Vicodin withdrawal symptoms...how long?

[ALreins]

I am a 40 yr old male and I have been taking 2-4 Vicodin a day for the past three years. A medical doctor prescribed it for me after it was discovered I suffered bone degeneration in my lower 2 disk vertebrea. At the time I thought little of taking a prescription painkiller. Now after my first 6 days of no longer taking Vicodin I am realizing how powerful of a substance it actually is. I'm having withdrawal symptoms I didn't expect. Light headedness, the runs, blood pressure going up, and general fatigue. Lots of fatigue. And some irritability. I am hoping that these symptoms begin to decrease soon. Well, they have gotten better than it was in the first 2 days. I am still wondering how long I can expect to have these side effects of withdrawal?

[billzzz12]

moist warm heat will help your back and if you follow these steps I promise you will feel better. Nothing can cure it but this will help I promise. step 1 turn heating pad to med to high. step 2. have your have  your husband get a small hand towel wet, wring it out and put in in the microwave for about a minute and half. step 3. Then lay on the bed on your stomach (get as comfortable as you can) then WITH a t shirt on have him lay the hot (as you can stand it towel on your back, Then cover it with a dry towel then cover that with a plastic bag, IE:  a trash bag (this will keep the heat in then cover that with a bigger towel and lay there for about 20 min. If you do this twice a day for a week I PROMISE !!! YOU WILL FEEL 100% BETTER  This will not cure you but it DOES work. Somebody told me this along time ago and I tried it and to this day I thank him every chance I get. He said his wife would just put the towel in the microwave about every 5 min or so when it got cold so I came up with the heating pad Idea. Because of the pain in the but of re heating and applying. you can buy a moist heating pad IT IS NOT AS GOOD AS AN OLD FASHIONED HEATING PAD. they don't get as hot. Please Please try this I promise it will help and you will notice a difference in the way your back feels in the first day I probably wont be looking at this site again but let mw know if this helps   ***@****

Bill  

[nickythehippi]

I NEED HELP TO HELP MY MOTHER.  She has had two total hip replacements in the last ten month and was put on Hydrocodone 7.5/325 after her first surgery in October.  She had some stomach issues in between caused by stress and anxiety that delayed her last hip replacement until May.  She got up to taking 12  7.5/325 pills a day because her body kept getting more tolerant to the medication.  On July 22 she checked herself into a Detox Clinic to get off the hydrocodone after not being able to tapper off her medication by 1 pill every two weeks (she just ended up buy some off of a friend to keep her dose at 12 pill a day).  She has now been off the Hydrocodone for almost a month but she still says she's in withdrawal.  Anyway, the point is she still wakes up shaking in the morning (not her norm), prickling burning skin, high heart rate (though blood pressure is norm), stomach problems (not sure if it's the same thing as before because of stress or part of withdrawals) and sits in her bed all day.  The doctors have her on Clonidine, Buspar, Atarax, and Cymbalta to help.  She's always had HIGH ANXIETY.  I'm just wondering if there is anything else that might help.  I can't get her out of bed... believe me, I've tried.  She'd very depressed, and keeps talking about how this is going to be the end of her and that it'll never get better.  PLEASE HELP!   I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN DO!!!  I stayed with my parents for 5 months (March 10 - Aug 10) but I finally had to go back home to my husband because that long of an absence was starting to cause problems in our marriage not to mention that my mother was driving me nuts (that's normal for us).  I just want to help her in some way.  ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

[4771imfree]

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[Tossedsalad]

Can someoneplease help me- I just found out my son has been stealing my vicodin-----I am a chronic pain patient and am prescribed 7.5 s.   3xday......but I only take one a day at most.......6das ago he stole between 70-100 of mine and after a series of discussions finally admitted it......here is the next problem.....I told him I wanted them back.....and he tells me that he as taken them all......I mean seriously  is that even possible ?   I know he is not selling them.....but could he take that many in 6 days and not overdose?   Thanx,

[Tossedsalad]

Can someoneplease help me- I just found out my son has been stealing my vicodin-----I am a chronic pain patient and am prescribed 7.5 s.   3xday......but I only take one a day at most.......6das ago he stole between 70-100 of mine and after a series of discussions finally admitted it......here is the next problem.....I told him I wanted them back.....and he tells me that he as taken them all......I mean seriously  is that even possible ?   I know he is not selling them.....but could he take that many in 6 days and not overdose?   Thanx,

[Hairball2001]

Due to back pain and a partial torn tendon in an ankle from a fall on ice in March, I have been taking Vicodin for almost 3 months.  Unlike many people reporting on this site, the most I had ever taken was 4 a day and that was in early March.  After I got a steroid injection in my back, that pain went away and around the middle of March I started taking 2 a day from then on.

Two days ago my foot doctor said I can “resume normal activities”, like walking.  And I stupidly stopped taking the Vicodin cold turkey.  

I am having some withdrawal symptoms, mostly insomnia, runny nose, and total exhaustion...although the later could be from not being able to do any physical activity for 3 months.
  
Would it make any sense to take 1 or perhaps 1/2 a Vicodin a day for a few days, to help minimize the withdrawal effects?