Vicodin Addiction: Methadone Facts

Question: Best way to kick vicodin addiction?

(Posted by: sweetmeatxx on 2009-01-08 10:42:39)

I want to stop taking pain pills!!..im up to 20 a day sometimes more.(10/ 500's)..ruining my life. I live in the dallas/ ftworth area and have seen, im not bullshittin here, 60 er visits in the past 6 months i guess.I really do have a bad back, like we all do, but i want my life back!!...oh..and i have no insurance anymore..Instant message me if ya want.

Posted by: SassySista on 2009-01-08, 10:49:22

The worst part about pain pill addictions, is that when something is actually seriously going to be wrong with you, you're going to be miserable as NO pain medications are going to be able to help you.. You know, like, your arm gets cut off.. any surgery you need.. nothing is going to work.. If you want to stop taking them, then stop.. Nobody can help you but you, and you have to really want to stop...

Posted by: Sunny on 2009-01-08, 10:54:43

20+ pills of 10/ 500's is a lot of hydrocodone a day, and a more than the acceptable dose for acetaminophen (causes liver damage). Can start by attending a Narcotics Anonymous group and just listen. Can just state your first name and that this is your first meeting, and they will do the rest. Can talk with a couple members after the group, who may suggest treatment for you.

Posted by: Shay M on 2009-01-08, 11:31:18

Ok. With an honest pain problem, it is honest, right? The pain is still going to be there, so u need to work on that to start. FYI-my chronic pain was so bad I slit my own throat w/ a razor, I take a therapeutic dose of narcotics to work part-time and kind of function. I've also gone cold turkey off morphine (my doctor moved & I couldn't get my meds). That said. I don't know what is wrong w/ ur back so some of this will be generic advice. Tonight b4 u go to bed, put 800mg Advil (usually 4 pills) on bedside table w/ a glass of water, put a heating pad w/ auto shut off under the bottom sheet of bed. Tonight go ahead and take 800mg of Advil and turn on heating pad. Lay down, try to relax, listen to some soothing music or a guided meditation cd (they do work). You need to find a mantra something positive to run thru your brain on repeat. I use "I am healthy, I am strong, I am in control " Sleep. In the morning take the Advil, turn on heating pad, repeat mantra. When u reach for the Vicodin really ask yourself "Am I taking this for pain, or just because I want it? " Write down the time u take it. The goal is to go longer and longer between doses. Even 3 minutes longer is a step in the right direction & having it on paper makes it more real. Try to keep yourself busy so u don't think about it. Read, color w/ crayons (trick I learned in the pysch ward), write, go for a walk. If it gets too bad call one of the crisis hotlines. Use any support u have friends, family, web group, Narc Anon. Another option is going inpatient at the hospital. Good Luck