Hell, what kind of beer do you drink?
Day 4? You took hydro for 3 years and your feeling nothing on day 4? God, give me the strength you have!!!! To be honest with you, if you were addicted enough after three years you would probably not been able to make it off the toliet to post that comment, let alone not be crampy enough to feel your fingers hitting the keyboard. Just curious..... How much hydro did you take per day?
~Kell
Count your blessings! Run and don't look back!
It's day 4 without hydro and you're still "expecting" withdrawal? O, Lucky Man! If you were dependent on hydro in the classical sense, you wouldn't have to ask what to expect. Brother, you'd know all about it by now. You'd have been in full-throttle WD on the 2nd day, with hot/cold sweats, epic diahrrea and the worst body aches you can imagine. Maybe the recipe should be based on Beer ...
Tom O, you're just a riddle wrapped in an enigma.
Thomas
I am addicted to hydrocodone (Vicodin is about the same) and have been for 3 years. I am also addicted to acohol (beer). I want to get off the hydrocodone, but not the beer. I feel I do ok with just beer. I want to do this on my own. Can anyone tell me what to expect. This is Day 4. Thank you
I as well could make this a veryyyyyyyy long post, but I wont. I was addicted to Vicodin and Percocet for many years (8 to be exact). It is not an easy process to come off of it. It's a very controlling drug and can easily control ones life! First of all, you can lead a horse to the water but you can't make him drink it. Your Husband has to want to give it up. If he DOES, tell him to take it slow and taper down one day at a time, I couldn't taper, I had to quit cold turkey but it's different for every person. If you look through this forum a bit you will find posts with the "Thomas Recipe"...... It really works well with the withdrawls. I wish you all the luck and keep us posted.
~Kell
Why not? I don't see Dr. SayTheSameThing hereabouts ... might be safe to sneak a few in. New handle?
Thomas
Jul, Vicodin detox, for the most part, involves managing the constellation of withdrawal symptoms your husband will experience going cold turkey for about 5 days. A gradually tapered dose of a benzodiazepine such as Valium or Klonopin for general WD anxiety (your most important detox drug), OTC Imodium as needed for diarrhea (he will) and hot baths or Jacuzzis as needed for body aches (which can become as severe as they are frequent) ? these treatments plus, as I said, about 5 days to a week off from basically every responsibility, especially work, will get him through the worst of the WD.
After the first week, there is a regimen of minerals and amino acid supplements that can help him recover his energy.
However, I?ve noticed that it is you posting, not your husband. Nothing is possible until he wants to quit. After the initial WD period, he will need some kind of recovery counseling, such as a 12-step group (AA/NA) in order to fight the powerful psychological craving that will almost certainly drive him back to the pharmacy. Benefiting from such counseling will require your husband to admit that he is an addict. What are the chances of this?
I?m not a doctor, just a 30-year narcotics addict that has detoxed from Vics more times than a calculator has digits to count. If you want more info on a recipe for opiate detox, you can write me at ***@****. Make sure you ID yourself and this forum in the subject line so I don?t lose you in all the junk mail. Good luck to you both.
Thomas
Jul,
The support of your family is the one of the most important factors in helping your husband out of his dependency. If he is the type of man that will accept support let him know how much you Love him and that you understand that things may take time to get better. My wife and toddler son have helped me get a grip on my life again. With their support I feel I can attempt to get through my dependency. I am a 40 year old male Lorcet abuser for a substantial period of time. I have posted on this site once before asking for insight and help in dealing with my dependency. I have cut back from 8-10 Lorcet 10/650 daily to 4 pills daily. My biggest challenge is over the next 10 days. I hope I have the will power to go completely off these very powerful pills. They have become a close friend over a long period of time. My back injury that caused me to love these pills has been better for weeks. Somehow the herniated discs in my back has been less difficult for me to deal with than the seperation from the Lorcet. Good Luck Jul...Good Luck.
Jul--I agree with the other two posts here. Drugs are a very funny thing and people who have never been addicted have a hard time understanding the pyschology of it all. I had to lose everything that mattered in my life before I could crawl out of the sewer and get clean. People tried for years to help me, but basically, until I wanted to help myself there was nothing anyone could do.
How can you help your husband stay clean? Be supportive of him if he's trying to clean up; don't throw it in his face that he's got a problem; encourage him to be honest with you; help him taper down by holding his pills; go to alanon or narcanon so that you can meet others in your position--the support will help you enormously; don't enable him to continue doing drugs; pray for help.
I wish your husband and you luck--I hope that he doesn't have to go through the same kind of hell that some of us have to go through to get clean.
bodymechanic is completely right, but why don't you give us some info so that we can further understand and help your husband and most importantly yourself. how long has he been using? how often? how much daily? and what other meds besides vics has he been using? let me know so I can respond.
GWH
I could easily turn this into a very long post but ultimately answer is, you can't. Don't nag him about it, you will only make things worse. Make sure you take care of yourself and your children. Try to be as loving as you can. When he is ready he will stop. One way or another.
Bodymechanic