Hello.

I have been taking hydrocodone off and on for about 2 years.  My daily doses vary from 5mg-45mg but it was not often I would take 45mg. I also would go days and weeks without taking anything but for the past 5 months or so, it's been pretty consistent minus a few days here and there. I have realized this has to stop and am now detoxing.

Because I have gone days without it before, I'm wondering if what I'm going through right now is normal. The last week before I stopped went like this -

Friday had none. Saturday eve took 15mg. Monday took 25mg. Tuesday took 15mg.

Wednesday was out so i began detox. Went to work Thursday and felt achy and really lousy. Thursday night I started getting the chills and had a fever all night.

Friday had a fever all day, took some ibuprofen but was only awake for 4 hours. Went to bed for the night at 5:30pm for the night. Slept all night waking with chills and sweats and fever.

Saturday, still have fever. Now, here's the thing. I can't tell if I actually have the flu or if I'm detoxing or both. I know I gotta be dotoxing but I have NO diarrhea and no stomach cramps that I keep reading about. Saturday was day 4 and I was also feeling anxious. I have anxiety problems already, I take celexa for it daily, and I'm terrified that my detox is going to last forever or that it really hasn't started yet. I took 20mg of hydrocodone Saturday night because I really wanted to see if i was detoxing or if I had the flu. It brought my fever down but I still felt like I had the flu. As soon as it wore off in the middle of the night, my fever came back. I took ibuprofen this morning (Now Sunday) and got my fever down because I was just so tired of having a fever. I still feel fluish though - sweaty, clammy etc. So this WOULD be day 5, minus the 4 pills I took last night.

 

Can anyone answer whether they think this is detox or the flu? I can say at first I was feeling MUCH worse with many other symptoms and now I just feel like I have the flu but.... because I have anxiety all I can think of is the worst is yet to come. I have enough to keep tapering down if I need to. If I do take 5mg or so every other day, that'll help detox right?

I think i've made myself crazy reading all these forums and how horrible this is for everyone and I can't miss work. If anyone could help me. I'd appreciate it.

if you're confused my questions are: Do you think I have the flu or am I going through detox? And did I ruin my detox by taking those pills last night?

If i taper off will I just go through mild withdrawal? I keep reading about these people who say day 5 was worst, day 7 was worst.. I'm makin myself crazy!