In april of this year(2003)I had TMJ surgery done. Afterward my doctor wrote me a presciption for Roxicet liquid since my mouth was wired shut I couldn't take pills. I actually wasn't having crucial pain but decided one night to go ahead and try the Roxicet, and so began my addiction. That was followed by a second bottle, then to generic hydrocodone pills from the same surgeon. After about the third time of asking him for a refill I was cut off. "Sorry try taking 800mg of ibuprofin instead". And so I searched and found a source to get my next bottle of hydrocodone from. Out of respect for those in search of more rather than getting help I'm not going to offer that source.

To make a long story short, it's been a little over 5 months and I was up to 4 or 5 pills a day of 10/650 hydrocodone. I never remember taking more than 5 because I feared the amount of acetaminophen I was taking daily more than the actual hydrocodone. For the past 3 to 4 days I've taken no more than 3 pills at 5mg(my 10mg pills split in half) hydrocodone each. So a total of 15mg of hydrocodone a day. I'm a very determined person and when want something done really bad I'll do it. My biggest fear isn't being off the hydrocodone and back to a normal life, but it's the possible W/D's I'll have once I completely stop.

Any advice, encouragement, how fast should I taper? Am I trying too quickly? It's been roughly 8 days and I've gone from 40 to 50mg down to no more than 15mg total.