Safe to stop taking Vicodin?

[Cammie222]

Any help would be greatly appreciate.....I've been on Vicodin for 6 months.  I've been taking 2-4 daily of the 10's until about a week ago.  I decided to quit cold turkey and had some withdrawal symptoms.  I went 3 days without sleeping and had serious muscle pain.  Is this normal?  For the last few days I've been taking 1 or 2 a day and I started sleeping again.  Is there something I can take to help with the lack of sleep?  I've tried Ambien CR and Lunesta.  Neither work.  I've got to stop taking the Vicodin.  I don't really feel any mental connection to it.  I just feel the physical connection.  

[nohelpinsite]

get off immediately i have been on for 5 years and doubt I will survive it.
6 months is not much you can get off probably 3 or 4 days of suffering take hot baths, asprin, try to sleep as much as possible.

[michellelani]

I was reading all of these posts, I too have been taking vicodin everyday! I started really taking them a year ago for the euphoric feeling & energy they gave me. They helped me at work make it through the day. Then I stopped cold turkey taking them for awhile cause they were costing me too much money. I am a single parent with no degree so I dont make a lot of money. But of course I began taking them again. It just depends on how many, I usually take a whole pill in the morning mixed with a green monster-energy drink. Then as the day progress's I take more, & more, & moreeeeeeeeee.............Every monday I get paid & go buy them off a dealer. I am angry that I do it. I considered doing cocaine for  week or so just to get off the vicodin & energy drinks. yea! I know! crazy right!!!! But what else can I do, I normally have no energy. So why not do coke to stop the other. ?????

[dale8jrbudfan]

i too have been addicted to vicodin for the past two years. i am weeks away from having my second child, the ob said it was okay to use but never really said how many. i have to take in the am when i get up as my neck hurts the worst when i try to sleep at night. but then find myself wanting to take more and more throughout the day. i have terrible pain in my neck from several car accidents with whiplash injury. i have tried other things like massage, chiropractic, with no relief. i was also prescribed valium for the muscle relaxant which i have been not using due to the pregnancy. i do want to quit taking them also but am afraid of the withdrawal symptoms.

[AddictedtoVics]

PLEASE READ THIS POSTING!!!
I Thank each and everyone of you for being brave enough to post these comment!
I sit here crying thinking about how much i relate to each and every one of you, i'm embarassed I let this addiction to Vicodin take over my life.
I was always the person who spoke out against drugs having to brothers addicted to drugs i always told myself i would never touch them. after i had a c-section and my doctor perscribed me vicodin i took it i didnt see it as a drug! i mean doctors cant give anything thing that is dangerous. LOL i have been telling myself this same thing for the last two years everytime i pop one of those white pills in my mouth.
My days start out rough I take one in the morning so I can get ready for school i tell myself its because my body hurts but really i get this ephuria feeling from the pills. i time it out if school starts at nine i'll take a pill at eight about an 20 min to an hour after i take each pill i feel like life is the best. then about an hour and a half into it i feel irritable, and sad what i was just excited about an hour ago, now i dont even want to talk about. its terrible these pills have stole  my life, i make any excuse to take them. and when i run out i create all these health reasons to get more. i'm pathetic. i'm losing my husband are sex life is terrible i never want to do it i rather take a pill and watch t.v for hours. my son is so sad when i can't take him to the park or outside. i'm so short tempered, i'm not considerate towards my husband or is feelings i love him and dont want him to leave but i have been hurting him for two years with these EVIL pills. I need help how can I stop taking these pills? do other people get this "high" feeling? anyone else loose interest in sex? how can i wean myself? i need someone to talk to? please help? I just took two i need to stop!!!!!!!

[twolve]

If you were able to not touch anything until next friday you will be able to at least fake the fact that you are ok. I was on Day 5 when my girlfriend came to town and a few times shed say i looked sad or something the first few days but i just kinda shrugged it off and tried my best to seem happy..you would be closer to a week by then and although everyone is different i think you will be fine..its gonna be a long week though, you need to be prepared for that..luckily you and i caught our dependence early.i think im on day 20 or something and i feel great..anyway i wouldnt use suboxone if you dont need it because its addicting as well and you will inevitably crave as soon as you stop suboxone..im telling you your ready for this, the only problem is what will you do after surgery? if you can quit by then and you can have someone hold your pills and give them to you as directed i would imagine you would be ok..i mean ill never do an oxy again but if i have a major surgery i probably will have to take vicodin or something but i will just do it as directed and then throw them away as soon as i feel i dont need them anymore. anyway how much were you taking, because thats really important?

[jamie765]

i have been taking vicodin for 1 year and I am really ready to stop but i just don't know if i can. I have a chronic knee problem and i am awaiting surgery in sept. But I am really beating myself up over this i have two children  and I need to be there for them not wd in front of them I tried once and the pain and vomiting and no sleep it was terrible I am scared to do it. And it is Saturday and I want to start tommarrow but I have my inlaws coming to the house next friday night will I be okay by them. Have any of you tried that sobroxe