HYDROCODONE

[BETZ]

HYDROCODONE   CAN YOU ACTUALLY GET OFF OF HYDROCODONE COMPLETELY BY TAPERING DOWN, SUCH AS 8 ONE DAY, 7 THE NEXT DAY, ETC.?
I AM REALLY ADDICTED TAKING AS MANY AS 11 A DAY.  I WANT OFF OF THIS STUFF BUT I CANNOT GO TO A DETOX AS MY FAMILY ISN'T THE LEAST BIT AWARE OF MY PROBLEM.  PLEASE HELP!

[hopeless]

I don't think this idea works...Most people who are an addict can say that they are going to try just tapering, but never really works. If you are very serious about quitting, that is the first step...But you have to REALLY want it, or it will not work. You say you can't go to detox? Well i was the same way, my husband knew, but not anyone else in my family, so i had no choice but to quit cold turkey...Tapering "i feel" don't work...If you want it bad enough just tell yourself you are going to do it, flush the ones you have and take one day at a time. It is a long hard process, but the first 6-9 days are the worse...
You can try talking with your Dr. and alot of people on here talk about subox, ask your Dr. for it, then your family wont have to know. Just an idea for you..

Let me know if i can be any help to you...
Best wishes
Hopeless

[Pics]

Yeah of course you can do it that way. How long have you been taking it? I was addicted to vicodin for a few years and prayed about it for a while and finally one day found the courage to try and I quit cold turkey...I'm not saying it was easy but I did it. Then about 6 months later I started up again only this time taking 3 times as much. I kinda hit bottom mentally and financially and again after praying it came to the right time and I quit ( only a few weeks ago) If I make it sound easy then it is then I don't mean to. It's not something you can just be like hey I'll quit today no big deal. You think about it for months and decide to do it then psych yourself out...then repeat that a couple times...then you come to a day where you just feel it and go for it. The second time around for me was a lot harder physically. But if you are taking 15ish a day you might want to research what's safe ....maybe in that case instead of quitting cold turkey you can do something similiar but take only enough to subside the withdrawls a little not where you will feel any normal high feeling your use to. Then after a few days or a week depending you should be ok to quit and then you will just be sick for a couple weeks. Start taking multi-vit everyday ( tryVitalert cause it gives you a little energy too) and for the first couple weeks take some over the counter pain killers. I also started drinking some detox tea twice a day to help promote healthy kidney and liver function. You can do...trust me after you do you will notice the biggest difference in your life. If you were taking it to up stress and depression though be prepared that the first few days a lot of stuff might come up but it goes away pretty fast. It's really worth it It seems impossible at the time but when it's over you'll wonder why it seemed like such a big deal. ( I know that might be hard to relate to now but you'll see)

[BETZ]

THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT.....IT DOESN'T SOUND FUN AT ALL...THE WITHDRAWL THAT IS.  
I AM UP TO 11 A DAY.  I HAVE BEEN OUT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND ABOUT TO GO BONKERS.....I HAVE GONE OFF THEM BEFORE FOR LIKE 5 DAYS AFTER WHICH I FELT PRETTY OKAY.  WISH I WOULD HAVE STAYED OFF OF THEM.  I CAN GO GET A NEW SUPPLY EITHER TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY......I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO DO THAT AND TRY TO WEAN MYSELF OFF OR TO TRY THE COLD TURKEY APPROACH.  I HAVE SOME THINGS COMING UP IN MY LIFE IN JULY THAT ARE IMPORTANT AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A WITHDRAWL MESS, SO I DON'T KNOW....IS THAT JUST A COP OUT?  IT'S REALLY TRUE THOUGH.......I DO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE CALENDAR FOR JULY....VERY UNUSUAL FOR ME.  ANYWAY....I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

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[BETZ]

THAT LASER TREATMENT FOR QUITTING SMOKING IS WONDERFUL....
YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS WHATSOEVER.....AT LEAST I DIDN'T AND NOBODY ELSE I KNOW DID EITHER.
YOU WALK IN A SMOKER AND WALK OUT A NON-SMOKER.....THERE WILL BE VERY SHORT PERIODS WHERE YOU WILL "THINK" ABOUT A CIG BUT YOU WON'T REALLY WANT ONE....THING IS, IF YOU FLUB UP, SOME PLACES WILL LET YOU COME BACK FOR A BOOSTER.
I HAPPEN TO KNOW THE GUY AND I WENT BACK FOR A COUPLE OF BOOSTERS FOR THE PRICE IF THE INITIAL COST....WHICH WAS $200.00.

GOOD LUCK!  I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE HARDEST THING I EVER DID.......WRONG.

QUIT DRINKING COLD TURKEY IN 1987.  PRAYED ABOUT IT AND WOKE UP FREE OF IT SINCE THEN.......BUT THESE DRUGS.  AH MAN...THEY BITE!

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP MY NEW FRIEND.......BETZ

[Pics]

That is like the NUMBER one thing you think when your quitting. Is of all the things coming up that you want to be on them for. It's SO true It happened both times I quit. And thats the main reason like I said before you keep prolonging it. If your already a couple days in I would NOT try to start weening now. All that's gonna do is make you start full fledged back in. You dont have to believe me but if you do end up making that decision you'll probably find out for yourself. Two days is a long time when your in recovery! Two days is something you DONT want to waste. Because even though to us addicts it seems like a thousand years....you start feeling a lot better physically and mentally in no more then a week or two. If you made it 2 days then you are capable of saftley going cold turkey. Think about in a week or two when you feel on top of the world and your doing those things that you thought you could of NEVER gotten through without the drug! It's going to be a million times better then being on the drugs and feeling guilty and depressed because instead you will feel an extreme sence of accomplishment. And that is me going through that feeling twice garaunteeing it. You can do it. The last time I took a vicodin was exactly 3 weeks from today! That is NOTHING! Would you ever think you could feel so strong in that time? Well I'm proof. You dont realize how much they really have an affect on your brain. You feel like your in the darkest pit that a boulder has rolled over when in reality your on a ladder in a pit only a few steps up from freedom. The thing is you can't see it or realize it until you've accomplished it because of the dillusions the drug has on your mind. Stick in there....like I said it's been 3 weeks..and I felt like this a week and a half ago. Don't you think being sick and facing neglected issues that are hard to face for ONE WEEK is worth getting to feel all the happiness you've missed out on during the addiction plus more....

[BETZ]

wow.....thank you soooooo much for the encouragement!  your right.....but i will have to pick a time to "have the flu" because of my family.   they don't know of my problem.  i am sooooooo ashamed.

anyway....your comments really were inspiring  God bless!

[Pics]

I really hope you do ok. My family never knew either. But don't worry ..I'm sure they wouldn't suspect anything just because you felt sick for a few days. It's only a few that you really don't want to go anywhere...after that there are a few day where you WANT to go places but your still sore when you do and then you go through this almost euphoria happy period where your just so full of life and WAY less irritable and you'll notice a huge difference in your mood. Things won't bother you as easily. Stay strong and pray when you feel weak. Wish you the best and I'll pray for you too

[BETZ]

hi pics,

thanks for the encouragement.....i have messed up again though....when i first came on here a few days ago i had been off the hydrocodone for like 2 1/2 days and feeling soooooo horribly nervous.  i take buspar, zoloft and a host of other meds for my nerves and i was still a wreck.  anyway, when i was able to go pick up a new bottle yesterday i didn't waste anytime doing so......ripped that bottle open right in the car.  sheesh.
but......i know some say you can quit by tapering and some say you can't.....i have to try by tapering first.  i just don't think i can stand to go thru that total withdrawl again even though i might have to....but for now i am gonna try to taper.  my next door neighbor is a nurse and she said you could taper down....we were talking about drugs but i wasn't revealing my problem...we were just talking in general.  

how are you doing?  good i hope.  i thank you very much for your prayers....i believe in prayer 100%.  we can all use this remedy and that remedy, etc, but without  our Lord and Saviour, we can't do anything.....that is what is sooooo horrible about this.  i am a Christian thru and thru.  but i guess we all sin and fall short of the glory of God.  that is what the Bible says anyway.
well, didn't mean to start "thumping".....but you may or may not agree with me.......you said you were praying for me, so i am assuming you agree.

okay....enough already.  talk to me anytime you feel like it.  i appreciate the folk that have responded to me.  

enjoy your evening.

[Pics]

I am doing alright. Like I said before...nobody can tell an addict when to stop. It just doesn't work that way. We are too weak minded. You will want to so bad and then you will just give in...and again and again. Then  you will just come to this day that you feel stronger then usual for some reason and it's just your time ...At least that's how it was for me. The first time I had been praying about it for like 9 months or so... there were a a few times that I would feel almost this nudge from God telling me that today was the day. I can't explain it. But I would get SO scared I would just run like hell! (and be extra depressed that day) Well one morning I felt that way again like God was talking to me in my head...I was just as scared but I happened to be at a point at that moment in time where It was now or never. ! had I couple pills left on me and I kept them in the pocket of my purse for 2 weeks until I knew I had done it. Then I threw them out my window on the freeway while I listened to "I Surrender" Lincoln Brewster version. I cry everytime I hear that song it's so good ( you should get it). It was completly different the second time around. I wouldn't of been able to keep any pills on me...most people wouldn't ..I can explain why I was able too the first time but it'd take kinda long so whatever. I don't know if you are like this but when I was really messed up on the pills not only did I feel way to guilty but I was almost afraid to ask God to help b/c I was afraid that he would and I was SO afraid to get off them...So even just praying about it was hard! But you really need to force yourself to do it...I did just tell God your scared of being helped and he will help you with that! But it helps a lot when you are going through your first week or two to pray everytime you have a thought or anything...it helps a lot. So what family exactly do you live with? Parents/Spouce/Kids?  I don't think tappering off works for me b/c If I take it , even if it's less, my mind just tells me F*ck it...we will worry about this another day.  The only way I think It would be beneficial is if you were only taking enough (which is hardly anything) to minimize the w/d a little but where you WOULD NOT feel high from the amount you were taking. What exactly and how much are you taking again? You definatley must not of been ready if you went 2 days and went back. For next time remember that it's really only like 5 days max that's the worst. How did you get into taking this stuff? Were you prescribed for something or did you just try it and like it? Or are you covering up some kind of emptiness and depression?  

[briann1282]

Can u get off does by getting drunk every night to help the aches when ready to go to sleep?

[briann1282]

I probably should've posted that n here I've been reading a lot of these post tryna get info