XPost: alt.support.chronic-pain, alt.abuse, alt.drugs.hard   
   From: Don'tMail@anytime.com   
      
   "mikey"  wrote in message   
   news:1103078615.255125.13870@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
   > Hello, im trying to quit this nasty hydrocodone habit that I have.  I   
   > have been doing this for 2 years, and in the last year its been an   
   > everyday habit of 50 to 100mg.  The reason why i have all of a sudden   
   > decided to quit was i started feeling sharp pains in my left mid chest   
   > area.  I would only feel this pain if i took alot of hyrdo in the 80 to   
   > 100 mg area.  I have no cut myself down to 50 mg a day and am going to   
   > do less and less each day.  I have even started to do cold water   
   > extraction to give my liver more of a break (if thats the problem).   
   >   
   > But i have been having problems.  On the first day of extracting all   
   > the APAP out of the hydro, that night I woke up cause i did not feel   
   > right.  I was sweating a little and proceded to take my blood pressure   
   > and it was up to 155/100.  My normal is 130/80 usually around.  I also   
   > had a physical a year or 2 ago and i do have very high cholesterol and   
   > tryglycorides.  I have been eating better and i have lost 25 lbs( not   
   > sure if thats cause of the hydro abuse though making me eat less ).   
   > Anyway  I was able to go back to sleep.  I pretty much guessed that   
   > this was because i went from taking 2500 to 3000 mg of APAP a day to 0.   
   > The next day I took 1500 mg of apap and i did feel better and with no   
   > pain in my chest.   
   >   
   > But unfortunately the next night I woke up sweating and cold (because   
   > im wet) and a bad headeach.  I took 10mg hydro and 325 mg of apap and i   
   > felt better instantly).   
   >   
   > Can anyone offer any advice on my condition?  I have been pondering   
   > going to the hospital if this gets any worse.  I do not want to go to   
   > my family doctor since i dont want them to know im a drug addict.  I   
   > have been able to quit hydro before (when i was doing less amouts)   
   >   
   > Im going to do 40 mg of hydro today and take a tylenol before i go to   
   > sleep and hopefully i should sleep better.  Thankfully as long as i   
   > stay below 50 mg hydro/1500 apap i havent had any left chest pains.   
   >   
   >   
   > I am concened am i having liver failure? causing my body to sweat to   
   > fight of colds since its not working?   
   >   
      
   Sorry Mikey , but withdrawal is not pleasant . A properly trained Dr. can   
   certainly make it safer and less   
   symptomatic . Getting professional help is perhaps a   
   sign that you truly desire to get off the  hydro and are   
   not fooling yourself . This is , of course , just my   
   opinion . - Homer   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)