Fioricet!!

[soxfan]

I need to do it myself, for myself as i did with booze 15 yrs ago, i dont have the support of my family, it is them i do not want to lose

[jbit]

Originally Posted by soxfan

I need to do it myself, for myself as i did with booze 15 yrs ago, i dont have the support of my family, it is them i do not want to lose

Best of luck to you.

[confusedwoman4]

There are certain laws concerning the refilling of CIII drugs such as this one but if you have a good pharmacist have him talk to the doctor maybe they can work out something that would still be legal to do and help you also. If the pharmacist is unwilling to talk to your doctor go to another pharmacy, after all you are the customer and call your doctor, let him know what is going on he wants you on this program and you should do it. Your family needs you back, you can get through this.

[St_Kurt]

Originally Posted by soxfan

I need to do it myself, for myself as i did with booze 15 yrs ago, i dont have the support of my family, it is them i do not want to lose

I hate to sound obnoxious, but it doesn't sound like you really quit booze - you replaced it. (I don't mean this in any kind of rude way - only that the truth sucks sometimes.)

I watched my mother do this exact thing. She didn't have the support of my father either at the time (because he was in such deep denial). He was so happy that she quit drinking after 30 years of crazy drunken behavior that he hardly noticed all the pills around the house, the FedEx trucks coming every day that my mother would actually sit on the front stoop and wait for, the internet pharmacy orders on his credit card...

In the end she was drinking and taking the pills - basically spending her life comatose.

I came to visit them after 8 years of no contact and it was surreal. My mom was like a mummy in bed, sometimes for days at a time. There were pills everywhere! I went to put sugar in my tea one morning and I poured pills out of the sugar bowl. (not making that up)

She finally got help. She still struggles with addiction/alcoholism. My father refuses to attend al-anon or therapy.

~SK

[NikiDeaf]

Please help, this is the only place I've found that talks about Fiorcet addiction. I am addicted to Fiorcet in the extreme. Today I took 22 pills out of 60 I just got yesterday and I got a prescription today for 60 more which I know I will fill at a different pharmacy not using my insurance so they can't track when I last got a prescription filled. I'm high on 6 pills now. I can't seem to stop. It hurts when I do. I really need some help with this because I'm the mom of two kids and I don't want to be this way. My husband has been out of work for 2 years and that is why I started taking the pills to excess (but not this bad, before.) I still get headaches despite taking the pills. Please help.

[Peter]

Hi Niki welcome to the forum.

You have made the first important step by admitting that you need to get help.

many people have been able to fiind the courage to overcome their addiction by posting and reading here and getiing and giving support to others with a drug addiction.

The particular drug we use is irrelevant because we all understand the pain of dependence to something we seem powerless to stop.

Your situation is not a hopeless one. Stay a while. In time you will begin to learn and understand things about your addiction and learn the way to recovery.

[HVACRGirl]

I started on Fioricet...get honest with your doctor...they make alternatives, and your doc can be assured on how to ween you off of the Fioricet.

Another drug ie: vicoden, percocet, oxycodone....not going to help. It only increases your need for pain medication, and when those stop working you look for something stronger.

You know it's an issue now, so see your doctor and be honest now.

[NikiDeaf]

I'm too embarrassed to tell my doctor. I'm a good girl, always have been...got straight As in school, now I'm 30 and have two little ones that I dote on and take very good care of...their diapers are changed frequently, they only eat organic food and I arrange playdates, take them for walks, go to the park, the children's museum, everything. I can't tell my doctor because he'll never trust me again. I need to be seen as the typical type A person. There has to be some other way.

[NikiDeaf]

I took 18 pills today. i can't seem to stop it. It's a compulsion. I get upset and need the pills. Today my mom yelled at me. I took a nap and didn't play with my daughter like I planned to. I made dinner but I was so out of it that my parents noticed. I told them I took benadryl for my allergies, to dry up the snot. I am sick of lying and going to different pharmacists to get my meds so they don't yell at me for filling a prescription too soon. I'm tired of being like this but I take the meds every day because without them I feel awful. But WITH them, I don't feel so great either. I hate myself. When is this going to end?

[Dee74]

I can't tell my doctor because he'll never trust me again. I need to be seen as the typical type A person. There has to be some other way.

I took 18 pills today. i can't seem to stop it. It's a compulsion.

I hate myself. When is this going to end?

I'm an alcoholic, but pride nearly killed me Niki.
Literally not figuratively.

I don't want to be harsh - but trust me, people do not see a typical type A person right now.

My advice is take a step back...look at what you're doing to yourself...look honestly at who you are right now...and get some help.

I think a Doctor is an excellent first step...I know many others here swear by NA too.

[DecBaby]

When is this going to end?

When you come clean to someone, get help to come off the pills and give your mind a chance to work without the dang pills. The more you take the pills the more you need them to try and feel "normal". If you're that worried about what your regular doctor thinks of you, find a new one to help you deal with this issue. Your doctor already knows how many pills you get, you think he'll be surprised by you saying you're hooked?

[Peter]

Hope for us addicts.

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...t-no-more.html (Fioricet No-more)

[cjsg]

I don't want to sound condescending but I too, worried a bit about what others might think if they found me out... mainly my doctor and close friends. It shouldn't be a surprise when you find out that when your behaviour was as out of control as mine was that people are VERY aware of how spun out you are. If you are anything like I was, you really think you are fooling someone. Many many times this couldn't be farther from the truth. Every time someone mentioned something that I should do such as see a doctor or go to meetings I immediatly used a doubt or a fear I had as an excuse as to why I couldn't do the right thing. One day that changed as an anonymous lady came and rescued me when I was close to death. She was telling me all the things I needed to do, and as usual I began to give a laundry list of reasons why I couldnt go to the doctor or pack my things and get to a safe house etc etc... you'd have thought all of the sudden I was the president with my list of things I had to do. Well,this lady grabbed my shoulders, looked me in the eyes and said " CHRIS Do you want me to help you?" To which I responded of course. She then, very patiently said.. then PLEASE PLEASE shut up and LET me help you. Sometimes we can be our own stumbling blocks. As I look back now I recognise that moment as the turning point from which all of these blessings I now enjoy came from. I threw myself wholeheartedly into a plan of action. I shut up, took advice and haven't looked back since. OH and the doctor I confided in that day did not judge me at all. my fears in that area proved to be unfounded. After all how can you be faulted by doing whatever is necessary to fix a problem you have. Best of luck to you... Break the cycle, your head will clear up, your old self will come back and you very well may sit and wonder why you never got clean sooner. Srry to write so damn much your post just struck a chord and for a minute you brought back some of the suffering I went through

[Stagebear]

Originally Posted by NikiDeaf

When is this going to end?

When you choose to stop taking 18 pills a day. No sooner.
Are you still around? Still reading?
Two suggestions from experience:
1) Tell your doctor. My pride nearly killed me.
2) Stop jockeying pharmacies. Even though you are not using your insurance, NY pharmacies all report narcotic scripts they fill to the State. Even though you are using different pharmacies, the State can catch up with you and then Brooklyn Borough can choose to prosecute. It's not just a matter of ticking off a pharmacist, it's illegal.