[michele151]

Good Evening,

I have been reading alot threads dealing with withdrawal symtoms, but none about darvocet. I have been taking darvocet for about 8 months for by back and mouth. I need to get off of these things. I have 96 left and I need to know how to come down slowly. About a month ago, i went a few days without and it was the worst 3 days of my life. Can someone please help me? Thank you

[Cats Meow]

Tell us how many you take per day, and I or someone else will come up with a taper plan for you. Since it's Darvocet w/d will be easy on you.

[michele151]

Originally Posted by Cats Meow

Tell us how many you take per day, and I or someone else will come up with a taper plan for you. Since it's Darvocet w/d will be easy on you.

Hello, I was taking about 12 a day. 4 in the morning, 4 at lunch, and 4 after dinner. The 3 days I was without was horrible. I was sick, no energy, anxiety, fear of losing everything, and no sleep. Please help me. Thank you

[BlackKats]

Were you taking twelve 30 mg or thirty 100 mg pills per day? Even if its 30mg, thats quite a bit of opiate. 360 mg of darvon/cet is what it is.
Ask around, and you will find the help that you need to wean yourself off the darvies.

Gary

[ARTIST658]

Hi Michele,

Darvon/darvocet was where my addiction began, so I can relate. My ex-father-in-law was a doctor and I had chronic migraine headaches -- so, in his zeal to be compassionate yet cautious, he thought Darvon was a good answer for my pain. I guess docs believe that darvon/darvocet are fairly "safe" narcotics. They aren't, as you and I found out the hard way.

Ultimately, I went on to other narcotics, ever stronger, ever more addictive. I pray you don't fall into that familiar trap of addiction.

I know there's a man who posts here often by the name of Robert who could probably offer you a "schedule" to taper off the drugs. Hopefully, he'll reply.

In his absence, I would simply suggest that you set up your own schedule, based on the remaining 96 pills and some good common sense. 96 = 8 days, at your current schedule. I'd start with cutting back to 3 pills, 3 times a day... then reduce from there. Write up a plan for tapering and STICK to it - basically, trying to taper down to 1 pill 3 times a day, til off them.

I'm a little uncomfortable with others who are claiming it is "only" darvocet so the withdrawal won't be too bad. If you haven't experienced withdrawal before, I'm sure it will feel pretty bad to you. (Others may have experienced w/d from more powerful medications, so to them, darvocet is not so traumatic.) Feel free to write your feelings and thoughts here - you may be surprised at how many emotions come up and how strong the cravings become. But you CAN get through it, and it will be very worthwhile to you, doing so.

God bless,
Ruth

[michele151]

I have been taking 100/650 darvocet. I have taking vicoden and percocet, but the majority has been darvocet. This has been going since February.

Yes, you ae right. I never had any idea that I would get addicted to darvocet.

I am 34 years old and still had a baby tooth in the front of my mouth. The adult tooth did not come through like it was suppose to because the area was not wide enough to compensate for the adult tooth. I had to get braces to widen the area then have the baby tooth removed and then I had to have oral surgery to have a button placed on the adult tooth that is located in the roof of my mouth. They have attached a chain to the button and the braces and my orthodontist twist is over every two weeks. Very Painful.

I also have been having server lower back pain which seems to run up the middle of my back through out my shoulders which I had an MRI for yesterday.


I want to get off these things and get my life back together.

Please help.

[melinda7.5]

Hi Michele
Do you have a plan to get off, are you thinking about tapering or maybe c/t.
I did a taper it seemed to work best for me.
But a lot of people just get it over with and do a c/t ...
I agree with Cats, if you have been taking darvocet...I don't think it will be as bad as it could.
But any w/d are no fun
let us know how we can help
Talk to you later, Melinda

[michele151]

Melinda,

I do not have a plan. I need some help with one. I was taking 12 100-650 darvocet a day. I have about 87 left. I have tried to do C/T and I was terrible. I am not able to eat, sleep, or do my work.

I am worried because I received notification this week that my insurance company sent a letter to my doctors and dentist concerning the number medications that were prescribed. My dentist subscribed 3 darovert, the first doctor I went to concenring my back prescribed me 1 oxycodone and 2 darvocet, I went to different doctor in the same Town becasue the wait was shorter and was presribded 2 oxycodone and 1 darvocet.

I have been reading about the legality of doctor shopping and I am a little concerned.

I just want to get my life back together. I hope I am not going to lose everything because of 8 months. I had no idea that this would happen.

Please help

[melinda7.5]

Hi Michele
well get you fixed up ...I didn't do to well when I went c/t either, so i did a taper, and it was a lot easer on me...
so if you are taking 12 a day I would take 10 tomorrow,you said you have 87 left, right, if you need to can you get more.what did your doctor say, if you did not sign a contract with one of your doctors I think you will be ok...
If you can get more I would just drop off one a day you will some w/d but nothing you cant live with...
I can talk you thru this and your going to be ok...let me know what you think.
Talk to you soon, Melinda

[michele151]

Melinda,

First, I would like to say thank you for your help.

I spoke with my doctor and my dentist. My dentist said that he did not see a problem. My doctor said that the letter states that he is giving me to much medicine and he could get in trouble. I have not spoke to the 2nd doctor because she sent me a letter stating that she could no longer provide me services becasue the pharmacy contacted her about me receiving medication from my primary doctor. I only saw her 2 times because I was going to change to her because the time wait at my primary doctor is so long and she was new in Town and the wait was less. So that is why I am a little concerned.

I could possibly get some more. I just had an MRI done yesterday. But, I would love to get off these things ASAP. I am hoping my worries about the above are due to the anxiety of these pills. I cannot lose my job or family. I am really scared about that. I live in a small town.

Again thank you

[Bailey46]

Hi Melinda !

I'm sorry you find yourself here, but as you've noticed, the people here are so wonderful and supportive.

Don't beat yourself up about this too much. Those pills have a nasty way of creeping up on you until oneday you find they're all you think about. I know your scared of running out (the fact that you counted them) and you want to be free of the mind/body hold they have on you.

I have read several threads of people successfully tapering. 1 thing I would suggest is you have someone help you with this.

I tried tapering and it was working WHEN I had someone hold the pills for me and only give me the exact amount for the day, then I ran out and had the script re-filled and never gave them back to the person to hold. For me, that was the beginning of the road to rock bottom.

Make a taper plan and stick to it. The w/d should not be so bad if you slowly go down.

Please, if at all possible, ask a friend to help you by holding the pills for you...

I'm very new to this site and on a mission to get away from the vice grip pills have on me as well, so I hope I'm giving you good advice.

Keep posting Michele, know that your not alone and there are many wonderful people here who will help you succeed.

(((hugs)))

Bailey

[melinda7.5]

I don't think you have any worries about the doctors. so you can put that behind you and not think about it any more
OK so we need to figure out how many you can drop if you don't want to get anymore we might have to drop a little faster thats all but I think you are pretty determined to get off of these things so I don't think you will have to much trouble...
if you want to try to take 11 tomorrow you need to take them out of your bottle and put the rest away...get it in your mind that your going to do this and you WANT to do this...
If you could have seen me last year ...I was a mess, but I got the hang of it and the more progress I made the more excited I got...
How do you normally take your pills how many at a time and when, that way we can figure what will be easiest for you to drop off...
You dont need to thank me...you watch in know time at all you will be here helping someone getting them off there drugs...
let me know when you take your pills so we can figure this out
talk soon, Melinda

[michele151]

Originally Posted by melinda7.5

I don't think you have any worries about the doctors. so you can put that behind you and not think about it any more
OK so we need to figure out how many you can drop if you don't want to get anymore we might have to drop a little faster thats all but I think you are pretty determined to get off of these things so I don't think you will have to much trouble...
if you want to try to take 11 tomorrow you need to take them out of your bottle and put the rest away...get it in your mind that your going to do this and you WANT to do this...
If you could have seen me last year ...I was a mess, but I got the hang of it and the more progress I made the more excited I got...
How do you normally take your pills how many at a time and when, that way we can figure what will be easiest for you to drop off...
You dont need to thank me...you watch in know time at all you will be here helping someone getting them off there drugs...
let me know when you take your pills so we can figure this out
talk soon, Melinda

Melinda,

I was taking 4 in the morning, 4 at lunch, and 4 at dinner. I took 12 yesterday and I only took nine today. I am feeling the effects right now, but I am hoping I will be able to do to sleep soon. The doctor gave me some ambien samples. Is it OK to take one?

I will be looking forward to working with you to get me through this. Again, I never thought that this would happen. I have done some other things in the past and was able to break fast from them. So that is why I had no idea this would be so hard.

[melinda7.5]

Hi Michele
If you could hold at nine today..you would be doing GREAT !!! ...
then well see how you are doing tomorrow...
If you can drop great but if you are having a hard time you could stay at nine till you get stable...

I took ambien for sleep when I was doing my taper...
It really helped me...
I still take it sometimes when I cant sleep...

I know this is hard we all have gotten sucked into this
but your on your way out...
If you need anything just post...
talk to you soon, Melinda

[michele151]

Melinda,

Can you tell me a little about your situation? How did you get addicted? How long?

[melinda7.5]

Hi Michele

I have fibromyalgia and DDD so I started out taking vics and ended up taking oxycontin at first it was great but my tolerance kept going up so I would need more and more...at the end I was chewing up the oxycontin, I don't know if you know about them but the pills I was taking were 40 mg that = 8 5mg percs... they are time released that is why I would chew them so I would get all of it at once and I would take two at a time and then top it off with some vics...
It just makes me sick to think about it now, I would take my script in about a week and then go buy them, I was spending about 2 grand a month on drugs...
Thats when I new I was in trouble so i quit the oxycontin and did a taper with the vics..I started out with about 20 10mg a day and worked my way down..I found this forum when I was down to 2 5mg a day and Robert helped me get the rest of the way off...
I had to have surgery a couple of months ago and had to take pain pills for awhile and my brain said OH I LIKE THESE THINGS...LOL so I had to quit again but this time it was not as bad I new better than to let things get to far.
It was a period of about three years the first time and I will never go back there...It really was the worst time in my life, but things are great now...
I came out much stronger than I was before...
as long as I exercise I feel good...having a little pain is much better than being addicted to those pills
scary story but it is behind me now

talk to you soon, Melinda

[Cats Meow]

W/D's are inevitable, and I doubt you would want to prolong feeling miserable any longer then necessary, so I wouldn't want to string out a long taper if it were me. I think this is how I would do it. Since you take it 4x per day every 4 hours, the first day do 3x/4h, and one pill as a bumper if needed. The second day take 3 in the morning, then wait as long as possible, try 5-6 hours, expect to be craving it, then take only 2, take one more to bump it and hour or two later, and then 2 before bed time. The third day take 2 and get ready to enter major w/d, go as long as you can then only take one pill, at this point even one pill should give you some relief, then take 2 before bed. The fourth day is your choice either CT (cold turkey) or spread out 3 pills throughout the day, you're going to feel lousy so why not just get it over with. At this point flush any remaining pills, get comfortable, buy some Imodium and be ready for two days of flu like symptoms, they should be mild, unlike an Oxy, Sub, or Methadone detox, as soon as you can force yourself to get up and go for a long walk, exercise is key, as is long soaks in the bathtub.
I don't think you have enough pills, but if you had an unlimited supply, you could have reduced your consumption by one pill per day until you're down to 3 pills per day, then jump off to CT.
W/D's are never any fun, but it's best to get it over with, I know sometimes you feel like you're dying, but remember after 2 days you will start feeling better every day.
Hope this helps.
Cats

[melinda7.5]

Hi Michele
I was just wondering how you are feeling today...
let us know how your doing
talk to you soon, Melinda

[iloerose]

Hi Michelle: I pretty much went c/t from a vic addiction that had lasted for about 8 years. You may want to look at the Thomas Recipe as you taper, there may be some advice there that will help you for any w/d symtoms you have as you taper. Make sure you drink plenty of fluids, gatorade, and get some excercise. You will be able to do this! The hardest part at the beginning is recognizing you need to stop and then acting on it. Post when you need to and let us know how you are!

Peace,

IloeRose

[michele151]

Originally Posted by melinda7.5

Hi Michele
I was just wondering how you are feeling today...
let us know how your doing
talk to you soon, Melinda

I am doing so far so good. I have had only six so far and it is 6:30 here. I am hoping I can last until I can take some ambien so I will go to sleep. I just have a lot of anxiety about the notice from the insurance company. I think I have so overlapping prescriptions. When all this started about 8 months ago I had no idea that it would get to this point. I would was doing so well with the take one pill every 4 to six hours. But the more you take, your body becomes immune and needs more to fix the pain. I just had no idea that it was illegal to over lap prescriptions and 3 doctors with out telling the other one. Truly is was trying to find my problem and had no idea that I was getting into this mess.

My husband and I are in the middle of a seperation so I have not spoken to him about all of my doctors appointments. I would have have stayed with one doctor. What could happen? If any thing. This would be my first legal issue ever.

Thank you for asking about me. I really need some help with this. I just want to get away from everybody.

[melinda7.5]

Hi Michele
6 REALLY...your kicking butt...LOL
I really don't think anything will become of the over lapping scripts, if you have never had any legal issues the worst that would happen is they would slap you on the hand and say don't do that again...I had something just like this happen before...just play dumb and say I didn't know you couldn't do that, and you didn't...
Your doing so good with all the pressure you under, sounds like you have had it rough lately.
just lay low and take a deep breath it will all be over soon...
and you will never have to look back...
hang in there and post and let us know how you are doing...
Talk to you soon, Melinda

[michele151]

Originally Posted by melinda7.5

Hi Michele
6 REALLY...your kicking butt...LOL
I really don't think anything will become of the over lapping scripts, if you have never had any legal issues the worst that would happen is they would slap you on the hand and say don't do that again...I had something just like this happen before...just play dumb and say I didn't know you couldn't do that, and you didn't...
Your doing so good with all the pressure you under, sounds like you have had it rough lately.
just lay low and take a deep breath it will all be over soon...
and you will never have to look back...
hang in there and post and let us know how you are doing...
Talk to you soon, Melinda

Do you mine telling me a little about your situtaion.

Well I started having back pain a few months ago. I went to my doctor that I had went to years ago. Then I changed to another doctor in the same area because it was such along wait. Well a couple weeks later I got a letter from the orginial doctor and the third doctor stating that they could not serve me anymore? After reading all this I am a little nervous. Once I changed doctors doctor I did not go back to the other one. So I am back to the second doctor whom scheduled me for an MRI on Friday.

[michele151]

Originally Posted by melinda7.5

Hi Michele
6 REALLY...your kicking butt...LOL
I really don't think anything will become of the over lapping scripts, if you have never had any legal issues the worst that would happen is they would slap you on the hand and say don't do that again...I had something just like this happen before...just play dumb and say I didn't know you couldn't do that, and you didn't...
Your doing so good with all the pressure you under, sounds like you have had it rough lately.
just lay low and take a deep breath it will all be over soon...
and you will never have to look back...
hang in there and post and let us know how you are doing...
Talk to you soon, Melinda

Melinda,

I think I am going to be able to get through with only 6 today. I have taken my ambien and hopfully going to sleep. I have to work tomorrow. I look forward to talking with you later.

[melinda7.5]

Originally Posted by michele151

Melinda,

I think I am going to be able to get through with only 6 today. I have taken my ambien and hopfully going to sleep. I have to work tomorrow. I look forward to talking with you later.

Hi Michele
Dang girl ...I guess your showing everyone how it's done...LOL...your going to be clean in no time...when you get your mind made up you just get to it...
I was the same way...I just hated feeling trapped there is nothing worse than that...
we are really proud of you...
Talk to you tomorrow I have to work to
Melinda

[doc.rose]

hey Michelle!! I am proud of you for deciding to get clean! Put the doctor shopping ******** behind you and start each day with a great attitude and before you know it you will be rid of this horrible addiction!! Its hard to admit you are an addict, so kudos to you!!

[ARTIST658]

Wow, Michele - came back to check on you (on this forum) early this morning, and you seem to be doing great! You've made terrific progress in cutting back. Many of us here can certainly appreciate the spot you're in - hearing that we've offended the pharmacy or doctor with our narcotic use... it's frightening when it happens.

But keep in mind, due the the prevalance these days of narcotic abuse, many, many doctors/insurance companies/pharmacies are on "high-alert" for signs of doctor shopping or other abuse. You are scared, I understand - just know you aren't alone. And you are not branded for life! More than likely, nothing more will come of it, so long as you stick with one doctor from here on out. You're basically "flagged" as someone for them to keep an eye on in the future, so that the doctor shopping signs will be caught quickly.

For you, this was actually an opportunity to put a stop to things BEFORE they get worse. I'm so grateful to see that you are seizing this opportunity, and stopping. So glad to see that Melinda has been there for you through this. From what I've read of Melinda's posts, she has a great amount of experience and compassion, and I'm glad you've connected.

Know that those of us here are pulling for you, Michele... keep on posting and keep up the tremendous work. It'll all be worth it.

God bless,
Ruth

[melinda7.5]

Hi Michele
How did it go at work today, That was always the hard part for me...
That is why I chose to taper...I took my pills to get thru work and then sucked it up after...and then when I had a day off I would slam it and take a drop and another trick i used was when i thought I could not take it any more and had to dose I would tell myself OK I can wait ten minutes before I take my pills and then when that ten minutes was up I would say I can wait another ten...after a while I was waiting hours before I took any pills...
and I would tell myself how much I hated those pills and I will win...
all of those things help the mental part of it...
I hope your day went well
Talk to you soon, Melinda

[michele151]

Originally Posted by melinda7.5

Hi Michele
How did it go at work today, That was always the hard part for me...
That is why I chose to taper...I took my pills to get thru work and then sucked it up after...and then when I had a day off I would slam it and take a drop and another trick i used was when i thought I could not take it any more and had to dose I would tell myself OK I can wait ten minutes before I take my pills and then when that ten minutes was up I would say I can wait another ten...after a while I was waiting hours before I took any pills...
and I would tell myself how much I hated those pills and I will win...
all of those things help the mental part of it...
I hope your day went well
Talk to you soon, Melinda

Hello Melinda and Ruth

I had a real stressful day at work and alot of pain around my heart and today.

I got my results from my MRI today. They said that have 2 buldging disc, 2 torn vertebrae, and something wrong with my L5 (i could not understand the doctor). I am scheduled to see a specialist next Friday. I also had an x-ray on my left breast area due to pain. I will get those results tomorrow.

I messed up I have had 9 already. But no more today. I am hoping to go to sleep soon. The anxiety is so bad. I just never knew how much they helped me get through the day until you do not have them.

I love talking to yall. I came straight and got on the computer.

[melinda7.5]

hi Michele
I know what you mean I was glued on this thing when I quit, Oh I still am...LOL
but I know it does help to have people that know what you are going thru.
I'm really sorry to hear about your back...
do you think you will have surgery ?
Melinda

[purpledog]

melinda did i do something to offend you.
purple