Hi
I'm new to all of this, last Friday I admitted to my mom and doctor I was addicted vicodin. They both told me that my depression was causing me to over react.. Deep down I knew that something was wrong.
When the problem began was May of 2002 when my Mother broke her hip, I'm her primary caregiver.. Anyway that's when I started to take the vicodin
to relax, take the edge off, and or numb the emotional pain I was dealing with... I should add I was stealing the vicodin from my mom room..
I couple times in the last year I've thought I was addicted , and I would talk to my doctor each time I was told I didn't have a addition... fast forwarding, I finally realized that since may 2002 I havent gone 1 single month without taking any vicodin
To make a long story short I started tapering off the vicodin I was given after my surgery ( my surgery was on Nov 13) last Tuesday. I was taking 2 tables every 4 hours, as of today I am taking 1 tablet a day for 2 days, after that no more,.. I've already started having withdraw symptoms, today the cravings started.. For me the cravings are worse then the withdraw symptoms... Then today I finally got my case manger to listen to me, she said, that if I felt I had a addiction to vicodin then I did. Starting Wednesday I will be going to a depression/addiction support group.
I feel ashamed in myself for became addicted.
Take care,
Mary
MARY,
PLEASE DON'T FEEL ASHAMED OF YOUR ADDICTION, i STARTED TAKING VICODIN JUST BECAUSE MY FRIEND SAID IT WAS A GREAT HIGH, WELL, HERE I AM 4 YEARS LATER AND STILL TAKING 3 ES'S A DAY! PLEASE DON'T PUT YOURSELF DOWN, AS YOU ARE AT LEAST GETTING HELP FOR YOUR ADDICTION, AS I AM NOT, I AM THE WEAK ONE HERE, YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF! HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH, AT LEAST YOU TOOK THAT FIRST STEP.
PLEASE WRIT ME BACK AS HOW YOUR PROGRESS IS GOING, I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD,AS I KNOW VICODIN IS ONE OF THE MOST ADDICTING DRUGS IN THE WORLD, I HAVE BEEN ON NUMEROUS DRUGS IN THE PAST AND I HAVE FOUND VICODIN TO BE, BY FAR THE HARDEST, I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING IN THE WORLD TO GIVE THIS EVIL DRUG UP!
GOOD LUCK AND YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS, ALSO, I AM THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER OF MY MOM ASLO, AND HAVE 2 CHILDREN AND I KNOW THE CHALLENGE IT BRINGS, BUT WELL WORTH IT FOR OUR LOVED ONES! SO HANG IN THERE AS OUR MOMS NEED US!! AND WE FACE ONE OF THE HARDEST CHALLENGES IN LIFE, THE SADNESS OF HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF A LOVED ON AFTER THEY TOOK CARE OF US OUR WHOLE LIVES!
PLEASE DON'T FEEL ASHAMED OF YOUR ADDICTION, i STARTED TAKING VICODIN JUST BECAUSE MY FRIEND SAID IT WAS A GREAT HIGH, WELL, HERE I AM 4 YEARS LATER AND STILL TAKING 3 ES'S A DAY! PLEASE DON'T PUT YOURSELF DOWN, AS YOU ARE AT LEAST GETTING HELP FOR YOUR ADDICTION, AS I AM NOT, I AM THE WEAK ONE HERE, YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF! HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH, AT LEAST YOU TOOK THAT FIRST STEP.
PLEASE WRIT ME BACK AS HOW YOUR PROGRESS IS GOING, I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD,AS I KNOW VICODIN IS ONE OF THE MOST ADDICTING DRUGS IN THE WORLD, I HAVE BEEN ON NUMEROUS DRUGS IN THE PAST AND I HAVE FOUND VICODIN TO BE, BY FAR THE HARDEST, I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING IN THE WORLD TO GIVE THIS EVIL DRUG UP!
GOOD LUCK AND YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS, ALSO, I AM THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER OF MY MOM ASLO, AND HAVE 2 CHILDREN AND I KNOW THE CHALLENGE IT BRINGS, BUT WELL WORTH IT FOR OUR LOVED ONES! SO HANG IN THERE AS OUR MOMS NEED US!! AND WE FACE ONE OF THE HARDEST CHALLENGES IN LIFE, THE SADNESS OF HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF A LOVED ON AFTER THEY TOOK CARE OF US OUR WHOLE LIVES!
you should not feel bad. Some time these things just happen. As long as you get over it as soon as you can things will be great.
I know how you feel, I was addicted to vicodin and other prescription for six years. When you're a addict the drug takes over your life, they become the most important thing in your life and, depending on how addicted you are, you would do ANYTHING to get them. When you start taking any kind of drug it consumes you eats away at your life, your family, and any friends you still have left. During my six years I came close to losing everything! I lost custody of my son, lost my home and everything in it and almost lost my family. Drugs were my friends.
Please don't be ashamed...Drug addiction is a disease of our mind and body. You could no more take just one pill than you could have flown off the top of your roof. For us there is no such thing as being able to take any mood altering "like perscribed". If we really need them, for surgury or such, they will have to be given to us one at a time.
You have a long hard road ahead of you, but it is a road worth traveling. Life with out drugs can be wonderful. I've been clean three and a half years now, I'm going to school full time, and working on getting my son back. Life is hard sometimes and it has its ups and downs, but now I can face them with a clear mind.
Enjoy life, live it to the fullest, fight the addiction and win!!!
If you ever need someone to talk to my e-mail is prostonia@yahoo.com
Take care, better things are around the corner.
Please don't be ashamed...Drug addiction is a disease of our mind and body. You could no more take just one pill than you could have flown off the top of your roof. For us there is no such thing as being able to take any mood altering "like perscribed". If we really need them, for surgury or such, they will have to be given to us one at a time.
You have a long hard road ahead of you, but it is a road worth traveling. Life with out drugs can be wonderful. I've been clean three and a half years now, I'm going to school full time, and working on getting my son back. Life is hard sometimes and it has its ups and downs, but now I can face them with a clear mind.
Enjoy life, live it to the fullest, fight the addiction and win!!!
If you ever need someone to talk to my e-mail is prostonia@yahoo.com
Take care, better things are around the corner.
[EMAIL] ts@aol.com[/EMAIL]I have been addicted to pills for 13 years. I am 32 now and completed impatient treatmemt 10-20-03. I was just expelled from an oxford house for taking valum. I havent used pain pills but, I have relapsed just switched drugs again. I am home with my husband and children now but walking on the edge and holding on tight. any hope and strengh would help....
I think I'm starting to have a real problem with Vic's. I've taken many pain pills on and off for about 4 years now. (Since b/f left me for another). But, hurt my back about 6 weeks ago, doc prescribed ES Vic's. Can't go more than about 8 hours. Start feeling like my skin is crawling, like I cant get comfortable in my own skin. Get irritable, and restless. Feel like I just want to scream. As soon as I take a couple the world seems right again. Still have a broken heart, can't get over him, but I can deal with it better. Takes so many to get the buzz I use to get off of them. Just keeps me together now. Do I have a problem?
How do I get over losing the love of my life? Today I just feel like picking up and moving far away, but I know no matter how far I run, I'm still there. Any words of wisdom??
How do I get over losing the love of my life? Today I just feel like picking up and moving far away, but I know no matter how far I run, I'm still there. Any words of wisdom??
To all:
No one really says I think I will become addicted to some medication.
The guilt you are feeling is a real product of your reconigization of your problem. The depression you feel is related to the substance you are using. It interfers with your natural endorphens that assist to create feelings of happiness, so in reality you have no choice but to feel depressed, it can take months for your body to readjust when you stop using, I would suggest increase physical activity and this encreases the production of endorphens.
There is more to stop using than to stop taking the pills the cravings you are feeling need to be replaced with something, ( the thought process) if you cannot go into treatment then the very least you need to do is to find a support group N.A. ( nacartic annomous) has groups in almost every town.
IF you are trying to detox alone at home use other the counter meds to assist with the withdrawal symptoms, BUT DO NOT USE TYLENOL
Vicoden contains large amounts of Tylenol and this can cause liver damage. And do not use alcohol based sleep aids. try something natural like melatonin
Exercise, drink lots of fluids ( opiate addicts will get constipated) eat well, find a support group and if possible go to treatment..... 30 days is the best,
No one really says I think I will become addicted to some medication.
The guilt you are feeling is a real product of your reconigization of your problem. The depression you feel is related to the substance you are using. It interfers with your natural endorphens that assist to create feelings of happiness, so in reality you have no choice but to feel depressed, it can take months for your body to readjust when you stop using, I would suggest increase physical activity and this encreases the production of endorphens.
There is more to stop using than to stop taking the pills the cravings you are feeling need to be replaced with something, ( the thought process) if you cannot go into treatment then the very least you need to do is to find a support group N.A. ( nacartic annomous) has groups in almost every town.
IF you are trying to detox alone at home use other the counter meds to assist with the withdrawal symptoms, BUT DO NOT USE TYLENOL
Vicoden contains large amounts of Tylenol and this can cause liver damage. And do not use alcohol based sleep aids. try something natural like melatonin
Exercise, drink lots of fluids ( opiate addicts will get constipated) eat well, find a support group and if possible go to treatment..... 30 days is the best,
