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It has been 48 hours since I took my last 2 pills. I have been taking lortab 7.5/500 for 4 months due to a back injury from work. I was clean for 2 years prior to that. My addiction began when I had surgery on my ovary. My Dr prescribed lortab for pain and at first I took them as prescribed. Soon after I found myself taking them to get high and not because I needed them for pain. After a couple of months my dr would not refill my script and I started buying them off the street. After a couple months I was up to 10 a day and spending 100-200 bucks a week to feed my addiction. When my dealer didn't have any I would go to the emergency room complaining of pain and get enough or a day or two. Anyway. This went on for 2 years until I made the decision to quit cold turkey. I did it!!! It was 10 days of pure hell. Felt like the worst flu you could imagine. Nausea, diarrhea, cold chills, sweats. I called in sick with the flu and stayed in bed for the entire time. I swore to myself that I would never touch another pill in my life. I never wanted to go through that again. Well...here I am again. 4 months ago I hurt my back at work and stupid me let the dr give me the lortab prescription. I should have been up front with the dr and let him know that I was a recovering addict but I didn't. And in the back of my head I knew that I wasn't strong enough to resist the temptation but I took the pills anyway because I "needed" them for the pain. The first few weeks were fine. I took them only when needed. After a month I no longer needed them but took them anyway and kept getting them refilled when I could. Friday I took my last 2 and about 6 hours later the anxiety set in. What was I going to do? I can't get any more refills! Should I call up some people and see if I can buy some? No!!! I decided that its time to stop for good! The first night wasn't good at all. Slept maybe 3 hours. Woke up yesterday feeling like c**p. All I could think about was not having any pills to take. But I knew I had to get up and keep myself busy so I took a hot shower and went on with my day. It was a much better day than I thought it would be! I guess because I haven't been taking them as long and as much as the last time. I slept pretty well last night but my legs were pretty jumpy. So here I am sharing my story. It just feels better to talk about it. It's a lot easier this time around but I know that the easy part is getting clean. The hard part is STAYING clean! I'm hoping I will get my energy back here in a few days.

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sorry new to this website but am glad to have read your post... i am going through the same thing, i have made 2 posts about it myself and really need some advise.. please take the time to read my posts and any advice you may have for me would be greatly appreciated, i am Ashby81
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