Answers ASAP on Addiction while pregnant!!

[ashalina]

Hey everyone If someone could PLEASE help me with the questions I have! So I am about 23 weeks pregnant now and I have an addiction to percocets, It started when I got in2 an accident and I was prescribed them, when I was done with the script, I had gotten more from friends, street etc, and took long enough to actually see how i was without it. I didnt mean to get addicted and I wish so much that I never would have =( Now I didnt find out I was pregnant till the begging of my 2nd trimester and I told my obgyn as soon as I had my 1st appt with him. At that time I had heard from friends 2 wien myself off my taking suboxene , so thats what I did, I bought those of the street and was told how 2 do it by somebody who has actually been 2 a rehap b4 so i figured it would def have helped me, but when i finally got off the suboxene and weined myself off about 2 weeks later, I still felt like wen they wore off I was feeling just miserable & body was achin n withdrawls were back , so i gave in again! My doctor in the meantime knew  everything because i was completely honest w him and he had made me an appt with a psychiatrist or therapist? one of those, well i waited 2weeks 4 the appt and waited 2 hrs in the waiting room, 2 get there to have the lady tell me she doesn't even see or treat preggo women!! All I could do is cry! I tried 2 explain to her bout the suboxen n she was just saying there was nothing she could do! So i got some numbers for the methadone clinic and other places that help ppl who r addicted but yet again noone will help a pregnant women, So I told my doctor and he was still trying 2 figure out what 2 do. In the meantime he still knows what I am going through. Not to mention I do not get a script so I have 2 constantly get the percocets and be in the fear of knowing Idk what could happen to my baby, this baby is going to be my world and all I want is to be off and have a health baby!  At this point I feel like i am lost and stuck I feel like I have no options??? Can somebody please give me any advice or any information that they know of ! I am so scared !! Thank You so much!!!

[GMcp]

ps thats still to much for a pregnant woman can u just taper really slowly till u get help like i cant tell u n e kinda plan cuz im not a doctor but i think u should call a hotline and ask them hunny

[dominosarah]

Please, lets leave out the horror stories.  Ashalina is very aware of what can happen.  She is here for support.  None of us have the right to be judgemental.

Ashalina, i would sit down and have a heart to heart talk with your OB at your next visit.  Tell him straight up what you want to do here.  You will want to taper for sure as that is the safe way to do this.  I am very happy that your doctor knows about this as that is something that many moms dont do right away.  Keep talking with us as i know this is hard on you.  We are here for you~~~~~~~sara

[ashalina]

^ thank you!!

So he is the one who is supposed to taper me down? Like can he do that? I will defiantly talk to him at my next visit, just not sure if he will be able to do that but from what I hear he is supposed to or is able to at least..But other than him helping me I don't know what other options I even have? I am trying hard 2 find out what I have to do and I will do it ! What help I can get and I will get it ! Just need to know what I am able to do, or what Im supposed to do, ya kno? As of now I am feeling completely lost..

[vicki595]

Ash-   Yes!  Have a serious talk with your OB. He is the one who has to help you and the one who needs to know everything.  Addiction in pregnancy needs to be handled carefully
and only your OB knows what to do for you.

Try to get in before your next appt. time. Why don't you call now?  I think it's important enough to get in to the office right away.

Good luck!

[tgtiffany]

I think that you should figure out exactly what you are taking.  If you tell someone "oh I don't know, some of this and some of that"  They are more likely to not ....I don't even know how to explain this, but majoring in social work, and if I heard someone tell me that I'd feel as if they didn't really care how much they were taking, as if it didn't matter much to them.  And it obviously does matter to you enough to ask for help at least.  Also, it will be helpful in knowing how to taper down.  Figure out the amount though.  What state do you live in?  Haven't been to your profile yet, I will try to look up some things tomorrow for you.  I think you should try to start taking a little less each day, even if you take like 1/4 less of ONE pill that you are taking it will help.  Again, not a doctor, so I can't tell you exactly, just as GMcp said.  I will try to find you some helpful information tomorrow though, as I used to work online finding stuff like that.  Are you taking your pre-natal vitamins?  Make sure you take those, because they will help the baby a lot more than you think.  And make sure that you are eating super healthy and not a lot of junk food.  The baby will have a hard enough time as it is that he/she doesn't need other junk and stuff in their system too.  Even if you don't feel like eating, eat anyway!  I'll message you or post tomorrow hopefully, perhaps the next day with any info I've found.  (Would look it up right now but gotta take care of the little ones at the moment)  In the meantime I would call whatever is equivelent to information in your state, here for helpful numbers and stuff it's 211, but that's Texas.  I'm sure you can get help from someone somewhere, they can't just not treat you because you are too far along, if so it's like they are just ignoring the situation and letting the baby get hurt anyway.  I know some places have those policies though for liability reasons.  Good luck

[ashalina]

Its not that I dont care what im taking but some days are different then others ya kno? So some days can be 90 mg in total other days can b more or less, and honestly I am only takin somethng when withdrawls start to happen. Its just all making me so overwhelmed because I am jsut getting scared, I want nothing but the best for my babygirl and I feel like when I go to the docs even after I told him EVERYTHING like I said in my previous posts he just doesnt seem to bring it up & just tells me eerything is perfect, which of course I am happy w/ that - but like idk if ppl usually dont want help but I DO! My last appt was so quick & busy and had 2 rush so my next appt is going to be an hr, I have said I really need to get some extra time to talk to him - Wen i had first told him in the beggining he had also askd if i was gonna breastfeed & I said no, bcus of the pills I didnt think it would b a good idea and he was like yes u can u will be off them by then! So that had gave me hope, but its like how does he expect me to be off if he isent makin any effort to help me? I thought he was supposed 2 , it kinda feels like its no big deal , idk maybe im wrong, but the one thing he did tell me was to NOT go cold turkey because putting the baby through withdrawals is worse!! I hate living my life this way, I have to constantly spend money to buy them, always worried bout the next day and hoping im gonna be able 2 get them, so its like theres so many negative things, i just want HELP ASAP. I just want to get the hell off of them & feel NORMAL & FREE again! I dont understand why its so hard and so much to ask for?? I dont know what I can do!? I am 24weeks now and i feel liek time is closer I WANT to be off so that god for bid my child goes thro it, or they try to take her. I feel like I have been doing everything I am supposed to, i know i have a problem, ive been asking for help, I want help, I want to better myself for myself & my babygirl !! But I feel like im getting Nowhere, its just such a hopeless feeling!! =( Thank u all though

Also I live in Maryland! & yes im takin my vitamins! & you are so right, its like nowhere helps pregnant woman. I couldnt believe it though! Like wouldnt it be more important to help and treat a pregnant woman? Even my doctor said that, bcus he had sent me to this psychiatrist in the beginning and I waited for my appt forever then waited for 2hrs in waiting room & I get there & she says she doesn't even see pregnant women so she doesn't know y he sent me there? So I'm like WTF like all that waste of time we coulda been looking somewhere else - ya know?

Well, If any one can tell me what my options are? And if there is somewhere that will help me in the right way? I sure hope there is, I been praying every night I will be able to find something!