hi
i also take 8-10
norco's/day. if you're 3 day's w/out a pill, that's awesome! but when i'm out of the norco, i ALSO take
ultram, and although it doesn't substitute for the norco, it DOES help with the w/d, as far as you don't feel as bad on the ultram as you would on NOTHING. and by the way, taking ultram is only trading one addiction for another, trust me, i know. so anyways...
i also got on sub but then became pregnant and had to stop. but when i went on it, i didn't wait anywhere near 3 days to start it, and it woked fine for me. but then again, i wasn't taking any ultram at the time. you might want to go sunday without ANYTHING, if you can handle that. i know the sound of that suggestion probably makes you want to die, but trust me on this also, you'll feel much better about an hour after you take that sub on monday. of course, you're not going to feel like you do on the norco, so don't even expect that, but you're sweating and 'not feeling right' symptoms will go away. it's almost like the sub makes you feel like a normal, pill-free person. you're not high, but you're not in w/d or craving the norco, either. but i want to warn you of what i did, b/c i guess i wasn't totally sold out to the thought of getting clean yet or something...but after a few weeks on the sub, i started having these thoughts of 'i wonder if i take a quarter more of the sub, if i would feel anything better?', like, feel something euphoric. DON'T GO DOWN THAT THOUGHT AVENUE. b/c i tried it once, and it didn't work, plus it freaked me out that i was going to accidentally od or something. so anyways, as one addict to another, just be totally sold out to the thought of getting clean, for good! no thoughts about wanting to feel what you used to on the norco, etc. b/c sub isn't going to get you that. sub is your friend!
now, my sub doc NEVER asked me the name of my pain doc. that would have freaked me out, b/c i wouldn't want to give him that info either, for the exact same reasons you stated. b/c my pain doc was prescribing ALOT of norco, and i wouldn't want to put her in an uncomfortable situation and cause her to question whether she should have been prescribing that amount to me or not. and maybe deep down i wanted to keep that avenue open in case i ever ended up back in her office. but if you REALLY want to be clean, then burn all your bridges. let there be no way for you to go back to the pain doc, but not thru giving their name to the sub doc. maybe by admitting you've become dependant on the norco or something. that way they can be aware of your situation thru a good way. anyways, that's all easier said then done. but the one thing my sub doc DID ask was if i had been getting my pills off the internet (?). i thought that was interesting, not only b/c i'm not, but b/c it told me that he was used to dealing with people that HAD, so he was pretty experienced with addicts. anyways, that's the deal with how it went down for me...
i'm here if you have any more questions...
i TOTALLY KNOW HOW YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW, AND IT SUCKS!!!!
thank God you have the ultram to make you feel a LITTLE more normal, but still. if there's any way you can just stay in bed or lie on the sofa or something tomorrow and maybe sleep, just so the time will go by faster till monday when you can take that sub, then maybe try to do that. i know that how you feel right now, every minute feels like an hour. but you have a light at the end of the tunnel!!!
that's awesome that you're on your way to living w/out norco!!
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