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Ok I am new here and have been reading posts. I am sorry this will be long but its my story I would like to share and get feedback on please. I have been on prescribed xanax for ten years  due to bad anxiety.and I know this is a drug I do not abuse but need to feel balanced. But the problem is two years ago I became addicted to hydrocodone. I quit cold turkey one time relapsed and have been on since. I take about four of the seven and a halts a day. And I want to stop so bad but I feel like I do not feel good when I don't take them and am scared of withdrawls again. And I promise myself this summer on vacation I would stop cold turkey again. But as I type I am having a panic attack because I never knew xanax and hydrocodone was a deadly combination. I am a hypochondriac and am so scared now that I am going to die taking these together. I can't take any time off from work. I am scared should I just cold turkey again now or taper or wait to the summer when I have vacation.I am scared I feel as if I can't breathe why did I let this happen to me.
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Its not uncommon for Dr to prescribe f not taking in large quantities its not life threatening , now I am not s Dr and I am sure there are risks taking them together OS not a good idea. Can u tell ur Dr about taking them maybe he can help with a taber lan do not start suboxone that's what I did but should have just quit the pain pills now I am at a small does and it ***** there do not try and quit both because it will be extremly hard and dangerous because of the seizure risk talk to a addiction specialit if your ready to get better keep posting it helps  
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Thank you all for your help.this time since I can't miss work I am going to do the taper route.
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I've just had a trawl through the RX list information on Xanax. It is not specifically contraindicated with Hydrocodone but there is a warning, namely:

"Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you take drugs that cause drowsiness such as: antihistamines that cause drowsiness (e.g., diphenhydramine), anti-seizure drugs (e.g., carbamazepine), medicine for sleep (e.g., sedatives), muscle relaxants, narcotic pain relievers (e.g., codeine), psychiatric medicines (e.g., phenothiazines such as chlorpromazine, tricyclic anti-depressants such as amitriptyline), tranquilizers."

Other sources gave similar messages so I'm not sure specific risks are known of taking these two together but there is enough concern to suggest an honest discussion with a doctor would be a very good idea.
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Has anyone found out about the mixture???? I would really like to know if it is the same as methadone and benzos.  I have loved ones on this very same mixture. (hydros and xanax) She was given both by the same doctor. But I guess that does not matter. It seems like all the docs are quacks and they just wanna give a pill for everything. As soon as anybody finds out the real deal on this please let know.
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Dont be scared of cold trkey its hard but doable.im was heroin addict of 14 yrs i have 53 days clesn and im very happy. Im. Just out of rehab over a week and feel really good I also get xanax too for sezures you can do the c/t again you did it before and beat it I wish you luck and my best wishes ,,,,James
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I am in your same situation, except im also prescibed aderal with the xanex. Im really trying to kick the hydrocodones and i hope the other two will help with the w/d.
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K hopefully I can find out for sure somehow and thanks for talking with me goodnight
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1191921 tn?1300332815
Goodnight everyone!!!! Yall will all be in my bedtime prayers.  Talk to yall in the am

Lisa
Jacksonville,FL
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I think you can mix the two but dont quote me on that. I really dont know for sure. I just see all kinds of doctors giving out that mixture of meds. But most of the doc out there are just quacks anyways. I would find out for sure if I were you. Maybe you are having anxiety for no reason. Well anyways I am about to fall out. I am gonna go to bed but let me know when you find out for sure. I am very interested now. I am sure somebody on here knows for sure. I hope you have a better night and I will look you up tomorrow.
Thinking of you
God Bless
LIsa
Jacksonville,FL
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That is what i thought also.  I knew Methadone and benzo's didnt mix.....
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I read it on the internet . I am pretty sure that'd what it said. I could have read it wrong
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I knew that you could not mix methadone and benzos. I did not know that you could not mix hydros and benzos. I know a ton of people on hydros or oxycodone and xanax. How did you find out that you could not mix the two????
Lisa
Jacksonville,FL
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Thank u all for talking to me I just had a major panic attack and told my husband I wanted off this rollercoaster with the hydrocodone. He was glad to hear that and we are going to do the tapering route. He asked why I went into panic mode and I told him I don't want to live like this anymore and I never really knew that xanax and hydrocodone should bot be mixed and its scared me
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Are you just stopping the hydro's?  The xanax needs to be tapered.........sara
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Increased anxiety is just part of detox, and since you already suffer from anxiety it's going to be even more difficult for you to endure.  Of course, it's worse when you go cold turkey.  If you can control yourself enough to wean off slowly, anxiety won't be quite as bad.  It's going to take a whole lot of distraction and self-talk to get through to the end.

Scroll way down this page nearly to the bottom and look at the right side under "Most Viewed Health Pages."  There are two for you to look at.  One is for the Thomas Recipe and the other is the Amino Acid Protocol.  Read through both of them and choose a method to help you during detox.  Hot baths help a lot with the symptoms like RLS - that feeling like you're coming out of your skin and having a panic attack.  Some people say that heating pads on the legs and arms accomplishes the same thing.  

Stick around and keep posting and reading.  There are so many wonderful people here who can help you through this part of your life.  You can do it!  :-)
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Well dang.  Do you have someone who can hold your hydro pills for you??? Someone who you can trust????????? Or do you think you can ween by yourself??????

Lisa
Jacksonville
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No my primary care doctor put me on xanax but knows nothing about me taking hydrocodone
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Wow sweetie. I feel so bad for you. Did the same doctor give you the hydro and the benzos????  If so, tell him to back you off them.  It is always better to ween if you can.  The withdrawl wont be so bad if you ween yourself down all the way. For me, weening was not the way to go.  If I had access to anything I was gonna take it. To ween means you have to have some kind of control and I have no control at all. That would be like me controling something that is controling me?????? Hang in there sweetie, pray about what to do. God will never steer you the wrong way. I will be praying for you.
Good Luck & God Bless
Lisa
Jacksonville,FL
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Someone please talk to me
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