Hi, I am 51 years old, and I’m addicted to vicodin. I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I need someone to tell me how to deal with this problem. Please share your experiences with me, it would help me a lot.
Hi, I realized that I was addicted to vicodin few months ago, when I tried to stop using it. I told my family about my problem, and fortunately they were willing to help me. They were very kind and always ready to talk with me, which helped me a lot. My husband heard from a friend about some drug rehab program, so I decided to try it. It wasn’t easy to talk in front of the strangers about my vicodin addiction, but it just made me more determent to fight this disease. The first step of a treatment is detoxification, and believe me it isn’t simple as it sounds. I was feeling symptoms of vicodin withdrawal such as restlessness, bone pain and insomnia, but I managed to deal with it. You must find enough strength to do the same thing for you and for your family.
My mother takes vicodin on a daily basis. Seems she goes to different doctors and they keep giving it to her. What do we do?? She is very stubborn and hard headed. She is probably in denial. She treats everybody like garbage including my 77 year old father (she is 57). We are not sure what to do about it. :-( :-( Avoiding her sometimes does not help much. I live on the east coast and my family lives on the west coast. My sister informs me of what is going on. Im saddened and im scared for my mother. What do we do?? Should we contact her doctor?? Angie
When I read your post, I felt compelled to write. I TOO was addicted to pain medication, and was taking upwards to 40-50 5/500 vicodin a day. It drove my life into a dark hole. I was losing all my finances because I was willing to pay whatever I had to get these pills. The task of getting them was always an adventure, the reward of getting them was always exhilerating... but the down was always devastating.
The only way to get out of this is to take it one step at a time. You HAVE to make short term goals for yourself to DISTRACT you from your daily goal of taking pills. Find something you've always wanted to do (i.e. walk a mile a day, lose 10 pounds, play tennis) and just make yourself DO IT first thing in the morning. Trust me... the whole trick is to distract yourself with something else you love. It will work. It's been 3 years since I've taken a pill, and everything in my life has changed for the absolute better. Everything. I wish you luck =)
The only way to get out of this is to take it one step at a time. You HAVE to make short term goals for yourself to DISTRACT you from your daily goal of taking pills. Find something you've always wanted to do (i.e. walk a mile a day, lose 10 pounds, play tennis) and just make yourself DO IT first thing in the morning. Trust me... the whole trick is to distract yourself with something else you love. It will work. It's been 3 years since I've taken a pill, and everything in my life has changed for the absolute better. Everything. I wish you luck =)
WELL, IT MOST OF THE TIME BEGINS WITH DOCTORS. IT IS VERY EASY FOR THEM TO PERSCRIBE MEDICINE. MANY PEOPLE GET ADDICTED TO PERSCRIPTION MEDS VERY QUICKLY. I HAD BACK SURGERY AROUND 4 YEARS AGO AND WAS HAVING ALOT OF ISSUES WITH PAIN. AROUND A YEAR AGO I START TAKING 3-4 VICODIN ES AND WENT TO 3-4 VICODIN HP PER DAY. I ALSO WAS TAKING SOMA FOR A NECK ISSUE, 3-4 PER DAY. ALSO, 1 CONCERTA 54 MG AND 6-7.5 TRANZENE PER DAY. I MADE A DECISION THAT I WAS FED UP WITH ALL OF THOSE MEDS AND DECIDED TO QUIT COLD TURKEY. I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE DOING THIS. I BELIEVE IN GOD AND FELT THAT THIS IS WHAT I HAD TO DO. IT WAS ONLY GOD'S GRACE THAT BROUGHT ME THROUGH IT. THIS IS THE HARD FACTS: I FELT LIKE I WAS SLOWLY DYING. I LOST 19 LBS. IN 2.5 WEEKS. I WAS HARDLY SLEEPING, HAD NO APPETITE, FELT LIKE I HAD THE FLU, HAD A LOW GRADE FEVER. I FORCED MYSELF TO DRINK WATER AND TO EAT AS MUCH AS NEEDED TO SURVIVE. THIS WAS THE HARDEST THING THAT I HAVE EVER DONE. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT IF I DID NOT HAVE MY FAITH AND WAS NOT TRUSTING IN GOD, THAT I WOULD SURELY DIE. I WOULD NEVER WANT ANYONE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I DID. I AM ON MY 5TH WEEK AND AM SLOWLY GAINING MY STRENGHT BACK. I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE MY LIFE BACK. I HAVE'NT FELT THIS WAY FOR A LONG TIME. I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GET OFF THESE KINDS OF MEDICINES UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE. ONCE AGAIN, I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE GOING COLD TURKEY! HAVE PATIENCE AND GET OFF OF THESE TYPES OF MEDS SLOWLY, YOU WILL SAVE YOURSELF ALOT OF SUFFERING AND IT IS MUCH SAFER. GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS YOU!
I used to be heavily Addicted to Vicodin, I took 3 every 4 hours and often times I would force myself to vomit up any food I had ate so I could take the pills on a empty stomach just to feel even more high. Over the next two years I had thrown up and taken so many vicodin that I began to puke up stomach lining and blood. I stopped three years ago and still to this day if I get sick I puke up that same black stomach lining and blood. What I hadn't realized was that eventually those Vicodin begin to eat through your stomach lining which is why it is recommended you take them with food.
I live in michigan and i go to Dr. Laren Lerner in Westland off of Merriman and Palmer rd. I dont have to pay anything for suboxone treatment there. My medicade covered the visit and the prescription for 8mg suboxine. This post is just in case anyone wants to get free help with getting off of vicodin or heroin. Hope this Helps with getting treatment
I think that my Mom is addicted to Vicodin and I don't know how to help her. She is defiant, stubborn and not willing to admit she has a problem. She says she needs the vicodin because she suffers from migraines and joint pain from a knee surgery she had about 2 years ago and a back fractured she had about 4 years ago. Her perscription is written for 750mg of vicodin 3 times daily. I don't know how much she is really taking, I just know that out of 90 pills, there are only 24 left and the perscription was filled 12 days ago. She hides the pills in various locations throughtout the house which is not normal behavior. When confronted about the issue she cries and says that shes in alot of pain and needs the medication for her migraines. Over the last several years, my Mom has been through a terrible divorce, lost her home (she now lives in a guest house at my brothers house), and her job. I know she has been through a really tough time and I am always here for her but she won't admit that she has a problem with this medication and she refuses to go for therapy. She is a pretty lady (Olivia Newton Johnish) and presents herself well, so people don't see that there is any problem with her behavior...if fact, they think that I'm the over bearing daughter. I called her pharmacy to try and get some help and they wouldn't talk to me and told me "talk to your Mom, she seems like a resonable lady." I want to help her and just don't know what to do. Please someone help me. Any info would be appreciated.
ive been having bad gas feeling like pains under my right rib. could this be from taking so much vidodin. i take about 8-12 a day. i went through this before and quit cold turkey it was the worst week of my life. fever, chills, puking, just hell. did anyone feel stomach pains like this. i have diviticulosis of left side (air pocket) can you also have on right side. this all started with antibiotics i was taking for mrsa i got from infected tattoo. i started vicodin and antibiotics same time and since then have had this pain. im long off antibiotics but now the damn vicodin, i have 9 pills left should i take 1 a day untill my body dont need them. please give me some insight why i have this pain. when i burp it seems to help. is it the vicodin
Its killing your liver
I have been on Vicodin for several years now. It went from 3 a day to 10 a day. I had spinal surgery 3 yrs ago and my pain is never ending. Yes trying to get off this pill that calls for me without warning is more than difficult. I tried cold turkey but couldn't last beyond 2 days. Some people can but I would not advise that. What stress are you putting your Heart through doing this on your own. I'm not sure if I'm a Addict but taking Vicodin seems to help my pain. At least that's what I keep telling myself. Do I want to Stop? YES I DO!!!! but I do not want to suffer through the pain in the process. If anyone knows of any free help in the LOS ANGELES, please share so we can support one another through this painful, ugly, process. Yes I believe in a higher power but I also know how to reach out for HELP. Thank you for reading this post. It's TIME FOR ME TO GET HELP. I'm 52 and wake up and lay down taking the same pills everyday with sometimes a few extra. I'm reaching out for Help.
Thank you for your post. It's nice to read a story about someone else that is going through the same thing as myself. I often felt alone thinking no one will understand how this pill calls for no reason sometimes. I will try to reach out for help. I must.
Great job, I have a friend who is addicted and is sometimes unbearable to deal with.
I am 16 years old and also addicted to pain medication, I first began taking pain pills in the 6th grade and continued for 2 years. I was able to stop, but I have been suffering from severe stomach pains and was prescribed back on pain pills. Yesterday I took about 30 (which was normal for me a few years ago), and now today I am very sick. I have even been vomiting blood. It's nice knowing others are struggling with the same thing as me.