When does hydrocodone withdrawals BEGIN????

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Dear People,
Thank you so much for posting to the board. I have been taking hydrocodone for two decades (I have lupus, sacroiliac syndrome, and severe arthritis of the spine). Over the past three years I have generally been on first 5mg/500 and then 5mg/325 for a total of 15 mg per day. My pain management physician ablated the SI nerves and gave me epidural injections that calmed down some of the back problems, and then in October 2011, I had back surgery. After the surgery the amount of hydrocodone almost doubled and as I started to recover from the surgery I got a buzz off of the pills for the first time. I took my last pill on Friday. It is now Monday. I have been waiting for the other shoe to drop  in the form of some severe withdrawal symptoms. What I have learned from reading these posts is that there may not be another shoe for me. Since I was seldom taking more than 15mg a day and only recently started to get a buzz (and then to want more), I may be able to get out from under this without too much suffering. Thanks for being here. I feel as though I can move on.

This helped me realize what was wrong with me the last 4 days...to make a long story short I have had the same symptons (minus the foot pain). My advice is pray for healing of your foot. The withdrawl path is too agonizing to go through again. I never will!!!

I was not taking that many but was taking quite a bit, went thru withdrawels and it was pretty bad for a week, went about a month stating taking them again, so i went to suboxone clinic ;, took those for about a year and i am here to tell you , if you think the withdrawls are bad from hydros wait till you go thru them from subs , i came so close to killing myself the depression was so bad , please don't

Hi im in a similar situation i stopped cold turkey i had my last 25 -30 pills in 2 days and its been a couple of days since been feeling sick insomnia and to top it off i pieced a blue rhino last night and couldnt sleep im never hungry im afraid i will not last i have prom 2night im gunna smack and i have norco im not sure where i will be a month from now but i cant handle thisconstant want to lay down and do nothing to cope with this everlasting feelin of dread and sickness

I can relate to all of you fine people., I am a 64 yr old man who was prescribed Norco for after surgery pains. I am taking ONLY 2 10/325's a day, and today is my first day of cold turkey. It has been uncomfortable, but not unbrearable. Good luck to you all.

Thank you so much for your testimony. I am also a belieer in the Father God, Jesus his son, and the Holy Ghost. I am praying for God to keep his hands on you. I have struggled with this also. The Lord is also helping me through it. I have taken pain meds occasionally for 4 years for back pain. Dr. prescribed and I take as prescribed but lately wonderng if I need them for pain or because I'm hooked. I wake up with pain and its the frist thing I do, take a pill. I am stopping and am now on my 2nd day without one, 48 hours exactly since my last pill took. I feel horrible but with Gods help am getting through it. I know tomorow is Sunday, I am going to church and getting out of this house tomorrow morning. I have pretty much been in bed all day today but Praise the Lord I know tomorrow will be better.

You people are SICK. It's people like you who abuse pain medication that make it nearly impossible for people like me, who desperately need it in order to live some sort of normal life, to have the appropriate pain control it takes. I have multiple chronic diseases, including psoriatic arthritis, cervicogenic headache / trigeminal neuralgia (both from the arthritis), and muscle disorders that cause intense painful spasms. Yet I hardly take any pain medication at all. Not because I don't need it! Because doctors in this area are loathe to hand out prescriptions unless you're literally dying.

Thanks. NOT.

Ok people suck it up! if you still have the pills and want to stop its simple and you can do this with little w/d this works if you are prescribed this drug first day take your normal dose example what your taking now not what your perscribed and in your mind find that part thats not in fantasy land find that part that says your going to do this!now comes the easy part day 2 take half that you did on the first day but take it timing the dosage at a point that lets you do it till bed time and by the way eat a ton of fruit or pure fruit smoothies its going to give you that boost of energy use pure honey also to your smoothies and cinnimon...day 3 take your normal dose again what ever it is and follow the recipie any fruit is going to work its the energy your looking for and by the way drink a ton of water this sh*t drug sucks the water out of your body you must stay eating all day long this is the trick to stop the w/d yes your going to sh*t like monkeys and pee all day long but thats what you want! to flush the toxins from your body stay active all day you dont want to sit around youl lose controle and start popping pills even 15 min in front of the TV will cause a relapse! Wear your self out to the pont what ever pain you had is worse then the pain the drug was prescribed for Ok! Day 4 more fruit and of course good food dont forget the protiens to help with the sh**s,now lets see what your made of the pain is there and you want to take meds take them! yes take them but take them for the pain not the unreal life of the high dont live the lie of the drug think of the fact that its the fruit thats making you feel better because thats the truth! only take the drug this day to control the pain and try to live with as much as possible dont cave in on this day its important that you get through this day with as little as possible if you make it through this day you get to reward yourself because this day was a real day the one you were perscribe this drug for in the first place.Day 5 half way done and i bet you ,your withdrawl is none or very little, now its payday for getting to day 5, do day 2 again your gonna get high but remember its not real its fantasy land remember timing is every thing on this day dont gobble the drug down all at once we are actualy tricking the the body to a point where your going to be able to get back to your original perscribed point and when you get there dont be an id**t and take more than prescribed.Day 6 and the rest of the way till you feel better follow the original doctors pricription important keep eating dont stop keep busy addiction is just another word for lazy the good thing is that you can do this trick over and over again till you get it down it works! but you got to do it it will help you get to the point so you can stop cold turky EAT,EAT,EAT FRUIT,FRUIT,FRUIT I know this sounds stupid but it works what do you got to lose(ADDICTION) thats what. 

how long will withdrawls last if you were taking 15-20/day?

the only reason im quitting is the lying to my family and my children to not deserve it a ration money and take anything i can get my hands on from the lowly tramadol and tylenol 3 to 200mg morphine it has gone on for a very long time you can make it i believe in you and your children will thank you even if you never tell them when it gets too hard just look into their eyes and remember how much you love them. my addicting started because a jackass doctor and now when i get my script i take 30 a day norco 10/325 without even realizing it

Thats the same way i stop doing suboxone one saturday hung over said why not start now already feel like balls. So i kept that last 1/4 i had in my drawer musta opened it up amd pased in front of it 50 timdz that day. So hard. The i just go and get hookef on norcos and oxys

Lortab is very addicting and it is hard to stop taking them.. It causes great discomfort.

I am currently
Taking 6 10/325 norcos a day. I have been for over a year now. I also take perxocets 10s or morphine pills every now and then if I can find them, because I run out of my norco rx before its time to refill. I first got a taste of these pills 5 years ago after my firs ankle surgery and am completely dependent on them. If intake one at 6 pm and then go to bed at 11, I wake up with biggest body ache as I am already starting to feel withdraw and need my next dose. I wish I didn't depend on them, but I'm scared to get off! I am a different person and rude and hide from people
Who love me

Maybe a little counseling is in order. This is not a zoner site. This is group of people who found themselves in addiction. Lighten up.