Withdrawals

[HelpLessInTexas]

Yes I have a question I am a 29 year old male who has often used Hydrocodone on and off for many years. Well this time I hurt my knee and went a lil overboard I Have been taken 10 a day for the first 2 weeks and 13 to 14 a day in the last 2 week process of a month long binder. What kind of withdrawals am I looking at. if I stop right away, Is it better to taper off or just stop. Remember I still have to go to work on a daily basis I cant handle the sweating during the day and stuff PLEASE HELP!!!!! Before this last binder I took a 4 days off from taking them so its just been a month solid before that it was on and off here and there and I have had mild withdrawls before

[bill12345678910]

well said i wished he would check in with us

[Whollymolythathurt]

I was on Hydro 10/325 (6-10/day) for 3 years.  Dec 1 of last year i stopped CT. Had a meeting at Dante's Inferno for 7 days & then at day 20 tore my rotator cuff for a 3rd time.  Started taking again before & after surgery.  I stopped again on the 13th of this month.  The wd symptoms were like a bad flu & that is how i approached it.  The depression thing $ucked.  Physically i'm ok now but the mental part is still a battle every now & then (i attribute this more to the 3 yrs than 20 something days after surgery).  Through all this i had to go into the office & meet with clients & put on the happy face & do presentations....not fun!

Personally dont think your wd's would be bad but everyone is different.  I vote cold turkey.

My biggest concern is this on again, off again thing your doing.  I have been through many surgeries & never got addicted until my last back surgery at 42 yrs old.  Its a cunning little drug so be careful...someday it may decide to wrap it's little arms around you & not let go.

Keep us posted.

[bill12345678910]

how are you making out any luck

[Pat1956100]

You probably will have withdrawals.  If you can do a PROPER slow taper it will help to minimize the withdrawals but you will still have some.
A proper taper is doing it very slowly over a period of time.
I think for the amount you have used it would be better to go cold turkey ASAP.  Perhaps because of the length of time you used, you will bounce back quicker.
Just know you should do it soon.  The longer you are taking them, the worse it will be.

[HelpLessInTexas]

Yesterday I took 9 just to feel OK but that's less then the 15 I was taking. But I only took 13 to 15 a day for like maybe a week or 2 and I've only been taking hydros for like 3 months maybe

[weaver71]

How many did you take yesterday, was it enough to hold you over ?

[OpenMind24hours]

I went through 3 detoxes and each one was much worse than the last one. I can identify with you and what's going on right now. With me it was my back injury from work. The hydro bottle said 1 every 6 hours and before I knew it I got the instructions all mixed up and it became 6 every one hour.
Right now you have a great sense of willingness to put this all behind you, and you can. Cling to that willingness. Right now you have the momentum to get to a point where you will never have to use again. You have some great info above to ponder.  Do what ever it is you need to do to get through this. View the importance of what you're about to do as one of the most important things you've ever done in your life because it is. I wish you luck with your detox and complete recovery and freedom in the future.

[vicodont]

Man I had to take a few yesterday I was trying  to come off of them and man  I got so depressed that I couldn't quit crying I tried xanax but just slept a lot. And yesterday I was sitting around ready to jump out of my skin. HELP!!

[weaver71]

It won't be as bad as years of abuse, but you won't know that, you never felt that kind if detox before. It won't be easier, but it will only get worse. I'm glad you can see you gotta do this soon. Now, I think the occasional use needs to stop also, you see how fast you get sucked in. Addiction is orogressive. No do overs, you will pick up were you left off last time.

[HelpLessInTexas]

would it make a difference that I only took them  that bad for only a month I know people who have taken that many for likek years. Maybe im just trying to make myself feel better.

[weaver71]

If you can taper down and end on a Thursday or Friday to give you the weekend to recover, I think it would be better. The first day for me wasn't so bad, that's why I say quit on Thursday. Taper doesn't seem to shorten withdrawal as much as reduce the symptoms, IMO. I would start taking a good vitamins, eating bananas and taking amino acids. EmergenC makes water to down and you need to drink tons, also, the Bvitami a and electrolytes in EmergenC help a lot. Hot bathes with Epsom salt helps with aches and RLS. Try not to obsess on how you feel, just keep busy as you can. Have you got any plan of how to deal with the mental part of addiction, you went up in dosage fast? Our minds say to us that only one or a couple days will be fine. Not true, each time you become physically dependant the harder it is to quit next time. I would think about counseling, meetings, church, or anything that helps you understand how you went from 4 for pain to 14 for no good reason over than a buzz.