How to Get through Hydrocodone Withdrawals
Hydrocodone withdrawals can be extremely uncomfortable and this is why it is so hard to break an addiction to this medication. People who start to feel the detox symptoms from Hydrocodone will get very uncomfortable and this is what causes them to stay hooked on the drug.
What are the withdrawal symptoms when detoxing from Hydrocodone addiction? It can be loosely described as flu like symptoms, and might include nausea , vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, anxiety, nervousness, restlessness, tremors, shaking, hot and cold flashes, chills, sweats, night sweats, bone and joint pain, body aches and dilated pupils.
What is the best way to get through the withdrawal and avoid these symptoms? There are a couple of routes you can go but the best choice for most people is to go to drug rehab and go through detox. There they can treat your withdrawal symptoms by giving you medicine, and in some cases they will control or even eliminate the symptoms by giving you a synthetic opiate medication that pretty much takes away the symptoms without really getting you high.
Another way to deal with Hydrocodone addiction withdrawal is to go through ultra rapid detox. In this case you will not feel any withdrawal symptoms because you will be put to sleep and then your system will be completely flushed out. All opiates will be removed from your body in what basically amounts to an operation procedure. When you wake up your body will be clean from drugs and most or all of the withdrawal will be gone. This sounds pretty enticing to most addicts but there are some real drawbacks with this. For one thing the procedure is very expensive and is not yet approved to treat anything. As such, you will have to pay cash in order to have ultra rapid detox done and even then there is no guarantee that you will stay clean. Apparently there is also some risk of death so you might want to take that into consideration as well.
If you try to detox yourself at home then you will have to deal with the withdrawal symptoms on your own. In some cases these may be mild but in other cases they will be extreme. It all depends on how much of the drug you have been using and for how long you’ve been using it. You might consider trying to taper yourself down but in most cases this is tough to do as you will feel like you are in withdrawal for the entire taper. Rehab really is the best choice if you are struggling with this.
A couple quick tips for home detox (consult your doctor first, etc.):
1) Alternative Tylenol with Ibuprofen for body aches every four hours. Do not exceed dosages on the bottle, etc.
2) Take 50mg of Benadryl for anxiety, but again, check with your doctor, and don’t exceed what it recommends on the box.
3) Sleep as much as possible.
4) Drink lots of water.
Consider taking a walk each day in order to help with sleep at night. Many people struggle to sleep during withdrawal, so if you can get in a solid 8 each night, you are doing well.
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Hi Patrick,I had trouble finding the web site tonight.I’ve been doing okay I guess my brother was in a fire Thursday night,and burned 80% of his body 3rd.degree burns he’s in pretty bad shape.We are all hoping that he pulls through.He is gonna have one long tough road ahead of him.He has no skin from neck down.He is in ICU in UAB in Birmingham,Al.But,through all of this i haven’t touched a pill.I am really proud of myself because,after this happened to him i kept thinking I sure could use some but,refused to let myself go and get any.I am doing a lot better I do not think I will ever touch those damn pills again as long as i live..Thank you for all of your support,and every one else that i have been talking to through this whole ordeal.I would never have made it if wouldn’t have been for this web site so,thank you so much again….
I am so proud of myself for beating the addiction that I had for a long time…Feeling great,yea I’m over it so HAPPY!!!!Thanks to all.
Way to go Michelle! So proud of you for sticking it out! Keep up the great work…..
Never turning back now…This feels to good!!!!!!
Still doing good!!!Going to see my brother today in the Hospital.Hope he is doing well!!!!
Glad to hear the Michelle keep up the great work sounds like your doing awesome
hi guys im cody I have been on heroin and hydrocodone and oxy for about a year and I meed help I go through so much pain during the second day of withdrawls and I relapse I wamt out I want out of this quicksand of drugs
Once again I have become addicted to opiates. Suboxone, hydrocodone, it doesnt matter…but I cant seem to function like a normal person without it. Ive been to rehab. Attended na meetings. Had up to a year clean. But each time I seem to be weak and unable to stop once I start. Ive been using large amounts of hydro and roxicet now off and on for months. Not everyday, but today for example, I took EIGHT hydro tens and dont feel a thing. Last night I took TWO 30 mg instant release roxicet…barley got a buzz…but didnt feel shaky and anxious. I seem to have some sort of self destructive tendency. I have a wonderful SOBER boyfriend who has no clue to the extint I am struggling with this. He knows Ive had problems before, but he doesnt really understand it. I cannt afford to go back to rehab. Ive looked into suboxone, but it costs 600 dollars to just get started.
I want to quit but I cannot stand the feelings of withdrawal that hit me soon and hard. I can not use for a week, use twice, and the third day have the beginnings of TRUE withdrawals. High blood [pressure, anxiety, all of it. I am hoping you can give me some tips on how I can besy deal with this. Benadryl gives me restless leg…Ive heard that helps with the anziety though. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank You.
LuAnne
hey everyone i have been addicted to hydrocodone for a very very long time now. I think it has been almost 20 years on them. I would really like to quit but is so so hard to do. Right now i havent had one for 4 days but all i can think about is how long till i can have one not well i have made it 4 days i can keep going. even after a month with none i couldnt wait to get that next fix. what does one do?
Never left any messages online but was reading this, I hate other people r going thru this but nice to know I’m not alone. Been on loratabs bout 10 yrs, did quit for bout 3 months straight, and was actually feeling some happiness, I remember dreaming I went and got some and woke up in a panic, don’t know y the hell I ever went back to them, thought I could control it but it controls me. I’m going thru the withdrawsls, I’ve had one 10 in the past 24 hrs, I know its going to get worse from past experience. I’m soooo unhappy being on this shit, I just want to be better. Anyways, wish u all the best of luck
On my third day of withdrawal from vicoden. Don’t want to eat because of the nausia but I know I should. Been sipping on milk. I feel like i’ve been hit by a truck. I want to sleep and sometimes I do and other times I just lay there and get ansy and nervous. Every time I drink coffee i’m running to the bathroom. Ugh. How long does this last? I know I may have cravings but what about the physical part? Right now I’m angry at myself for letting this happen and the thought of medicating makes me sick. I may have to deal with that down the road but for now, when with these terrible aches and feeling like crap and the anxiety end!!!??? Laura
Look up the plant Kratom for help with your opiate addictions. Just make sure that you use it as a tool and not a crutch to get you off these shitty pills. Also look up a plant called iboga
Hello everyone. I’m going through the withdrawal as we speak.
It’s a long hard road ahead of all of us who have been claimed by this crap. Last night it was so hard to sleep, I couldn’t get comfortable no matter what, after hours I finally passed out, thankfully and managed to sleep about 5-6 hours, not bad considering that my whole body feels like demons are playing soccer ball and my mind state is the goal, and they are making lots of goals at the moment.
But we can do this, the only problem is…once I see more…I’m not sure if I can stop myself from taking it again.
I hate that I was ever given this stuff for pain. At the time I was so innocent and a virgin from ANY kind of medicine and now… I’m just not the same no more. I had to take this crap to just feel normal. I wanna scream and cry but I honestly don’t think it’ll do any good. I guess I can just hope for the best, and take Benadryl to keep my mind a bit out of the picture so that it’s not So bad… This is my second or third withdrawal.
And let me be the first to say this…It gets so much worse each withdrawal. And your body and mind will do ANYTHING even maybe try injuring itself to justify the need for the pills. Good luck everyone…we all need it.
I am on my fifth day of withdrawal….I was using Oxycodone and finished a bottle of 100 pills in a little over a week and then went through another 100 of Hydrocodone in roughly over another week, when I had 12 pills left , I called the dr. to get a refill….he was on vacation…..I panicked, and at this point I stopped my self, and questioned this whole medicine thing….I had 3 surgeries back to back and was prescribed Oxycodone, Oxycontin, and Fentanyl Patch….by the last i couldn’t take being dependent on so much medication, so the time came to stop… I tapered off quickly from Monday thru Thursday and Friday Morning at 6:30 a.m. I took half of a pill and that was it…. I spent the first three days in bed waiting for the worst….Waited went through the high anxiety, insomnia, crying, diarrhea….and here I am in my 6 and day and doing well. Sleeplessness, still exist, try to take benadryl but isn’t working anymore, tried a Xanax and didn’t do much…. and the loose stools used to be in the morning alone, but this morning I decided to have coffee with cream and it made me go various times more. But today I am feeling much better and enjoy knowing that I do not need those pills anymore, If i feel pain , I take aleve or tylenol, and it helps…. but taking it one day at a time … seeing what else all this withdrawal will bring my way….but all of us need to stay strong in order not to relapse, actually reading all of your stories made me ultimately decide to kick the pills….I still have 2.5 pills left and even through my worse days never did i even look at them, I didn’t want to see them because I knew that because of them this is happening to me……..Good luck all and stay strong!