[May]

Hello to all, I need advice on my boyfriend, who I believe has a big problem with Viccoden. He suffers from chronic pain, has for years since a very bad car accident 10 yrs. ago and has been treating it with 3 to 4 (perhaps more I suspect)7.5 mg a day. His mood swings have become unbearable, it's like living with 3 different people and I am emotionally drained....

He's very successful and highly functional but his relationships suffer. I worry for his health and emotional state. We have had discussions about it and he has tried to wean off but his doctor still refills 120 per month. He has legitimate pain and an addiction. I want to help him but to be honest we've been together several years and I worry about my the quality of my own life.

I suffer from migraines and had a script for 12 Percocets that could only be refilled once every six
months because my doctor was afraid I could get addicted. He took them....left me with none and no refill.....This alerted(confirmed beyond a shadow...) me that he was beyond just medicating for pain.

He's been trying to deal with this and tried weaning off this month, but with all the reading I've doing about it, it certainly seems this is much bigger than he can handle alone. Now I find another script for 120, I'm concerned, lonely and depressed and don't know what to do next...

What's a woman to do?

[Shaneleo]

May, I just put my girlfriend through the same situation for about a year. I was taking Methadone for chronic pain which is quite a bit stronger and more addictive than hyros. He is stuck in a position that is really hard because if he stops taking the meds then he is in a lot of pain, and if he takes them then, well you know what happens. My relationship sufferd greatly and I thank God every day that she was strong enough to stay by my side through my hardest time which also turned out to be her hard time as well. I know you are going through a hard time but just remember he is not himself right now and I gaurenty he still loves you but becasue of the meds he is not able to express himself very well. I got off the methadone by starting a new detox medication called Suboxone (buprenorphene). The move to Suboxone has been the best thing that I have ever done. It wasn,t a painless one but If I had the chance knowing what I know now I would do it a hundred times over. Thats the only thing that sucks is you have to be in withdrawal to start Suboxone or it will force you into rapid W/D and you will get very six. To give you an idea I was taking about 80mg of methadone per day before I left my doctor. I got myself down to 40mg per day then ran out of pills. About a day and a half later I started withdrawaling from the methadone. (It takes quite awhile to start withdrawaling from methadone becasue it builds up in your system) I went to the hospital that night because i couldn't take the withdrawals anymore. They gave me a shot of Dilatan to stop the withdrawals and gave me 15 10-325 perks until I can see a doctor. I could take three of them at once and not even feel anything, it would just stop the withdrawals for about 2 hours. I made them last two days some how. I took the last one two at 6:00am on 08-09-05 and I took my Suboxone (2-8mg pills under the tounge) at 1:30pm the same day. About thirty min later I actually started feeling worse and worse after about 45min I thought I might have taken it two early. (which when you do that it forces your body into withdrawal) I went to sit down on the couch to get on the web to see if I took it to early and this is not a joke, I was standing their and went to sit down, the second I hit the couch everything was gone. All the withdrawal symptoms, bad sweats, tremors, yawning, cramps, cold sweats, hot sweats, goose bumps and a whole other slue of ???? was gone. My second day and I am feeling the best I have felt in years. No withdrawal symptoms, depression or cravings. The first night it did nothing for my pain but woke up the second day and the pain feels a lot better. This stuff was sent here from GOD himself. (If you believe in that) other wise its just a really really super thing. I really think you should give Suboxone a shot. Most insurances will pay most of the cost otherwise the medication is kind of expensive. About 325 for 60 8mg pills. I only have to pay 40 bucks for them. Good luck to you and please sent me an email if you or anyone else has any questions. Shane.Gangidino@comcast.net THIS SITE IS A HUGE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

shane