why does hydrocodone make me feel this way?

[rocketship]

I have a prescription for hydrocodone 10/200 (it's a capsule specially made with 10mg's of hydrocodone and 200 of Acetaminophen) that I can take up to 3 times a day for up to 3 months because of a torn ligament injury - but I tend to just take the medication here or there if I have pain.  I'm interested in this website because I am concerned about becoming addicted and I find it a wonderful resource.

Most of the people I know who take pain medication like vicodin/norco or their generics, get tired from them but I get hyper.  I become a chatter box, I can't sit still, I certainly can't sleep and my heart rate accelerates (my doc knows this).  So, my question is.... why, what, or how does hydrocodone interact with my body to make me hyper when others get tired??

I don't take any weird supplements or other medications. I have always been like this with pain medications all my life.  Heck nyquil makes me hyper too. Even when I had surgery early this year with general anesthesia and they were pumping me full of pain and anti-nausea medication afterwards and had to stay the night in the hospital I only slept for about an hour.  When I had to be sedated for another procedure they had to give me the absolute max dosage of meds they could...I only weigh 140lbs.  Maybe I'm just odd!!

[lonestar_61530]

i think this is pretty amazing that there are other ppl who felt the same way i did when i was taking them, my doc had me taking 3 at a time at 12 to 15 a day. i hurt my knee a few years back and have been on them hydro/vicod for almost 2 and a half almost 3 years, i been off them for a week to the day, and i have been so down that i just dont care and went to a doc for depression and these pills are not working at all. once i got over the withdrawls of not having them, i started smoking to help my knee which ***** cause i hate smoke and am allergic to it but it helps pain, to be honest, i would rather thake my pills and cut off a few years from my days, than to go another day feeling like i will never be happy again, i dont wanna do anything, move, i cant sleep, i barely eat, and i feel like i am letting my fam down this *****. ill be on them soon once i get my next surgery but i hate waiting. my knee kills and i hate feeling this way..........by lonestar_61530

[kimmieb]

yep, it's the energy that most addicts get addicted to in the first place....read the forum...it's all over the board here....that's how it first starts for everyone....and then you start to love that high and the energy that comes along with it....like you can be superwoman or superman or supermom or superdad and do everything and then some....

now, as for me, i get the exact OPPOSITE reaction when i take lortabs....i get drowsy and sleepy...have never gotten extra added energy or a high from them....and yet i got extremely attached to that "calmness" that they gave me....so think they're bad for you either way!!!!!

[lady67]

Oh how I remember those days.  It amazing how that one little pill can make you feel like the life of the party.  Unfortunately after a while, no one wants to be around you because you are an addict.  Please be careful using those little gems.  They can cause havoc before you know it.

[bobby139]

I agree w alot of the comments here, it seems like the ones that get addicted to the narc's is because it gives u energy and makes u feel good and easier to talk to others, its a high that at first is great BUT it turns from great to pure hell, so if it is doing that to u stop taking them cuz u will get addicted...I also agree w oxyaddict i was just like that if laying around it would mellow me out but if doing something it was like almost crack it got me going 100 miles an hr....the ppl that it makes sick and knocks them out usually dont get addicted..So what i am taking forever to say is STOP THEM
bobby

[NautyOne]

your not alone.......thats just how I got addicted.  Nothing unusual about that.

Nauty.........


be careful

[oxyaddict420]

I can get mixed feelings.  Most times I get energy, talkative, almost crackhead like.  Then other times I am just like half nodding out and just chillen, even at times passing out.  Alot of it has to do with what I am doing when taking them.  

If I am just lying down on my couch and watching a movie, then I might be more likely to just nod and chill, as to where if I am up and around at family's house visiting or doing something then I can get very jumpy, talkative, sweaty, overdoing everything!  

It all depends on the individual