Hello - I am new to this post, I have an addiction to norco and was up to 9 pills a day the 17th of November, after confessing to my husband, he has been helping me come down, we decided coming down at home is best for us, no one to care for my child, no money for detox, anyway, I am coming down 1 pill per week and am down to 5 a day now, the w/d hasn't been too bad, starting the headaches, diarreah, stomach cramps. no sweats or chills yet. I was wondering if anyone has come down this way and if so I am doing the right thing? If I am able to stick to the plan, I should be off the week after Christmas, this sucks, everything about it sucks, taking the pills suck, dealing with the pain I have sucks, I am due for foot surgery soon and I don't know if I should tell the doc about all this or just let my husband help me control my pain by giving me the pain meds when I need them. I can't even think that far ahead right now, I am just scared of whats to come, I don't want to be that sick at Christmas time but I will do it for my family. Any advice or encouragement is greatly appreciated. Thanks for listening.
Hi there,
Taper can work if you are absolutely determined to change your life and taking the pills is scarier to you than not taking them. Furious Physc was taking about the same amount and is down to half a pill a day...littole side effects, hope he writes in to you. Ive been tapering too and this is the first time i have actually stuck it out for 11 days today....had a very rough night but i tapered too quickly or dropped the amount rapidly...doing it one pill a week seems to be the best, keep it up.
i do have severl friends whom have tapered themselves, and they have never gone back to narcotics, not even tempted to...their lives and circumstance now are different from their using days and they look back at them with horror and amazement they ever lived like that.
You can do it, read over wome of the other threads, being at this board and sharing experiences have helped me a lot.
I know you can do it.
Hugs
Ali
Taper can work if you are absolutely determined to change your life and taking the pills is scarier to you than not taking them. Furious Physc was taking about the same amount and is down to half a pill a day...littole side effects, hope he writes in to you. Ive been tapering too and this is the first time i have actually stuck it out for 11 days today....had a very rough night but i tapered too quickly or dropped the amount rapidly...doing it one pill a week seems to be the best, keep it up.
i do have severl friends whom have tapered themselves, and they have never gone back to narcotics, not even tempted to...their lives and circumstance now are different from their using days and they look back at them with horror and amazement they ever lived like that.
You can do it, read over wome of the other threads, being at this board and sharing experiences have helped me a lot.
I know you can do it.
Hugs
Ali
I tried to taper down from 20 norco 10s a day. Started with 8/day, one dose, and reduced by one every 4-5 days. Made it to 6 by the end of about 2 weeks, then took 10 one night, and flushed the remainder in the a.m. Going c/t from the 6/day was not nearly as bad as I'd thought it would be, and the physical effects were mostly over by day 4 or 5. I had flu symptoms and lethargy during the day for about 3-4 days, restless legs, the runs, and sleep difficulties for a week or two thereafter. I've felt worse with a hangover, though.
Good luck with it. Sounds like you've been doing very well so far. I think it's very hard to taper all the way down if you're addicted. At some point, you may just want to get it over with. As long as the pills are around, the mental obsession remains in full force. At least, that's how it was for me.
I had surgery 4 months after getting clean. Took pain meds, in the amounts and at the times directed, for about 2 days. The important thing was that I gave the entire scrip to my wife. I did not control the pills in any way. If I had, I'm 100% sure that I would have abused them, regardless of my good intentions going in. I'm convinced that that's the only way I will ever be able to do it, and even then, it causes a lot of mind games.
Best of luck to you. Keep us posted.
Good luck with it. Sounds like you've been doing very well so far. I think it's very hard to taper all the way down if you're addicted. At some point, you may just want to get it over with. As long as the pills are around, the mental obsession remains in full force. At least, that's how it was for me.
I had surgery 4 months after getting clean. Took pain meds, in the amounts and at the times directed, for about 2 days. The important thing was that I gave the entire scrip to my wife. I did not control the pills in any way. If I had, I'm 100% sure that I would have abused them, regardless of my good intentions going in. I'm convinced that that's the only way I will ever be able to do it, and even then, it causes a lot of mind games.
Best of luck to you. Keep us posted.
I tapered from about the same as you because I felt the withdrawals were not as severe as cold turkey. I finally quit at like 4 a day. Still was tough but in a week - even less -4 or 5 days you are really ok. You might want to consider lowering a bit more this week and then just go cold turkey from like 3. You will be way past the hard days by the time Christmas comes. Tapering just prolongs withdrawals. I also felt it was probably safer on my body to go from 3-4 pills to nothing rather than 8-10 pills. It was not a great week, but again as many have said, treat it like the flu for a week and you will pretty much be good to go. Just like the flu, may take a few more weeks to have total energy but you will be just fine even after the first 5 days. The most important thing of all - make sure you cannot get them again! If we have access, its toooooo tempting. And then where are you..... back at the mercy of those pills you though were your friend
