Hydrocodone Addiction - Need help

Hello all....6 years ago a dentist drilled my tooth and gave me lortab 10s for the pain.  I had taken 5's before for minor surgeries but never experienced the euphoria of a 10 before.  Long story short, here I am now, I've tried to quit several times on my own and my brother was helping me with suboxone that he had.  I was just about to start weaning from it and he cut me off after an argument.  That made me even sicker so I had to get back on them just to make the sickness go away, but not to get high this time, just to function. I've never admitted I've had a problem until now...up until now it's just been one big expensive euphoric utopia but looking back, it completely ruined my life.  I don't have any other sources of suboxone to help and don't want to get addicted to those.  I currently take 60 mg of Lortab a day.  If I taper each day by 5 mg down to 0, then do the hot baths and I already have a script of xanax for severe anxiety (i honestly dont abuse it), then do you think I have a shot of coming out of this without severe symptoms?  This past weekend, after my first time coming back on them from coming off suboxone, I stupidly took a 30 mg oxi and 11 7.5 tabs.  I slept for 36 hours straight and I know its not good for me.  During that sleep I started detoxing and had to atleast put something in my body.  Is there any one good "best" method for coming off of these without a doc's help?  I know the number one rule, and that is, I have to want to help myself first before I can ask others for help.  I'm a pillar of my community and this has been hidden from all but very few people.  I want to move on to a new chapter in my life, one without painkiller addiction.  This is the very first time I've reached out for help and I'm going to need all the support I need.

i no whatu are all going through i got hit by lighting in 1996 my pain just getsworse day by day im taking about 300 #10 lortab a month and now im out i no what im in for just not ready for it.dont want to go into treatment want to stay at home but i cant stay off them for long my body gets hurting again but nothing else works.wish me well i will keep u all in my prayers s pelkey

Hey there! About 5 years ago, I hurt my knee. Yep you guessed it.....became hooked. Well got fed up taking pills n just quit. That sucked bad! I was on hydro 5's. Since then I have conquered a BAD xanax problem. Almost OD one time....anyway gotta a bad bladder disease take hydro 10's X2 daily. Well I hate to say it, but I will go to a different doc if current one stops script. Once a pillhead, always a pillhead. Wish I stayed clean, but too late now!! Numbs my brain from too much c**p, too.  :-)

Someone out there please help me. I had surgery for knee replacement and the doctor put me on Delaudid Hydromorphone 1mg. I took 52 pills over a 6 or 7 day period, then had a really bad nightmear so I stopped cold turkey. I am not addicted because I don't crave them but I am stuck in withdrawal not sleeping at all, not even a wink. I am desperate it has been at least 5 or 6 nights, I feel I will never sleep again. The night is so long a lonely, I can't go on like this much longer. Can anyone help me.

Hey everyone how are yall? Well I have been taking loratab for about 2 good years now and i was taking up to 10-12 a day then i cut myself back to 5 a day and would really like to wing myself off of theses pills I do have chronic back pain and the Doctor said i would have to take them for the rest of my life! They help me with my back and helps me able to go bit im sick and tired of it being this way i need help to wing myself down to altleast 2 a day and then go from there. If there is anyone that ccan help me or talk me through this i would certainly appreciate it! Thanks for listening if anyone wants to help me please contact me thank you again good bye now!!

First, you have to mentally prepare for it. You really have to want it, and you have to convince yourself that you really want to stop. I was taking the same amount, and then discovered suboxone. I took that for about 9 months and realized I was using it as a crutch. I began to wean from suboxone until I was able to function without them. It's not easy at all, and it's definitely not as easy as I described. First, if youre buying from people, call them and tell them the next time you call asking for any painers, have them tell you they dont have any even if they do....then delete them from your phone. Break routines that would remind you of taking them. Find a friend who you can confide in, and every time you have a craving, call that friend and have them talk you through it. The craving lasts 15 minutes...if you think about it after that, you're obsessing over it. You can't stop all at once but you can talk to a doc about suboxone. Just make sure you start on a small dose and wean yourself off of it, don't use it as a crutch. And DO NOT take any Xanax or Klonopin with it AT ALL!!! Most of all, you need a clean friend who you can call at any time you have a craving to talk you through it.

I am on day 6 of hydrocodone withdrawal. I was on 5-6 10mg pills a day for a couple of years. Anyone in here can beat these f*****g things. It sucks bad the first 3-4 days but it does get better. I am feeling pretty good now. Fought through the shitty feeling by playing golf and working in the yard. It seems impossible to get out of bed but you have to. There is no magic pill to fix the wd symptoms so just forget about trying. I would try muscle relaxers, Xanax and Ambien and they seemed to make the restless leg and pins and needles feeling worse. You won't hardly sleep for 3-4 days. It's terrible how slowly these go by. If you were still using they would fly by as your pill supply was quickly dwindling. The best part of being done with these is not having to always count your pills and worry about where the next batch is coming from. I also have a bad back and I thought I couldn't quit bc of the pain. Don't be fooled, my back feels better now than it had the whole time on norcos. You can quit, you can fight through the extreme anxiety and sleepless nights for a few days. It sounds cheesy but it's like the world is much sharper and clearer when your are off pills. Even day 2 or 3 you start feeling emotions that have been numbed for a long time. I now have to fight the addiction. I have already seen norcos 2 times since quitting and turned them down. Even knowing the relief would be instant. Taking just that one can set you back days. Dont do it. It's time to break up with these things. Stay strong and you will get your life back.

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I've been on a chronic pain treatment program for almost 9 years now. At it's worst I was give 60mg Oxy, plys 40mg Norco a day. Then I'd add my own source for another 10 Norco a day.
Now I am quitting - It's been 4 days and each day is worse.
Can anyone tell me how much longer it will get worse before it gets better? I don't know how much more I can take.
Are there other medications a doc could proscribe to help out (without becoming addicted to that as well)??
How much longer? How much deeper will this go...

i have been on vicodin for about 3yrs now i have never taken more than 6 a day because i am very into studying alot... and i am a dental assistant, pharmacy technician, and medical coder and biller.... you have to be very careful it is the acetaminophen that willl cause liver damages... yea i kno they make you happy and full of energy... but you cannot abuse them... i am very strong willed and in tons of pain from 12 car accidents and i have been very depressed due to the fact that docs suck and couldn't figure out why i was in sooo much pain... but believe me i found a website and an angel and i will be having surgery soon to fix it and then no more vicodin.... you just have to be strong and not overindulge as to with anything in life you can eat a piece of cake you just cant eat the whole cake understand..... live by that and you will be fine. i will pray for you all....

6 a day...you're going to be in for a rude awakening after your surgery. Good luck because 6 a day will still give you rough withdrawals.

12 car accidents are you kidding me, the state needs to take your drivers license away.

I know that I don't know any of u personally but u are my saving grace. After a 4 yr addiction do hydrocodone I decided this was not the life I wanted anymore. I am now on day 7 of my wd. Although the first 4 were the worst with the muscle ache restless legs tremors stomach cramps and some wicked sh**s the past 3 have been pretty much lay in bed and sleep cuz ok have no energy or desire to do anything else. I actually made myself get out of bed today and to my surprise I actually felt better. I can see the light at t end of the tunnel and it feels amazing. To know I can wake up each day and not worry about taking any pills just so I can "feel normal". A couple helpful things for me was lots of hot baths for muscle aches Imodium for the diarhea and vit C. The best part is after a nearly non existent sex drive for 4 yrs and almost never having a "happy ending"wwhen I did I had my first orgasm in over a year last night. Ok so I have rambled on enough but I am just amazed at what a difference a few days and a little determination has made in my life and I just want anyone else who maybe going thru the same thing to know that it does get better and what awaits u on the other side is so worth it.

The best thing for withdrawals is gabapentin (neurontin). Gabapentin is a non-narcotic pain medication also prescribed for restless legs which is another withdrawal symptom. All though it is not a narcotic doesn't mean theirs no potential for abuse and it does not mean you can't become addicted. Use this drug as little as possible like at night only to help ease withdrawal enough to go to sleep. I wish you all the best of luck in your recovery. You lives will improve in the best of ways and you will be happy and proud of yourself. Also you will have a higher pain threshold.