ok i know what kind of answers i will get for this one but oh well. i am 19 and am addicted to painkillers(vicodin,percocet,anything codene). i started taking them when i was 13..my first time taking them i took 3 and i did that everyday for a long time after a while i could not feel it so i just kept upping it untill it was at my worst which was 25..one of my friends made me go to see someone and i have been off of it for 4 months but when i quit painkillers i started using ephedrine quite heavily to give myself a boost and that has gotten bad ...i dont kno what i am really asking.. i dont want to go to rehab b/c i start college soon and if i quit cold turkey with ephedrine like i did with painkillers i will have nothing to replace it with...anyone had a situation like this or have any advice...i know i need to quit..my father died of painkiller overdose and im not stupid and i know im heading down the same path...so helpful advice..and yes i also smoke....i know someone suggested that.. and it helps a little but i also get bronchitis a lot and i dont wanna start smoking a lot more.
Your on a pretty bad road. Though it sounds bad, have you ever considered smoking cigarettes. Though bad for you, they would be a less severe substitute
you know what to make as your drug sports get addicted to that when you need a boost play sports and kind doesn't matter that makes you stronger and everything good drugs just makes you weaker and like an old man at age 15
You obviously lack the willpower to do it on your own. Don't start college while you have a debilitating addiction, or you'll f-ck up your grades and consequently everything else related to college.Get in rehab, or therapy, or certified outside help of some kind.
You better STOP!!!! If you hafe to throw every pain killer out the window(so to speak). Do you want to be a druggie? Do you want to kill yourself? Do you want damaged liver etc? Your heading down the right path 4 that. Just keep going(not really) STOP!
hey man it's cool.i've never done nottin but ya . i will pray especially for you aight. just pray everday for just five minutes. and you will notice a difference. what i would do too is decrease you pill intake by one pill every two days. then gradually move on to decreasing two pills.
you say you are not stupid? than there is no need of further advice. steel yourself and quit from this moment, you will be uncomfortable for about 10 days but if you have the will power DO IT. if not than your only other solution is rehabilitation with the connected repercussions of missing college etc. take your choice but if you do not do something about it immediately you can only go DOWN HILL!!!!PLEASE QUIT THE HABIT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Well obviously You understand you have a problem.. you've taken the first step, Congratulations! its a hard step to take, and sadly they get a bit harder before they get easier. Your next goal is to tell someone, Tell everyone untill someone helps you. I think you should consider going to rehab, You should really try to get this problem settled before starting collage. You wont be able to focus on your studies with a drug problem.
I have been on codeine ( 180 mg/day ) and on the others you mention because of neuropathy. I say the others because I live in Australia and they have different names here such as percodan, endone.But after all this time I am not addicted. I know because I run out now and then and go without for a month. If I were you i would choose the lesser of 2 evils: go back to your painkillers. Ease up on them. When you feel like taking them go have a shower or eat an apple and go out.What puzzles me, what idiot let you have that many pain killers? Legally.
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12-21-2008, 03:01 PM
