HEY ARE U SURE ITS VICODIN I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF 20 MG ..THERES 500, 750,LORTAB AND NORCOS..WHAT DO YOUR PILLS LOOK LIKE ..AND ARE U SURE ITS NOT OXYCONTION THEY HAVE 20 MG..JUST WONDERING

HEY ARE U SURE ITS VICODIN I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF 20 MG ..THERES 500, 750,LORTAB AND NORCOS..WHAT DO YOUR PILLS LOOK LIKE ..AND ARE U SURE ITS NOT OXYCONTION THEY HAVE 20 MG..JUST WONDERING

Your withdrawals will be less now so it would be a good time to stop, with help if needed. Life for me is great with drugs, clean for 5 years. Even the cravings go away. There are programs to help retrain your mind so you don't have to be miserable without drugs. Life is good.

I use the methadone regimine to stop abusing pain pills. I finally got adjusted to the dose and the withdrawels are gone and i have not abused any drugs nor alcohol for 9 days. I know that is not a lot, but for me it is a mountain. It is hard to get used to the methadone. I was going to do subonxene, but it had to many side effects. My doctor told me will have this probably the rest of my life, as I abused pills for over 15 years and can't stop without help.

You aren't taking a toxic dose, even if it is oxycontin.

I took probably 10X that amount per day for 3 years. Of course I built up to that amount...

I've been clean for a year and a half and life is so much better without drugs.

Hi there:

Man, reading your story was so much like mine. I have had a history of addiction and alcoholism. Was clean one time for 9 years, decided to try more insanity and went out for a year. That didn't work...was clean maybe for 3 years and decided I could CONTROL my drinking and drug use. Let me tell you it is far worse living in insanity and feeling life is hopeless and useless. I am now clean again, and grateful beyond belief. Monday I go to make an amends to my pain clinic doctor. I have been to 4 meetings this week. I am GLAD that there are programs out there like NA and AA. I can also tell you you will find much joy to life and living if you seek help there. Work some steps, get a sponsor, got to a meeting (meetings!!!!)

I can now look myself in the mirror and actually like what I see.

You are loved. You are worthy. Life will definitely improve in a way you can't even imagine if you surrender. I can't believe how sick I got in my head. I now realize that the inner pain I was trying to squash was only growing tenfold by my usage of drugs and alcohol.

I am freakin' lucky to be alive. I used to fall asleep after taking all this medication and THEN SOME ....and I would wake up and wonder ...am I still alive? I could have DIED! Look at Anna Nicole...I was actually taking a combination of some of the stuff she was (not all...but still, I could have OD'd).

If you look in the phone book you can find listings for NA or AA helpline's. They will be there for you. We're all sisters and brothers just trying to help each other and help those who want to abstain from all drugs in order to recover.

God bless you dear.

Tinewen

They are Vicodin, i take two 10mg tabs.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. What if the depression was soooo bad before i started taking them? I mean that is why. I have not responded to any anti-depressants at all.....i have tried about 30 kinds. I went to counseling for 17 years and nothing has been able to pull me out of the shit. While the pills (Vicodin) are active the depression does not feel so bad, to me, any lift out of the depths of hell is better than nothing. So when i quit the pills do i just go back to the depression that was there to start with, because the depression is what drove me to this? I am confused. I just want the depression to go away. I am afraid i am heading down a road that will take me from bad to worse.....i know i am.

BTW Tinewen......I stay up all night because i am afraid i will die in my sleep. Thats pretty sad that the prospect of dying is not enough to make some people quit. I know a person has to be ready and want to....i am not quite at that point yet. I know i can one day....i did it before. Cold turkey...cigarettes and alcohol same day. I guess i did it wrong thinking i could do it alone, cuz I am back at it, this time with a different drug of choice. Its only been a few months. I was able to keep the pill dosage at a therapeutic level for a long time for my fibromyalgia. The depression has just hung on and on and on, so i do something that lifts it just a little just for a few hours to get a break. Stupid i know...but I am desperate to not feel this constant depression. Its been so many years that i have had it with no response to treatment. When the insurance company turned a treatment down that i had high hopes for 5 times with appeals, i just gave up then. That was just the biggest blow.

You are nowhere near an overdose. I once took 60mg at once and didn't even pass out. I average taking maybe 30mg a day, though, so actually less than you. There's nothing wrong with being on pills if you use them solely for the pain. Don't raise the dose until it no longer helps with the pain. Follow that and you'll be fine. As far as happiness after addiction, yes, I know many ex-addicts who lead happy lives now. =P Happier than mine, and I TAKE vicoden, so yeah.

As far as addiction, you're nowhere near big addict levels. You just liked the high, that's all. Now you miss it. But the fact that you haven't taken that extra 10mg shows you aren't abusing it. Continue your dosage and you'll be fine. There's no reason to stop now if you need it for pain.

BTW, to let you know, addicts tend to take 60mg or more every couple of hours. You are nowhere near that, so don't worry.

Well, I can't really answer the ? about the withdrawl, but I assure you, there's life after addiction. With vicodin, It distorts your perception of reality to where since it feels so good when you take it, when it goes away, you automatically equate that feeling (feeling normal) with sadness. I understand what your going thru with the depression. But the vicodin only makes it worse, when the high goes away, you crash much harder that a person w/o depression would, it just adds to the bad feelings. I'm not preaching, b/c I'm trying my hardest to stop too. I know LOTS of people that do alot harder prescription drugs than vicodin, so what ur taking doesn't sound that bad, but it could only be a matter of time if you keep chasing that high.......

I know i feel funny without it but that could be the Fibromyalgia symptoms showing up after the pills wear off? No i am always afraid to take more. The reason i take 2 instead of one is because the one has never been strong enough, not even when i first started taking them. If the doctors would prescribe the right meds the way they should they could prevent people from getting addicted or having high tolerance levels. If they would give me the Oxyconin to take at night instead of hydro which we all know wears off in 2 hours, i would not feel it necessary to take more than i am prescribed. If they are going to treat chronic pain they should not make you choose when the best time to feel pain is. Does anyone know what I mean? I believe some people get addicted because doctors do not know how to prescribe medicine for chronic pain or they refuse to treat chronic pain and people take it upon themselves to find relief on their own. Montel smokes pot, maybe i will use that at night. I do not think that is as addicting as Vicodin but still has some benefits to it. J/K