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how to stop hydrocodone use
Anyone know if daily use of hydrocodone 10-15mg q day, willbe really hard to quit? Are there physical withdrawal symptoms? What to expect?
thank you so much and thank you all. I know my quantity is less than most, but the issues I deal with are somewhat similar, shame, anxiety, secretiveness, hypervigilant planning (don't leave home/work/car without a supply hidden somewhere just in case I need it.... sick) I will try the tapering. This has been an ongoing issue for me for 12 yrs and although the quantities are low, they're still higher than they were to start with. Wonder if I will feel better to be off completely and how long it will take. Also wonder if I am able to quit, then I backslide, will it be worse than before, or will I basically pick up where I left off.
My closest sister died at 40, 3 years ago, due to cirrhosis from years of drinking,. (she also was a daily user of benzos and pain pills.) I wonder what physical impact just the pain pills have on a body. Does anyone here know? I have to be around for my kids and hers for a long time. Youngest now 7.
I am mindful of how lucky I am that I am not worse off. I know she didn't choose to have alcoholsm, and I know that it is only by the grace of Good that I don't share that horrible disease. I miss her
Thank you all for being helpful.
Lola865
My closest sister died at 40, 3 years ago, due to cirrhosis from years of drinking,. (she also was a daily user of benzos and pain pills.) I wonder what physical impact just the pain pills have on a body. Does anyone here know? I have to be around for my kids and hers for a long time. Youngest now 7.
I am mindful of how lucky I am that I am not worse off. I know she didn't choose to have alcoholsm, and I know that it is only by the grace of Good that I don't share that horrible disease. I miss her
Thank you all for being helpful.
Lola865
Kimmieb is right...there should be no minimizing of use...one would not google and post on an addiction forum unless they knew there was a potential for danger...we know deep down when danger is there...i started at 30-10mg pills every 3 months...that is only 10 pills a month...geez...if i could turn back time...keep posting
good for you to post and be concerned and ask this question!!! let me tell you a little something that happened to me on this exact forum....some of you long-timers may remember, but most will probably not, because after i got this response, i was so discouraged and put off that it took me a loooooooooooong time to even return to this forum....and i don't mean to "forum bash" here....just trying to show everyone how serious even 1 or 2 vics a day can REALLY be, even though in most minds here that's a piece of cake....but listen up.....
about only a year ago, i was taking 1 or sometimes 2 lortab 10's a day....that's it....by most people's standards on this forum, that was and is a drop in the bucket, something to basically sneeze at, almost laugh at....which is pretty much exactly what happened when i put my question out there about feeling extremely uneasy about staying on these things, even at the level of 1-2 per day, very worried that i was possibly taking too much and becoming physically "addicted"....pretty much laid it on line, was extremely honest, and poured out my thoughts and fears....
the kicker? well, not too many responded, and the ones that did (one in particular, don't even remember who it was or if he/she is still here, but doesn't matter anyway) basically said i was overreacting, that i shouldn't even be on here because 1 or 2 lortabs is NOTHING compared to what most people are struggling with on here blah blah blah
well, guess what happened? sure enough, my instincts were right on the money....yep, i DID have something to worry about, even though i was only taking 1-2 lortabs a day at that particular point in time when i initially posted....yep, i was right....i WAS on my way to developing a problem....a very big one, too, which could have evolved into an even BIGGER one had i not realized where it was REALLY going....in the course of only a couple of months from that original post, i was already up to 5 a day, and then a a few more months later, was up to more like 8 or 9 a day on some days....and this happened within MONTHS of my initial post saying i was taking 1-2 lortabs and was concerned perhaps that was too much, etc.....
do you see what i'm getting at? it's NOTHING to sneeze at....good for you for knowing that 1-2 might just be too much because it will lead you down the road to 10 or 12 eventually....with me, it happened literally almost overnight.....and i struggled big-time with it....
but i tell ya, unfortunately, i'll NEVER forget the dismissive reaction and responses i got from this forum, not many, but the ones who bothered to read and respond, responded with almost disdain, like "what the heck are you even DOING on here??!"
YOU are smart and looking out for your health, and i'm soooooooooooo thankful that you got some real considerate responses on here to your post.....maybe that means things have changed on here over the past year....or that one person who thought i was being "ridiculous" is no longer here....or whatever.....but whatever it is, i'm glad to see and hear it! and i'm glad you're reaching out for advice and answers, too
this is a great place to come to....and i wish you all the best....i DON'T think you'll have many problems at all trying to come off of just a couple of vics a day, but like worried said, everyone is different and you could possibly just experience a little discomfort, nothing TOO unnerving though, i wouldn't think.....GOOD FOR YOU for doing something about it now before it went from 1 or 2 to 8 or 10 a day....
best of luck and many, many blessings to you.....
kim
about only a year ago, i was taking 1 or sometimes 2 lortab 10's a day....that's it....by most people's standards on this forum, that was and is a drop in the bucket, something to basically sneeze at, almost laugh at....which is pretty much exactly what happened when i put my question out there about feeling extremely uneasy about staying on these things, even at the level of 1-2 per day, very worried that i was possibly taking too much and becoming physically "addicted"....pretty much laid it on line, was extremely honest, and poured out my thoughts and fears....
the kicker? well, not too many responded, and the ones that did (one in particular, don't even remember who it was or if he/she is still here, but doesn't matter anyway) basically said i was overreacting, that i shouldn't even be on here because 1 or 2 lortabs is NOTHING compared to what most people are struggling with on here blah blah blah
well, guess what happened? sure enough, my instincts were right on the money....yep, i DID have something to worry about, even though i was only taking 1-2 lortabs a day at that particular point in time when i initially posted....yep, i was right....i WAS on my way to developing a problem....a very big one, too, which could have evolved into an even BIGGER one had i not realized where it was REALLY going....in the course of only a couple of months from that original post, i was already up to 5 a day, and then a a few more months later, was up to more like 8 or 9 a day on some days....and this happened within MONTHS of my initial post saying i was taking 1-2 lortabs and was concerned perhaps that was too much, etc.....
do you see what i'm getting at? it's NOTHING to sneeze at....good for you for knowing that 1-2 might just be too much because it will lead you down the road to 10 or 12 eventually....with me, it happened literally almost overnight.....and i struggled big-time with it....
but i tell ya, unfortunately, i'll NEVER forget the dismissive reaction and responses i got from this forum, not many, but the ones who bothered to read and respond, responded with almost disdain, like "what the heck are you even DOING on here??!"
YOU are smart and looking out for your health, and i'm soooooooooooo thankful that you got some real considerate responses on here to your post.....maybe that means things have changed on here over the past year....or that one person who thought i was being "ridiculous" is no longer here....or whatever.....but whatever it is, i'm glad to see and hear it! and i'm glad you're reaching out for advice and answers, too
this is a great place to come to....and i wish you all the best....i DON'T think you'll have many problems at all trying to come off of just a couple of vics a day, but like worried said, everyone is different and you could possibly just experience a little discomfort, nothing TOO unnerving though, i wouldn't think.....GOOD FOR YOU for doing something about it now before it went from 1 or 2 to 8 or 10 a day....
best of luck and many, many blessings to you.....
kim
Gosh!....seems like it would be so easy compared to my intake and most...but everyone is different and it could cuase u some disconfort for a few days.....just be glad u r quitting now and not later...it does not get better is u keep using...good 4 u to wake up before the sleep becomes a fog and the waking up causes pain
Im in the same boat but a little less. 10 mg about 6 nights a week. Expect anxiety and a little depression along with the usual sleep disruption.
JMHO
JMHO
Sorry, I meant to say 2.5 vicodin tablets. I think a taper to 1.5 then 1, then .5 per week will let you down with minimal issues? JMHO
10-15 mg is only 1.5 vicodin tablets. In your case, just go down for a week to 1, and for another week to.5, and then maybe just a nother week of .5 before bed, and then quit.
I highly doubt your withdrawals will be bad based on my experience at that level.
I don't want to minimize it, but your level of "taking" is not nearly as high as many who have gotten in trouble with this drug.
Best wishes... decisions
I highly doubt your withdrawals will be bad based on my experience at that level.
I don't want to minimize it, but your level of "taking" is not nearly as high as many who have gotten in trouble with this drug.
Best wishes... decisions
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