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!!

[MSmith2220]

I would start a new section if you wanted to know an answer. BUT...

I'm surprised they didn't put you on another drug by now to stop you from taking so much at once. If I'm not mistaken even strait codeine is kinda weak compared to some of the things you can get. So switching and having you take less pills would be/is more ideal...

Have you ever tried to just not take them any more? Like a week or more? 2 weeks? If so, did you have to have them? That is the addiction, mentally. A lot of trouble comes from the "Physical" Addiction that your body gets when you stop taking the medication. Diarrhea, headaches, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, lack of appetite, all paired together for a week or more, all with really bad flu symptoms.

Anyway, stop taking them for as long as you can, that will do it for you.

[srhjns92]

umm i have a question? okay on October 24th i got surgery i had a mass on my heart. well, my mom an sister are very addicted to tabs an ive always told myself i would never be like that! before my surgery i never liked them. they would make me feel weird an tired. but after my surgery they perscribed me loratabs an i had no choice, i didnt wana be in pain so i took them. and at first i never felt anything cause i was in bad pain so i never got the buzz my mom an sis always talked about. but after a month i kept getting perscribed them i would only take up to 3 10mg a day. but after my pain stopped i kept taking them cause they eventually gave me energy an i was always in a great mood. its been 3 months since my surgery an im still taking them. i take whatever i can get but i dont ever take more than 4 10mg a day.but ive noticed, when i dont have them i feel really tired an sweaty palms an irritated! i can barely get up to clean, take a shower. and i get the S**TS i just wana know if you think i could be addicted to them?? when i have money i usually spend half of it on pills an the other on stuff i need. so i dont think that im fully addicted i just like them alot. they make me feel good. my sister will spend all of her money on them as well as my mom. but they have been on them for about 8 years! its only been 3 months for me...what should i do? i dont like the way i feel when i dont have anything! idk what doooo??? what do u think?

[kekreuzberg]

ya im the same way, i started because of a back injury, i started taking them at work to because i felt like i had more concentration (im an I.T person) i could sit through ******** meetings i had more patience with people, i was FEARLESS on my motorcycle, id be high on opiates and benzos (xanex) riding wheelies down the highway at 100mph, at 32 years old i was running from 7:00 am till 2:00 am the next morning sleep a couple hours get up pop somemore tabs and do it repeatedly till i just felt out for half a day then start all over again, now im 38, i quit taking them, ive had to adjust my whole lifestyle around it. i def cant run like that. my prioprites changes, i was spending....$600 a week on pills, ...its no beuno my friends

[kekreuzberg]

ya, srhjns92, your physically addicted that why you get the *****, your body is in withdraw,, i started the same way, for 3-4 a day i started taking 2 10/500s a 325mg soma and half a xanex bar , sometimes id drop 2 tabs in a shot of crown then case it with a soma and a xanex while i was smoking a fatty lmao.... i called it my "cocktail" if you watch duck dynasty? i was happy happy happy lmao, your at a crucial moment though, your either gonna walk away...or its going to get worse, best thing you can do, eat three square healthy meals a day, take a one a day vitamin, take benadryl or advil pm to sleep, drink a lot of water, tea, koolaide stay away from carbonated drinks, and keep yourself busy, oh and take pepto a couple times a day, i had to go to a detox facility to get off them, i had to be medically detoxed because i was so bad i risk cezuires and other health risks i was dehydrated, malnuritied, i was freaking out, i couldnt work, i couldnt even bring myself to take a shower, its was a close to death as ive ever been......ive been in 6 car wrecks 3 motorcyle wrecks and ive been shot with a .45 and my detox was the worst,...id literally rather be shot again.....seriously,,, its nothing to play with take my advise and stop now

[HottRodd]

GET OFF THEM ... IN MY OPINION, YOU ARE ADDICTED

[odaat1]

STEER CLEAR OF THEM!!!