[TakingBackControl]

Hello all! I am obviously very new here. But I am going to jump in with both feet and get right to the point.

I have been taking lortab for back pain (curvature of the spine) for about 3 years, With one stop in the middle when I got preggo. It was extremely difficult to make it through that pregnancy in the beginning. Not only from the regular early pregnancy woes, but also from the withdrawls.

After delivering, I immediately started the lortab again. I am one of the people who thinks I can stop anytime. My addiction is not a "real" addiciton. I take them because I need them. I am sure you all have heard it before!! LOL
But after a year taking them, I am easily taking 6, 7.5's a day. And there are some days I can not even remember how many I have taken. I knew I had a problem when they started to control my life. Everything was about how many I had left, when my next refill was, being excited to get up early in the morning to take a couple. It is truly ridiculous!! And am pissed off I have allowed myself to let something so silly start controling my life.

So my question/dilema is this.........What is the best way to stop? I am a wife and mother of 2 awesome kids. And I am planning another pregnancy. So obviously I need to get off them. Taking an alternative drug (suboxone) is not an option because of getting pregnant. So I just need to do this will my willpower. But do I even have any?LOL

I have written down the info for the "Thomas Recipe". And Plan on starting that as soon as I get all the stuff. But really, anymore tips/advice/emcouragement, would amazingly wonderful!!

I'm so sorry for you but you sound like me 3yrs ago....6 pills a day is nothing. I remember thinking the same way then my addiction progressed to 30 10mg pills a day...I lost my husband my great job and my self worth. I have 2 small children whom my husband wants to take from me and I feel he should...I cannot function to take care of them and it is a life I would rather leave then be in...I wake up sad and have no ambition or desire to want to go on. Dont do this to urself!!! I went yesterday to get suboxone and w/out it u will go thru the worst feelings ever...trust me. PUt off having a baby for a cpl months and get clean on this med..its worth the wait.

[Brian G]

Originally Posted by TakingBackControl

Hello all! I am obviously very new here. But I am going to jump in with both feet and get right to the point.

I have been taking lortab for back pain (curvature of the spine) for about 3 years, With one stop in the middle when I got preggo. It was extremely difficult to make it through that pregnancy in the beginning. Not only from the regular early pregnancy woes, but also from the withdrawls.

After delivering, I immediately started the lortab again. I am one of the people who thinks I can stop anytime. My addiction is not a "real" addiciton. I take them because I need them. I am sure you all have heard it before!! LOL
But after a year taking them, I am easily taking 6, 7.5's a day. And there are some days I can not even remember how many I have taken. I knew I had a problem when they started to control my life. Everything was about how many I had left, when my next refill was, being excited to get up early in the morning to take a couple. It is truly ridiculous!! And am pissed off I have allowed myself to let something so silly start controling my life.

So my question/dilema is this.........What is the best way to stop? I am a wife and mother of 2 awesome kids. And I am planning another pregnancy. So obviously I need to get off them. Taking an alternative drug (suboxone) is not an option because of getting pregnant. So I just need to do this will my willpower. But do I even have any?LOL

I have written down the info for the "Thomas Recipe". And Plan on starting that as soon as I get all the stuff. But really, anymore tips/advice/emcouragement, would amazingly wonderful!!

Hi TakingBackControl,
I would definitely start by getting the vitamins , Bananas, vitamin water , water, aspirin - , and a open heart to God.
that is what used for my detox and am now 11 days clean of 12 vics a day .
Well congratulations on making this 1st step .
take care you can do this

God Bless


Brian G

[No Tabs Ali]

My name is Ali and I'm a 26 yr old professional who is also addicted to lortab. I started taking them when I had a surgery. They made me feel like I was on top of the world so I continued to take them and when the doc would not give me anymore I started buying them off the street. Its been a year now and Im up to about 150 bucks a week on my addiction. Last week I decided I no longer wanted to be an addict. I started y weaning myself from 8-10 10mg a day to 2 10 mg a day for 5 days and now I am quitting cold turkey. Today is day 4 for me without any. The first 2 days were the worst. Throwing up, diarhea, restlessness, anxiety, headache...you name it. Yesterday was a little better and today is good so far. I am trying to do this with as little help as possible. I did see my doctor for what I told him was the "flu" or "stomache bug" He gave me a prescription for Lomotil for the diarhea and let me tell ya...its a life saver! He also gave me Reglan for nausea and vomitting which is working great! So my advise is get those meds (they are not habit forming) and drink plenty of fluids. Hang in there and take it one day at a time. And whoever u have programmed in your phone that gets them for you....DELETE THEIR NUMER!!! Good Luck and hang in there. This to shall pass

[No Tabs Ali]

Originally Posted by TakingBackControl

Hello all! I am obviously very new here. But I am going to jump in with both feet and get right to the point.

I have been taking lortab for back pain (curvature of the spine) for about 3 years, With one stop in the middle when I got preggo. It was extremely difficult to make it through that pregnancy in the beginning. Not only from the regular early pregnancy woes, but also from the withdrawls.

After delivering, I immediately started the lortab again. I am one of the people who thinks I can stop anytime. My addiction is not a "real" addiciton. I take them because I need them. I am sure you all have heard it before!! LOL
But after a year taking them, I am easily taking 6, 7.5's a day. And there are some days I can not even remember how many I have taken. I knew I had a problem when they started to control my life. Everything was about how many I had left, when my next refill was, being excited to get up early in the morning to take a couple. It is truly ridiculous!! And am pissed off I have allowed myself to let something so silly start controling my life.

So my question/dilema is this.........What is the best way to stop? I am a wife and mother of 2 awesome kids. And I am planning another pregnancy. So obviously I need to get off them. Taking an alternative drug (suboxone) is not an option because of getting pregnant. So I just need to do this will my willpower. But do I even have any?LOL

I have written down the info for the "Thomas Recipe". And Plan on starting that as soon as I get all the stuff. But really, anymore tips/advice/emcouragement, would amazingly wonderful!!

Dear Taking Back Control:

I hope you are still here with us and doing okay. This is a very hard habbit to kick but with faith and support of family and friends (even a sponsor) you can do this! Today is day 8 for me. like I said, I was taking 8-10 mg a day and today I feel wonderful! The first 4 days were pure hell but if you can make it past that you will be fine. Just hang in there. You have to make up your mind to stop and just do it. Just like that. The meds I listed will make u feel better and are not habbit forming. Please let us know how u are doing.

[TakingBackControl]

I am still here and thank you so much for thinking of me!! I started the detox a day or so after my first post. I went completely cold turkey and I seriously wanted to die for those first few days. It was truly one of the most painful, agonizing things I have ever dealt with. But I made it through and after about 4 days I did start to feel normal again. The only problem was the back pain was still there. The reason why I started them to begin with. I couldn't understand how I was supposed to not take the pain meds for the actual pain I was having. So I went ahead and got my refill and gave them to my husband. He leaves me 2 when he goes to work. And there are some days I don't even take those. So all in all I think I am doing very well.

I still have that part of me that thinks about how amazing they make me feel and how much more I could get done if I had just a few more to take. But I am hoping that in time, the mental withdrawls will lessen just like the physical ones did.

Deja Vu...

Your story sounds a lot like mine feel free to check out my story at Veteran Vicodin Addict. I too had real pain and started down that road. I quit cold turkey and by day 4-5 i was just getting past the worst of it. Your body will play all kinds of tricks on you to take more pills...dont fall for it the pain may not be real. Just keep it up, stay as healthy and comfortable as you can and you will make it.

Best wishes and keep us posted.

AFSGTSAM (Eric)