Need to stop Lortab

[Goldenbear]

I am new to allowing others to help me, but I really need help from others that have been down this road to recovery.

I have a terrible lortab addiction. Since October 2000 I have been taking Lortab 10/650. At the beginning it was for herniated discs in my back, Now I use my medical condition to get the drugs I now depend on to maintain myself. Currently I have tapered from 10 Lortab 10/650 to 6 daily. I have all the withdrawel conditions we all fear so very much.

My wife has complete understanding of my addiction and has been a great support systom for me. I really want to kick this habit, I hate the dependency.

Can anyone suggest a place in South Florida where I can rehab myself. I cannot handle this alone.

Goldenbear

[NorthEast213]

Welcome....  You should post a new question detailing your story.  This thread is extremely old and most likely won't get much attention.  Top of the page hit Post a question and just copy and paste.  Stick around... There is much support and knowledge here..

Sean

[Helana_alisee]

I am also dealing with lortab addiction. I really need help. I have never dealt with such a terrible thing. I feel like I am lost emotionaly. Nobody around me understands nor do I have the energy to talk to them about it! I wish I could wake up one morning and the addition would be gone.

I have tapered down from 6-7 10 mg a day to 2 but I have done this many times I have not went a day without them in
a year. I just need a boost. I am so depressed when I take them the way I wan't to (6-7 a day) but feel wonderful when I only take a small amount. I know I would feel amazing with out them. Why can't I stop?

[cleo101]

Hello

I am new to this forum and was sent here by a friend that said it might help.

I have recently started to taper after reading the info on this site and i am determined to succeed.  I am not able to rehab in patient not even a remote possibility and i am willing to try anything including meetings and seeing a therapist to help me keep with the program.

a little about me

i am currently recovering from disc removal and i still have serious problems with my lower back but i have realised that i am in trouble with these pills.  i used my neck and back as an excuse to take them and of course you need more and more. my youngest child is 15 months and except for a few small breaks i have not made it much past 3 days.  

Dosage is mostly around 12 to 16 a day and the last few i have managed to stay around 10 a day.  I made it 14 hours before i started to experience some very uncomfortable cramping and nervousness.  

i think i could do cold turkey if i could be child free for 5 days fut that is not a reality (I have 5 living here at home )  

suggestions would be so appreciated..  As i said rehab is not an option not only because of the kids but It cannot go on my record for another reason.  

I have been at or around this dosage since my daughter was born starting at 2 at a time and increasing the dosage now i take 3 or 4 and do not even feel any different but it does manage the pain somewhat.  

I am terrified that i will do irreversable damage to my liver and kidneys and i am having some kidney pain already.. I know this because i have had stones before and they hurt almost all the time now.

Thank you for your time

cleo101

[Goldenbear]

I know the feelings you are currently having worrying about your children while you are attempting to detox.

Like you I was on a large dose of Lorcet 10/650 daily. It really stinks when you try to slow down and go through depression and terrible physical withdrawel. The emotional state we get ourselves into seems like a large hole with no way of crawling out. There is a way out, but noone can keep our hands off the pill bottle except us.

Remember that there are many people who are in the same situation you are in and things will get better if you fight to make yourself better.

My children are the greatest incentive I have to get clean and live a long life.

I have reduced my Lorcet intake by 50% in the last 10 days. It hurts every day and now I am afraid to stop. These pills have become a good friend. How will I say goodbye.

I wish you well. Keep up the fight.

Goldenbear

[earlygrayce]

first of all you sound like you have legitimate pain. i know i didn't. i just liked to get high. i'm sure you understand that you might have to use some other drug like ibuprofen to deal with your pain.

tapering down worked for me and i was at your dosage level when i decided to do it. many people on this forum talk about tapering down 1/2(half) a pill every three or four days. for me that was too slow. i wanted to get off it before i changed my mind, and i really couldn't go out and get another supply of pills to finish tapering. i will say that i still experienced discomfort, although it was not hard to deal with. before you begin to taper, maybe you could find out where and when the n/a(narcotics anonymous) groups meet in your area. or if you can find a psychotheripist in your area that specializes in treating addicts and former addicts, it would be good to set up an appointment asap. i say this because it really helps to have that part of your recovery underway as you are going through your withdrawal.

depression was the trigger for my addiction so i also went to see a psychiatrist and am now on an antidepressant which has helped tremendously. but you have to be HONEST with any doctor you see regarding your withdrawal/addiction, and i know being honest with doctors is not something i did very often.

different people have different experiences with withdrawal, so my route may not be the best for you. when i decided to get off vicodin i was at around 12 pills a day. 6 in the morning and 6 twelve hours later. when i tapered i dropped half a pill each dose. so i started at 6 then twelve hrs later i took 5 1/2. then the next morning 5 then 4 1/2 etc...... now again, many people on this forum don't think you need to go this fast, but it was ok for me. when i got to the 1 pill dose, i started having problems sleeping. this does not happen to everyone but i had a realy hard time with it. my psyche prescribed me ambien and i was on that (1 a night) for a couple months before i started to get some sleep on my own(now i sleep fine without it). which was fine by me. i would rather sleep than toss and turn all night thinking about opiates.

i hope this helps. as for your health problems regarding the pill abuse, i got a full physical with a general practice doctor about a week and a half after i was clean. he did blood tests, urinalysis, the whole nine yards. and i was honest with him about my problems. the results said i was fine and it gave me huge piece of mind.

no matter how you withdraw from opiates, do it soon. addiction really does prevent you from living. take care

[1fortheroad]

cprflorida.com - i'm from boston, and i went there.  they are expensive, but they will prescribe buprenex to help detox.

[earlygrayce]

try this address
www.floridadetox.com

it is a rapid detox program at a hospital in florida. i'm not sure if it is close to you or not, but maybe they could give you some info on a place that is. from what i understand rapid detox is a hospital visit(2 or 3 days i think) where they completely rid your system of all chemical dependency from whatever drug you are using.

i would like to think of it as a last resort, but for some it might be more practical. one of the problems is, rapid detox does not cure your mental or emotional dependecy on drugs. and it does not address why you got on them in the first place. i have been clean from vicodin and percocet for about 4 months and i tapered down. i was on for almost 2 years and at my high point was taking 20 to 30 a day. it was difficult but the tapering helped, although i am currently following up with a drug counseler/therapist on a weekly basis and am on an anti-depressant.

for me getting of drugs was the easy part (and it was hell). it is staying off them and learning to enjoy life without them that is even more difficult. good luck.