OK. I'm currently being tappered off of the Oxycontin. It's so hard. I'm also taking Norco 10's. Those are next to go. I went to see a pain doctor a few years ago and they loaded me up, I guess thats why they call them pain doctors. Anywayz, just looking for some support. And anything I can do to help others. Good Luck all!!
i have been on hidro 10 S for about 2 years and i want so so badly to quit i lie in bed at night thinking i use to not have to have a pill to makr it trough the day i just want to be me agien i have tryed to stop once before i hate the with draw it ***** hot flashes you hurt all over if only there where no with draws i think i could do this i just need to see a doc.. for something to help??? oh ya i use to be on Xanax and stoped but i wasent stoped for long i have realy bad aniety i just want to be me with no pills i think this is who i have become .. will i ever be my self agien
I wish I had the will power to taper...and personally getting ativan or xanax to help is just trading one addiction for possibly yet another one.
I read these post and each and every one of them sounds like me. I feel like ****. I'm going through Xanax withdrawl just because I haven't increased the prescribed amount. I just learned that the other day... when the body craves MORE...you get all the symptoms anyone else suffers from withdrawl. I'm doing 2mg a day....if I do use them to get off the hydro's... then what...
My D day is Thursday....I'm going cold Turkey....I'll feel horrible for a while I know this... but I'm armed with some Vits and I'm just going to do it, and pray for the best. I really don't have a problem with getting this stuff.. my Dr. gives me a 3 x renewal 100 at a time for the Vicodin...I'm wondering how many more people she is as liberal with. I do have arthritis...and the Vics after long term use do make one anxious... so there I was with another script for Xanax....just to help me sleep. Now taking them doesn't make me sleep all night... I'm up anyway....
I'm just praying... really praying that I can keep my resolve.
Wishing you all the best... and luck has nothing to do with this...so I will wish everyone an angel on their shoulder.
Gipp
I am concerned because I am on 7.5 (I believe it is) Hydrocodone for severe arthritis in lower back- also added with Ultram 50 mg. try to do only 2-3 per day... the Hydrocodone is prescribed-am taking it as prescribed...
For 5 yrs. nothing for pain-then one dr. prescribed the ultram, not quite doing the trick- but took the edge off.
Percosets were given to me to help with the pain- since moving to a new state with rocky terrain,and uneven ground- walking is harder, and with arthritis basically from lower back down- So much relief of pain after 7 yrs. is definitely a bonus-
but I don't want to have an addiction to any of it.
I lay out the pills per day,one day a time- the others being locked up- with me having the only key- due to extenuating circumstances in my home.
Any suggestions? I even try to get by on less than the 3 per day. Is this good?
I know exactly how you feel and we are in the exact same boat
I detoxed 2 years ago and had some support from my wife and family but it was too much for my wife. I relapsed and I jsut can't tell her. I don't think she could handle it and I don't think I could handle her not handling it.
I was up 12 or more per day and have been dropping over the last three months and am now down to 4/day but not because of my will power but because my supplies have been drying up.
I have found and read that you want to taper very slowly. No more then a 10% reduction every other day to three days. I have been trying to do that and it is bearable but not fun.
Hang in there gumybear and lets support each other. My MSN is ***@**** if you want to talk directly for support.
Oh, I forgot to say....as the post above me. I think you should be honest with your boyfriend. If he supported and stayed with you the first time, I think he would do that again. Good luck be strong.
Hi. Funny how those pills will make us lie and be so sneaky to the people we love hay. I was the same way, but came clean about getting off and he supported me and kept telling me how proud he was of me. I didn't the first week when he was out of town, also did it while continuting to work my 40 hr a week job and raise my 7 year old grand daughter. I thought I was going to give up more than once, but after I got through each day I just wanted to badly to keep going. I did 2-4 vicodin a day whatever milligram I happen to have had, if they were only the 5's I would do two at a time. Not much in my mind after reading most of these posts, but the length of time I was doing them shocked me when I really figured it out. It was like 8 years. I went cold turkey and lived through it. I'm at 32 days today taking my last 7.5 on that last Monday morning. I have sense told 1/2 of a 7/5 about a week ago and it didn't do anything to me. I still dream of them, and did again last night. When I begin to feel weak, I come back here and read about how much hurt and hope there is on this website. My son came to be crying for treatment last night - he is addicted to prescription drugs I'm guessing whatever kind he can get. A couple years ago he ad a bad addiction to oxy contin - took his girlfriend going to prison over them to quit. Now it is starting all over again. I pray for him, me and all of us. Be strong you can do it!