Vicodin W/D?

[pretender47]

Hi,
New here and going on 14 days without Vicodin. It started out ok, but the following week has been pure hell!!!!
The migraine is so bad and constant, also some nausea. I am afraid and like most of you, suffering in silence. When will this pass?!! I can't concentrate at work and when I get home I just want to literally die...seriously!!...just close my eyes and never open them again. I never thought in a million years this could happen, but it has...Please...need some encouragement!!!

sick inside

[justrealizedineedhelp]

What I have read n experience it takes awhile...... I mean I had no idea until 2nite I had a problem hmm I had my suspicions but I was in denial...... now I am ashamed :( I live with chronic pain I was diagnosed with lupos, remthoid arthritis, Raynuad phenomen, chronic gastritis, gallbladder dysfunction n  I have a huge ulcer........ I was takin 725mg every 3 hrs of viccidin along with a pain patch until one day I said hey I feel better so in a week I went from takin sometimes 1450mg every 8hrs bc the pain was so bad to 500 every 12hr to24hrs no patch to no pills at all what a mistake...... I mean I didn't know anything about withdrawals nor that I was an addict to this crap. But soon after I stopped taking them the pain in my body got worse BUT the funny thing n what threw me of track was that at the same time I got strep Thoart so I related my pains to that oh OMG for the following 2 weeks all I did was vomit/fever/shakes/really bad pain all over my body I felt like I was dying...... I couldn't get out of bed. My skin hurt so bad I couldn't eat all I was eating/ drinking was ensure. Yet again I would try to take the stupid viccidin but bc my stomach was empty n bc of my ulcer my body would reject it..... Again I related all of this to strep Thoart........ how naive !!!!!! Anyways after 3 weeks I finally started to feel a bit better. But a friend of my mother who happened to be Christian prayed for me took me to her temple and well when I was feeling better ready to get back on all my meds she said no now u need to take a leap of faith and trust that u no longer r sick n u will not need those meds well let me tell u something I was like WHAT NO MEDS NO VICCIDIN....... every time I had pain I would think about my viccidin..... still I thought to myself I was not an addict lol. Well after a month n half my 5yr son broke his tailbone my husband got a really bad cold n hurt his back too he can barely walk...... bc of my immune I got the cold n my body has been in a great deal of pain cause of all the stress so this midnight I took a viccidin with all of these excuses....... what a mistake it just made me realize I Am an addict bc I slept unit 3 n been up since then counting the hrs when is time for my second dose..... that is when I started to look up all of these web sites...... n discovered that what I went threw for those horrible 3 weeks were withdrawals.!!!!!! Not strep Thoart I mean I got the penicillin shot in 3 days I was better of the strep I just found that out too......  so my advice is that if u have been 14 days clean stay that way its hard but its worth it once I was clean I was able to get out of bed I was able to enjoy my son again and to c that smile on his face. I have always been so strong for him no matter how much pain I have been in the past he had never seen his mama in bed nor in pain I was always there for him n for the time I was getting detox it was terrible for him to c me like that..... stay strong........ once the storm has passed the sun will shine

[criminy1]

Just a note, I am not saying its impossible, but it does seem odd:-)

[criminy1]

Could it be something else? That is too long for any wds from vics in my opinon.

[sreffi83]

im also coming off of generic vic (lortab) this is the beginning of day 4 for me. but this is my second rodeo. the first time the withdrawals lasted about 10 days. this time hasnt been as bad so it will be ending quickly i think (i hope).

it really depends on how many/how much you are trying to come off of i think. ive read in different places where it can take anywhere from 1 week to 1 month for all of the w/d symptoms to subside. hopefully someone more informed can clarify.

[hmf099]

Hmm, I've never experienced a physical withdrawal that lasted that long, it usually started the day after my last dose and lasted about a week. Hopefully someone who experienced this will see this soon to offer advice.