went to dr today about w/d from the vicodin

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i went to see my psychiatrist today about withdrawing from the vicodin, and she does not like the suboxone solution at all, so she put me on a tapering schedule of oxycodone, because i cannot get a script refill for the vicodin. i have 62 5 mg tabs, i am to take 2-4x's a day for 3 days, 2-3x's a day for 3 days, then 2-2 x's a day for 3 days-then she said take the rest as needed-divided them all up in individual baggies) i put 2 in 2 baggies and 1 in each of 2 baggies-gave them to my dad and will have him hand them out to me daily. Whew- gotta do what ya gotta do tho i guess... she also prescribed me dicyclomine and clonodine to use as needed- not a lot of each one. so i am feeling hopeful now that i have done something about it. i am wondering at what point i should start the amino acid therapy- right away or farther in to it- i believe it will help too, i have heard a lot of good things about it. I will start the oxycodone tomorrow, i know this is a lower dose than what i was taking of the vicodin.... but i am still hopeful that it will be better than cold turkey. anyone have any other ideas to help me along i would appreciate it...

toomanytimes · Answer

i slept like a baby last nite and am going to write down the directions for the amino acid therapy to help me thru this, did anyone find out when i should start with the amino acids during the w/d? right away or later on?

cathy5841 · Answer

i sent you a pm  go to top of page and click on inbox  it will show 1

toomanytimes · Answer

thank you all for your encouragement and advice--so nice to have found this place :)

cathy5841 · Answer

click on goingtomake it's post somewhere a box will pop up and hit send a message you will get a screen to type the message good luck it takes awhile to learn to navigate

toxictome · Answer

to PM someone..put the cursor on their name and a box will come up...click on send message

worried878 · Answer

Helped me to write out a plan and put it on my counter...made it more concrete...u do it the  way that works for u...important thing is quitting...it is good to plan a final day that fits your needs as u may not feel well for a few days....i needed to to plan a long weekend off of work ...keep posting

toxictome · Answer

Hope this works for you. One suggestion...when you get down to the 2 pills 2x day, you may want to drop down to1 pill 4 x day...start spreading the # of pills you have for the day over 24 hrs..(.ex. 24 hrs. divided by 4 pills = 1 pill every 6 hrs..)...does that make sense to you??  

I tapered off vics and that worked well for me...just  a suggestion...you can PM me if you have any questions!!! 

Good luck!!  Keep posting!!

toomanytimes · Answer

i don't know how to do that yet..don't know how to find the nic to send the pm...

cathy5841 · Answer

goingtomakeit will be able to answer that better than anybody else...hes already turned in.  send him a pm an he will get back with you in the mornin

toomanytimes · Answer

i didn't even think about a quit date yet- i just thought when the pills ran out... i guess i will think about that now and make a decision about that tomorrow.. yes i read about the thomas and amino acid therapies and wondered if i should start those right away or wait.. i didn't really know if the sooner the better or what?

cathy5841 · Answer

hi too, sounds like you are going in the right direction.  you can do this.   we will support you, so keep posting.  this is doable, not easy but doable...i did it.  i have 90 days clean today....hang in there
cathy

newmanagment · Answer

too- sorry i cant help, but im clueless about pills. i think a few others are on here still, but if ya dont get alot of response tonight, try again tomorrow morning. more will come on then. did ya read the amino acid thing in the new health pages? not sure if it has an answer for ya, but ya might want to check it out. good luck , stay focused,and keep ya chin up...

worried878 · Answer

Only thing I did differently was spreading small doses out into like 5-6 doses a day...like even getting to 1/2 and 1/4 pills at the end....did you get the thomas recipe?  EmergenC powdered vitamin  also worked good for me....sleep is important too....sounds like u have a plan and that is the main thing..when is your quit day?