Hello Everyone,
My name is Ryan( I am a girl) and I am not an addict, however my mother is.
I write this tonight, because I feel very horrible about what I did, but I know in my heart, it was the best thing I could of done for her.
My mother has been addicted to pain pills(Loratab) for about as long as I can remember. Finally, when we have reached the pits of paying for pills is more important than paying bills, I gathered up the strenght to try and end it. She had multiple Dr's she went to see each month for the pain pills.... and I called them all. Now she is going thru horrible withdrawls, and I am a little lost on what to do . It is just me and her at home, and I heard that when someone goes thru withdrawls, after taking a drug like that for so many years, they can sezuire. I called a hospital hotline, and all they wanted to know was if she had insurance. I told them no, so they bluntly said take her to a hospital.
Any suggestions I would apprecaite greatly, as I am lost on what I should do.
Thank You,
Ryan
Welcome, and how old is your mother? What other medications does she take, any illness's ie diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. How many Lortabs was she taking?
Did you tell all of her doctors what you were doing or what she was doing?
Does she know you called her doctors?
What is she going through right now?
My advise is not knowing more than what you wrote, is to get her to one of her doctors to help her with the withdrawals. Go by your instincts and if you feel she needs to go to the ER then take her, be honest with them there as to what has occured.
Brook
Did you tell all of her doctors what you were doing or what she was doing?
Does she know you called her doctors?
What is she going through right now?
My advise is not knowing more than what you wrote, is to get her to one of her doctors to help her with the withdrawals. Go by your instincts and if you feel she needs to go to the ER then take her, be honest with them there as to what has occured.
Brook
OH and what was she taking them for to begin with? What kind of pain was she having?
