Vicodin withdrawal

[gakisme]

I just stopped taking vicodin 5 days ago, and oh boy! do I feel like crap. Perhaps I just needed to get my experience in print as a form of therapeutic activity---I don't know.

Again, I just recently stopped vicodin, and 5 day later, feel like I am dying---insomnia, shakes, an empty feeling in the chest, nausea, fatigue, weakness, among others conditions. I had never taken drugs recreationally in my life. Never drank, used marijuana---literally nothing. But the stress of school (I was attending the leading public U.S. university), and my ADHD lead me to start taking hydrocodone to help me concentrate when reading and to sleep. It used to be one pill. But after four years of school, and following graduation and not being able to find a job, depression set in. Soon, I was using it to lift my spirits. One pill became two pills, then four, then six, then eight, then twelve or more. I knew it was too much, but I couldn't function without it. A year later, I've found a job and am trying to quit, but am feeling like I am dying here.

I guess my question is: when will it ever end?  

[0421]

Hi, I just posted a few mins ago, see if you can find my post a few back from you.  I can tell you I am 24 days out, last night was a great night, and I know the wds are a bit--!!  I promise you it will be worth it. You can do it, this forum has been a life line for me, Don't give up you can do it. we all are here and have been through it. This is my first time trying to get off anything I am like you I never have done drugs or anything and then all of sudden Vicoden started to rule my life I made the decision that nothing was go to control me. If I can do it with all my other promlems in my life anyone can do it. I am proud of you !!

[sudie58]

hi and welcome, well done on your 5 days off, give it another couple of days and the worst should be over, it will be well worth it when you start your new job, make sure your drinking enough fluids ,thats important, you can take some imodium for any stomache cramps or diorreah, get some valerian root for relaxing and melatonin to help with sleep. i know its hard, but stay strong and dont let these pills rule your life, god bless, sudie