25th May 2007
Dear Lou,
Your answer to my inquirey was SOOOOO much appreciated. I learned so much from you about what is considered normal while detoxing. Believe it or not, I have been searching the internet for info but all I seem to come up with are ads for detox programs. A little bit about my situation:
I have gotten myself off vicoden a couple times in the past but the worst physical symptoms I ever got were my feet got really puffy for a month or 2...then that went away. I do sometimes get night sweats but I'm 45 yrs old and I figured that was just the beginning of menopause...I'm not sure. I never connected it with the amount of my vicoden use. Speaking of which, my worst use was when I was taking 3 extra strength a day, every day for almost a year. Now I'm taking 4 regular strength, twice a day (8 a day or 400 units of Tylenol a day). I'm involved in a legal battle right now because a caregiver whom I hired to take care of my 86 yr old stepfather, decided she didn't like me as a person after I corrected the way she gave my stepfather his insulin, so she hooked up via phone with my stepbrother Randy (who lives in another state and doesn't even know me) and told him I was steeling money from my stepfather....and he of course believed it. I'm a very trusting and sensative person and this whole thing floored me and hurt me very badly...and I started experiencing something which I don't know what to call except some kind of a nervous breakdown. The caregiver and Randy got Adult Protective Services involved so now we get constant visits from police officers and county investigators who treat me as if I'm guilty until proven innocent. Each time one of these people comes over, I have a sort of breakdown which consists of lots of crying and shaking uncontrollably...so, where as I used to take the vicoden for migrains, I now take it to calm down. I find myself very depressed and I try to sleep ALL THE TIME. I don't take as much vicoden as you did but I've started to creep past the liver danger level and I'm scared. I want to quit but every time I try, we have another "incident" and all my resolve goes out the window and all I want is to go to sleep. Plus I get conflicting statements from people. Some doctors say that with all the anti-anxiety drugs I'm taking too (like clonazepam, hydroxyzine and seroquel), I might just not wake up one day. But then I hear about people like like you who consistently take (or have taken) over 10 vicoden a day. I wonder if I should just wait till this court thing calms down and set myself up with that 2 week prep for detox listed ealiier in this thread. Do you have any thoughts?
Very confused,
actsk8flm
Your answer to my inquirey was SOOOOO much appreciated. I learned so much from you about what is considered normal while detoxing. Believe it or not, I have been searching the internet for info but all I seem to come up with are ads for detox programs. A little bit about my situation:
I have gotten myself off vicoden a couple times in the past but the worst physical symptoms I ever got were my feet got really puffy for a month or 2...then that went away. I do sometimes get night sweats but I'm 45 yrs old and I figured that was just the beginning of menopause...I'm not sure. I never connected it with the amount of my vicoden use. Speaking of which, my worst use was when I was taking 3 extra strength a day, every day for almost a year. Now I'm taking 4 regular strength, twice a day (8 a day or 400 units of Tylenol a day). I'm involved in a legal battle right now because a caregiver whom I hired to take care of my 86 yr old stepfather, decided she didn't like me as a person after I corrected the way she gave my stepfather his insulin, so she hooked up via phone with my stepbrother Randy (who lives in another state and doesn't even know me) and told him I was steeling money from my stepfather....and he of course believed it. I'm a very trusting and sensative person and this whole thing floored me and hurt me very badly...and I started experiencing something which I don't know what to call except some kind of a nervous breakdown. The caregiver and Randy got Adult Protective Services involved so now we get constant visits from police officers and county investigators who treat me as if I'm guilty until proven innocent. Each time one of these people comes over, I have a sort of breakdown which consists of lots of crying and shaking uncontrollably...so, where as I used to take the vicoden for migrains, I now take it to calm down. I find myself very depressed and I try to sleep ALL THE TIME. I don't take as much vicoden as you did but I've started to creep past the liver danger level and I'm scared. I want to quit but every time I try, we have another "incident" and all my resolve goes out the window and all I want is to go to sleep. Plus I get conflicting statements from people. Some doctors say that with all the anti-anxiety drugs I'm taking too (like clonazepam, hydroxyzine and seroquel), I might just not wake up one day. But then I hear about people like like you who consistently take (or have taken) over 10 vicoden a day. I wonder if I should just wait till this court thing calms down and set myself up with that 2 week prep for detox listed ealiier in this thread. Do you have any thoughts?
Very confused,
actsk8flm