Hello again,
This is my second post, the first was because I was so afraid I had harmed my child by taking vicodin prescribed by my doctor for an L5 - S1 Disc rupture. The good news is that my baby is fine, I had them test his urine right after he was born to make sure the vicodin wasn't getting through the placenta and harming him like the doctor assured me it wouldn't. He had absolutely no traces of the drug in him - yeah! I was on 6 a day just to function there at the end of my pregnancy. Then after I had my baby, I guess I just assumed my pain would go away and I would be fine again, or they would treat me with surgery or something. NO WAY! I hurt pretty bad there for a while but then the doc put me on a diet and when I started to lose weight it began to feel a bit better. I stopped taking the medication to see if I could just get by on Ibuprofen. Then something unexpected happened, I got so sick and irritable, bad diarrhea, no sleep, miserable, and slowly slipping into post partum depression. I told the doctor what was happening and that I couldn't control the pain with the regular ibuprofen but that I couldn't tell if that was because I had become dependant or not. My doctor is great, but young and I am not sure if he knows what to do, so instead of helping me to get off the pills, he gave me another prescription of 100 vicodin with one refill and 20mg of Prozac a day. Now I find myself taking more vicodin than I should whenever I feel depressed. I really need to get off of these but I am so afraid of the depression, pain, and withdrawal since it was so extremely painful last time and I was unable to even care for my newborn. I am all this child has to depend on so I can't afford to be non-functional. PLEASE HELP! DOES ANYONE HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO GET YOUR DOCTOR TO PRESCRIBE MEDS TO HELP YOU GET OFF THE VICODIN. I am confident I am not trading one addiction for another since I haven't been addicted to anything else in my life. I am just looking for something to get me through the withdrawals to stop and not put me out of commission - I have to for the sake of my child - God I love him so much. Any ideas would help - Luv and Peace to all - Rilla
HELLO RILLE you no im still taking the pills i got down to 4 to6 a day so i no what your going throw and the w\d are hard but for some reson they have nerver been to bad for me and rite they make the saddness feel better BUT its not real its the pills tricking us now as far as w\d are concerned or finding some meds for the w\d ive heard of sub. look i believe someone will answer your needs soon yhe weekend is slow so hang in there bless you and your sweet baby sorry not to much infor but we care alot so keep posting my sweetie im going to bed its 1100 here in portland love your yspearing
Rilla, I usually suggest inpatient detox, but with a newborn, that is impossible. If you are like me, you might want to give them to a friend to help you wean. They give you clonadine (which is a blood pressure med that helps lower your bp). There is another one in pill form that I am not familiar with..it think it is subsomething...
Welcome here and congrats on the baby! I have a few myself. Don't beat yourself up, either.
I would suggest tapering, and then finding some support to help you cope afterwards.
Good luck....
kerry
Welcome here and congrats on the baby! I have a few myself. Don't beat yourself up, either.
I would suggest tapering, and then finding some support to help you cope afterwards.
Good luck....
kerry
Rilla,
If I were you I would go back to my doctor and tell him I am using more than is prescribed. In other wards I am abusing them and I can't help it right now and I need help to get off them. He can give you meds to help you wean off them but I am not sure how those meds would affect the baby if you are breatfeeding. It depends on what they give you. It sounds like your propensity towards abusing them is a little too much and if I hear you right you want off them so you can take care of your baby. It starts with your desire and then getting real honest with your docs. There are other docs if they cannot help you but I think you will need to come off.
Start it by telling your doctor exactly what you are taking and asking for help.
Good Luck,
PM
If I were you I would go back to my doctor and tell him I am using more than is prescribed. In other wards I am abusing them and I can't help it right now and I need help to get off them. He can give you meds to help you wean off them but I am not sure how those meds would affect the baby if you are breatfeeding. It depends on what they give you. It sounds like your propensity towards abusing them is a little too much and if I hear you right you want off them so you can take care of your baby. It starts with your desire and then getting real honest with your docs. There are other docs if they cannot help you but I think you will need to come off.
Start it by telling your doctor exactly what you are taking and asking for help.
Good Luck,
PM
The other thing I wanted to say is postpartum depression is very real and serious sometimes. It might help you to have some med for depression. Sometimes the first one you try isn't the right kind for your body and you may need to switch but remember if you use antidepressants they take several weeks to kick in fully. So hang in there.
PM
PM
Thank you all, you are so positive and supportive. I really appreciate the encouragement, after all, that is what I look to this site for now. I can't really remember how I dealt before I found it. Now, whenever I feel down, I know where to come. I will see my Doctor first thing Monday and make sure I get my point across this time about where I feel I am at with addiction and since I know he really does want what's in my best interest, I will discuss with him what direction is the appropriate one for my situation. Thanks again, peace and love to all today!
Rilla
Rilla
