About 6 years ago I was diagnosed with a herniated disk from an accident on the job. I had gotten norco 10/325, 4 refills of 40. I kept getting them due to pain for a couple years and my tolerance went up and was taking 3 at a time. With physical therapy, steroid injections and meds my pain went down to a 2/10 and I just lived with it, after about 2 years after injury. Then I would get 10 norco 10/325 a month from my doctor for just bad days and that went on for about 2 years. Then a little less than 2 years ago the pain got a lot worse again so I went back in for an MRI and they said that I still had one herniated but now 3 bulging and said I have degenerative disk disease so my doctor referred me to a pain specialist who has since done 6 injections, which only help the pain for about a week each time and has me doing physical therapy 3 times a week till this day, she also prescribes me lyrica (100mg tablets once a day), Meloxicam (15mg tablets once a day) and norco (10/325 3 times a day). The first few weeks of this weren't bad but the pain was very bad and she would not give me anymore or the norco, so I dealt with it for a couple weeks until I started taking too many. I would take 3 at a time about 3 times a day, when running out I realized she wasn't giving me anymore so I looked elsewhere to purchase them. So I continued taking the 3 at a time 3 times a day for a few months until tolerance kicked in and turned it up to 5 at once about 4 times a day, and this just progressively got really bad and I got hooked. About a year ago I started taking 10 at a time about 3 times a day, then it went to 11 then 12 and now I am taking about 14 at a time probably 3-4 times a day. I know about CWE and have tried it numerous times with upwards of 20 pills at once but it never feels the same. I've done each step precisely and tried a few different methods I've read online. Rarely but some days I will go through 60-70 pills.... some odd though, I have always been worried about my liver so when I hit the 10-14 at a time I would take a milk thistle and NAC with each dose to possibly help, but the odd thing is I've been doing the 10-14 each dose about 3-4-5 times a day for almost 8 months now. I've had my blood tested and liver checked a number of times and it always comes back normal, most recent was about 3 weeks ago. I know this is just going to get worse and it's going to catch up to me I'm sure, I more just wanted to let people know my story and hear anything anyone has to say. I'm 30 years old also....
I'm kind of scared of surgery but I know I will get it soon but that's not really going to solve what's happening. I'm just lost....
TLDR: Norco 10/325 habit of 10-14 pills at a time between 3-5 times a day, sometimes finishing 60-70 pills a day, for the last 8 months (take milk thistle and NAC with every other dose) and liver tests always come back healthy (most recent test 3 weeks ago).
I'm kind of scared of surgery but I know I will get it soon but that's not really going to solve what's happening. I'm just lost....
TLDR: Norco 10/325 habit of 10-14 pills at a time between 3-5 times a day, sometimes finishing 60-70 pills a day, for the last 8 months (take milk thistle and NAC with every other dose) and liver tests always come back healthy (most recent test 3 weeks ago).
