Hello, I am a married 28 year old mother of two, and after reading all of this I see that I am definitely not alone. The only difference in my story is that I have NEVER felt that happiness in life without some form of pill or shot or whatnot. Seriously, the last time I can remember being happy on nothing is when I was like 6 years old. SO... what the heck do I do? I had been taking 120 hydrocodone at 10mg per month and they only lasted me about a third of the month, then it was doctor hopping till the start of the next month. I have also taken Norco 10-325 same amount and same scenario. They have had me on at least 5 different anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds, none of which helped. I've tried xanax with no effect at all. I have been off all pills for a little over a month now and its right back to the way I felt before I got on the pain meds...only worse now. I have tried the eating right and exercising. I did that for two full years nonstop and with dedication to no avail. I just don't know what else to do.
The trick is to ween off of them, not to stop cold turkey. I have been taking 45-80 mg of Hydrocodone a day for the last 2 years. I don't plan on stopping anytime soon, I would rather stay one step ahead of my pain. I had a failed wrist fusion surgery, 3 surgeries total 3 failures. I was taking oxycodone but was feeling too lazy so switched to Hydrocodone no side effects.
From experience...its very hard to come off of tramadol too. I have been through all of this, seen others go through it, seen pain pills ruin lives. I tried the tramadol switch for about 3 months. I had no problems switching, no withdrawals from the all the pain meds I was taking. Then I tried to come off the tramadol, laid in bed with the worst shakes and restlessness ever. I switched after a month of taking nothing back to taking the pain meds. Ive stopped pain meds several times and the withdrawals from the tramadols was worse. Just saying....Hope its not that way for you! Wishing everyone luck here...Im on day 3 again, of stopping all pain meds. They run your life. The trick is to try to stay busy. Do a couple things a day no matter what, you have to make yourself. You have to feel that accomplishment at the end of the day for something. Its ok to nap...and tell yourself, its ok to have down time. But still make yourself do a couple of things a day even if its just getting in the shower and washing a load of clothes. The main reason I keep going back to them is I dont put the people out of my life that remain on them. I love them...love the way they make me feel...but I remind myself that I hate the feeling of withdrawaling from them more then I love having them.
why dont u start juiceing to detox your body...and it gives u energy and pick up your imune system...
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have to get my husband to leave his pills ...he is been taking pain pills for 12 years ..
I completely know what your feeling...I was on 10/325 Percocet for 2 years. I used to take the prescribed dose which was 6 a day (OR) 180 for the month. After a while like all of us I got a tolerance to them and at my worst was taking up to 20 a day. This is when I got so scared, of living like this...having a pill control your life. Everything is great when you have them and the polar opposite when you dont. I went to see a doctor as I could not miss work to withdraw...who put me on 8MG of Suboxone a day for the 1ST week...and reduced it down to 4MG a day the 2ND week. He wanted me to be on them for 3-5 weeks...but do to the cost of them (Insurance wont cover) and there about $100 for a week supply...I figured the physical part would be over after 2 weeks. I was right about that..now only problem I'm having is the mental part. I have been really down with no motivation...and feel like all I want to do is sleep. Recently have made good friends with Red Bull**LOL** to get me through the day. I will say Suboxone is awesome as once I put it under my tongue the withdrawal went away within 5 minutes (not kidding). I just want to know how long its going to take for my mind to get back to normal and my body where I dont just start sweating out of no where then cold the next. Obviously my back still kills me along with sciatic pain which is why I started taking them in the first place...but the pain of having them control you was stronger to me then the actual pain..so I'm 15 days off of them now.
I was taking dihydrocodeine and tramadol for ten years after accident in military.
Was using a months script in a week e. I had enough and went cold turkey, not recommended btw.
Anyway I got through with a bit of weed and a bit of speed.
I came across a drug called gabapenton, it's original use was for epileptics however it's used as a pain blocker, I used this and all withdrawl symptoms vanished.
Anyway 4 Weeks in and I feel terrible.
Good luck it's worth the misery to get clean
You have spent 7 years opening opioid receptors in your brain. It will take a fairly large amount of time for those receptors to close up. They will though, you think that your mind wants the drug but in reality it is a chemical imbalance you have created and once that subsides then so will your thoughts about the drug you once loved. Just remember how badly you wanted off of the drug when you were going through With Drawl. And remind yourself how stupid a life ran by addiction is. No matter what you think no one can continue to live that lifestyle for long. It never works ever. I have quit for years and you can too. You will feel so much better and proud of yourself. Also you will find uncomfortable for a long time but that uncomfort will create a need for you to find new hobbies. I hope my experience can help you or anyone else with the same problem. Because there is a lot of people who are going through that sh*t.
Yep, lots and lots of fluids, benadryl, add an iron supplement to help with restless legs and exercise really does help, especially at night. Good luck
I too am trying withdrawing from pain killers and I'm scared. I pray we all get our lives back soon!!
Rex Im starting tomorrow morning exacting what you described.I did this last summer, then I was in a car accident and started again, before long right back in the same mess. A friend gave me a couple subutex(suboxone) I plan on cutting them in half and getting 4 days out of them. You right people hooked on those suboxone are slaves to the system...Just get on for about 3-5 days then stop and keep moving forward with your life...You did well, glad I read your post.