[lil_freeze]

I have exactly 57 of my hydro 7.5's left, and I want to try and ween myself off of them. thing is, I can go through ten to twelve of them on a daily basis easily. I have built up such a high tolerance to them.

I have been through withdrawls when I ran out early and they are the worst thing ever!!! I know Ican't go cold turkey with these.

Has anyone around here ever tried to do this , and had any sucess? If so, please tell me how you pulled it off, because I am to the point of desperation here.

thanks
Lil

[fkunorko]

lil_freeze, yes you can taper down...I have done it myself. I was taking 10-12 of the 10mg ones at one point and I tapered down. that is 100+mg of hydro..so you are probably only taking 75mg. Just be honest with yourself, how many are you really taking? Tapering is only the first step though. try to taper down to like 5 per day...and then quit...thats where i'm at now, trying to quit completely. problem is, every time i go 12 or more hours, I celebrate by taking some! and then more..then more! i hate this!

[lil_freeze]

I have taken as much as twenty of the 10s in one day... And at the end of the day when I realize that I had I was shocked. I mean, when you take two at a time, and then don't even wait four hours before taking them again, it isn't hard to do that.

My thinkg is, if I have thirty I will take two or three and tell my self when I get down to 20 then I will start trying to only take one every six hours.... then I get to 20 and think well, when I get to 14 I will do that, etc etc... it's a vicious cycle for sure.

[fkunorko]

yup i agree, viscious cycle for sure! and the fact that they add up so easily during the day is horrible too! Take a couple every hour or something just in the work day that is like 16! So I can totally see how easily that is done. I dont struggle with them like that though, I just take them 3 times per day at certain times, basically I only take them morning,noon,evening. If I take 2 each of those times, it will be a bad day. if I take 1 in the morning and 1 at noon, the day is a little happier. its a strange fine line.



cant stop

[cluelessNJ]

quote:Originally posted by fkunorko

yup i agree, viscious cycle for sure! and the fact that they add up so easily during the day is horrible too! Take a couple every hour or something just in the work day that is like 16! So I can totally see how easily that is done. I dont struggle with them like that though, I just take them 3 times per day at certain times, basically I only take them morning,noon,evening. If I take 2 each of those times, it will be a bad day. if I take 1 in the morning and 1 at noon, the day is a little happier. its a strange fine line.

cant stop

Lilfreeze~~You can quit! I did it! I went cold turkey after tapering down...I went all the way down to one a day! I started at 10 a day coming off of oc's. Every 4 days I would decrease by 20%. I did a 24 day taper and then jumped off expecting the worse but I kept a positive attitude and knew in my mind and heart that I REALLY wanted to be clean. I was so sick of living the lie. Let me know if you have any questions. I would love to help you work out a taper that will work for you! Good luck!

Not so clueless,

CLEAN DATE 1/23/06