I am 17 and I've been taking Lortabs for almost 2 years. It started with pot and then I thought pills (even tho my step mom is addicted to xanax and was addicted to Lortabs) couldn't be that bad. Well, tthe past 8 months there wasn't one week that didn't go by without me taking Lortabs and in the past few months the longest I went without them was three days. I get the Pink ones through some "friends" (other addicts). He and his sister take over 200 to 300 mgs of oxycodone a day when they have the money. But the third dayI went withouth them was soo bad I was pissed and all I wanted was a lortab. see, my dad used to give me a blue 10mg every night but stopped and I didn't have money to buy them so it was a bad three days. So i took three yesterday (like most days) and didn't feel much. I wanna take 4 but i'm so scared of what it will do to my liver. I always hated drugs and I did this all because a guy (i'm bi). annd then I started taking pills over a girl. We were high and chillen at her house (i was staying the night) and I'm always weird and tense and sh*t and she told me to take one she got from her dad and I just got a confident boost, like a self high. I just like felt soo amazingly good and in control and like I could do anything and.... well, straight. I know it all sounds weird, but that was my self medication. The only nights I can ever handle myself with girls... and not think about men.... is when I'm on tabs.... at parties, at that girls house (which is the ONLY time i ever had sexual interaction with a girl). and Now it's leaving from teh social thing to a hiding in my bedroom thing. I do it alone at night. and just cry and feel trapped and alone... I'm so happy at other times... but this is my biggest secret and not one person seems to notice or care. =[ f**k lortabs.... i want them more than anything rihgt now.... my dad is so stupid. The day he stopped giving them to me he noticed i was sick looking adn he said "are you ok?" like thinking i was sick... he is too much of an alcoholic to see I was withdrawing. =[
i have been taking lortabs for about 4 years. i started out with about 2 per day then got to taking more everyday i quit 1/10/2011. still goin though the the withdraws.if i can quit anyone can
I am a lortab addict? Man that sounds nuts! I dont know why I let myself get to this point but I did. I have been on lortabs for about 2 years now. I get 240pills a month and still have to go out and buy? sue to the fact that we sell em. I am so disgusted with mysel! I hate who I have become, I should introduce my self to people and say hi my name is lortabs? I am on day 0 and dreading the effects of the w/drawls! DREADING! GOd help us all. I am determine to kick this habit. I was introduce to tabs by a friend at work. I complained about my back hurting and the first thing she hands me is a blue pill? and said next time there # dollars a piece..I thought really? r u serious? its a pain pill. I wish I could take that day back. I will keep you all posted on my RECOVERY. Wish me luck and pray for me.
YES! you may have mental w/d , depression. The physical can stay about 1-2 weeks, lower back pain Usually caused by tylenol in the lortab they call it re? something pain. Leg cramps, restlessness, anxiety, quitand don't get hooked again , it takes a life time or worse to stop.Damn pharmasutical companies!
lortab has tons of tylenol you are destroying your liver. xanax and lortab, vicodin, oxys, all those are cns depreesants, all bets are off when you combine benzo's and pain killlers even alcohol. You may want to seek methadone treament, but only for 1 year and wean off slowly, therapy too! if you are not moving forward in treatment and in your life you have relapsed !You are way to young to have this monkey on your back> Your frontal lobes are not developed. they stop when you start weed, and drugs, if you stop & you want to get clean get some therapy asap!Go find help at school, I know how the w/d from lortab is , horrific, the pain can last for 2 weeks, but the mental , depression lasts a lifetime. Please ask for help. It sounds like you come from quite a dysfunctional family like 99% of the world. Your desecions as you get older will be a result of sh*t you ahve been through in your childhood.Theboyfriend you choose will be like your dad, Love grows ,when you feel like you have known someone a life time and they are your soulmate, BS, that is just a famillar feeling , daddy! Get some books on dysfunctional families, pycology, throw yourself into it. Educate yourself about all these effects on your life! When you have a half glass of water and its gone you have to fill it with something else, you can't leave it empty. But fill it with something positive , workout, you can get as high on endorphines , natural painkiller we all have,wow now thtas a healthy addiction. GOOD_LUCK!
i have been on lortab 10/500 for a year perscribed 90 tabs a month i was addicted after a short time. 2 months after starting them 90 tabs wasnt lasting me a month so i had two doctors perscribing pills. I thought i was fine but according to my wife i was out of my mind an i didnt even realize it. I am a director at a florida hospital the day went so much better when i was on them,but anyways i quit cold turky and it was a battle at first coulnt sleep,mood swings and didnt want to leave the house. After week n half back to normal think god i got off them because they took over my life. I deal with my pain and it sucks but i will not go through that agian.
I've been on lortabs since August of 2010 and it's now February 9th of 2011. I have severe dental problems, my teeth are a wreck. Anyrate I was prescribed 7.5 mgs and was told to take them every six hours for pain which I did. I did not take more or less. Well I live in Shreveport, Louisiana and the doctors here are assholes. They do not understand or believe in pain. They do not feel it's necessary to treat pain and getting pain pills is like pulling teeth on your own! So I have decided to quit the damn things since no doctor seems to want to dispense any even though I have real, legitamate pain but they don't care. And there is nobody that I can turn to for this addiction. I didn't choose to get hooked but got hooked seeking relief from pain! I'm now itching, irritable and I have anxiety. I also have anxiety disorder so the withdrawals could quit possibly freak me out. I freak out easily. Anyway I feel that I can not go to a doctor and ask for help for fear of shame and humiliation. I am scared to seek help for getting off this drug and have deduced to doing it myself. I'm tired of being made to feel ashamed, like I'm a bad person for having seeked out pain relief. I'm tired of the humiliation from dentists who don't seem to understand the pain and who also don't understand that weaning or tapering of a patient's dose is important for their over all well being especially when dealing with narcotic pain relievers which THEY prescribed in the FIRST PLACE! Then they want to treat me like it's my fault, like I'm a degenerated junky! I'm just so angry right now and also feel hopeless. There isn't anyone I can talk to about this. I am afraid of being made to feel worse than I have already been made to feel. :'(
I will pray for you
I can relate. I got hit by a car on my ninja in 08 and got 2screws I'n my hip and couple herniated disc. I have lived I'n he'll ever since.
I started off living on norcos about 4 -6 a day. After about 6 months one day I went by pharmacy to get my script and all of sudden the lady behind the counter decided to count the days on it and refused to let me have it. Well let's just say I didn't have clue what was about to
happen. I dont know why I ran out early maybe it was the waking up I'n the middle of the night hurting and taking one. Anyway I went on to work and very quickly realized what withdrawal was. After about 6 hrs I couldn't take it anymore and left work early. I couldn't reach my doc and thought atleast I could go to the er the same place I went after the accident. Haha they treated me like apiece of sh*t and told me to call my doc. So I went home contemplating you know what and suffered threw the night. The next day a went to my docs office and they couldn't see me. Told me to go to the walk in. I went to the walk I'n and they told me to go to the er. The er tells me to go to my doc. Can you see how the pigs making 180 dollars an hour pass you around like a piece of trash I'n misery. If you suffer this fate you will soon learn it's all about themoney. The only thing I could do was suffer threw it at home or pay 10000 to go to a rehab and get locked I'n a room and suffer threw it. So I survived and learned not to run out of my meds early.
If your I'n constant pain and have to livelike this beware.
I started off living on norcos about 4 -6 a day. After about 6 months one day I went by pharmacy to get my script and all of sudden the lady behind the counter decided to count the days on it and refused to let me have it. Well let's just say I didn't have clue what was about to
happen. I dont know why I ran out early maybe it was the waking up I'n the middle of the night hurting and taking one. Anyway I went on to work and very quickly realized what withdrawal was. After about 6 hrs I couldn't take it anymore and left work early. I couldn't reach my doc and thought atleast I could go to the er the same place I went after the accident. Haha they treated me like apiece of sh*t and told me to call my doc. So I went home contemplating you know what and suffered threw the night. The next day a went to my docs office and they couldn't see me. Told me to go to the walk in. I went to the walk I'n and they told me to go to the er. The er tells me to go to my doc. Can you see how the pigs making 180 dollars an hour pass you around like a piece of trash I'n misery. If you suffer this fate you will soon learn it's all about themoney. The only thing I could do was suffer threw it at home or pay 10000 to go to a rehab and get locked I'n a room and suffer threw it. So I survived and learned not to run out of my meds early.
If your I'n constant pain and have to livelike this beware.
hi im new here an day 2 no lortabs cant go back to dr when im withdrawing cant show have neurophaphy an 3 herniated diskd in my neck cant even find motivation to take shower have dr appt thur will i feel better by then been takin 10 10s or more a day help??
I've been taking anywhere from 8-20 lortabs a day for a year or so. I would never wake up and take them or touch them during the day; instead I'd like to get about 10-15 together and I will take them all around 5-6 (after work). I can support my habit all though it costs about $300 a week. I desperately want to stop but when I do I get the most insane leg pain. I haven't taken lortab in 3 days and im sitting in my office in agonizing pain as I type. It's been hurting since yesterday and I have no clue what to do. during my lunch break I almost went and got 5 of them but I didn't have time. I'm afraid I'm going to get 5 after work I can't stand this ache and pain any longer. I just needed to rant. thanks for listening... oh as I was just typing that last sentence my drug dealer texted me seeing if I wanted lortabs... I have about 4 different suppliers which goes to show how much more pathetic this is. when I popped 18 750/10 Watson 503 I almost OD and died. I was covered forehead to toes in a terrible rash and the soles of my feet hurt so bad they couldn't even bear to touch my bed sheets... after almost ODing I tool 15 more the next night... I know I'm in trouble
In 07 I was diagnosed with severe ulcerative colitis, horrible disease, causes bad abdominal pain, weakness, fatigue, horrible diarrhea usually to the point to where I was only passing blood, making 15+ trips to the bathroom. Tried so many meds to get it under control and lortab to control the pain. Honestly lortab was the only thing that kept me going, it slows down your colon which for me was a great thing. I also loved how I felt on it, happy, energetic, dreamy. For the past few months I've been in total remission from my UC, but I keep taking the lortabs... at the end of each month when I run out (60 7.5- 500 / Mo) I try to wait a few days before calling in a refill, every time I get all the horrible withdrawal symptoms. The scary part for me is that I don't know if it's the lortab keeping my UC in check/hiding it, or if the trips to the bathroom are JUST from the withdrawal.
Like they've said, first day isn't bad, I'm on day 5 now, and my doctor keeps dropping the ball on my refill. I secretly hope each month they'll just deny it and force me off this c**p, but the pain, and trips to the bathroom bring back a very real fear that my UC could flare up and cause me big problems.
The insomnia sucks BAD. I want to hear more from people that have kicked this stuff for good. I'm hoping that at only taking 2 a day average will help me recover faster, I truly feel for everyone that's been taking more than that, and I really understand how it can get that out of control.. Who wouldn't want to feel the way these make you feel? I'm looking forward to the day I can feel that way, or, at least, "normal" without having to rely on a drug.
Take Care!
Like they've said, first day isn't bad, I'm on day 5 now, and my doctor keeps dropping the ball on my refill. I secretly hope each month they'll just deny it and force me off this c**p, but the pain, and trips to the bathroom bring back a very real fear that my UC could flare up and cause me big problems.
The insomnia sucks BAD. I want to hear more from people that have kicked this stuff for good. I'm hoping that at only taking 2 a day average will help me recover faster, I truly feel for everyone that's been taking more than that, and I really understand how it can get that out of control.. Who wouldn't want to feel the way these make you feel? I'm looking forward to the day I can feel that way, or, at least, "normal" without having to rely on a drug.
Take Care!
I'm not sure of the spelling but ciboxin(check spelling) will relieve all withdrawal symptoms but DO NOT take any opiates while taking this medication, the effects will be far worse than the withdrawals, I have taken norcos for about 3 yes and its to the point now if I don't take 4 or 5 every 5-8 hrs I get extreme withdrawals, but if ur not going to quit for good don't bother with ciboxin, all you'll do is put urself through the messy prosess again. Hope this helps someone.
Ive been taking oxys, loratabs, t3......for almost 9 years. In 2002 I was diagnosed with endomitriosis. I started taking tabs and cont to take them and anything else i could get until 2007 had a hysterectomy quit taking them for a few months then started up again. Then in 2009 a doc found endomitriosis in my rectum.....started taking oxycodone UNTIL MARCH 15TH and I QUIT TAKING ALL PAIN MEDS INCLUDING MY ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND IT HAS BEEN AWFUL!!! leg pains arm pain cold chills so bad i cant get warm...nausea,diareha,excessive sneezing,my skin is broke out,no appetite,frustration,anger,NO ENERGY,no desire at all to want to do anything!!! and I feel hopeless........BUT I HAVE BEEN SMOKING WEED.....and let me tell u it has helped me tremendously!!
Im not a pothead. Ive smoked before but really didnt enjoy it because it made me paranoid and i just worried about everything. Im probably goin to piss sum people off but i dont care. I know not everyone can just smoke weed, and im aware that the sh*t is illegal {where i live}, and im also aware that alot of people in the world think that weed is bad. BUT it has helped me quit all my stupid f*cking meds!! Today is day 13 WITHOUT ANY TABS OXYS OR T3! I dont not plan to continue smoking weed. Im just doin it to help me off the meds. My father died from cancer...liver cancer. He was a major heroine addict alcoholic..pretty much did every drug u can think of. He finally went to treatment got clean and sober from everything even quit smokin....and started eating healthy. He graduated from a very prominent school with a 4.0 and was on the presidents list!! Then he decided he wanted to be a preacher, even told his buddies wen he was getting polluted that he was gona be a preacher sumday, ofcourse they laughed. After college went to another COLLEGE to study about the bible and became a methodist preacher!! He preached for about 8 mons an was diagnosed with liver cancer!! AND IN CAME THE PAIN MEDS AND SLEEPING MEDS AND DEPRESSION MEDS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH....iM SAYING ALL THIS because If my dad was still here or if i could go back and talk to him i would say LETS SMOKE A JOINT DAD! I know it wouldnt have saved his life but it wouldve helped ease the agonizing pain he was goin thru......I did not go thru wat he did but 9 years of pain and pain meds is a long freakin time and 1 OF THE REASONS WHY IM NOT TAKING PAIN MEDS TODAY IS BECAUSE OF WEED!! More so GOD!! and my family esp my husband and spiritual son and friends. 13 days and counting im so proud of myself...I think if u want to get off pain meds and u can DO IT RESPONSIBLY SMOKE WEED!! I think weed should be legal. Neways i just wanted to say that.....God is so awesome HE LISTENS TO U...U HAVE TO MAKE THE FIRST STEP OF FAITH AND GOD WILL LEAD GUIDE AND DIRECT U..HE WILL NEVER LEAVE U NOR FORSAKE U...
i know all of u r goin thru sumthing that is SOOOOO AWFUL...but trust me u will get thru it......DO NOT GIVE UP!!!! I have so much respect for u all that r trying to get off pills. U R ALL INDEFINETLY IN MY PRAYERS...WEN IN DOUBT LOOK UP....
GOD BE WITH U ALL...
Im not a pothead. Ive smoked before but really didnt enjoy it because it made me paranoid and i just worried about everything. Im probably goin to piss sum people off but i dont care. I know not everyone can just smoke weed, and im aware that the sh*t is illegal {where i live}, and im also aware that alot of people in the world think that weed is bad. BUT it has helped me quit all my stupid f*cking meds!! Today is day 13 WITHOUT ANY TABS OXYS OR T3! I dont not plan to continue smoking weed. Im just doin it to help me off the meds. My father died from cancer...liver cancer. He was a major heroine addict alcoholic..pretty much did every drug u can think of. He finally went to treatment got clean and sober from everything even quit smokin....and started eating healthy. He graduated from a very prominent school with a 4.0 and was on the presidents list!! Then he decided he wanted to be a preacher, even told his buddies wen he was getting polluted that he was gona be a preacher sumday, ofcourse they laughed. After college went to another COLLEGE to study about the bible and became a methodist preacher!! He preached for about 8 mons an was diagnosed with liver cancer!! AND IN CAME THE PAIN MEDS AND SLEEPING MEDS AND DEPRESSION MEDS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH....iM SAYING ALL THIS because If my dad was still here or if i could go back and talk to him i would say LETS SMOKE A JOINT DAD! I know it wouldnt have saved his life but it wouldve helped ease the agonizing pain he was goin thru......I did not go thru wat he did but 9 years of pain and pain meds is a long freakin time and 1 OF THE REASONS WHY IM NOT TAKING PAIN MEDS TODAY IS BECAUSE OF WEED!! More so GOD!! and my family esp my husband and spiritual son and friends. 13 days and counting im so proud of myself...I think if u want to get off pain meds and u can DO IT RESPONSIBLY SMOKE WEED!! I think weed should be legal. Neways i just wanted to say that.....God is so awesome HE LISTENS TO U...U HAVE TO MAKE THE FIRST STEP OF FAITH AND GOD WILL LEAD GUIDE AND DIRECT U..HE WILL NEVER LEAVE U NOR FORSAKE U...
i know all of u r goin thru sumthing that is SOOOOO AWFUL...but trust me u will get thru it......DO NOT GIVE UP!!!! I have so much respect for u all that r trying to get off pills. U R ALL INDEFINETLY IN MY PRAYERS...WEN IN DOUBT LOOK UP....
GOD BE WITH U ALL...
I stopped cold turkey a week ago and I still have diareah. Not as bad as the first few days but things get better. Just think of it this way..one week after being off you can be free of them. I had trouble sleeping due to aches in my legs but a heating pad will prolly help a little. It's also a mental thing so just fight any urges to take them. Take things day by day and drink lots of water and Tylenol will help too.