I've been on and off both vicodin and oxycodone for the past 6 years.
When I am off them,it was always MY choice to stop taking them. (5-6 times in the past 6 years)
I have fibromyalgia from multiple car accidents,the last one in Sept 09 is what led me to start taking vicodin again. I was using darvocet,but it has since been pulled from the market. It took the edge off but didn't fully kill the pain like vicodin does. My problem now is I have gotten used to it and have to take it more often then I am prescribed. I do not take a higher dose,just 1 or 2 more a day then what I am allowed. I have good days and bad days,I have had days I have only taken 2-3 and been fine but there are days I have had to take 6 just to be able to sit up or get things done. I do not get a buzz off them and don't even want to.I did the first few doses and it kinda made me sick to my stomach. I don't like feeling stoned or buzzed.
There are people out there that do rely on pain meds to live a normal life.Do I like it? Hell no. I wish I never had to start taking them and wish the pain would subside enough to where I can take OTC meds like I was before the accident in 2009.
So my point is,not everyone who takes it long term suffers from side effects if they go without.I have went cold turkey enough times that it doesn't bother me to do it,I just have to suffer with pain and adjust to staying in and not working. I refuse to go on disability and have continues to work 2 days a week.It's rough but I do make enough in 2 days time to take 5 days off to recover,lucky for me. I do worry what this stuff will do to me in 10-15 years of using it if I have to use it for that long.Will it effect my organs in a negative way and eventually kill me? I know with hard drugs (illegal ones),even if a person stops using,they can still have a massive heart attack later in life. I have close friends who have been through it and not even 40 years old yet.
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I've been on and off both vicodin and oxycodone for the past 6 years.
July 13, 2011 - 1:50amWhen I am off them,it was always MY choice to stop taking them. (5-6 times in the past 6 years)
I have fibromyalgia from multiple car accidents,the last one in Sept 09 is what led me to start taking vicodin again. I was using darvocet,but it has since been pulled from the market. It took the edge off but didn't fully kill the pain like vicodin does. My problem now is I have gotten used to it and have to take it more often then I am prescribed. I do not take a higher dose,just 1 or 2 more a day then what I am allowed. I have good days and bad days,I have had days I have only taken 2-3 and been fine but there are days I have had to take 6 just to be able to sit up or get things done. I do not get a buzz off them and don't even want to.I did the first few doses and it kinda made me sick to my stomach. I don't like feeling stoned or buzzed.
There are people out there that do rely on pain meds to live a normal life.Do I like it? Hell no. I wish I never had to start taking them and wish the pain would subside enough to where I can take OTC meds like I was before the accident in 2009.
So my point is,not everyone who takes it long term suffers from side effects if they go without.I have went cold turkey enough times that it doesn't bother me to do it,I just have to suffer with pain and adjust to staying in and not working. I refuse to go on disability and have continues to work 2 days a week.It's rough but I do make enough in 2 days time to take 5 days off to recover,lucky for me. I do worry what this stuff will do to me in 10-15 years of using it if I have to use it for that long.Will it effect my organs in a negative way and eventually kill me? I know with hard drugs (illegal ones),even if a person stops using,they can still have a massive heart attack later in life. I have close friends who have been through it and not even 40 years old yet.
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