll just live this way for a decade or two until I die. I don’t drink ever and I don’t do any other drugs ever. Everything I've read on the internet says this drug is not addicting, but that’s not my experience. I am addicted to it…physically addicted. Not just mentally. Guaranteed. For sure. I just wish Diphenhydramine was never sold in any store. I wish I didn't ever know it existed at all. Sad... taking it every day has ruined everything. Does anyone here have this addiction to this drug? Please let me know if you’re a person reading this and you too have this addiction to this particular drug. This drug is found in all PM sleep medications from any drug store. It;s also found in Benadryl and the generic drug store allergy pills. I feel alone in this. Also, if you’re reading this please take 5 minutes to pray for me.

[AB_IN_TX]

Thank you for doing that.  

[overopiates]

Yes there r.I myself dont have experience but I wanna make sure others who know about this can see ur post so Im bumping it