Easing Hydrocodone Withdrawal Tips Anyone?

I'm about to quit taking hydrocodone 10mg. after being on them for about 3 weeks and am already feeling the withdrawal symptoms if I don't take them at the same time everyday: cold skin, sweating, yawning, depression, etc. I think that could be due to the fact that I break the time-release when I take them and haven't taken any breaks, i.e. taking them everyday since I got them. I only take one a day, but the symptoms of withdrawal are def. there. I've gone through withdrawals before and it was not pleasant to say the least. I love hydros but am well aware of their addictive potential, so am taking a self-enforced break from about the 7th to the 25th of February.

I was just wondering if you guys had any good tips on easing the symptoms of withdrawal? I looked it up on Google and couldn't find much. I'm planning to take some 5-htp for my mood, along with vitamins, lots of water and good food, and some antihistamines for sleep. Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

 

1 a day for 3 weeks huh?

can you say "psychosomatic"?

 

lol,, you are kiddin aint ya?? one pill one time a day does not cause such symptoms. hate to break it to ya and specially not a 10 mg pill. Its all in your head dude.You problems go much deeper than withdrawals or your heavy addiction you have goin there. I would highly recommend some sort of mental therapy cuz you issues go a hell a lot deeper than the pain you are taking you 1 pill a day for..

Your cure for your symptoms that you dilligently spent time on google for are not only three times the cost in money but your antihistamines will become more an addiction than your one pill a day habit you have goin and probably has more crap in it causing more health issues in the end..

Suggestion ...seek mental health treatment and keep popping that pill..

 

Break the "time release" on a 10 mg hydro? That's a new one for me...anyhow, to ease the withdrawal symptoms, you need to achieve a dependence. I suggest 5 bags of tar for 3 months. lol, 1 lortab a day!

 

for future note NOT NOW but when you eventually move on to more which you will! when its time to quit get soboxone it the BEST way to quit by far! no withdrawl and back to life and its cheap. you just have to find a specialist in your area!

 

Time release? Hydrocodone doesn't even HAVE a time release preparation. Also, as everyone has stated, you shouldn't feel any withdrawl symptoms from that low of a dose.

Stop worrying about it, and the problems will go away. If they don't, go to the doctor's office. You must have a fever/chills for some other reason.

-V

 

You may feel a slight alteration in your mood but there's no way that you're going to experience major physical withdrawal symptoms from taking 1 pill a day for 3 weeks. Also, a 10mg Hydrocodone pill is not time-released.

 

dude your not sick from taking just one pill a day. A person who drinks a pot of coffie and stops would have more DT's from going cold turkey then you. You are fine its in your head man.

 

You're either a fucking idiot or you worry way too much.

10mg of hydrocodone a day does not produce withdrawl symtoms. You probably read up about withdrawl symptoms somewhere and now you're getting them simply because you are experiencing placebo.

I have never gotten withdrawls, and I've been up to 60mg oxycodone everyday for 3 weeks. Right now, I haven't had any opiates for a week. I don't even really want them, I just think they'd be really nice right now because the weather outside is complete SHITE!

How the fuck do you get thunder, lightning, snow, rain, ice pellets, and gale-force winds all in one storm? That's Canada for ya.

 

Yeah I know what you mean Twizz the weather really sucks I event took some pics. I can't even see outside its snowing so much

wow it tried uploading the pics, i wait a really long time while it uploads the pics, THEN it tells me they are too big lol

 

Well, thanks for all the lovely, kind, and helpful comments. I'm not suggesting I'll have some heroin-like withdrawals here, just that I was feeling cold and sweaty and just downright CRAPPY when I didn't take the pill at the same time everyday. I also KNOW what a full-on withdrawal from HC feels like because I took Histussin HC everyday for over a year along with Tylenol 3s and hydrocodone (off and on with the pills). I've never felt so shitty in my LIFE and didn't even realize why until I did some research...all I'm trying to do here is avoid feeling even a fraction of that again. Sounds to me like some of you are a little bitter about your own addictions and are taking it out on me. You don't know me, and just for the record, drugs affect everyone differently. That goes for all drugs, but with hydrocodone especially. I've seen some people take a single pill and have the most violent mood swing of their life, while others will only itch incessantly; still others will feel dizzy or nauseous...and most of us feel euphoric I assume. So next time I need some genuine advice, I'll remember not to come here, dude. And by the way, I'm a female.

 

well dude what do you expect, you come on a forum where most people snort oxys hardcore and bang H and your complaining about a 10 mg habit for a couple weeks.

 

Well, the site's title says, "Opiates from raw opium to heroin", so I assumed that I could come here to get some straightforward information about hydrocodone, which is an opiate last time I checked. Not everyone has a hardcore physical addiction--opiate use comes in all forms and there ARE people out there who just enjoy casual, occasional use. That's not to say that those who use every day are bad or wrong; I'm just asking for the same respect you'd show an addict. I guarantee if I came on here being as rude to addicts as you guys were to me, you'd throw a fucking fit. I was not "complaining", I was literally looking for advice because I couldn't find it anywhere else. I've never gotten a response like this on any forum or site I've posted to, so I think I'll just move on now. Thanks for your time...

 

Dude, Hydro's are kind of a joke. Im not saying you dont feel a little crappy, but i guarentee it's mostly you psyching yourself out. I can do 40+ mgs of OC's for up to two weeks and not get that dopesick when i stop...aside from liquidy shits and mental cravings. So i doubt that your 10 mg hydro problem is too pronounced. The human brain is a powerful entity. Just drink some water, stay nourished and get some sleep youll be fine. I have to eat 8 or 9 hydros to get the high I want, and i took them for like three weeks when my wisdom teeth got yanked, absolutley no withdrawels. Just try not to think about it...smoke some cheeba...drink some beers. You'll be straight as a rail.

 

well im not some kind of hard core opiate user, and i was doing 15 m.g. or more for about a month and experienced no with draw effects what so ever when i quit. maybe its in your head?

 

You really got to pump alot of Vicodens into your systum for a long period of time to get a physical addiction. 99% of the time people who get a physical addiction from pain killers are from Hard core pain killers like OC's,Dilaudid,Morphine,Ms Contin,etc. It is very possible though to even get real dope sick from using Vicodens and even codiene every day for a long period of time, I am buy no way saying its not !!! It just takes alot of it going into your systum and you have to use like that for a long period of time.My cousin was pretty bad on Hydrocodone 7.5'mgs. He was eating like 12 to 14 a day some days even up to 20 to get real fucked up, but every day he had to eat at least 10 to 12 of them so he would not get sick. When he would stop and try and kick he would only get sick for like 2 to 3 days maybe 4 at the most. And the sickness was not all that bad eather,It as hell for those 2 or 3 days don't get me wrong but It was nothing like kicking Herion or a Hard pain killer addiction like OC's or Morphine.When I was shooting around 4 to 5 bags of Herion a day and I could not get to the Bronx to get my Herion and could not find OC's or other hard piankillers in my town.And that day I could only find Vicondins,Loratab or Hydro's I would have to buy and eat like 20 of them to just not get sick and get normal. I could not even imagine how many I would have to eat to get high back then ???? And forget about Tylenol with codiene 1,2 or 3 if you are a real bad opiate addict you would have to eat them buy the hand full to stop you from getting sick.

 

the way i see it people have been shooting you straight,,.. i dont care if you weigh 90 pounds, 1 hydrocodone a day for 3 weeks is not going to give you withdrawal symptoms like you described.. they were either psychosomatic or you had something else causing them.

just because you didnt like what folks had to say doesnt make what people have stated untrue..

we have a sayin around my house.. dont ask what ya dont wanna know...

sometimes the truth hurts..

 

2 days ago quit taking upwards or over 250mg of oxy a day the muscle pain and hot a cold flashes suck but is there anything i can take smoke drink to keep me asleep?? ive tried ambien and liquor no go its the restless legs that wake me up or prevent sleep at all any advise would be awesome

 

A 250mg habit a day... now your talkin! heh... Just stay hydrated, eat as well as you can and ride it out. Like they say... If ya wanna play, ya gotta pay! It will eventually go away... promise

 

I did the same thing a month ago just took 20mg in the morning and 20mgs at night for a week then stoped. felt tired and week for a few days but quiting from 20mg is way easier than 250mg. good luck