What to expect when withdrawing from Fioricet

[octoberblues]

What are the dangers of withdrawing from fioricet?

How long after my last pill will I go into withdrawal?

I do not abuse it as in taking more than 6 a day, and have been only taking 4 a day for awhile now.  Sometimes 3.

I am not sure when I began taking them daily but it's been probably six months.  I have a 2 left, and will most likely get an RX for 90 tomorrow, but it's not certain.

I planned on doing one less pill a week at a time until I'm down to a half.  I won't be going to a hospital unless I end up there in an ambulance against my free will.  It was doctors who did not treat me properly in the first place that got me here, and I will not be using anymore of them unless I lose my faculties and am forced to.  I'm very serious about my decision, and I just want to know what to expect.  

I have Propananol for chest pains that I get from mitral valve prolapse, that helped lower my blood pressure yesterday when my pain levels were unbearable.  I have a lot of neck pain, and it gives me tension type headaches.  

I don't feel high, drunk or impaired when I take fioricet so I don't know what people are talking about when they say they feel euphoric or good, or energized.  I just feel as if it helps with the pain in my neck and head.  I have muscle relaxers for the spasms in my back/neck but when I take those I feel weak all over.  I noticed taking the fioricet helped tension just as well and didn't make me feel like crap.

[LeaAnn807]

Oh dear!  I've had seizures coming off of barbs.  Also coming off of benzos and Ambien.  I recommend strongly that you speak with someone about the taper.  Seizures are a very real threat!  And your heart problem may not be a big one, but it's a problem with palps and such, so I'd be careful there too.  WDs can cause your heart to race and palpitate and BP to go very, very high!

Please be very careful!  This is nothing to disregard!

[Oxy480Jim]

Addicts take those things because they multiply the effects of other drugs, especially opiates. They either use them for that purpose, or use them to stretch their supplies of their drug of choice. Alcohol also will enhance the effects of Butalbital, but it also causes respiratory depression at the same time.

The way you take them shouldn't make you feel high, unless you mix it with other narcs.
If you quit them like you described you were going to, you shouldn't have any problems at all, no withdrawals, seizures, or trips by ambulance to the hospital, LoL

[donewitis]

i know nothing about fiorecet..but totally relate to your last post. That's why I did the taper of oxycodone. I wanted to see what my 'real' pain parameters are. I'm 3 days w/o and am doing alright. Last night was unbelievable. I slept like a baby..I can't recall that good a nights sleep. I'm very thankful. Immediately upon opening my eyes, I said, Thank you, Lord."
Now, if I need something for pain I'm gonna reach for ibuprophen. For now. Like you, I can't afford the specialists but 4 years on these pain meds is far too many. Wish you well.

[octoberblues]

My heart problem isn't serious.  They only found out about it because I was sick with meningitis a long time ago and did an echo.  It's one of those problems that cause a lot of symptoms but no real threat to health.  I rarely take the BP medicine, and it's really not for high BP for me. It's to relieve the chest pain or palpitations that Mitral Valve Prolapse can cause.  So I luckily have this BP med for chest pain, so that when my BP has been high from being in pain or maybe from missing a dose of butalbital at least I can get it down.  That helps.

[octoberblues]

I think I've come across more people who are afraid to have one than people who've actually had one.

I think that we are all so afraid to have one, it keeps us on pills that no longer work and that are bodies are clearly dependent.  You don't realize it until you miss a dose that you are dependent on them physically and then end up having to take them just so you won't be sick from not taking them.

That's why I want off of them...and I am not saying forever.  When you have a chronic pain problem, you try things, they work. they quit working..you realize you are taking more and more to get the desired affect, and you either stop for a while or you spend a lot of money on getting more.  My insurance will pay for the pills but they won't pay for treatment.  So my premium is 300 a month, deductible for a specialist is 2500, and it won't pay for the specialist I need...but it will pay for pills that are dangerous to discontinue when they won't work anymore.  I'm upset.  

Thanks for replying.  I'll be careful. Not driving anywhere the next few days and have a few left.   I'll probably share more later.

[LeaAnn807]

Get a doctor's help with this!  You can't just kinda do it the way you feel like you should!  That could get you in big trouble with your health especially with heart problems to begin with.