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Need some WD advice

ADDGrrl

ADDGrrl

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I've been a user of lortab 10 for over 8 years. Started out as an occasional thing and led to going through a bottle of 180 in less than two weeks. I began taking my husband's MS Contin (60 mg) to fill in the gaps. When all that ran out, I took gabapentin to alleviate the symptoms. I am prescribed adderall (20 mg), which I take strictly as directed, which is twice per day. My doc recently put me on xanax due to panic attacks I have been having due to my divorce.

Problem is this: I told my doc to discontinue the lortab and have not had a single one in almost 3 weeks. I took all of my gabapentin (300 mg tid) in less than 7 days. I'm going through some mad, mad WD's. I am either sweating or freezing, I feel downright sick to my stomach and such. I have my xanax, but I am super scared that I will get hooked on them as well and don't want to use them as a "crutch" to get over this nasty feeling. I'm supposed to use them only as needed and for sleep.

How long do the WD's last from the gabapentin and lortab? I've been out of gabapentin since Monday and I still feel like total shit. I do like the gabapentin, since it does help me with some of the social phobia I have, but my doctor is really leery of increasing my dosage because I tested positive for weed last time I was in. I don't know what to do. I don't have anyone to talk to about this and if my family found out, I'd be homeless. I want to overcome opiates and take things as prescribed.

I've tried the whole Thomas Recipe thing (except the 4 day benzo thing) and I don't know what else to do. I work in a field where I cannot show signs of WD's for fear of losing my job. Any suggestions, advice, anything!!! Would be helpful!
 
clonidine, suboxone, meth? do u have good health insurance? there are non narcotic ways to detox sum what comfortable... well thats a bit of an overstatemenrt, but you will def be able to work...clonoidine is a non narcotic blood pressure medication that helps with some other minor/mid w/d it will also relieve anxiety and make u sleep but gotta check your hr reguraly
suboxone is a partial agonist opoid that will completely take all your wd symptos away... it is a narctoc tho and u will build a tolorance to so try a pretty short taper no more then 14 days..
methadone is pretty much called liquid handcoffs for a reason... its highly addictive and methadone withdrawl is fuckin terrible... if you cant afford subs meth is the only other alternative to stoppin cold turkey... also excercise as much as u can, run or bike a bit too.. will help the mental anguish more than you know...make sure drink mad water... if you wanna know more on using mostly OTC drugs a what ever benzo u can get ur hands on search blu light you will find an answer and more!!!! good luck you can do it!
 
I can't take any bp meds, since I have low bp as it is. Would I have to go to my regular doc for sub? Part of the reason I got hooked on those damn lortabs was because of back pain and didn't have insurance at the time. My soon to be ex gave me his because he felt bad that I was in pain. Then I found out how much fun (or so I thought!) they were. I didn't realize how much of a bitch I was on those things!

The insurance I have now doesn't pay for any substance abuse treatments (even smoking cessation, WTF?), so it would have to come out of pocket. But I want to do this without my family or friends knowing. The only one who really knows is the ex and I'm hoping he will never tell. I feel weak and like a big failure to myself. My Mom was a slave to her addiction (coke, oxy, fentanyl, percs, benzos) all my life and died at 64 as a result of her addiction.

Although I miss her severely, I don't want to meet up with her just yet. I swore that I would never become what she was and I look in the mirror and see her and the life I had as a child. Mom in and out of rehab, relapsing over and over. I know I have a problem, have known it for a long time... Just kept taking pills to get over the thoughts of what I was doing to myself... And to escape a really bad marriage.

If there's anything OTC I can try, please give me a link or two. I'm still a no0b! :-p
 
getnice said:
clonidine, suboxone, meth? QUOTE]

Methamphetamine or methadone? I'm supposing you mean methadone in this case, but usually the word "meth" means methamphetamine.

OP, if you're 3 weeks in already, you should be going to a somewhat normal state soon. When did you take the gabapentin? I'm pretty confused. You're off everything for 3 weeks or just the lortabs?
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KeepingThingsReal, I've been off the lortab for three weeks and the gaba for one week. I was taking quite a few of them (up to 12 at a time), then was down to a mere handful. Tried to make them stretch but it wasn't happening.

I'm feeling a lot better for some odd reason. I went out for a walk around the neighborhood, which is the same neighborhood I grew up in... It was amazing how the changes in the area (used to be a pretty rough neighborhood) and just being outside changed how I felt.

But, man, the CRAVINGS! Not so much the gabapentin, but those friggin' lortabs. I keep telling myself that I was such a bitch on them and I don't need them... Even though my doc gave me a script for a legit problem. I have a herniated disc in my back and the pain sucks. But I know if I go back to the damn pills, it's gonna start all over again. Those pills are a blessing and curse all in one.
 
ADDGrrl, It is possible to do opiates for a legit reason... and it sounds to me like you have one. The drugs used in "treatment" are far more severe than lortab and will probably just leave you with more problems. It also sounds like you're going through a tough time in life and its odd that you'd pick now to kick your rather small habit. I get the impression that other people have told you you're a bitch on you're pills?and your family has an issue with the pills? Well I just recommend shutting out any influence that's coming at you for a day or so and really looking at what you should do for you. Sounds cheesey I know but those kinds of things play a huuuge part in our decision making process. And trust when I say you don't sound at all like you're headed the way of your mom :)
 
ADDGrrl said:
KeepingThingsReal, I've been off the lortab for three weeks and the gaba for one week. I was taking quite a few of them (up to 12 at a time), then was down to a mere handful. Tried to make them stretch but it wasn't happening.

I'm feeling a lot better for some odd reason. I went out for a walk around the neighborhood, which is the same neighborhood I grew up in... It was amazing how the changes in the area (used to be a pretty rough neighborhood) and just being outside changed how I felt.

But, man, the CRAVINGS! Not so much the gabapentin, but those friggin' lortabs. I keep telling myself that I was such a bitch on them and I don't need them... Even though my doc gave me a script for a legit problem. I have a herniated disc in my back and the pain sucks. But I know if I go back to the damn pills, it's gonna start all over again. Those pills are a blessing and curse all in one.
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You are dealing with Post Acute WD Syndrome.

It will go away after some time.....DO NOT relapse. You will be ok.
 
Tiefling, the thing is, no one has said a word about my behavior. I've noticed it. The littlest things set me off when I'm on the damn things. But since I've been off, I'm not bitchy. That is, unless we are talking about hormones! That's a different story. The reason I want to be free besides turning into my Mom? Leaving the ex gave me a new perspective on life and with it, I want a fresh start. Since my addiction began when with the ex, I want to leave it behind as well. I'm tired of counting my pills, wondering where or how I'll get more or what I'm gonna do to hide the WD's when I'm out. Not a way to live, IMO. The hardest thing was to leave an abusive relationship. Leaving the hydro has seemed like a cake walk in comparison.

My pain is a monster, but somehow I need to manage it in a different way. I'm trying exercises to strengthen my core so maybe after awhile it will settle. My Dad and I have the same back problem, which is stemmed from having one leg slightly longer than the other. He's controlled the pain with exercise and I hope it will do the same for me. I'd rather become an exercise addict than those pills!
 
Well having to depend on some outside source (that's difficult to find) just to function is certainly a hard way to live and if you arent err dedicated to it its even more of a struggle. Like Ripamaru said the worst of your WDs is over so hopefully you have luck with exercise
 
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