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Vicodin Addiction
I am embarrassed to admit that I am 42 years old and addicted to Vicodin ES - sometimes up to 10 tablets a day. It started over 5 years ago after a pinched nerve in my back. I have since developed chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia although I am not sure if the addiction has brought on the problem. Before that I worked out 6 days a week and taught aerobics. My injury and subsequent problems brought on depression and low self esteem as well as weight gain and I found the Vicodin gave me a "euphoric feeling" and I could get through the day. What I found amazing is that my doctor kept okaying my prescriptions. I have tried many times to quit - sometimes as long as two weeks but the utter exhaustion and depression made it hard to keep going. Through this I have managed a full time job and taking care of a teenager. I am now afraid of the long term damage I may have done to my body. I have started working out again with an attitude of "I'm going to do it this time." My question is - how long can I expect to feel pretty tired and edgy, etc. from the withdrawl symptoms? I have recently started Wellbrutrin for depression which seems to work fairly well and I have no side effects. Your answers and encouragement will help...thanks.
Karen- The two people you're writing to haven't been here in 8 years.
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If you’re looking for Pain Managements, they will give you a series of 3 shots within the months of the year. The first doctor I went to sent me over the edge causing my first surgery because I think he hit the nerve. When I change to a new doctor, the best thing is they have like an x-ray machine so they can put the shot in the proper area and it was great. But I can no longer afford them and wish I could since they worked so well. Sometime I ended up with only 2 series of shots, not needing the 3.
FYI… if it is just muscle pain, you will be able to do landline exercises at a Physical Therapy place but if it is muscles and nerves look for a doctor run Aqua Therapy. They first stretch you out then they put you in a tank with a treadmill and fill it up with water. The water takes the pressure of the muscle pressing on the nerve. Again I wish to be able to do this instead of the shots.
But again I cannot afford it. I walk with a cane and they were able to get me to stop using it but I’m back on it due to my balance problem. It I had to choose between the shots and Aqua Therapy, I’d go back to Aqua Therapy because it is so amazing and helps immensely. For the past 17 years I’ve been looking for Rental Assistant but they have such a long list its closed so I cannot even still submit an application.
But luckily by accident I found a different site and disabled people go to the top of the list. If I can get enough to pay my rent and all my bills and still have enough leftover I’m going back to Aqua Therapy so eventually I can weed myself off all my medication.
FYI… if it is just muscle pain, you will be able to do landline exercises at a Physical Therapy place but if it is muscles and nerves look for a doctor run Aqua Therapy. They first stretch you out then they put you in a tank with a treadmill and fill it up with water. The water takes the pressure of the muscle pressing on the nerve. Again I wish to be able to do this instead of the shots.
But again I cannot afford it. I walk with a cane and they were able to get me to stop using it but I’m back on it due to my balance problem. It I had to choose between the shots and Aqua Therapy, I’d go back to Aqua Therapy because it is so amazing and helps immensely. For the past 17 years I’ve been looking for Rental Assistant but they have such a long list its closed so I cannot even still submit an application.
But luckily by accident I found a different site and disabled people go to the top of the list. If I can get enough to pay my rent and all my bills and still have enough leftover I’m going back to Aqua Therapy so eventually I can weed myself off all my medication.
wakes up and hurts like a mother and calms down, but I was for 17 years at the wake up stage and it never calmed down.
When I got Fibromyalgia in February, my doctor prescript it low to high gradually because that is one of the medications you have to slowly up the MG. He prescribed my Cymbalta starting at 30 MG for 1 month and the next refill was 60 MG one pill a day. In April 2015 he changed it to 60 MG in the morning and 30 MG in the evening, 1 pill a day.
Once I started taking Cymbalta my tingling, Pins & Needles and numbness, felt like it was on fire, and humming of the nerves in my right foot “Woke UP” for the first time in 17 years. I admit due to the excruciating pain, each dosage had me bedridden for about a week and a half each MG. Then one day I got up to get something to drink and realized I could stand on my feet without pain and I could actually feel them.
So in April I asked my doctor if my feet are regenerating again (it does that off and on) or was the Cymbalta masking the pain and he didn’t know. But the fact is I can feel my feet for the first time in 17 years. Since it has been 17 years I have to learn how to walk all over again without the pain but I do have a serious balance/tipping problem right now, worst than before until I learn to walk correctly again.
I am also more active than I have ever been in these last 17 years with the pain lessened. Before when the doctor ask what is your pain level is and I would say good day 15 bad days 20. It is around 10-12 now and I hope it will go down more once my body adjusts to the Cymbalta.
10 years ago I ask my Pain Management I want off all my medications and at that time he said “did you ever hear of the saying pain can kill you, well you type of pain will if you stop all your medications”. So my goal is to get off all of them if at or possible, which I’ve been doing the last 17 years.
When I got Fibromyalgia in February, my doctor prescript it low to high gradually because that is one of the medications you have to slowly up the MG. He prescribed my Cymbalta starting at 30 MG for 1 month and the next refill was 60 MG one pill a day. In April 2015 he changed it to 60 MG in the morning and 30 MG in the evening, 1 pill a day.
Once I started taking Cymbalta my tingling, Pins & Needles and numbness, felt like it was on fire, and humming of the nerves in my right foot “Woke UP” for the first time in 17 years. I admit due to the excruciating pain, each dosage had me bedridden for about a week and a half each MG. Then one day I got up to get something to drink and realized I could stand on my feet without pain and I could actually feel them.
So in April I asked my doctor if my feet are regenerating again (it does that off and on) or was the Cymbalta masking the pain and he didn’t know. But the fact is I can feel my feet for the first time in 17 years. Since it has been 17 years I have to learn how to walk all over again without the pain but I do have a serious balance/tipping problem right now, worst than before until I learn to walk correctly again.
I am also more active than I have ever been in these last 17 years with the pain lessened. Before when the doctor ask what is your pain level is and I would say good day 15 bad days 20. It is around 10-12 now and I hope it will go down more once my body adjusts to the Cymbalta.
10 years ago I ask my Pain Management I want off all my medications and at that time he said “did you ever hear of the saying pain can kill you, well you type of pain will if you stop all your medications”. So my goal is to get off all of them if at or possible, which I’ve been doing the last 17 years.
dropping say a pen on the floor would set me off among other thing and I did not like how the medication controlled me.
Confusion which can set you off into a rage for no apparent reason
Sometimes delusions and dementia (memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning; a mental illness that causes someone to be unable to think clearly or to understand what is real and what is not real)
Concentration problems; trouble thinking
Loss of memory starts out slow forgetting little thing until it gets serve and you’re very forgetful. I was losing too much memory and wanted off Neurotin because I didn’t want to lose anymore. So my doctor told me about 2005-2006 that Lyrica came out and waits a year to see if it rates too many side effects as Neurotin.
Suspiciousness or distrust of anything or anyone
False sense of well-being, with this one minute you are find and the next depression sets in.
Loss of appetite
Sometimes Blurred Vision; Sometimes Change in Vision with burning, dry, or itching eyes; impaired vision, see double or things out of the corner of your eyes that aren’t there.
Lack or loss of strength (Not wanting to do anything for no apparent reason)
Dryness of the mouth or throat due to increased thirst, which no products to keep the mouth moist were out yet and my teeth got ruined, very damaged to the point I lost 2 in the back.
Increased sensitivity to pain causing increased sensitivity to touch, I couldn’t allow anyone to touch me it hurt so badly.
Trouble sleeping because it would make me stay up 24 hours or more or once you lay down and aren’t moving anymore you get restlessness of the legs, twitching and legs jump or jerk sometime so hard it hurts you hip.
Restlessness when you are awake you can’t seem to sit down for example on your computer. Within say 15 minute you don’t want to do this or that.
My combination of medicine is Vicodin 7.5/325 MG/120 tablets, 3 times a day; Lyric 50 MG, 3 times a day and since this replaced Neurotin I have had no side effects anymore; I get 120 tablets of Xanax 0.5 MG to calm my nerves and take it 3 times a day and use to 4 pill for bed time to stop the restlessness of the legs… picture you foot falling asleep and it
Confusion which can set you off into a rage for no apparent reason
Sometimes delusions and dementia (memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning; a mental illness that causes someone to be unable to think clearly or to understand what is real and what is not real)
Concentration problems; trouble thinking
Loss of memory starts out slow forgetting little thing until it gets serve and you’re very forgetful. I was losing too much memory and wanted off Neurotin because I didn’t want to lose anymore. So my doctor told me about 2005-2006 that Lyrica came out and waits a year to see if it rates too many side effects as Neurotin.
Suspiciousness or distrust of anything or anyone
False sense of well-being, with this one minute you are find and the next depression sets in.
Loss of appetite
Sometimes Blurred Vision; Sometimes Change in Vision with burning, dry, or itching eyes; impaired vision, see double or things out of the corner of your eyes that aren’t there.
Lack or loss of strength (Not wanting to do anything for no apparent reason)
Dryness of the mouth or throat due to increased thirst, which no products to keep the mouth moist were out yet and my teeth got ruined, very damaged to the point I lost 2 in the back.
Increased sensitivity to pain causing increased sensitivity to touch, I couldn’t allow anyone to touch me it hurt so badly.
Trouble sleeping because it would make me stay up 24 hours or more or once you lay down and aren’t moving anymore you get restlessness of the legs, twitching and legs jump or jerk sometime so hard it hurts you hip.
Restlessness when you are awake you can’t seem to sit down for example on your computer. Within say 15 minute you don’t want to do this or that.
My combination of medicine is Vicodin 7.5/325 MG/120 tablets, 3 times a day; Lyric 50 MG, 3 times a day and since this replaced Neurotin I have had no side effects anymore; I get 120 tablets of Xanax 0.5 MG to calm my nerves and take it 3 times a day and use to 4 pill for bed time to stop the restlessness of the legs… picture you foot falling asleep and it
I know this message is from 25 July 2007 and wondering if you are still having medication problem. It’s not the Vicodin you are missing it the combination of the right medication. You state… “I have been taking Vicodin 2-3 per day”, whereas I get 120 pills per month. The extra 30 (the 4th pill) are for when I have debilitating pain since I take 7.5/325 because the government lower the dosages. I take 3 pills a day.
Is the Naprosyn (Naproxen) working for you or are you having troubles with that too?
You also state you are on Neurotin and have you had any serve side effect?
These are all the side effect I got from Neurotin…
Clumsiness or unsteadiness; change in walking and balance (I’ve Loss my Balance Frequently)
Dizziness and Lightheadedness (feeling faint, dizzy, or lightheadedness to the point you almost fall down, which I have many times)
In coordination, no longer to coordinate; Has it restored harmony and control of you emotions, adjustment or interaction of parts; Harmonious functioning of muscles or groups of muscles in the execution of movements, balanced and effective interaction of movement, actions, etc (Same as Balance Problem Due to Muscle not doing what you want them to)
Thought of suicide every other day or everyday; I did every other day?
Aggressive behavior or other behavior problems; rapidly changing moods; reacting too quickly, too emotional, or overreacting; depression, irritability, or other mood or mental changes … I would go into the most horrendous rages for no apparent reason. Just
Is the Naprosyn (Naproxen) working for you or are you having troubles with that too?
You also state you are on Neurotin and have you had any serve side effect?
These are all the side effect I got from Neurotin…
Clumsiness or unsteadiness; change in walking and balance (I’ve Loss my Balance Frequently)
Dizziness and Lightheadedness (feeling faint, dizzy, or lightheadedness to the point you almost fall down, which I have many times)
In coordination, no longer to coordinate; Has it restored harmony and control of you emotions, adjustment or interaction of parts; Harmonious functioning of muscles or groups of muscles in the execution of movements, balanced and effective interaction of movement, actions, etc (Same as Balance Problem Due to Muscle not doing what you want them to)
Thought of suicide every other day or everyday; I did every other day?
Aggressive behavior or other behavior problems; rapidly changing moods; reacting too quickly, too emotional, or overreacting; depression, irritability, or other mood or mental changes … I would go into the most horrendous rages for no apparent reason. Just
Being disabled since 2000 on Social Security Disability and not having a pain-free day since my Nov 1998 car accident I have a Neural Element Injury which keeps me from working and living a somewhat hermit/reclusive life style. In February 2015 I just found out on top of my existing pain I have Fibromyalgia, which doesn’t help matters.
I’ve had 3 back surgeries, 2 Microdiscectomies and a fusion. I damaged the main nerve root at the bottom of my spine with this 2nd car accident, for a total of 4 car accidents, all not my fault LOL. My pain rules me each day so I might disappear for days or weeks in excruciating debilitating pain.
Due to damaging my main nerve root at the bottom of my spin (Neural Element Injury), both legs, mainly the right has numbness, pins & needle and sometimes like someone stabbed me with a knife or I’m walking on glass. Some days I have tingling, pins & needles and numbness, felt like it was on fire, and humming of the nerves in both my feet all at the same time.
I’ve had 3 back surgeries, 2 Microdiscectomies and a fusion. I damaged the main nerve root at the bottom of my spine with this 2nd car accident, for a total of 4 car accidents, all not my fault LOL. My pain rules me each day so I might disappear for days or weeks in excruciating debilitating pain.
Due to damaging my main nerve root at the bottom of my spin (Neural Element Injury), both legs, mainly the right has numbness, pins & needle and sometimes like someone stabbed me with a knife or I’m walking on glass. Some days I have tingling, pins & needles and numbness, felt like it was on fire, and humming of the nerves in both my feet all at the same time.
Give it up to 1/2 or a month so the med's get out of you system. At one point I was change from Vicodin to Ultram without any withdrawal symptoms. Every person's body and different so hang in there
It all depends on your body breaking it down.
It all depends on your body breaking it down.
I know the pain your feeling. I am 42 years old and I have been taking Vico din for about 5 years now. I am up to about 8 pill a day and they sometimes make me sick taking them but I take them anyway because I feel I will not survive if I dont. I have been wanting to kick this habit for about a year now but every time I say I will after I use the next prescription. Well here I am still taking the same amount and feeling like such a failure because I am not strong enough to kick it. My husband just divorced me because of this and my mother just died 2 months ago. I am so afraid of the withdrawal that I will go thru. I just need help bad and don't know where to start
i have tooken vics for about a year and a half now i started off like the regular takers 1 or 2 a day for two months then moved up to 4 or 5 a day then 4 or 5 at once then 7 or 8 at once in the mourning 5 or 6 in the evening now im at 10 in the morning 10 at 12 or 1 10 at 5 or 6 and 10 at 11 or 12 counts that thats 30 to 40 vics a day i mix them if i have to if i cant get my hands on them this is vvlery bad i go from norco to loratab to 7,5 to loracet watever to take away my body pain the pain i get from these pilla ia terrible feels like im having a heart attack or cant breath. I cant move or get out of bed without poppin ten now sometime im even chewing worst thing about this ia im killing myself and my life at the same timw im up to a 1000 a week all because of these pills my life has did nothing but go down into the ground i dont know wat to do i feel as if i go to rehab it will not help the desire ro have or take away my body pain . On top of all thia i am only 24 yeara young please somebody talk somebody convience me of something seeking some type of help i cant and wont go cold turkey i rather thou myaelf into a moving train verses dealing wit thw withdrawl symptoms i need advise
i have tooken vics for about a year and a half now i started off like the regular takers 1 or 2 a day for two months then moved up to 4 or 5 a day then 4 or 5 at once then 7 or 8 at once in the mourning 5 or 6 in the evening now im at 10 in the morning 10 at 12 or 1 10 at 5 or 6 and 10 at 11 or 12 counts that thats 30 to 40 vics a day i mix them if i have to if i cant get my hands on them this is vvlery bad i go from norco to loratab to 7,5 to loracet watever to take away my body pain the pain i get from these pilla ia terrible feels like im having a heart attack or cant breath. I cant move or get out of bed without poppin ten now sometime im even chewing worst thing about this ia im killing myself and my life at the same timw im up to a 1000 a week all because of these pills my life has did nothing but go down into the ground i dont know wat to do i feel as if i go to rehab it will not help the desire ro have or take away my body pain . On top of all thia i am only 24 yeara young please somebody talk somebody convience me of something seeking some type of help i cant and wont go cold turkey i rather thou myaelf into a moving train verses dealing wit thw withdrawl symptoms i need advise
i have tooken vics for about a year and a half now i started off like the regular takers 1 or 2 a day for two months then moved up to 4 or 5 a day then 4 or 5 at once then 7 or 8 at once in the mourning 5 or 6 in the evening now im at 10 in the morning 10 at 12 or 1 10 at 5 or 6 and 10 at 11 or 12 counts that thats 30 to 40 vics a day i mix them if i have to if i cant get my hands on them this is vvlery bad i go from norco to loratab to 7,5 to loracet watever to take away my body pain the pain i get from these pilla ia terrible feels like im having a heart attack or cant breath. I cant move or get out of bed without poppin ten now sometime im even chewing worst thing about this ia im killing myself and my life at the same timw im up to a 1000 a week all because of these pills my life has did nothing but go down into the ground i dont know wat to do i feel as if i go to rehab it will not help the desire ro have or take away my body pain . On top of all thia i am only 24 yeara young please somebody talk somebody convience me of something seeking some type of help i cant and wont go cold turkey i rather thou myaelf into a moving train verses dealing wit thw withdrawl symptoms i need advise
Things will get better. First and foremost STOP taking vicodin. I feel the same way you do. Im on day two and I ferl depressed and im sleepless ... this will soon pass in about another two days. The cravings are the hardest part. Stay strong for your children.
I am on day 2 of my withdraws and the thing that is the hardest to deal with id the leg craps and not being able to sleep... the deluded feeling of "everything is going to be alright" that vicodin gives you will be the hardest to kick. Its been about almost two years now since I was introduced to the pill. It started as a weekend fun thing... you know lets pop a few vics and watch a scary movie... then it turned to going to the ends of the earth to find them... I feel so depressed and upset with myself that I let it get this bad :(
hi pals. I 've iust had to kick codeine . Addicted fot 20 years. I tapered starting feb
By march I reached zero ..
Its april and I feel good. Its not completely over .
My job is physical. I did not stop working! No one ever noticed .
Youtube's
Aaroncohen
helped me a whole bunch.
look him up.
Its tough for long termers.
It might be 4 days of unpleasantness for some.
I quit cold turkey 15 years ago.
It took more than 2 month to feel normal.
Stupid me I started taking them again.
By march I reached zero ..
Its april and I feel good. Its not completely over .
My job is physical. I did not stop working! No one ever noticed .
Youtube's
Aaroncohen
helped me a whole bunch.
look him up.
Its tough for long termers.
It might be 4 days of unpleasantness for some.
I quit cold turkey 15 years ago.
It took more than 2 month to feel normal.
Stupid me I started taking them again.
Dear John my name is Bob I've bin taking 10/325 norco ( vicodine) for over 5 years now for back pain. I was diagnosed last year with degenerative spine disease as I noticed my pain increased. Over the years I built up a tolerance n I was taking up to 16 pills a day if not more. Recently I was reading up on vicodine and found out long time users, your body gets use to and needs the vicodine and if it doesn't get it your body will mimic pain so you will take more. So I quit cold turkey, withdraw was not bad only 4 days and I'm in a lot less pain now then when I was taking the vicodine. My life is getting back to normal and can control my pain with tylenol and aleve. Give it a try keep your head up and stay strong you can do it I did. Feeling a lot better Bob!
I am a 42 year old woman. I am reading all the these post and wow does all of this sound so firmiliar.
This is my story.
5 years ago I was diaganosed with fibromyalgia with denerative disk disease,2 years ago I was t-boned in a car accident and have 5 herniated disk a tear in my spinal cord and crushing of my vertebraes.
6 months ago i broke my tibia and fibia bone and the doc has still not done the surgery cuz I smoke.
I did not have Ins for my leg but got a doc that saw me anyway. He has had me on 750 norco's for 6 months, I do partially blame him cuz he just keeps throwing pain pills at me instaed of doing the surgery.
I have been in hellish pain for many years with no help from doc's so I had to self medicate to help the pain. I finally started seeing a neurologist just 2 months ago from the car accident.
He is now having me take 10 norcos 500 a day and then his PA knocked me down to 3 a day .
I have thee worste migraines from the car accident for the last 2 years.
I am VERY sensitive to medications, My allergy list is huge.
My headaches were finally going away when I was taking the 10 a day as prscribed, when the PA knocked me way down I am now getting the headaches bad again.
I also go to PT and WT, it does make the pain worse.
OKAY- This is my dilema
I am SICK N TIRED of these stupid pills running my life.
BUT- I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.
I want of them but I still need surgery on my leg- reconstrutive suergery and I have to have 5 vertebraes fused together in my neck. So what would be the point of getting off the pills if they are just gonna put me back on them after my surgeries?
I am realiy at a loss !!!!!!!!
And I dont want to go threw the withdraws !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont know if anyone will understand this but I have a MAJOR fobia to puking. I would rather die than puke. I understand no one likes to puke but this is way more than i dont like it. I would rather someone shoot me in the head than to puke- lol
I know that sounds crazy but its fact.
So what advice is there?
I appreciate any adivce- Thank you.
This is my story.
5 years ago I was diaganosed with fibromyalgia with denerative disk disease,2 years ago I was t-boned in a car accident and have 5 herniated disk a tear in my spinal cord and crushing of my vertebraes.
6 months ago i broke my tibia and fibia bone and the doc has still not done the surgery cuz I smoke.
I did not have Ins for my leg but got a doc that saw me anyway. He has had me on 750 norco's for 6 months, I do partially blame him cuz he just keeps throwing pain pills at me instaed of doing the surgery.
I have been in hellish pain for many years with no help from doc's so I had to self medicate to help the pain. I finally started seeing a neurologist just 2 months ago from the car accident.
He is now having me take 10 norcos 500 a day and then his PA knocked me down to 3 a day .
I have thee worste migraines from the car accident for the last 2 years.
I am VERY sensitive to medications, My allergy list is huge.
My headaches were finally going away when I was taking the 10 a day as prscribed, when the PA knocked me way down I am now getting the headaches bad again.
I also go to PT and WT, it does make the pain worse.
OKAY- This is my dilema
I am SICK N TIRED of these stupid pills running my life.
BUT- I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.
I want of them but I still need surgery on my leg- reconstrutive suergery and I have to have 5 vertebraes fused together in my neck. So what would be the point of getting off the pills if they are just gonna put me back on them after my surgeries?
I am realiy at a loss !!!!!!!!
And I dont want to go threw the withdraws !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont know if anyone will understand this but I have a MAJOR fobia to puking. I would rather die than puke. I understand no one likes to puke but this is way more than i dont like it. I would rather someone shoot me in the head than to puke- lol
I know that sounds crazy but its fact.
So what advice is there?
I appreciate any adivce- Thank you.
Hi I'm 22 years old and I've been taking 10-15 vicodin a day. I cant tell you all how much I want to stop taking these darn things... It's ruining my relationship with my significant other, ruining me financially, and mentally. When withdrawal starts I always go back to using and the highs are getting shorter and shorter everytime. My family doesn't even know and I don't know how to tell them because they would probably cut me out of there lives if they knew. The longest I've been without these friggin things is 1 week in two years. I've never been addicted to anything till I came across these meds. I really want to stop but everytime I try it feels like there's no reason to keep on living, which ***** because I know I'm capable of so much more than just taking pills all day... Sometimes I wonder how the hell I let these things get ahold of me... These forums do offer a lot of inspiration but it all seems to go out the window as soon as I wake up in the morning. If anyone has any advise, stories, solutions, tips, pointers, all is appreciated. Thanks and the best of luck to all of us who are ruled by this evil...
P.S. the FDA are the biggest drug pushers in the world.
P.S. the FDA are the biggest drug pushers in the world.
Also I just wanted to say that you posted to an oldere post .go to the top of the page and post a new thread ...hang in there girl I'm pulling for you...
Good morning .how are you doing today?I commend you on wanting to quit that is so great ..you have come to the right place . you will find so much support on this site. :) when I started taking pills I was taking them as prescribed then next thing I knew I was taking them for everything (pain, walking ,talking, eating, sleeping ,)I could not function even 2 hours without them.I felt like I had discovered life's magic pill.but what I discovered was the devils magic pill...these things steel your life..is there someone you can confide in like a doctor remember everything you tell them is confidential...you can do this .....your life back....hang in there and keep posting ...
I am a single mother of 3. I have a decent job and a "normal" life but I have also been fighting an addiction to vicodin and percocet for years and years. Nobody at all knows and I want to be free from this addiction but if I reach out for help I believe I could lode my job, my kids, my family's respect. I have always kept it "under control" and only take them at night after my responsibilities have been met. I have found it gives me the energy to do all of the things I need to get done as a single mother. Without them I am depressed, anxious, etc. I was that way before I ever took them and it feels like they "fix what's broken" in my brain. I just want to stop. I don't want this to be part of who I am any more but I am scared and ashamed and don't know what to do. Just trying to find anonymous support. I wont go to AA or NA meetings. My ex goes to them and everyone knows everyone where I live. That wont work for me. I need an alternative. Help please.
Have you done this?I ask because I'm doing this exact taper and I am wondering how I will feel when I take my last 1/2 for three days how I will feel .
Taper off .... if ur taking eight a day, start by decreasing by 1/2 pill every two or three days until ur down to one a day then tey to stay on one to 1/2 for aw week or so.
If u try to just stop u will get violently sick ... very ugly. I know, I've tried it before.
Ed
If u try to just stop u will get violently sick ... very ugly. I know, I've tried it before.
Ed
Im on my first 24 hrs of bn clean im been taking n e were from9 es at a time about 3x .a day which is up to 27 es aday. Noone knows but w oit tthem I cant function ove tried stopping sevrral times and weanin my self off never worked im single mom np fam w 3 kids im already startin to withdrawl. I feel like I have restless leg syndrome I havw goosebumps nmy bones hurt im only 25 im pretty sure the diarrhea will *** tomorrow imscared bur I no I can do this plwase pray for me as I am doin thia by myself w our no help or support
I'm not sure where to start here..I've never had to do thins nor ever think I needed help..But my story, which I'll try and keep it brief..is back about 15 years I too as many here was in a accident. And as some here was prescribed Vicodin for the pain..one thing led to another and BAM! one year, two years, three years..I was dependant on these little pills that I used them for everything..camping, going motorcycle riding..I pretty much timed myself on a schedule, watching the clock to take another pill and move on...I was pretty good at control as I never took more than 4 a day..but realized when I ran out that I needed to get more somehow..I went to Motrin for pain and for some reason i was able to take them, but they really didn't do anything..then I got a hold of more vicodin and dropped the Motrin..so now I'm back on track..daily activities went as planned as long as I had the pills..couple more years go by and ( remember I still have not taken more than 4 in a day and that was rare) I was pretty good at maintaining 2 750's, but then my prescript. ran out so I went back on the Motrin for the pain or withdrawal counter act and for some reason I ended up in the ER from an allergic reaction..not sure from what..last thing I took was a Motrin and three hours later..so no more Motrin and i was fine..got more vicodin..back issues, knee issues from surgeries, kept hurting myself doing something..but it was ok, as long as I had old VIC on my side i was ok with it..well , the doc said we need to get you off the VICODIN and gave me NORCO..I have tried to get off this stuff for 15 years..it has been easy to get..the doctors just kept giving it to me...I'm 40 and feel like I’m 60..could this be from the pills..Up until two days ago I was taking up to 3 Norco a day, but always so tired that I'm afraid I will fall asleep while driving..I feel that everything is caused from these pills, but at the same time I'm not sure..I keep telling the doctor that I have no energy, no motivation, depressed , serious fatigue and pains everywhere like i been standing for weeks..they keep doing all these blood tests and say. nope your fine..well I can assure you that I'm not fine..but yet they keep prescribing me the Norco..i finally saw a internal med doc. and she is like , how long you been taking this stuff? who is giving it to you? so she put her foot down , not even knowing me and I’m going to taper you off..well i said ok, like that’s going to work, she changed the dosage and qty down..so i took more, few months now I'm back to 3-4 a day, but just ran out..oh ya, even with less qty a month, i still managed to get them elsewhere..not important..I know that I can get another prescript. but I'm guessing it will be the last, and I'm thinking now is my chance to end this and get my life back..yesterday I had one in the am, last night sucked..today I'm not wanting to be here at work, Bad headache, pain everywhere..I'm usually a pretty dam strong willed person, but feeling like I’m going to crack..I don't know what to do..so many depend on me that I can't hide..How can i get past the withdrawals (that I believe I'm having) without anyone knowing?? any help would be greatly appreciated..I've read a few posts here and I'm glad to hear your success stories..but at the same time I read them, I'm saying to myself..even if I make it a week. I won't feel better, I'll still hurt everywhere even if the doctors are saying my back isn't that bad in a MRI, or my knee from two surgeries is not that bad..are all of these pains, depression, anxiety, lack of energy caused from taking these pills for so long and now catching up to me?? so much for brief
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