Took lortabs for 2 years. They were given to me by a pain mngt. M.D.. Got up to about 80-100 mg/day. I know, that's nothing compared to some. It was a lot for me. Got tired of the "running out too soon" game and having to find more to get me by. While still needing them for pain, I decided that I wanted off of the rollercoaster. I weaned down slowly. The second day of no pills was UGLY! I made myself get through the first week thinking that I was going to die or something. Missed too much work and lost my job. Day 10 I was done. started calling around to figure out what to do including the MD that I got them from. They were of no help or info.! Found a methadone clinic near by. went there. longer story short, started on 30mg of methadone. did that for 8 months. topped out at 50mg and then started weaning down to 30mg. switched to suboxone 6 mg. weaned off over 3 month span. today is day 5 and i'm womdering if this is going to last forever? i wasn't expecting this at all! it comes in waves instead of constant now. any hints or tips to make this more tolerable. I refuse to use ANY meds to help. thanks for listening!
:-|Way to go!!! Please, know that what you have done so far is wonderful! No matter which way any of us take to try and obtain recovery is going to be very difficult at best! Hard work and most importantly rigorous honesty will greatly improve your chances for a successful detox/recovery! The physical detox is just the beginning. Every person is different as are there experiences with detoxing...I. myself personally have found that one MUST do 2 things during a detox for it to be successful and as painless as possible..they are first and foremost..HONESTY with your doc and yourself..and following your docs taper protocol exactly..you may not feel 100%, but you won't be as sick as if you had just ran out of dope/pills/etc..and started to W/D. If there was a faster and easier way of doing this..then there wouldn't even be a need for detox or suboxone..but there isn't so comes the hard part...you really seem determined to do this and you can do this, no matter what anyone else may say!! I really am praying for you to keep it up and no shortcuts...they will not work..and you will be back at square one! KEEP GOING!!!