Vicodin withdrawals...

[newgirl286]

So I am on day 5 from Vicodin withdrawals and still hurting.  I've been taking them daily for maybe 5 years, varying amounts I had a script for both 500mg & 750mg which I would stagger so I'd have at least 2 a day.  This is the first time I've been prepared to live my life without them and it's a constant struggle not to snap at the people around me.  That and the tiredness has been the worst for me.  I also have pain from scoliosis which feels like a rock in my back and I have painful periods which usually come hand in hand.  I should be getting my period in a day or two and was wondering if there's a good option for something to use when I get hit with serious pain.  I took the vics cause no matter how much pain, I'd function normally but now I'm not sure what is normal.  Wondering if maybe I have been in a haze and feel like my happiness has suffered.  I want to go out in the world and succeed but I don't get as much done as I imagine I do.  I've come to this website daily to help me get through each day and once read story after story, I feel stronger.  I have found that taking tylenol & motrin every 2 hours for the mystery pains and added vitamins make a major improvement but sometimes it's hard to get motivated to actually help myself.  I've heard that I will start feeling better in a couple weeks, months but I'm having doubts.  I was hoping by now I'd have an improvement but it's the bad attitude that's got me.  What can I do to help my attitude?  I have some xanax and that doesn't do much but make me dizzier than usual...  i can't afford another doctor...

[freebird227]

I'm an old timmer so I know jack about all this pill detox. But have you posted on the addiction site. You'll probally find a lot more experience there  Good Luck

[GA Guy]

The bad attitude is depression and lethargy, both withdrawal symptoms. You'll feel better when the withdrawal fog lifts and you're able to get out again. That's the key...when you feel better...get out and enjoy life again. Have you ever considered taking a birth control pill that would limit your periods to once every few months? My wife does that (I'm out of my element here with this..so, if this is a laughable suggestion...please tell me).