Prescription Drug Abuse Support Group

You will know because it will be like the worse case of flu you have ever had for about 3 days with thesecond day being the worse. If they were only 5 miligrams then it many not cause you any problems. I am not sure.

I will pray for you and good luck staying clean!

they were 10/325 - and I feel scared of them right now. I have no reason to be taking them - my doctor prescribed them too me over a situation that arose from trying to get meds for my SO. I've been exercising and haven't been feeling the pain from it because of the norcos. I feel okay right now but it's the first morning I haven't had any. Usually I'd start with 2 then it was three - the last week I was taking 4 in the morning and proceeding with more throughout the day - I know this isn't as much as some people take but I know addiction well. And I am an addict and this is the beginning of a worse addiction to them. I know this much. Hugs, Mary

10/325 is as strong as they come and if you have been taking 4 at a time, while that is quite alot, I have seen worse. I was taking 5 at a time 3 times a day.

Be very careful when the physical withdrawals are gone. You may sink into a very deep depression that no medication can cure. It was my AA sponser who helped drag me out of the dumps on more then one occasion.

This will last several months and will become less severe as time goes on.

It takes a good year for our brains to heal hun so try not to make any big in that time.

We will always be addicts but through counseling and AA we now have the tools to control it.

We are with you all the way so keep us posted.

God Bless and tc

mispelling correction from my last post.

Try not to make any big decisions for a year.

Yesterday I took a couple of my SO's Oxycontin but this morning I'm feeling okay so far but still want his oxy's
Mary
I've only taken 1 today but it's better than what I was doing. So far - his are only 5/500.I know it's not right but it takes the edge off - I have to get committed just like my desire to quit smoking. I am working on it.

I think other than big aches and pains physically - it's psychological. What do you think? It seems that way to me anyway. I just don't take that much and I felt fine this morning but still wanted pills. Mary

Is there that much of a difference between abuse and addiction?
Mary
Sry, I keep thinking of things to post this morning.

To me abuse and addiction go hand in hand. You are abusing because you are an addict.

As addicts, we often get phantom pains which is our brains way of trying to get you to keep feeding yourself narcotics. But it's best to have a doctor check it out. Better to be safe then sorry.

Sorry you had a little setback but that is understandable. Just pick yourself up and keep going hun. Your heart is headed in the right direction but your mind is a little slow to follow.

TC

I really like your answer about abuse and addiction running hand in hand! I'm up early this morning and foresee a good day ahead of me. I'm going to pray right now to be free from this for this day... okay, just got done praying - that was some committment in action - lol. I have a busy day ahead of me. It came to me that if something is psychological the way to beat that is by praying. Thank you for letting me post so much yesterday it really helped me see a path of recovery and maybe today will be a good day of recovery for me.

I think that the hardest part is psychological, but the physical wd's will feel like a bad flu for a few days. Keep busy and I think you'll do ok.

The one thing you said in your original post makes me wonder. You said that when your SO was in jail (not home) you took the pills as prescribed, but when he got back then you started downing them. Have you looked into see what it is about your SO that makes your trigger to abuse them go off?