Hydrocodone Addiction: Methadone Facts

Question: How to beat hydrocodone addiction?

(Posted by: on 2011-04-27 06:52:48)

I am a 41 year old family man with 2 beautiful little girls.i have taken 8 to 12 hydros a day 10/ 500 for approx 10 years.this will be my third serious attempt to get off this evil medication.i am a law abideing gainfully employed taxpayer who is in controle of all and nothing at the same time.what makes this med so evil is i am a great dad;friend;employee until i dont have the hydro.it takes the medication to be me.there is no under the influence.without them my whole sense of well being is gone.reall a god awfull feeling.total dispare.tow attemts alone and one in patient.really just need to know that someone out there has been on this dosage for this for this long and was able to beat it.that would reall give me hope.

Posted by: Lisa Simpson on 2011-04-27, 07:48:22

Hi. I really sympathise with you. Codeine is highly addictive, both physically and psychologically and I personally think you would need a fair bit of support to come off of it. Are you from the UK? I would suggest you have a chat with your doctor and get his help. I know someone who did this and she very gradually reduced the dose day by day. Her doctor would give her a prescription each day, just for that day, and although the whole procedure was a bit long and involved, it did work. She gave up. I think you need to do it slowly - I believe it would be difficult just to stop 'cold turkey' as the side effects would be unpleasant and this would perhaps push you into starting to take the tablets again.