Ahhhhhh ...where to start. Why do I take 4-6 500 mg vicodin per day... 2 years ago next month, I lost my daughter when I was 7 month pregnant. It is a pain like no other. I turned to vicodin becuase it is so easy for me to get and to make my sadness. I am SUPERWOMAN on those pills. I get the house clean, work 9 hours, make dinner. Not only was it me, it was my husband as well. We are the only 2 who know about each others addiction. We ran out on Sat and made a pact to stop completely. We always said we would but it is just so much easier to refill and be on my merry way. I did take myself to the ER last Wednesday which I think was the icing on the "I want off this ride" cake. Today is 48 hours and like everyone else, I feel like ****. Better now at 1030 am then at 6 am but still like ****. I can very easily go to the pharmacy and get my new refill waiting and maybe "Taper off" with this last one but like so many other bottles which we promised to do, it never got done.
So here I am at my job wasting time on a board instead of working. All I can think about is "just 1 more".
But I can do it and I WILL do it. WE will do it, my husband and I.
Oh, the reason for the ER visit was becuase it felt as if my brain forgot to tell my lungs to breathe. I would skip a breath. I did tell the ER dr. that I was taking 4 per day (slight lie but he was the 1st person who I spoke of this outside of my husband) and he basically told me to leave his office and find a primary dr. that he wouldn't treat me. He was so rude. Put it this way, I was in and released from an ER in 47 minutes becuase he didn't have time for me because of my addiction and said I was having panic attacks..
Hi makeitstop7714, How sad that you were treated that way at ER. I might would report them to the hospital staff. Did you see your primary doctor? I know withdrawal from anything can be bad in the beginning but if you hang in there it should get better. Have you and your husband thought about going to NA meetings http://www.na.org/ for extra face to face support? Keep taking it one day at a time. Keep sharing and letting us know how you are doing. We are here for you. ((((hugs))))
I have been taking 1 to 3 norco-10/325 for the last 9 months. I quit yesterday. any one have any ideas??
If you do let me know because I am taking about 10 a day
10 a day is a big perscription. My perscription says “take 1 every 6 to 8 hours” so I end up taking 3 a day. Even when I don’t have pain the “addiction” takes over and I take 1 anyway. I go camping and leave my pills behind just to get off them for a few days I’m still not sure how this site works but I’m sure I’ll figure it out someday.