Loratab withdrawls

:-( well after 5 years it comes down to tomorow morning dont really know what expect i know i have to stop i destroyed a good job distance myself for all freinds proble the only reason im still married is because my wife is a user too but were serous it hast to stop here when i start to withdrawl i feel like it will never stop i will never feel normal again i will never have the energy i got from the pill but after reading some war storys in here i feel i can do it but we can do it does anyone have advise for me and my wife i thiught it would be easier together but we feed off eachother but this hast to be the time we want our lives back we had many happy happy years together before this drug came into our lives and wouldnt let go the worst part is we are in such a finacaly bad way we cant afford anytime off work my wife works six days a week and me five but split days so that only gives one day to detox so we just have to be strong and get through it right ?? :-(

i've been on them five years. last year it's gotten to 6-10 10's a day plus soma each time i take one. im tiny 5;1 95 lbs (crazy, ain't it) .i've kept my job - fairly well paying (65K/year for a 25 year old is decent).. although i hate it and all my money goes to the popping. my husbands addicted too. out of town for work and i ran out monday (tried to bring at least 4/day but ate them all by monday (the first day i was out of town) i am currently working at a pharmacy which is a total penis tease. i'm not getting any work done and can't wait to go home and pop. though no money so only can get 30 soms and 30 lors for both me and hubby. so he'll take 20 -drat bastard and i get left with 10 each. i'd eat them all tomorrow but he isn't going to let me.

don't know why but don't wanna quit.. maybe cause i do hate my job so much. i'm ready to give everything up (all responsible) just so i can quit. i think that's the only way i can make it off of em.

don't worry u can do it . it hard and some times u might feel its to hard im coming off a 5 year adction myself and my wife also. we had to commite to doing it together u will both have weak moments but remember all the happy years u had together before the pill got a hold of ur life . im on day 6 and the pain, sweats .constant pooping and upset stomach is almost gone i still have the rls and bad depression but it cant last forever. today is my first day back at work and if u can lock yourself away for 4 or 5 days then get back to the real world . i must say today is different than any day in a long time i feel like im learning to live my life all over again. but i must say there are moments when everything feels like it will just fine and again there are moments that there is no hope . but read as many post as u can . and u like me will learn that this is normale and it will pass it sounds like everyone is different and all withdrawls are different so be strong remember ur not alone and it will b ok but u and ur hubby need to do it together . believe me if ur not going to do it together then don't even try because it will be to hard good luck and god bless

I'm on my 3rd day of withdrawal from loratab. I've been on and off for about 9 years. Didn't realize that until I spoke to someone today and totaled up the years. I've been heavy for over a month or what I consider heavy...5 percripts of 50 x 5. The worst part is I can't sleep, feel like I have the flu but tonight is restless leg. I can't lay down. What can help?

Ok, first things first. Weed can be addictive you would be lying otherwise. We all know what addiction means. You are on this website right? I smoke pot..B) by the way. Not as much as i used to though. And I have to say im probably going to smoke as long as I can. Im hooked. Compared to all these pills, it is less addictive. I took 10s, roxys, and methadons for about a year. Peer preasure is a very wrong thing... I was seeing how my coworkers seemed to never tire and I was envious. One day a so called friend gave me a lortab 10. BAM, I was hooked. That is what started my addiction. What ended it? Well a guy I worked with had been taking at least 3 oxycotin 30s a day. I got curious and asked for 1. He told me to snort half. Well you see i had never took anything that strong. Half was way too much for me. I remember it so well. I was at work in a machine shop. I snorted half like he said I trusted him. I'd say 20 or 30 min later I went ghost white. I thought i was going to die.

Were was I? OK, I ran outside and started upchuking uncontrollably. I told my supervisor I had to go. When I got home I was shaking I was so scared. I passed out a little while later. I woke up and swore never to do those things again. It tripped me out just knowing he was taking that many. He lost a crapload of weight. He was let go at work. What am I getting at? YOU yourself has to want to stop. You read this on here alot. You can't help someone who doesn't want any help. The worse thing though to me is. The addiction has convinced the person that there is nothing wrong with it. The dependency not only affects their health but the people that care about them. How can you yourself hurt someone that loves you, even worse yourself? PEOPLE WAKE UP !! YOU HAVE WILLPOWER STILL INSIDE YOU!!!! Take it one step at a time. Please just everyday you wake up think about your loved ones put a note by your bed something please. Drug abuse has to stop. I'm a victim of a broken family due to drugs and alcohol.

OMG yes suboxone, the miracle drug for sure. ive been using heroin for a while and theres nothing like subs. you cant go cold turkey, nor can u wein yourself down, and methodone is just a trap and worse than heroin. the only way to go is suboxone

I BEEN HOOKED ON PAIN PILLS FOR A LONG TME NOW. AFTER READING STUFF ON HERE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE HOOKED ON THEM.IM REALLY GOING TO TRY MY DAMMEST TO GET OFF OF THEM THERE KILLING ME. AND I NO IT TO AND STILL TAKE THEM I READ THE STORY ABBOUT THE GIRL LOST HER MOM TO THE PILLS. THAT BROKE MY HART ..I GOT GRANDBABY. DAUGHTER.WHO LOVE ME NEED ME. I NO I NEED HELP BUT WE ALL GOT TO DO THIS FOR ARE SLEFS AND PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT US, LITTLE KIDS OUT THERE GO WITHOUT FOOD BECAUSE THERE PARENTS BUY PILLS. DRUGS THATS SAD.MMMY SISTER DOES THAT. GOD LOVES ALL OF US SO LETS LOVE HIM BACCCK AND GET OFF THESES PILLS. BEFOR THEY KILL US.DOCTORS OUT THERE DONT CARE BECAUSE THERE ON THE DAM THINGS THERE SLEFS. I SWARE IM GOING TO START TPMROW AND TAKE 2 A DAY INSTED OF 6AND7 I CAN DO THIS YOU ALL CAN TO.GOD BLESS US ALL .I BEEN 10 YEARS ON THEM DIANE P

They say the Third day of anything is the worst. Pure HELL the subaxone thing really does work. It was made in place of methadone because it has a lot less side effects, but takes away that painful detoxing feeling. And suboxone isn't addictive.

To guest poster (Posted: 08/01/09 - 17:39),

Never tell anyone that Suboxone is not addictive!

The active ingredient in Suboxone, Buprenorphine, is an average of 40 times stronger than Morphine, mg for mg.

I only use a small amount but I can still feel the effects when I dont have any Its like I cant go to work or do the dishes or clean or even go anywhere. I do beleive u have to have a weekend long to detox. And act like you have the flu to those who dont know. I only take enough to feel normal, not even enough for a buzz but if im out i hurt all over and have no energy! Prayers for us all.

These posts are great, however our addition and problems are not so great. I too feel that I am addicted to lortabs...i started taking them for the energy and had no idea that I would end up wanting them and needing them the way that I have been. They seemed to take the stress away from my life and to just help me maintain!! I started taking one here and there and now if I am not careful I can take up to 10 a day with no problem. I have never had a prescription for them, I just get them from people or buy them from people. Recently I have been spending so much money on them, but that hasn't phased me at all.....as long as I have them. It's like the more I take, the more I want and it's only because I am used to them and they don't affect me the way that they used to, yet, I still want them and still take them. I never thought I was addicted until I didn't have any and started going through withdrawls; however, at the time I didn't know what was happening to me. I would be so tired and at work I could hardly keep my eyes open or find the energy to just do my job. I couldn't wait to just get off so I could come home and go to bed....sad, but so true. I would be so cold and achy and I had no idea that I was actually going through withdrawls. My nephew passed away just recently and I started to take more and more to just ease the pain. I take them and have the energy to just make it through the day. I take them and can get up and clean my house from top to bottom. My husband knows that I take them, however he doesn't have any idea as to the amount that I take, nor does he know that I actually "need" and "want" them so bad. I want to stop taking them because I am not myself...I don't even know what being "ME" really feels like anymore. They relax me and just take my mind off of everything, yet I know that God is not pleased and it's like I don't have the faith in Him to help me through this. I take them sometimes before I go to work and I am in such a good mood, but if I don't have them then when I am at work I am just a mess. When I don't have them, I just don't have the energy to do anything. I even went through the stage where I thought I had a virus, but it was just that I didn't have any pills for a few days. Reading these post has really really opened my eyes to alot. I have always felt that if you are ashamed of something then you shouldn't do it....yet, I am so ashamed and I do it anyway. I want to stop and I can't say I don't know how anymore, because reading all of your post has helped me such a great deal. No one has any idea about me taking these pills the way I do and they would be so disappointed if they were to find out...I am disappointed in myself, but I take a pill and just keep fooling myself along the way. I thank you all so much for your honesty and encouragement. Because of all of you, I am going to give 100% of myself to kick this habit....thank you all so much!!! May God bless each of you and give us all the strength we need to find our true selves again.

IF YOU MAKE IT PAST DAY FOUR KEEP GOING !! YOU MUST BE HONEST WITH A HEALTH PROFESSEIONAL. I used an accupuncture doctor that did not take health insurance. Otherwise Go to a Physciatrist. They cannot tell your family or other doctors. At least go to walk in clinic like you think you have the flu with body aches etc. and ask for MILD PAIN MED - DO NOT ACCEPT LORTAB IF OFFERRED! Clinic for high BP or high HR. dont have to tell them why. Start taking your BP and youlll see its out of control. expecially your heart rate!! Lortab is the worst med to detox from and my advise is to watch your blood pressure. Wellbutrin or Zyban will help but not if detoxing from benz. Be thankful you have ONE drug to work on and go to GNC in another city. Antihistamines and Phenagran worked the same with me in relaxing my muscles.Magnesium helped me sleep and Postasium helped me wake and of all things "Womens One a Day" lowers heart rate. I know Im talking "heart" alot but i had terrible palpitations and when HR is really high you have chills. i have taken lortab 10 for 15 years and detoxed from it at a hospital 3 years ago. they gave me clonidine (a blood pressure med) because i was also addicted to klonopin, ultram and alcohol. ALL my meds were prescribed by one doctor. I trusted him and now have moved and the new docs say "we willl lose our license". The benzs and alcohol withdrawals were quickly stopped with Pheno-Barbitrol and clonidine BUT i had to stay longer than 3 days - it was 1 and half week because of lortab. they gave me injections of subozone because my BP was out of control, expecially my heart rate. They advised me to stay on Provigal when I wanted off?? Never understood but now I have to get off both plus klonopin again!!! So Stupitd of me. i am going thru it now and again its my BP and HR. i cant control them even with Tekturna, Clonidine, Toprol, and Potassium.

I have been hooked on loratab or vicodin or hydrocodone pr whatever u want to call it for ten years it is defenitly physical as much as it is mental addiction. imodium helped me through the cramps and diarreaha take two to three twice a day I know that's more than the recommended dose but if ur worried about that u probably wouldn't be reading about this. if you can get past day four physically things start looking up just mentally u have to stay away from it and the people who have it. Just remember if it's been three days and ur mind tells u to take just one ur going to go through everything u just got through again just with one. Good luck

Hello I just read your post and even though it is July 2013 I was hoping that you could help me and correspond..I am 56 and have been taking them for 10 years after an anyeryesm and bad fall..I have been thinking doing it myself would be my only option too..,but it would be nice to have someone to talk to as I live alone with my little dog..thank you