I've been wrestling with this going on 4 years now. I have actual serious medical conditions and I only take what the Dr gives to me. But I still feel like I'm a slave to it. I just took my last 2 pills a few hours ago and know that the withdraws are coming soon. My Dr didn't get my refill called in on time and so I'm going to have to wait until Mon to get it. This is not going to be a fun weekend. i hate this feeling more than anything. I keep thinking that if I could just quit that things would be so much better. Even when I've gotten through the withdraws in the past it will be great for a while but then I'll go back into the hospital and they'll put me on IV's and it will start all over again. I have a kidney infection right now and they gave me percocet when I was in the ER a few days ago. I know I can still go back into the hospital and they'll admit me and I can put off the withdraws just a little bit longer, but then what? I am 28 and my liver is not going to hold out on me forever. I'm kind of lost on what I should do at this point. Just know that you are not the only one who fights with this every day.
I am 22 years old and for the past few years i have been taking lortabs tens. I started taking one every so often un prescribed and over time I started taking more due to working really hard. I ended up taking anywhere from 4-8 everyday for over a year. I no longer have access to these tabs and I am suffering from Restless leg so bad that I had to resort to buying Vicodin off the street. I have no other symptom of withdrawal except the restless legs. Is this because of my abuse of the pills or should I worry about it being caused by something else. When I was a little kid I had a bad problem with restless leg but it stopped over the years. Please help.
suboxone! in a controlled setting such as a detox program. do not take suboxone longer than 7-10 days. this method works and you do not with drawl.
yes.your addiction to pills has caused your rls.it will get worse before it gets better if you can make it to day # 5 you will be o.k. you will still feel like very tired for a week or so but it is worth it. i was an addict for many years and lost a lot of people dear to me because of opiates and almost my own life. so remember the longer you take the drug the harder to come off and if you do sometimes you never return to what you where before. that is because you drain your receptors in your brain to make certain responses with out opiate use quit while you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please if you can stop this drug and not have a lot of withdrawal symtoms DO IT. I have taken hydrocodone for a number of years and am quitting cold turkey. I am in day 3 and to say it is awful is putting it mildly. So anyone who is considering this drug or not on it for very long please stop it now. I would ask prayers from everyone. I pray for a clean New Year for everyone.
I am on day 4 of stopping hydrocodone. I was on 10/350 for about 4 years. My withdrawal started the first day and was awful until today. I take other meds for high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, low thyroid. I quit cold turkey and today number 4 I have upset stomach and headache but I think that is from my other meds. Otherwise I feel the worse is over and I am going to start the new year off of them. Please stop them now before you have to go through what I did. I wouldn't wish it on my worse enemy. But with Jesus Christ and the support of my 2 daughters I made it! God bless anyone reading this and good luck. It can be done.
I just started taking hydroco for a pinched nerve in my neck and a broken left wrist due to a fall in Hawai'i. Yeal hawai'i of all places! I could see where this could be taken me so I stopped taking hydroco. I was never on hydro long enough to feel any real mood changes or feel high but got some pissing problems and upset stomach. I started praying that God would give the grace and wisdom to make it through the pain if any. I feel I was directed to psalms 103:3, He God has forgiven ALL sins and healed ALL my diseases. Amen! That is all I need. God will heal you and take the pain and the addiction away right now.
I am over 2 weeks off hydrocodone and feel great! It was hard going at first and I thought I would never feel good again. The first week was hell. I won't lie about it. I am 65 and was on hydro for 4 years and was abusing it. I ran out early and started withdrawals. I was so tired of being dependent on these pills so I didn't order any more. The second week I was so wiped out I didn't think I would ever have energy without the drug. I had to force myself to even shower every day! But you do get yourself back and now I feel like doing things around the house. Please if you have more control than I did ease yourself off and get off of them. If like me you can't have them around without taking them stop them and don't buy anymore. There is a good life after these pills. I promise you. With God's help and my family I am off of these.
I just read a message from someone stating that you should not be honest because of what you are going through with your withdrawls. I am marrying a hydrocodone addict and it pains me to see how much pain addicts are in but what about the spouses that stand by the addict ? You talk about the pain of withdrawl, the loss of appetite the physical pains that you feel. Well let me tell you that what your spouses are going through is worse! We get treated terribly everytime an addict has withdrawl symptoms! Being an addict is a disease, I get that but addicts need to see the damage they are doing to the people around them ! We get lied to almost every day. We get verbally abused when the addict is having a bad day! The worst is that the trust is gone!!!! I go to an addict group two times a week to help support my fiance through his recovery, not even knowing if this third time in the past year will be the last time that our family has to suffer through this.. Get real people! This drug that makes you feel so good is destroying all that is good around you and all the people that love you! stop making excuses! Get some help if not for yourself but for your family before you end up alone..just you and your pills!!!!
I am sorry for what you are going through. I haven't been married for a lot of years and it wasn't due to addition. I went through this alone. I pray for you and your spouse and hope they will quit for good.
Fentanyl patches are not reliable the dosage increases with hot weather or a hot shower.. Working outside in Hot weather got me in trouble so I quit the patches and went back to Norco 10/325 1 or2 every 4 hours... I haven't heard anyone on here talking about Overdosing on APAP, Acetaminophen destroys the Liver eventually..
The answer to your question is yes you are going thru withdrawals. When on this med myself only took 4 pills per day. I just started weaning 3 weeks ago and i can honestly tell you that i was withdrawing. Cold chills rsl, hot flashes diahrea, stomach pains... Im now down to 2 pills per day and begining to feel better. My advise to you is take vitiams multi fish oil and vitatims c. You have to slowly wean from this medication thru my journey. Best of luck to you and God Bless
I started on tramadol and had my first withdrawals off those they are exactly the same as lortab so dont mess with those thinking it will be diffrent it all sucks to come off of
Update,
It's been 4 months since I took any Hydrocodone. I tapered off the amounts I was taking, doing it over about a 3 week period. I still have two left in the cabinet too. The withdrawals were not pleasant, as anyone who has quit them knows well. it was roughest on me when trying to go to sleep at night. I ended up taking over the counter sleep aids, Tylenol PM, to help with this. I watched taking the Dyphenhydramine so as not to get dependent on it.
I feel so much better now. I think more clearly, am more active, and just flat out feel better. Funny thing too, the "pain" I had, that I was taking them for, is almost non-existent now. Seems the withdrawals made me think I was hurting worse than i really was.
Keep trying everyone, it is possible to shake this stuff if you really want to. You and everyone around you will benefit from it too.
It's been 4 months since I took any Hydrocodone. I tapered off the amounts I was taking, doing it over about a 3 week period. I still have two left in the cabinet too. The withdrawals were not pleasant, as anyone who has quit them knows well. it was roughest on me when trying to go to sleep at night. I ended up taking over the counter sleep aids, Tylenol PM, to help with this. I watched taking the Dyphenhydramine so as not to get dependent on it.
I feel so much better now. I think more clearly, am more active, and just flat out feel better. Funny thing too, the "pain" I had, that I was taking them for, is almost non-existent now. Seems the withdrawals made me think I was hurting worse than i really was.
Keep trying everyone, it is possible to shake this stuff if you really want to. You and everyone around you will benefit from it too.
That's a bad idea my lil sister is on that stuff and it's worse than any hydro or other narco you can take