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Lortab Detox NOW how?
Please take one minute from what you are doing and post some help for me. I need some answers ASAP.I have not taken any Lortab since Friday, today is Tuesday. My body and mind feels like I am going through a panic attack. My question is simply..what can I do at home or otc to help with this right now without a doctor. I have convinced myself to quit, cannot afford a doctor, and want to be able to work this entire day without taking a Lortab but need immediate relief from this sense of panic. It feels like a giant panic attack and pain, not going to take a Lortab after taking them every day for two weeks. I need to do something immediately while at work, otc, or something to relieve this panic/stress.
try l-theanine it is over the counter amino acid and acts like natures valium works really well
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St. John's Wort has been helping me a lot!!! I am 7th day into cold turkey from opiates, and I know the feeling yuo are describing.....it is sooo hard not to just take that pill cause it seems to bring all the planets back into alignment....but try to not take it cause 5 days is sooooooooo good...it is such an achievement!!!! Keep posting if it helps...I am here if you need to talk
A friend of mine was having a panic/anxiety attack at restraunt once, his wife got him some Benadryl at the local pharmacy and it called him down. It put him to sleep on the way home, but it calmed him down.
today day 4 is the hardest and day 5 is on the upside get up post all day if you need we will do all we can
like dezdon said i take benadryl for banic and for the electric shoking feeling if you have those
It feels like I am crawling in my own skin. I cannot leave work, not an option! What is I theanine and where do I get it. I have never had luck with St. John's Wort. One second, I pat myself on my back and say good job..the next second I am saying screw it, just take one and feel better! It is like a battle going on in my head. I was thinking there was something quick and easy to do to go through withdrawals without having to go to doctor.
This is sad to say BUT....: I work interacting with people all day. I am the Director Of Operations for a company. Lortab actually makes me friendlier, more sociable, good mood, and I go out of my way to help people. I am the world's nicest guy on Lortab! I justify taking it b/c why not take it? Why not be the world's nicest guy? If it makes me work better here at my job, if it makes my mood better, it if improves my work ethic and my interactions with others then why not take it!! I am pacing and fidgety, do not know how I will make it through this day without one!
Mockingbird, what experience do you have with this anxiety? Is Wort all that you know of to help?
TRain, please be strong I was a service manager at a large mobil home dealer ship we sold three plus houses a year I thought exactly like you until I got so deep I lost my job and I was told that I was the best manager they ever had and after 13 years I lost my job, believe me tomarrow will be better and as mockingbird said im have and will prayer for you
One of the hardest things to do is accept a normal feeling (anxiety) and feel it. IT ***** when you know that tab can make it all good for a while. It is life on life's terms, and it is probably why we use to begin with. I do use the St. John's Wort.....sometimes i jsut have to go cry alone...I am a teacher (high school) and I am alone in this withdrawal and recovery...I know your pain and wish I could take it from you, but i can't. Just let yourself feel it and I promise it will pass.
Trian..I have been so worried about you for the last while, I haven't thought of using once!!! Thank you man...you may have jsut kept me sober this hour!!!!!
I feel the same way as you do: more talkative, outgoing, easier to get along with, etc when on the pills. But on the flipside, I don't remember going a long period of time WITHOUT taking the pills....so it's unfair to say that it does indeed make me a better person. Shouldn't we give ourselves a fair chance (not just a day or 2 without them) to see what and how we really are like? It seems that (at least for me)....I lost who I really am a long time ago when I started taking the vicodin....I do believe we can be who we want to be without relying on the pills. It's going to be hard....I don't know how long it will take to feel better again and be "glad" we aren't taking them anymore. But I hope it's soon.
The big problem with the vicious cycle that develops is that, at some point, the hydrocodone will not make you feel better or friendlier. You will take it just to attempt to feel normal. You will need to deal with the problem at some time. Nobody can sustain a large narcotic habit. Trust everyone here. The best time to deal with it is now. Before you hit some rock bottom and lose everything that you have worked for.
You ask "Why not take it?" - - valid question. Do some research on the physical effects of long term use on your body. I have been a liver patient for 13 years - and the hydrocodone/acetaminophen is part of the cause.........end stage liver disease is really pretty ugly. And socially you will want to withdraw from activities that you enjoy now. It makes you want to isolate yourself. Exactly what are your plans for the inevitable time that comes when you need a dose every 4 or 5 hours to avoid the crawling out of skin feeling? You say that you dont see how you can make it through this day without one - - The truth is that you cant make it long with them...........
You ask "Why not take it?" - - valid question. Do some research on the physical effects of long term use on your body. I have been a liver patient for 13 years - and the hydrocodone/acetaminophen is part of the cause.........end stage liver disease is really pretty ugly. And socially you will want to withdraw from activities that you enjoy now. It makes you want to isolate yourself. Exactly what are your plans for the inevitable time that comes when you need a dose every 4 or 5 hours to avoid the crawling out of skin feeling? You say that you dont see how you can make it through this day without one - - The truth is that you cant make it long with them...........
I love the opiate high.....i am not even going to lie!! I feel like i teach better and parent better and drive better.....but I almost lost my teaching lic. for missing too much work and having to take time for medical leave to rehab. that is the nasty paradox.....it feels good when it's good...my insane brain says...I can do it differently this time. I will only take x amount on x days...blah....funny how that has yet to work for me
Well I am the Director of Operations here like I mentioned before, but I have a Masters Degree in Psychology. Why is this relevant? I worked in a mental hospital for eight years. I kicked ***, I was the best counselor they had until Katrina hit and we lost our jobs. When it comes to getting counseling, it does not work for me! I know all of the answers to these questions. I am my own worst enemy. My mind can out think itself and can justify things so well! I know this stuff is bad for my liver, hence my cold turkey toss on Friday. I have not taken any but I feel like I am going to have to have something daily or regularly for this anxiety. I tell my girlfriend, I DO NOT choose to have this anxiety. Friends will ask why do you have anxiety? What is wrong with you? I have never seen anyone go up to a cancer patient and ask why do you have cancer?
Trian...have you used in the last hour or so we have been talking??? I know you cannot just stay on your computer all afternoon, but whatever works, right??? Do you mind if I ask, how old are you?? kids?
I do not want to go another minute without thanking all of you so much for your advice and testimonials....i know that i am not alone. just chatting here has helped alot as I do not feel that I am the only one that is going through this. But like mockingbird said, I really do feel like a better parent as well. I have a focus and attention to my five year old daughter....that is one of the worst brain battles!! Think about it, I am a better attentive parent on Lortabs!!?? How crazy is that! I was a good parent before, do not get my wrong, but I am more apt to go outside and play in a treehouse for a tea party when I am on the tabs.
No, I have not used, did not bring them with me! I am feeling a panic attack however. That is where this question started: Something over the counter or something that I can go get on my lunch break to help this panic/anxiety. but NO, i have not used. I am 34, live in Louisiana, divorced, five year old daugther, girlfriend (who does not understand this kind of stuff at all and is not the most affectionate/nurturing type person)
Like i said earlier benedryl just one should not make you too sleepy and helps me alot w/anxiety & panic
Dont get caught in that Lortab trap! It is true at first (or seems to be...) that we are better at everything when we have those pills to rely on. But after awhile you wont to play in the treehouse - and you wont be a better parent. Its like fast forward on an elecronic device. You do want to be able to enjoy the daughter when she is 15 dont you? And how about 25? Dont trade a few early years for an entire lifetime..........
You got involved with Katrina - - - sorry 'bout that. When Camille slam dunked the Gulf Coast in '69 I was just graduating from Basic Training.......they bussed a few loads of us down to Keesler AFB to do search and rescue. No one that hasnt been there can comprehend what a hurricane can do ......
You got involved with Katrina - - - sorry 'bout that. When Camille slam dunked the Gulf Coast in '69 I was just graduating from Basic Training.......they bussed a few loads of us down to Keesler AFB to do search and rescue. No one that hasnt been there can comprehend what a hurricane can do ......
Yeah..I think that this anxiety all started after Katrina. I had to swim out of my house. I lost everything I owned. I do not blame all of this on Katrina, I just think it just added some things. You mentioned the "fast forward"....that is absolutely the best way to explain my mind at night before I go to sleep. I never get more than four hours of sleep as it is as if someone is playing a dvd of everything stressful in my life on fast forward. I get stressed over even the smallest things. I play that dvd on fast forward as soon as my head hits the pillow.
That's a good idea; when I picture myself in the future one thing I don't want in the picture are pills! We don't want to believe it because it's so hard to get there...but have to think that if we keep working hard....we will want to get out there in the play house for that tea party more than ever....
What other choice do we have. It CAN be done....so we have to MAKE it be done.
What other choice do we have. It CAN be done....so we have to MAKE it be done.
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