lortab cold turkey withdrawals

I have been currently taking lortabs daily for 2 years. I can take anywhere from one blue ten to 3 7.5's. I lost my mother at a young age of 15 to drug overdose. I have major depression problems and have since she died before when i was 16 i was taking xanax not addicted to them but taking them to numb the pain and now at 22 i still take them everynow and them I have not taken a lortab since Tues. today is Thurs. but I have taken 3 xanax's both wed. and today. I'm am just gonna cut cold turkey. I look at the way of my life and I cannot do this anymore. I work I go to school and I am so tired of relying on something. I want to have GOD in my life so please pray for me because these next few days are gonna be hard.

Dude I get you they are my demon and I'm scared to death of quitting because I have a full plate responsibility -kids and NO HELP-pray for me please

im on them as well there ruining my life. at 1st they were my get me up. now im to a point where im way over bored. cant funtions ran out cant get any. i think i have the flu now cant eat sick ass hell and im irritated about everything. please someone help me to get threw this. anything i can take to make it better let me know asap please.

I'm in the same boat as u I hate I ever started this if you have any advice to make the symptoms better please respond back please

Hi, I am writing to you cause I have been on Hydrocone for at least 3yrs I have had 3 knee surgery's I have just now been being pain free and I have been not having to take this medication as much!!! I have been feeling like I am going insane I have been feeling like I have the flu. also sad depressed. Am I crazy!!! I have a daughter is a full blown addicted she won't get help please pray for her!! I don't want to end up like her!! I have not taken except for pain!! Please help me!! I have problems with depression as is and I don't want to feel like I am going back into that dark whole. thanks mj

I know how you feel. I've had several knee surgeries and will need another one shortly. I've been hooked on these damn things for years now. Taking way to many than I should. I just got married and have a 3 year old and I'm ready to get off of these. The hard part is that no ones knows. I'm on my 2nd full day without any. The last ones I took were sat afternoon and now it's Monday midday. I'm not sure how I can get through this. I can't stay home I have to work through this hell. Anyone have any good ideas how to help me work through this? Thanks and I know I need to quit so please no jumping down my throat I am trying here. Thanks

Im currently on day 4 of quiting cold turkey. was taking about 8-12 10mg a day for around 7 years. the 1st 3 days were hell, still havnt reallt gotten any sleep. I had no enegry, no motivation, still cry lol. i still dont have an appitite. i just want to feel normal again and have enegry and motivation!! Im only 24 and wish i would have never touched these evil things. i still feel blaaaaa, but alot better then the last few days here! Can anyone tell me when i will feel normal again!!!! this is driving me nuts.

You just have to push thru it!! keep telling yourself you can do it. Im on day 4 myself and i gotta say you will start to feel a little better as the days go on. i still really have not got any sleep & still have a lack of enegry and motivation. luckly me and my girlfriend have had the last 3 days off so i have had her by myside & family to talk to on the phone. I find tht reading these really help to, just knowing tht there are other out there that are/have went thru this. Stay strong and try to look forward!

smoke weed thats what i did to help withdrawls.

I am a mother of two beautiful kids and a wife to a loving husband. This is my first time in a year I have not taken a pill. It is late and I can not sleep, my legs are killing me, and all I can think about is taking a pill but refuse to buy anymore. I need to know whats coming next? How long does this last I have been on them about a year and take up to 5 a day.

Here goes nothing, I have been on prescription pain medication since I was 14. I had 4 back surgeries by the time I was 18, the first 3 were not of my choosing nor the 4th do to getting an infection and having the rods project them self out of my back. Also had a bout with cancer at 25 when my husband and I found out we were having our 1st baby.  At first it was just the light weight pills then to tramadol then for the last 8 yrs it has been morphine and lortabs (min. of 120mgs a day). On January 15, I stopped taking the morphine then on the 18th I took my last full dose of tabs, Saturday I took about 40 mgs and Sunday took 20mgs. Let me tell you I was not smart about tapering off. I should have done it over a week. Sunday night was the worst night ever, no sleep, no eating, no energy, etc. Monday night I finally slept about 4 hours but last night was rough. But I MUST SAY TODAY BEING WEDNESDAY I AM FEELING 150 PERCENT BETTER!!!! I still feel jumpy/shaky. I will say I am 33, with 2 boys, 6/7, and a husband who is an OTR driver so only home on Saturday and Sundays and to top it off we just moved 500 miles away from our families, so I had no one to help me. IF I CAN DO THIS YOU CAN, I DID NOT THINK I WOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DO THIS BUT I AM, NOW IT IS GOING TO BE A MENTAL GAME. I just told my family today. I did more praying the last few days than I have in months. I am taking benadryl and aspirin to help, that's it! I have to keep telling myself what a living hell it was if I want to take another one and what is at stake, my kids, my marriage and my family. This can happen to anyone, I went to college, got a bachelor degree and worked as a probation officer for sometime then the Small Business Administration. DON'T GIVE UP ESPECIALLY IS YOU ARE OVER THE FIRST DAY OR TWO IT WILL GET BETTER.

I have been addicted to pain pills for about 2 years. It started with an actual prescription from my doctor but they eventually would not refill so I went to the streets. In the beginning, I did not take many at all. I was maybe spending $50/week on them. However, I spiraled out of control and began spending around $300/wk on them. I wouldn't pay my bills because I knew if I paid a bill I wouldn't have money for the tabs. The tabs always came first in my life. I felt like I needed them to function, to live, to work, to tolerate people. I am currently on day 5 of CT withdrawal and I am finally starting to feel better today. I will never ever take another lortab, ever! This week has been the worst week of my life! I missed 3 days of work. So, I understand what everyone is going through and I just want to let everyone know that if you are thinking about quitting, don't put off tomorrow what you can do today. Just think of it as the flu for about 3-4 days. It passes and gets better everyday. Best of luck to everyone!!

Has anyone had mini seizures when you are asleep? They wake you up as your body goes stiff and suddenly fire races through your body and even upsets your stomach. You feel like you have taken poison.

Does it really? Get better i am 19 and it's 2:19 in morning i am starting today and so scared i take 4 to 4 and half tens a day and i'm so scared i have endometriosis and i started them after surgery May 3rd 2011 and by october i was taking regularly and now i lost my insurance bc i turned 19 and my O.B moved and i can't spend 1500$ on pills every month i've used so much of my familys money i just wanted 2 KILL myself i've only withdrawn for at most 2 days tht was bc i couldn't find any and i told my mama and some family tonight i seem 2 have a great support system now tht i'll be saving them almost 2 grand a month (pills around here are 13 a piece awful i kno) and i'm so scared i use to take 4 10's at a time and same 2-3 hours later now down to 1 and half tens,2 to 3 times a day so 4 pills a day. I'm scared i won't want 2 live threw it bc of my wondering if i will feel better and have the energy 2 live my life have a job if energy will ever return and the feeling like ur breath is taken away whn i even move i pray but,i need some 2 tell me personallly it will get better please TELL ME and PRAY 4 me-Godbless u all. M-

Yes it does get better, personally I'm now glad I went CT because doing the weaning just makes the misery last long. The first few days are the hardest, not going to lie, but after that you will start feeling better and more alert/focused. I was taking min. at least 12 10mgs a day for over 7 yrs. I posted about a week ago. After the first few days it is going to be a mental game. Find something to do and take baths they work great. The first few days I took 3 or 4 baths a day. Bayer back and body helps 2 times a day. You can do it, but you have to find something to do so you are not always looking at the clock and thinking about them. Hope this helps.