Vicodin withdrawals

Hi, my son is quitting drugs, and now he is in faze of vicodine withdrawal. What does it exactly mean?

Hi, Vicodin withdrawal is the characterised by specific reactions of an addict's body, since it is in the faze of detoxifications off vicodin. This is the first step in recovery, and it is very difficult. The body must relearn how to live without chemical stimulants, such as Vicodine. And this process is never easyAddicts need to use medical facility, in order to deal with the pain of detoxing. A medical detox can be performed under the supervision of medical professionals. The withdrawal period is necessary to go through, in order to recover.

After 8 months of daily vicodin use,. sometimes as many as 10 to 20 a day,. I decided that enough was enough. I quite. GUESS WHAT PEOPLE!? It's not really that hard to quite! SERIOUSLY! I had some restless leg syndrome,. a little 'edgy' feeling,. and a feeling like a flu was coming on. 3 days max. This hour that I am typing this marks the 72 hour mark. I just woke up and I am feeling great!!

Do NOT let all of these so call detox sites scare you. THEY WANT YOUR MONEY! Detoxing off of vicodin was a LOT easier then I thought it would be. I kept waiting for the bad day to come,. but it never did! I'm over it and it was simple,. not bad at all!

Just plan ahead 2 -3 days that you can stay off work (not necessary,. actually staying busy helped me a lot) and tell your loved ones that you may be a little edgy over the next day or so. Then grab a bunch of good movies,. some sleep aids to help you rest,. and KICK IT!

It was so easy,. I can't believe it. If I would have listened to others,. I would have thought that I would be close to death during detox. IT'S NOT THAT BAD! TRUST me! DO IT! You'll thank me! IT'S EASY!

MY FIANCE HAS BEEN TAKING VICODIN FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS NOW AND WE HAVE ALL HAD ENOUGH. IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO SEE HIM GO THROUGH WITHDRAWALS WHEN HE IS NOT ON IT. DOCTOR'S FIRST PRESCRIBED IT TO HIM DUE TO HIS CHEST INJURY, BUT HE KEPT ABUSING IT AND EVENTUALLY BECAME A HABIT. NOW DOCTOR'S MOSTLIKELY NOTICED HE IS HOOKED BECAUSE HE KEPT GOING TO THE HOSPITAL VERY OFTEN WITH A DIFFERENT EXCUSE SAYING HE BROKE A BONE, OR HURT A MUSCLE, BUT THEY DONT EVER SEEM TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH HIM WITH XRAYS SO THEY EVEN PUT A MARK ON KAISER'S SYSTEM SO HE CAN'T GET IT ANYMORE UNTIL HE GOES THROUGH TREATMENT FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT. THE POINT IS THAT SOMEHOW HE SEEMS TO GET IT SOME WAY OR THE OTHER. WHEN THE DOCTOR'S DONT GIVE IT, HE'LL GET IT FROM PEOPLE AND HE WOULD PAY ANYTHING FOR IT.. IT'S RIDICULOUS. HE TAKES AT LEAST 8 A DAY WHEN HE HAS IT, BUT WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE IT, HE GETS VERY DEPRESSED AND PARANOID. THIS IS VERY HARD TO DEAL WITH, FOR ME AND HIS FAMILY. HE STARTS SAYING STUFF LIKE "I FEEL LIKE KILLING MYSELF, MY BODY HURTS, IM SO MISERABLE..ETC" HE EVEN SPENDS DAYS WITHOUT SLEEPING UNTIL HE HAS IT. MOST OF HIS $ GOES FOR VICODIN, HE SOMETIMES PAYS $200 FOR 40 PILLS AND HE FINISHES THEM IN A HEART BEAT, HE HAS EVEN STOLE FROM HIS DAD'S PRESCRIPTION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, EVERYTIME I TELL HIM TO GO TO REHAB HE GETS VERY MAD AND OFFENDED, EVENTHOUGH HE KNOWS HES ADDICTED AND HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT, HE SAYS HE REALLY IS IN PAIN. I HAVE BEEN PATIENT WITH HIM AND BELIEVED EVERYTIME HE SAYS HE WILL TAKE LESS PORTIONS UNTIL HES BODY GETS USED TO NOT HAVING IT, BUT IT NEVER HAPPENS. HE STOPS FOR A DAY OR 2 BUT GOES RIGHT BACK TO THEM. AT FIRST I NEVER THOUGHT IT WILL TURN OUT INTO THAT BIG OF A PROBLEM FOR ME BECAUSE I HAD NEVER DEALED WITH NO ONE LIKE THIS, AND HE NEVER SEEMED TO LET IT GET IN BETWEEN US, BUT NOW EVERYTHING CHANGED. HE DEPENDS ON IT SO MUCH THAT I FEEL LIKE IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME IN HIS LIFE. I TRIED LEAVING HIM ONCE FOR IT, BUT HE WENT CRAZY AND PROMISSED NOT TO TAKE IT ANYMORE BUT HE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH IT. AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO QUIT BUT I DONT KNOW HOW ELSE TO DEAL WITH IT OR WHAT TO DO TO HELP HIM. WOULD IT BE RIGHT IF I TOLD HIM TO GO TO REHAB OR I CAN'T BE WITH HIM ANYMORE? MAYBE THAT WILL PUSH HIM TO STOP TAKING IT, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY HE IS KILLING HIMSELF SLOWLY BY ABUSING IT. OR AM WRONG???? PLEASE I NEED HELP HERE, I LOVE HIM AND I WANA HELP HIM

hi,i wanted to reply to this because i understand where hes coming from.i have a horrible vic add.sometimes i take 30 pills a day,and i will spend 1hundred tw three hundred on them.I get a scriot to.180 a month.and when i dont have them i go crazy.its not easy at all not haveing them.you feel like crap big time.you feel like you got the flu but way worst.cant sleep eat.i throw up get diahrria my whole body aches my hea is pounding.you think its not that big of deal but you have to experience it to understand.i need help big time but scared to get it.and your right he does to.if you leave him he just goin to get worst and be alone with it.you nedd to be ther for him.my bf is.i go threw the same thing.thank god hes understanding and did alot of research on it.you cant help it when you are addicted.your body craves it so bad and you no all you got to do is take a pill and it will be better.i know he feels how i do.waking up everyday sick till you take one.i hate living my life this way,and im sure he does to.but he cant control it and he will hurt and do anything he can to get it.two days of withdrawls feels like months and months.im trying to not take so many right now but its so hard plus im almost out.i no if i had them i take them.and when you go with out when you do get them you have to take alot to feel better to get it all back in your body.im not proud of myself or who i have become.i use to have a addiction to cocaine and ectasy.i would use herion to bring me down,i got off all that 7 yrs ago no rehab nothing just did it but this is way harder.its a scary thing to go threw with wthdrawls and he will get angry and say stuff he dont mean to.yes he needs help.but its not goin to be easy for him to want to do it.i was alomost off of them 3 weeks i felt horrible i started feeling a little better.the first week is the worst.he needs to find a doc to give him soboxne.i need that to.i was on it and it helps big time with the withdrawl symp.i hope this helps a little from what i go threw and you understand a little more.do what you can to get him off it ,but dont leave him he needs you to much.