[ginafl2]

quote:Originally posted by helpme

please i need help im am a 14 yr old boy whos mom is addicted to vicodin and a nasal spray.she also has serzuries and im afried of loseing her.im also afried that we are going to lose her because my dad is tried of this.[V]i dont want to tell anybody i know because im afried children services is going to take us.I dont know what to do if that happens.If you can help please e-mail me at if_ur_reading_this_ur_stupid@hotmail.com

[ginafl2]

Try to find your mom's Doctor's phone number and call him or her. They will be able to help you more than we can. They will be understanding to your mom too. You can have your Dad call and he can ask the Doc not to tell your mom who made the call so she dosen't get mad at you guys. Don't worry your mom will get help.

[pthelps]

Gina how are you doing ????? Were you able to make it ?????If not you can try again .....Just wondering how you were ?????

You emailed me earlier this month ...Saw your name so I thought I would ask. Pthelps

[indycouple]

I posted last week, well before the 3rd of sept. that i was going to stop taking this evil pills, both me and my wife, well the time came and i got an app, with a doc here in my city, and got taken care of. i have to thank everything to this forum, i got onto the suboxone, went and seen the doc, was very cool about the situation, was there about 30 min total, waiting room, and then seeing them, and talking with me and my wife, told me how we would go about it, let me tell u, i am a male, hate being even in a doc's office, but it was simple, u are all worried about this and that, but things went smooth, was prescribed, the subutex for 1 day, which i can say didn;t do much, only 1 pill, and then the suboxone, which i can say works so so good, took all my withdrawls away, all of them. i feel normal, i feel good. what a relief. I have insurance, and wasn;t too bad, the meds were, for the 1 pill of subutex was $11. then $90 for the suboxone that is the insurance paying half. People might say, i can;t afford this stuff, well if you are getting painkillers off the street, u can afford this, just think about what u paid for all those pills u eat each day, this is the best thing i have done in a long time, i fell really good i took care of this problem, i know i am not out of the woods, and will have to ween off this stuff too, but the doc has a plan for that with me. i am telling you, if i can do this, you can do this. i was hooked on 40-50-sometimes more lortab and norco's a day, and that was over 4 years worth of taking almost, about $400-$600 a week, i am just sitten here thinking about what in the world am i gonna do with all this money i have extra. Well when you need money for pills, u find a way, now i am gonna find a way to still make the money, and get the nice things in life, nice food, nice material things. i have turned a new chapter in my life, as well as my wife has i should say. tonight i will be 3 days clean from the horrible evil pills, and u can too, like i said before, a man like me, who says he can do it on his own, won;t see a doc, and so affraid of everything, i went and got it done, but i did it. and u can too. I feel so much better, and can;t thank this forum enough for helping me through this, just by telling me about these meds, and how to get free from this. I will check back, and pray that others will turn the corner too, and find that there is a brighter side to life, get your life back like i did.

One Day at a time I think again and again of how i can be free from this.

[pthelps]

Indycouple ,
I am so happy for you ...You both did it . You both took the bull by the horns .You both got the courage to come clean ...You had the love for your family in your heart ...It was you all you ..You have done something a lot of people can't ..Take one day at a time like you said . I wasn't addicted but I still have to take one day at a time because I am still in pain and reaching for a pill is easier than exercising , eating right and a healty new life style ....That stuff takes a lot of time and when you hurt it makes life harder as it is ...I'm sure that is how you guys got started right ....Life is so much better without the pills though ..I am so much happier (just having a not so good day ) ..My head is so much clearer ....I was really rooting for you both ...Keep up the good work !!!!!

Pt helps

[phre0n]

i am sure anyone in this topic is in the same boat, but i take pain killers because i have actual pain problems intense nerve damage, pain that strikes so hard it drops me to my knees, so after 10 years of taking 60mg roxicodone 10mg percocet 10mg loricet and 10mg valium at night iam finally not taking it for pain, i no longer feel pain from the nerve damage i feel pain from my addictions i am at almost 2,000mg of roxicodone a day and then add on the percs and lori's to keep me in line inbetween, i've tried methadone a huge failure because i cant go on living with the intense pain from the nerve damage i am 23 years old, and i've been spoon fed medicine since i was 13 years old, i'v grown up being high on pain killers, the surgery that my doctors offer me is 10% success and 90% that i'll be parallized for the rest of my life, firstly i havnt had luck finding a doctor willing to take the risk and perform the surgery secondly i myself cant convince myself to go through with it and take the surgery i am at a dead end and feel like my life is in the hands of the drugs that i take i have no doubts that i am gonna die young due to the damage the drugs do to my body and at some points i even feel like why wait for it why not just shoot myself and see whats in store for me after that, but i struggle because i have a lot of people that care for me and i dare not dissapoint them and do a selfish act such as that, but i have lost my faith and i have lost my will, i have problems at work all the time because i am and i hate to be so vulgar but ****ed up during work, and my problems just keep on stacking up, i feel that doctors are taking advantage of people in most cases and giving them drugs that are far too addictive when there are alternatives but doctors get paid by drug companys to sponsor there drug sad but true, i think people need to stand up and start fighting against these types of doctors and if you know anyone that is taking pain killers to get high when they dont really need them give them all the advice you can and even print some of the topics here for them to read, they have no idea what there getting into, i have friends that beg me to sell them my medication and i always tell them the devil will take over your soul through these things and refuse to sell it, for some of us out there there is no way out of this mess, and sadly i feel that iam gonna take my perscription bottles with me to my grave.

[indycouple]

Well it is my, well our 4th day into the recovery, i guess you could say. Feel great, i feel normal actually, but great as in, not having the urge to get the painkillers, or withdrawls, i really think soboxen has done us good. I still can;t believe how lucky we were to find this place, you probably saved our lives, saved our families, yes i did start taking the meds for an injury, but only took that one script, to get me hooked, only one time! only took it for like a week, and was hooked, and took them for 4yrs, so be careful when taking painkillers, always look into alternatives. I wish everyone the best of luck, fighting this damn thing. i will try and do what i can to help others, as i have been helped so much from this terrible addiction, i just can;t believe how easy it was to get hooked, how easy it was to get the meds, see i still have about 400 lortabs and norco's here, but i have not touched them, nor will i touch them. I have a new lease on life, and why in the world would i want to jepordize my family, my health, my financial situation, i can;t believe i was spending like $400 $500 a week for these pills, and i could have been driving a H2 Hummer, know what i mean for that amount of money. If you get them for pain like most do, then you don;t spend that much money, i mean if you are getting them from your Doc, but if you are getting them on the street, just think about how much money you spend a day, how much you spend a week, and how much you spend a month, and then a year. I would say i spent at minimum $400 a week, so that is $1600 a month and that would be $20,000 grand a year give or take a few hundred. so for about 4 years looking at $80,000 80grand. just think about what you could do with 80 grand. where i am from, a house here in the midwest goes for about that. or a Hummer, or nice cars ect. I could have taken several cruises, trips overseas, took the kids to disney world, hell i don;t know, i just know i am free from the painkillers, and the soboxen helped me get there, yes i know the soboxen will take weening to get off of, but i am now only taking 1 pill in the morning, and 1 pill in the evening, not 40-50 plus pills a day. my meds are only $90 a month now, not $1600 a month, i just have to figure out what to do with this money. I am sorry i jump around so much writting this, just the way i write, hell i have all these painkillers still here, and not sure what to do with them, i would hate to flush A grand down the toilet, i know for sure they will never go in my mouth again, I hate who i was, but i love who i am now, i can't say it enough how much i appriciate you guys here for your support. just in 3 days, my bank account has went up. i could remember working my ass off to make sure i had enough money to pay the bills ect, and still have enough to support my habit, now i have to make sure to make the money to pay the bills, and build the account, if i could make the money to support a habit, then i can make the money to make my life style that much better, both for me and my family. If i can break this habit, you can too. I guarantee it. I can remember when i seen the doctor a few days ago, he was asking me, if i really wanted to stop taking pain killers, asked me if i was there because i wanted to, or if someone told me i had too, asked me if my wife was going to leave me, was i going to lose my job, i told him the truth, i was there because i was tired of feeling like ****, tired of chasing the pills, i could get them anywhere, i mean anywhere. you name it, and i got them from the internet, street, friends, family. If you have never taken a painkiller, don't! i mean do not take one, if you are taking them now and not addicted stop taking them, if you are addicted you can get help bottom line, all you have to do is take the step to get off of them, i thought i couldn;t, and i could and you can too. Cold Turkey is not the way to go in my opinion, but if you can, more power to you. I tried 2-3 times myself, either really wanting to stop taking them, or running out. and when you run out it is hell, untill you get your next fix. like i said before, if you have a habit like me, 40-50 pills a day, and spend $400 plus a week, you can afford to see the Doctor that can prescribe the suboxone, bottom line. If you could sneak around and buy them on the street and come up with ways to make the money to get them, then you can come up with the money to get off this evil ****. If you are reading this, and thinking i don;t know, will it really work for me, yes it will work for you! it will work for you. Each day you fight the addiction, and try to get more medication to hold u over, is each day you could be getting clean. i am now on day 4 of being clean from the lortab;s and the norco's, and i feel like a new man. I will leave it at that, please get help if you are looking for it, it is not bad. it is pretty easy. just look up a doctor in your area that will prescribe suboxone, and you will love yourself for doing it. Takes away the withdrawl, takes away the cravings, you will feel like u did before you ever took a pain pill. you will be normal again, at least heading in the right direction. I got my life back, and so can you. I will pray for all those who are looking for help. you can do it, have faith and keep your head up.

One Day at a time I think again and again of how i can be free from this.

[ginafl2]

IndyCouple,

Is your wife taking the sub too? I was just wondering because my doc told me the sub was too much of a narcotic for me and that I would do better to ween off. I'm down from 10 norco's a day to 3 a day.

[PoppyQueen]

This board has really inspired me. I have posted before and have been using Vicoprofen for 5 years straight now and am up to about 8 - 10 a day. If I had more, I'd take them. Last time I posted, no one knew about my addiction. Last week I fessed up to my husband and he is very supportive. It's a hard thing to admit this to someone you love and loves you--always wanting to be worthy of their love.

One month ago, my doctor got snagged for dispensing too many pain pills and was forced into retirement so there goes my connection. It's time to quit. Last night I read about 12 pages worth of all of your posts and have decided that Suboxone is the way for me since this is really a lifetime addiction for me. I first started using about 35 years ago (yeah I'm old).

I found someone to give it to me and I have an appointment for next Tuesday. I have a week to be in panicville (no more hydro's? AAAAH!) and they say I have to be in 24 hours of withdrawal. This place does not take insurance (all the insured places were booked up) but I can submit the $300 to start the program to my insurance. But if I gotta pay out of my pocket, so be it. It's about what I would spend on the pills.

I will report back as to my experience. I don't have the luxury of taking off from work as I have my own business. I hope I can join those of you who have crossed over to the pill-free side!

PQ
"Poppies will make you sleep..."

[mpvt]

Good luck PQ, your going to feel a whole lot better than you have in many years.You might have to play around with your dose for a little bit but you will know when it's right.Remember to stay on the suboxone for a good while so your mu receptors can return to their original shape.I would stay on the suboxone for at least 6 months a year would be better.Then when you decide to detox you go slowly and you won't have any withdrawls at all.Welcome to your new life....Dave

[PoppyQueen]

Thanks, Dave. I'm pretty scared right now. Up until next Tuesday I will continue taking about 8 Vics pills daily. I hope there is minor, really minor withdrawals at worst because I have to work the next day, only part time, but still I gotta go to work. Maybe I should reschedule for a Friday so I have the weekend off? It's really hard to imagine no Vicoprofen. I'm also on Effexor, an anti-depressant and I hope I can stay on that along with the suboxone. I know you shouldn't cold turkey anti-depressants.[?]

PQ

[mpvt]

Just keep doing everything the same.The doctor may want you to be in withdrawls when you start the suboxone.What they usually tell you to do is lets say you don't take any pills on friday,then saturday when you starting to feel lousy you take the suboxone.If you have a narcotic in your system (actually your brain) then the suboxone will put you into terrible withdrawl.So take that one day and make sure your in withdrawls before you start.You'll be ok and I garuntee you will feel alot better once the suboxone takes effect......Dave

[Bennie84]

quote:helpme Posted - 09/07/2005 : 11:38:48
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please i need help im am a 14 yr old boy whos mom is addicted to vicodin and a nasal spray.she also has serzuries and im afried of loseing her.im also afried that we are going to lose her because my dad is tried of this.i dont want to tell anybody i know because im afried children services is going to take us.I dont know what to do if that happens.If you can help please e-mail me at if_ur_reading_this_ur_stupid@hotmail.com

Hello all, I know its been a while, but ive been really busy!!! I just came back ta check briefly on this board and was outraged at the post made by helpme.... If you are reading this helpme and that is truely a supposedly joke post you wrote, thats horrible man. Apparently you have NO idea what we go through here. What you did with your post is downright shameful. How could someone be so heartless as to make jokes about people who are truely trying to take turns for the betterment of thier lives? The better half of me tells me not to say what my mind really wants to say, so I'll just leave it at this, SHAME sir.

[fairygirl79]

Hi,indycouple, i was just wanting to know if suboxone will help both my husband and I get off methadone? That was our resort 4 years ago when we got into a methadone clinic for taking oxycotin. The methadone clinic has saved our lives and all but now i want to be drug free, not taking anything at all. I would love to feel like i did before i ever took the 1st pain pill.The methadone helped us get off the oxy's but now we have another addiction that was supposed to take care of the other, we basically just jumped from one train to the next. Not that we dodn't know methadone was very addicting then, but that was our only resort to getting off oxy's. And it only took you 3-4 days on the suboxone to feel better? Please help, have you ever heard of anyone who was taking methadone get on the suboxone and have success?[V]

[indycouple]

FAIRYGIRL79.

I really think the Suboxone, will help you get off of this. It helped us get off lortab and norco's which are pretty much the same. I am not Doctor, by no means, lol. And the Suboxone only takes about 10min to 20min to start working if you are in withdrawls, i started taking it, and was in withdrawls, the next 20min i felt norman again, it doesn;t take 3-4 days to feel better, you will feel better right away. I have said this before, if you have the money to get the pills, pharm, street, anywhere, and have the drive to take these, then you have the money and drive to get off of them. I got into the doctor and he took care of us, i was scared, but don;t be, it is so simple, just tell them what the problem is, and wonderful things will happen, you will get off the methadone, and get back to a real life, being as you were before all of this, you know what i mean, we are going on 8 days of no lortabs or norcos, i even have 2 full bottles here or lortab's, and don;t even have a disire to take one, or even think about one. just said it cause they are here. still trying to figure out what to do with them, i bought them, but lol, now i don;t use them anymore. addiction is a bad things, but we can all overcome it. Are you thinking to yourself, the doctor will look down at you? do you think there will be low lifes in the doctors office? do you think you will be embarrased by this? not saying u are, but i thought those things, and people with addiction, come in all forms, there was a lawyer in the office when i was there for the same thing. people just get caught up in meds, start taking them for pain, u like them, u keep taking them, becomes something u have to have. or you take them just for the fun of it, and get addicted, then you go from taking 2-3 a day, to upwards of 40 a day like i did, alot of people don;t take that many, and alot of people won;t admit taking that many, hell there have been times i have taken almost 60 a day, when it was a holiday or weekend. I take 1 suboxone in the morning, and 1 at night, i have no craving for the pills, i have no want for them, my body doesn;t want them. i feel good, i can work, i can run around and get things done. it really is a great thing, although, there is going to be withdrawls from this, when u come off of it, that is why they taper u off of it, but going from 40-50 pills a day to 2 pills a day, hmmm. and getting off the lortabs and norco's i feel great, and you will too, just find a doctor in your area that prescribes it, call around several places, don't be affriad to make the call, ask questions, might be thinking u don;t know what to expect, what will the person think of me over the phone, they are there to help, they see people like us all the time, they do not judge us, they want to help us, help us for a better life, have faith. I did and i turned my life around, i know i am not out of the woods yet, but i sure cut down a path of getting out. this chainsaw "suboxone" has given me a chance to get all the way out. Next 2 weeks, i will be taking less of the suboxone, and then the next few weeks after that less, and less, till i am totally free from medication. take the jump, make the call. you can do it, call ask questions, wonders will happen, the choice is yours, and i know u can do it.

One Day at a time I think again and again of how i can be free from this.

[fairygirl79]

WOW!!!! Sounds like the suboxone is a great medicine for detoxing!!! Thank you soooo much for the info. Because right now, i'm feeling like **** everyday. I mean, i don't have withdrawals or my body don't ache, you know all the withdrawal symptoms, but i don't feel like doing ****!!! I get up and take my methadone and for about 2 hrs.i feel o.k. but then i start feeling soooo tired all throughout the day. I mean, i can't even clean my house because all i want to do is sleep. I would honestly sleep my life away if i didn't have a 3yr.old son running around me all day keeping me awake. The only thing is, it doesn't make my husband feel this way, but he's on a lower dose than me, and I can't seem to come down from my current dose to a lower one like he did. He started off on 105mg a day, and is down to 40mg, i started at 100mg adn i'm only down to 80mg one day and 60mg the next.I can't eve take 60mg for 2 days in a row without it affecting my sleep and having the jitters in my stomach. So i do give him props to what going down as much as he has. And I really do believe that he could slowly detox hiself from the meth because he is mentally strong, i'm not!!! Thanks again for the info., i'm gonna call around tommorrow to check some dr.'s out to see who will write suboxone to me and my husband. Because I am soooo tired. And a normal person, couldn't even lay down and take a nap during the day and sleep all night like i can, it's unreal. I may be on too high of a dose bdon't ut I want to go down at the clinic for other reasons, if you know what i mean!!!! [8D]

[mpvt]

Hi Fairygirl,sounds to me like your overdosed on your methadone.If you want to get on suboxone you need to get down to 30mgs of methadone a day.Talk to your doctor,if anything you need to come down on your dose......Dave

[DJS]

quote:Originally posted by Ladybugblu01

hi, never done this sort of thing before. my husband and i are both addicted to anything and everthing to do with narcotics. he got injured at work back in March, his mother died like 1 week later, and ever since we BOTH has been living off of scripts of pain killers from our docs. Make believe injuries (though some not), dental work, anything to get pills. Although he takes 3 times as many pills a day than I do, I look at it as we are the same. He has gone to the ER twice during withdrawal times, and both times they just let him sit in a room for 18 hours or so, alone, no one even really checked on him even though he was asking for help. Not pain killers, but real help. So needless to say we found no answers there. His last visit to his pill pushing doctor, who gave him a script of 60 lortabs every 2weeks, he finally fessed up that he thought he was addicted to them. The doc told him that he would be "sore for a few days" and then he would be fine. Funny how he can get on on them but can't help you get off of them. Needles to say, We are going on day 3 of cold turkey. We have 3 kids, 9,4,9 months. This has been a living hell for both of us. I have managed ok, for the most part. Taking (of all things) DayQuil and other herbel energy boosters have helped with the utter exhaustion. Also, smoking you-know-what has helped also with the intensity. Not that that is much better, but at least it's not narcotic. He has just kept himself asleep most of the time, which is really wearing me down because I am doing all of the kid duty, and cleaning,cooking etc etc. But I know that he is feeling worse than I am. I am coming off of 3 or 4 a day, and he is coming off of 12 to 15 a day. Soooo, not too sure what the next couple of days will hold for us but I am glad to have able to put my feelings in words, and hopefully there is someone out there that can give a litte encouragement. Or a least tell me that there will be life after this terrible thing we have brought to our family. Thanks for listening.

HI MY NAME IS DIANE AND WAS READING YOUR STORY. I FEEL FOR YOU AND HOPE YOU THE BEST. I DON'T HAVE AN ADDICTION BUT I HAVE A 25 YEAR OLD SON THAT DOSE. I CAME TO THIS SITE FOR HELP MYSELF WITH HIM. HE IS NOW IN DETOX AND THEY HAVE HIM ON SUBOXONE(NOT SURE HOW TO SPELL THAT)AND I WAS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS ABOUT THAT DRUG. IS IT GOOD OR BAD? SEEMS PEOPLE THINK IT WORKS WILL SEE. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU MY HEART HURTS FOR AND YOUR HUSBAND,BUT IF YOU STICK TOGETHER I BELIVE YOU WILL MAKE IT. YOUR RIGHT YOU CAN GET DRUGS EASY BUT YOU CAN'T GET HELP WEATHER YOU HAVE INSURANCE OR PAY CASH. THE SYSTEM SUCKS IN PLAIN ENGLISH. GOD BLESS AND GOOD LUCK.
DIANE

DJ SHANAHAN

[PoppyQueen]

Hi Diane, I just read your post and am sorry to hear about your son's addiction. If he has a desire to quit, Suboxone is an excellent choice. I just started the program 3 days ago. I don't have a desire to use drugs now as the suboxone takes care of that. It's extremely difficult to watch a loved one hurt themselves. A dear friend of mine is going through that with her husband being severely addicted to cocaine. And my sister has struggled with her 3 kids to get them off drugs at one time or another. They are all clean now.

Good luck to you.
PQ

[DJS]

quote:Originally posted by PoppyQueen

Hi Diane, I just read your post and am sorry to hear about your son's addiction. If he has a desire to quit, Suboxone is an excellent choice. I just started the program 3 days ago. I don't have a desire to use drugs now as the suboxone takes care of that. It's extremely difficult to watch a loved one hurt themselves. A dear friend of mine is going through that with her husband being severely addicted to cocaine. And my sister has struggled with her 3 kids to get them off drugs at one time or another. They are all clean now.

Good luck to you.
PQ

DEAR POPPYQUEEN,
THANKS FOR THE REPLY. MY JUST STARTED SUBOXONE 2 DAYS AGO AT 2MGS AND NOW TOMORROW HE WILL GO TO 1MG. ON SATARDAY HE IS GOING TO A 30 DAY PROGRAM. HE SOUNDS OK I GUESS BUT HIS ANXIETY SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. WILL THAT SUBSIDE DO YOU KNOW? AND CAN YOU ANYONE ELSE TELL ME IF THEY THINK HE WILL GO TO THE 30DAY PROGRAM ON SUBOXONE OR WILL THEY JUST STOP IT. I SEE MOST OF YOU PEOPLE ARE ON A MUCH HIGHER DOSE THEN HIM. HE'S BEEN USING FOR APPX: 3-4 YEARS. HOPE ALL IS WELL FOR FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND I WILL BE THINKING OF YOU.
BEST WISHES AND GOD BLESS
DIANE

DJ SHANAHAN

[jfk5_]

quote:Originally posted by Hetty

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don't have any anwers~ just hope all goes well!

I was so addicted to oxycontin that i was takeing up to 10 80mg pills a day!
I stoped cold turkey and felt like i was dying for about 2 weeks. After that i was not even normal about a full year hell im still not normal and i guess i never was or i wouldnt have ever started taking it. i had anxity could not sleep sever deppression because i wanted that filling of being on top of the world with more confidence than you could amagine. i felt unstopable and that i could acomplish any thing and i was and i did acomplish alot. but it started geting so bad that i new sooner than later i was going to die. my ankles were sweeling so bad and my body was dying and i had to keep takeing more and more to have that same feeling and i was only in my late twentys.I felt i could not go to rehab because i thought people would find out and was so ashamed after all i have five children and i could never let them find out.I would have rathered died before someone finding out.as of today the only person that knows about this is my wife who locked me in a room for a week calling in sick for me at work while i was throwing up every thirty minites and living in my own hell that i created. i still today crave that feeling that it gives even after almost loosing my life.

[PoppyQueen]

Diane, 2 mgs. seems like nothing to me. I can take up to 8 mgs. a day (the pills are 2 mgs.) and I can take in any combination I feel is good for me, like I can take 2 pills sublingually 4 times a day which is good for now--for me. I assume I'll be cutting back next week. The high amount is to get over the worst of the withdrawal. Heck I just came back from a business dinner that I breezed through--now that's amazing. I even had one glass of wine without problems.

I think your son will have anxiety stepping down to 1 mg. But I have no idea what the 30 day program will entail. Again, good luck!

PQ

[lissette212]

quote:Originally posted by justtobe

Sittting here going through the post it's good to know i'm not alone, i sit here and wonder what to do i have been on lortab 7.5 for 2 years taking 6 or 7 a day, i am on them for various chronic back problems, i always said i wouldn't ever get in this situation as my mother is and has been for 35 years. Don't get me wrong i do have bad pain but i take them when i don't just to feel good and get through the day and can't make it through one day without them. I want help but i guess it's like quitting smoking i'm afraid to be without them cause i've depended on them for so lone, maybe not as long as some people though. I tried to talk to my husband this morning about it and he's Mr.do no wrong so all he done was chew me out and critize me. Where i work at it's like drug planet everyone is on something so it's hard being around it and not do it. I know i have to come off of these but i'm really scared if that makes any sense, does anyone have any advise.

[lissette212]

quote:Originally posted by justtobe

Sittting here going through the post it's good to know i'm not alone, i sit here and wonder what to do i have been on lortab 7.5 for 2 years taking 6 or 7 a day, i am on them for various chronic back problems, i always said i wouldn't ever get in this situation as my mother is and has been for 35 years. Don't get me wrong i do have bad pain but i take them when i don't just to feel good and get through the day and can't make it through one day without them. I want help but i guess it's like quitting smoking i'm afraid to be without them cause i've depended on them for so lone, maybe not as long as some people though. I tried to talk to my husband this morning about it and he's Mr.do no wrong so all he done was chew me out and critize me. Where i work at it's like drug planet everyone is on something so it's hard being around it and not do it. I know i have to come off of these but i'm really scared if that makes any sense, does anyone have any advise.

[DJS]

quote:Originally posted by PoppyQueen

Diane, 2 mgs. seems like nothing to me. I can take up to 8 mgs. a day (the pills are 2 mgs.) and I can take in any combination I feel is good for me, like I can take 2 pills sublingually 4 times a day which is good for now--for me. I assume I'll be cutting back next week. The high amount is to get over the worst of the withdrawal. Heck I just came back from a business dinner that I breezed through--now that's amazing. I even had one glass of wine without problems.

I think your son will have anxiety stepping down to 1 mg. But I have no idea what the 30 day program will entail. Again, good luck!

PQ

DEAR POPPYQUEEN,
YOUR RIGHT HE HAS ANXIETY TODAY BUT NOT TO BAD YET. HE WILL WHEN THEY TELL HIM LATER THAT THE PLACE HE WAS TO GOING TO IS NOW NOT ACCEPTING HIS INS.. THEY HAVE TO SEND HIM TO FLA. AND WE LIVE IN NEW JERSEY, AND I DON'T HOW HE'LL REACT TO THAT. I CAN ONLY HOPE HE STAYS AND GOES TO FLA. I'AM SCARED HE'LL SIGN HIMSELF OUT AND NOT GO. HE IS HAVING SOME STOMACH PAINS I'AM THINKING THAT COULD BE FROM THE SUBOXONE. I'AM TRILLED YOUR MEETING WENT WELL, THAT TELLS YOU CAN AND WILL HAVE A NORMAL LIFE ONCE AGAIN. GOOD LUCK.
DIANE

DJ SHANAHAN

[dongarcia]

quote:Originally posted by Doggy

I have a really good friend who is addicted to the pain killer Hydrocodone. Anyhow she wants to stop but everytime she does she gets really bad withdrawals such as sweating and shaking, can't sleep, etc. I was wondering if anyone out there has been through this on their own without going to a treatment center. If so please tell me what to do for her and how long it took for the withdrawals to go away!!!! HELP!!!!

<div align="left"></div id="left">hi my nickname is dongarcia im addicted to pain killers i started taking 1 a day every night then it got worse i started taking 10, from 10, it went to 60 to 65 a day, the more money i had the more money i wasted i couldn't do any thing with out percocets every time i had to go to the store i had to pop in some percocets really it became so bad i didnt know how to control it i felt like i couldnt live with out it, i felt like the pill was my only way out stress, every time i wake up in the morning i felt like ****, it was like that for 5 years straight there wasnt one day i didnt go with out, think about it five years taking 50 to 65 a day, belive or not , its crazy, but i never took any other drug it could of been cheaper by taking herion or something else but im to head strong for that ****, i did pills be cuz i wanted, but it got out of hand, i didnt eat because i thought the high would go away, it was way out of hand i had to stop, i started taking this oronge pills its shaped like a stop sign with a cross on it the nam is suboxings i think i spelled it wrong, but the pills are a miracle i took half of the pill under my tongue till it disolved. then 12 hours later i broke the pill into four pieces, then i took them when felt like **** a little bit, i did that for four days, i felt like a new person when i took those suboxings, they really work guys. it takes 3 to 4 days to feel normal , it depands on how good ur liver is. ur liver starts making ur own opium again.

[dongarcia]

quote:Originally posted by Doggy

I have a really good friend who is addicted to the pain killer Hydrocodone. Anyhow she wants to stop but everytime she does she gets really bad withdrawals such as sweating and shaking, can't sleep, etc. I was wondering if anyone out there has been through this on their own without going to a treatment center. If so please tell me what to do for her and how long it took for the withdrawals to go away!!!! HELP!!!!

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[Krisy]

apple cider vinegar in pill form. Again, I don't know what it does...?

Good question .... latetly a lot of people is talking about it, i remember the first time i heard about it was from a person who said
it did wonders on him on his ulcera .... ??? the second time i heard about it, was somebody was taking it for withdrawls of Vicodin ??? and the third time i heard about it was from somebody that used it for healing some injuries he had ????

I asked at the Health Store and they mentioned something related with healing .... but at the same time they mentioned that i had to be carefull with my liver ????

Good question and something that may be interesting to do some research on.

Kristy

[tabitha258]

I am coming off 6 percoet a day. I am on day 2 withdrawl, and it is hitting heavy. any advice?

[pthelps]

Tabitha,
Does your dr. know you are going off of pain pills ?There are meds they can give to help .Of course there is suboxne if you can swing that .

Are you still in pain ? I was lucky because I had a reduction in pain before I began to tapper down .Are you going cold turkey or are you tapering down ? .What helped me to make it through the withdrawls was the fact that I knew that I would I would never feel any worse than having the flu .I figure that a few weeks now of feeling like I had the flu was worth getting off of the pain meds .Exercising like walking and bike riding along with upper body stretches helped a lot .Drinking a least 64 ozs will help rid your body of toxins .Vitamins , minerals ,lots of fruits and veggies helped me feel better .Hot showers and baths help with the restless legs and crawling skin .Hot herb tea will help relax you .I found a great homeopathic natural sleep aid which worked better than ambien .You can find it at some health food stores or on the net .It is called coffea cruda 30 .Cutting way down on processed food white sugar and white flour putss less toxins in your body to begin with..Message was the trick to my success . It helped with my painful muscles and over all body aches .

That is what helped me .I know I sound like a health nut but before my success of comming off of pain meds nothing could be farther from the truth . You have to listen to your body and mind and do what you feel is best ..i do wish you well as you journey to find your answer to a better life .
Good luck and best wishes .Pthelps (which stands for physical therapy helps)