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How long is withdrawal from vics??

vicodin has ruined my life! ive been taking them for two years now, i take anywere from 6 to 15 a day!! My family doesnt know about my addiction so i cant check in rehab, plus i am completely broke! I lost my job, i went into work that day and i was out of vicodin so i started getting anxious and a coworker gave me 6 somas, she told me just to take one, i felt so sick i took all of them, i was so gone that a client noticed and complained to my boss and i was let go...i left work not knowing what i was doing in hit a pole. I was also raped one time because i was soo high on vicodin and i was drinking heavily, You would think that would tell me to STOP! But it made me more depressed and i keep using. I dont even get high anymore i just take it to feel normal. I look around me at people and wonder how it feels to feel human again, i look at the vicodin in my hand before i pop them in and start crying thinking this is my life now..i lost a lot of freinds im moody to the people i love the most...today is my first day off and i feel so hollow and empty and sooooooo nervous my joints hurt my head is foggy, i dont think i can do this, im in a relationship and i finanny told him yesterday about my problem, i was soo scared of loosing him but he said he wants to help me, but i know if i cant get clean he will leave me.  I just need HELP!!! Its ruined my life, im only 25 but i feel so depressed all the time, like i dont wanna live, but dont take that the wrong way i would never take my life, i just feel like this feeling will never go away!!!!
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271792 tn?1334979657
Hi BeBe,

It is sad but some addicts need to relapse in order to get into recovery. You are back to square one and hopefully you learned something from it. If you did, then you are now on your way.

From my own experience, when I relapsed, I needed to get to the issue of why I did that. Was it something that someone said to me? Was it because I thought I could? Was it because I was in a place with people I should not have been with? Whatever the reason, relapse can be prevented if you get to the core of the problem.

I just need to mention that you feel that no one knows of your problem. Believe me, they do. We are always the last ones to know if that makes any sense. The people around you who know you and love you know something is wrong. If you can be honest with them it is a very positive step in the right direction. They may very well reach out and embrace you and help you with whatever it is you need to get and stay clean. Honesty is tough but you would be surprised at how people react to it.

I wish you the best and hope you find your way. Posting here and listening and learning is a great so keep coming back.
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I fell off last night ive taken like 6 vics i feel like throwing up im dizzy im severly depressed and my boyfriend found out now he lost all hope in me..i feel hollow and alone and i feel like im gonna feel like this FOREVER! Keepingstrong79 the worst was over for me after 4 days ur gonna have flu like symptoms just hang in there i made it to ten days and now this!!! Im so mad at myself i feel like im starting over again and the vics made me sick cuz they were compltely out of my system :(
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921998 tn?1278360278
I've tapered off of my vic's pretty slowly, and today i took nothing. I felt ok this morning, but feel horrible now. How long will i be feeling tingly and nauseus? Does anyone know?.... Does energy ever come back? eeeek
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Ok so today is the day after i took the one after being clean for ten days becuz of my migraine. i feel fine, not experiencing the physical pain that i had before in the first 4 days, at least not yet. Just a little anxiety which i think is normal because me and my boyfriend have been fighting this whole week. Its like one day he wants to stick by me and one day he doesnt. Because i just told him about it right when i decided to finally get clean almost 2 weeks a go he feel the first part of our relationship was built on lies so now im always being questioned and he doesnt want to take anything further for a while he wants to i guess test me in stressful situation if i will relapse but i think its too early for him to be playing those kinda games.
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Thank you for replying but i did only take one today i had a really bad migraine i couldnt take it anymore! I hope once it wears off i dont have to go thru those first comple days of physicall pain again? It's making me nervous..i didnt take them for the craving or anything and i dont have any i had that one hidden incase of emergency, so i have no more access to them to take anymore..is it gonna be the same when this one pill after ten days wears off??? I tried motrin 800 everything today nothing wud work my head was killing me i think from being in the sun all weekend for memorial weekend
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Congrats on 10 days....Go back and read your first post, then the others, and really think about what that one pill will turn into..Most of us have been there, and it is not fun to go through it again..
Just like you the RLS was my worst symptom, i wouldn't want to ever go through it again...Be proud that you posted and reached out for help...
YOU CAN DO THIS!!!
r2r
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Ive been off Vicodin for ten days now, ive been feeling really goood after the fourth day, but today im feeling really sick and NOT so good!! If i just take one today to feel a little better is that like starting all over again?
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198154 tn?1337787265
Google "what is PAWS?"
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I almost had a relapse today, my friends and family dont know why im acting the way im acting this week with my w/d cuz they didnt know i was taking them, i made a small comment to a friend and she went nuts on me calling me selfish cuz i havnt been wanting to hang out all week calling me moody she was swearing and i wasnt in the mood for a fight, this was all going on while i was driving a felt a panic/anxiety attack coming along so i turned on the radio and told her i wasnt in the mood to fight, she went even more nuts opened the door while i was driving insisting on me stopping so she can get out so i stopped and she got out, i didnt realize a cop witnessed all this and he followed me for a couple miles which me more nervous and shaky i got home and searched every for a pill, i havnt had one in 6 days, then i realized i wasnt gonna let this one friend throw all my hard work away so i took a xanax to calm me down, i feel a little better and happpy i didnt find a vic!!!! Friends and family dont understand y im moody and tired and anxious all the time you wish they would leave u alone for a while...i feel like even though they dont know they r being selfish cuz they can see that im depressed even thou they dont know why so why not give me some space!!
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Thank you for taking the time to write me..today is day for and surprisingle the first day i wake up without the leg pain and with the sweats...i know its gonna be temporary and i might feel them later, but it gives me motivation that im almost there!!!  <3 Thanx again for caring :)

Paindruggie,
Dont give up, yea the sweats suck, it makes you feel dirty and gross, but they lasted for me only the first two days, it is good to sweat ur releasing all that toxic out...so just try to deal with it cuz its a good thing, goodluck and keep us posted!!!
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I am going through this too and I am ready to give in, i cannot take it.
The sweating is the worst part. I cannot get out of bed so therefore it looks like I wet the bed because I have so much sweating. Today it is going to be 90 degrees, should I leave the air off so my body gets the "sauna" effect or turn it on so I stop sweating. I cannot stand the sweating, i cant. There has to be something to stop it. Please help.
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Hot baths or towels will help the legs some.  Or if you have a heating pad keep it on them and move it around on them once in awhile.  Take the Tylenol, or Ibuprophen, I take 3 (which is 600mg) ibuprophen if I'm hurting pretty bad.  Remember to drink fluids, flush out the opiates some and the immodium will not only help with the diahreah but with the receptors in the stomach.  If you have a muscle relaxer they may help but try the ibuprophen or tylenol first.
Keep posting :)
Ella
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That is exactly how i feel its crazy to read what ur feeling and feel like it is me writing those words down...its only been a few days for me since i stopped what has been so hard so far is the pain in my legs!!!! they constantly hurt..is that part  of the wd??? And your right life is worth fighting for and remembering and feeling and i was hiding behind those pills so i didnt have to feel anymore..goodluck to you..keep me updated on your progress..i will keep u all in my prayers <3
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895771 tn?1242198953
Today is my ninth day without vicodins after using them for 4 years.  Everyday I popped vics or percs any one of the two would do.  I used up to 7 v's and 5 p's a day. I know not as much as you but an addict is an addict.  I felt myself losing my mind and control of my life (junkie).  I was not sure if I was even high because I took them soooo much I don't even know how it feels to be me. :(  How could something so small have that much control.  I am ready to end my ride on the endless pills mission roller coaster.  It is so hard but I have to find the inner fire in me to take back control from this demand.  I am the captain of my own ship and I do not care if I am on my knees fighting,  At first I was confused and lost when I stopped.  Day one two and three was hell like I just broke off a 4 year relationship.  My body feels weird and I did not realize how preoccupied I was with pills until I let go.  This story is not going to get better just yet.  But my life back is worth the fight.     Do all and everything you can to win this battle........  After a week they will be out of your system and then it will be all mental the cravings suck.  Mind over matter minute by minute.  No body can do it but you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  May you be blessed in all you do............
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When i googles PAWS i only got a bunch of animal shelter places???
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Its day three and im feeling "ok" im taking xanax to help me sleep and the anxiety...the worst part right now are my legs are hurting soooooooo much! My family doesnt know about my problem and we just moved into a new house and they have me moving boxes around and cleaning and when i say i cant anymore they think im just being lazy they dont know what im really going thru...thank you both so much for responding to my post, i have been reading stories on here and it has helped me, today is tuesday and its my third day, my boyfriend promised me to take me out of town on saturday if i can get thru this week..do u think i will be ok by saturday, i dont wanna ruin the trip...
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The feeling will go away but not over night,it is going to be at least 5 days of feeling horrible,then the mind games will begin, look into the thomas recipie and amino acid protocol in the health pages to the right of the screen load up on the supplies,follow the instructions, keep posting it will help alot we haave all been where you are so we really do understand,good luck to you I will be praying for you and remember you can do this jsut read some of the success stories on here there are many! my own included
snowflake
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198154 tn?1337787265
everyone is different but the worst should be over in 5-7 days.  Then the hard part starts.  
Google PAWS.
It'll be tough but you can do it.  People do it every day.
Keep posting, Good Luck!
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