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[SimpleTreasuress]

Hi, my name is Amy. I have been reading through posts and you all seem to be really helpful. Here is my situation. I am a 28 year old mother of 2, I am happily married, the only thing wrong in my life right now is my addiction to pain pills. Does anyone have any advise on how to quit??????Amy at all? I take approx. 80mg. of hydrocodone daily....Noone knows how bad my problem is. I am a successful business woman, and it is like no one knows all the pain I go through if I don;t have the "pills"....

Is there anything OTC that can help withdraw symptoms....or maybe any meds. that will help?

Please someone, help me overcome this. I have no one to talk to about my problem and I feel alone.....

[dmmt]

I know how hard this is. I have my own battle with it. For the last 4 years I've been on darvocet daily, and then moved up to the occasional Lortab, then 2, then... well, you understand.

I've weaned down to 4 a day. It's hard as hell. I use them as a coping device, and I know it. But it does get better.
Lots of people here are on Suboxone right now- maybe they'll come along shortly and have better advice.

I know it was hard for you to post that, and it took alot of courage.

[SimpleTreasuress]

Does "weaning" off the pills work ok, with little or no withdraws? I do not know what it feels like anymore to be "normal", to live daily without pills...I want so bad to wake up and just not want anymore pills......
Any suggestions on how I should start with minimizing the pills? Should I cut back 1 daily? or try another approach...

Thanks so much for the help....I honestly need someone to talk to right now....Maybe we can work on withdrawal together...I need all the support I can get.....

[dmmt]

You're taking what? 8 10mg LT a day? How do you take them? 2 every four hours, etc?

I started by cutting my hourly dose by a quarter. If I had been taking two, I took 1 1/2 every four hours. A few days later, I took 1 every 6 hours, etc. It took a LONG time, and I had to learn to trick myself into not reaching for the pills. One thing that helped me was moving them out of their regular spot. It's just a mind game, but breaks the habit of reaching in your purse or wherever you keep them. I put mine in the garage on the highest shelf. Dumb, now that I write it down.

[dmmt]

Oh and.. I still take my 4 davorcet every day. 2 in the am, 2 in the evening. When I was weaning, I got some Soma and Xanax, and that helped tons.

[SimpleTreasuress]

I take 8 - 10 hydros per day....they are Norco 10/325.....I really have no certain time that I space them.....The longest I can go without a pill is approx. 3 hours.....so I feel like that is the longest I can go.......I am going to try and go down to 5 tomorrow.....and completely be off of them by 10/15....I am going to try and post daily, because it does make me feel ALOT better about getting this out.....and I really need the support or at least the fact of knowing that someone will read my progress.....(I hope that makes since) Thanks for your responces and I will DEFINATELY be on tomorrow and each day after, until I am totally off the meds....

[millisande]

baby i know the feelin, here goes, take otc benedryl for the drippy nose, keep a good cough drop around, go to the vitamin store and get something called L-tyrosene it will help your poor little brain to heal faster take a multivitamin that has plenty of copper ,zinc and magneseum, your body has been using it all up, keep some immodium handy for the first couple of days for the diareah, but dont take it if you dont need to because it will keep the l-tyrosene from working, and you'll really want that to work, it will give you a little boost of energy that i know you need to get ya out of the bed, your not gonna like it, but try to get some kind of exersize, it really will help alot, also if the l-tyrosene makes it hard to sleep, take it earlier in the day

[mpvt]

Hi Simple,you should look into buprenorphene.Try www.suboxone.com .This drug will allow you to get off the hydrocodone without withdrawls or cravings allowing you to work and at the same time take care of your addiction.....Dave

[abey042000]

Simple~

Hi hunny! When I read your first post, it sounded so much like me! Its crazy really! I am too, an addict been struggling with my addiction for a long time. I also have a chronic back condition that makes it even harder. Currently, my hubby duels out my meds and its not getting any easier yet. I was taking 15 7.5 vics daily now I'm own to 4 10mg Lorcet. Thats quit a bit of difference.

Do u have a condition that led u to taking pills.? I def. wont give u any advice on tapering because I could never do it on my own. They would call my name when I did try it. I would Compulse over them untill they were gone. Does anyone know anything about your addiction? I just spilled my guts to my family just the other day. What a relief that was. Although now sometimes I regret it, because I cant control my own meds and take what I want. Sometime I will be thankful I guess, but we'll see. LOL!

I'm sorry to ramble, I hope to hear back from u dear. By the way I'm 29 married with 2 kids as well, and a nursing student.

[SimpleTreasuress]

Hi Abey, my mother and husband both know that I take pain pills, but neither know how bad it has gotten.......I could never tell them that I am an addict......they would be so disappointed in me......I have done fairly well today.....I have taken 3......that is it.....and that is pretty good for me.....I am trying to take only 5 today and see how it works.....if all is good, next Monday, I will be going down to 4 a day....hopefully this will work for me.....right now I feel like I need a pill....SO BAD....my head is throbbing, but I know if I take the pill now, I will only have 1 left to take this afternoon, I am trying to look at it that way and maybe, just maybe, I can fool myself......and get by with 5 today....

Thanks so much for your concern

Amy

[gqblu]

Hi Amy, Abey and others,

My name is John and I am rooting for all of you!

John

[abey042000]

Hi Amy and John!

John~Thanks for rooting for us. God knows we need the support.

Amy~
Now, u may be able to do the taper. That would be awesome if u can. Some people have great self-control, me, I have none. LOL I think u have a good plan going though. I will continue to be your support.
Get back with me tonight, let me know how today went. Are u having any wd symptoms........bathroom troubles,weak, no energy,depression ect..Hope to hear from ya soon.

Hugs!

[SimpleTreasuress]

Hi there, yesterday went...well....ok....I guess. I ended up taking 7....this is SO HARD.....I woke up this morning and thought, well I am going to se how long I can go before taking one....Well, not long, my head really hurt....so I took one and now I am great....I am saying to myself that I will not take another one unless I truly have pain....so far so good. I am feeling ok, would love to have one.....but I don't hurt any at all, so I am trying to steer clear.....I will write later today to tell about my day and how many I ended up taking.....Thanks to all who understand my situation and I hope, to all of you, that are like me, we can work together to overcome this problem.....Thanks so much!

Also, I spoke to my husband yesterday about my problem.....I felt like he was really disappointed in me, but I think he definately wants to help me get off these.......I am going to have him hold my next refill and distribute them to me.......and give me a beginning limit of 4-5 and go down every week one pill....You guys just do not know how bad I want off these pills. I feel as if they have made me a totally different person.....I am sooooo moody now...I use to never be that way....and my sexual desire, well it has gone out of the window.....it has to be from the pills because that is when this all started happening....anyone else had these 2 things happen?

Thanks again for listening!


Have a great day!

Amy

[SimpleTreasuress]

Alright....only took 4 pills yesterday......definately good 4 me....cut it by half....planning on 3 today...it is going to be hard though because it is only 4:30am and I am awake.....

Have a Great Day!

Amy

OK, I am bored....reading through all the posts and I wanted to post something that I have not said yet. As you all know by my recent posts, I am addicted to hydros. and trying to get off. The part I have not said is that, approx. 2 years ago, I was addicted to Oxys. After about 5 months straight of taking the oxys, (on a daily basis), I could not get them anymore. The 1st day off was H**L! I was not experienced at all with withdraws and had no clue what was going on. I felt as if I had a horrible case of the flu. My legs cramped every single night, I was restless, ran a fever, throwing up, you think about sickness of any kind and I was going through that. I went to the doctor thinking that I did have the flu....I can't remember what I had gotten, but no pain meds., I did not tell them I was taking oxys. I would say the bad part of the withdraws lasted me a horrible 7-10 days, but the leg cramps continued for a month or so, I remember those like it was yesterday.....I did crave them but did not want to start back. Well here I am now....I get a script every month for 120 hydros. and I think that will be the hardest part of completely going off of them, knowing that I have a script, every month.....anyways, I just wanted to be let it be known that this is my 2nd addiction.

Again, I hope everyone has a great day and Good Luck to all!

Amy

Amy

[ConstantPain]

quote:Originally posted by SimpleTreasuress

Alright....only took 4 pills yesterday......definately good 4 me....cut it by half....planning on 3 today...it is going to be hard though because it is only 4:30am and I am awake.....

Have a Great Day!

Amy

OK, I am bored....reading through all the posts and I wanted to post something that I have not said yet. As you all know by my recent posts, I am addicted to hydros. and trying to get off. The part I have not said is that, approx. 2 years ago, I was addicted to Oxys. After about 5 months straight of taking the oxys, (on a daily basis), I could not get them anymore. The 1st day off was H**L! I was not experienced at all with withdraws and had no clue what was going on. I felt as if I had a horrible case of the flu. My legs cramped every single night, I was restless, ran a fever, throwing up, you think about sickness of any kind and I was going through that. I went to the doctor thinking that I did have the flu....I can't remember what I had gotten, but no pain meds., I did not tell them I was taking oxys. I would say the bad part of the withdraws lasted me a horrible 7-10 days, but the leg cramps continued for a month or so, I remember those like it was yesterday.....I did crave them but did not want to start back. Well here I am now....I get a script every month for 120 hydros. and I think that will be the hardest part of completely going off of them, knowing that I have a script, every month.....anyways, I just wanted to be let it be known that this is my 2nd addiction.

Again, I hope everyone has a great day and Good Luck to all!

Amy

Amy

How come you get a script every month? Just curious.