Do any of you have a vicodin addiction? I suffer from chronic back pain and started taking vicodin over a year ago to alleviate the pain. Now I'm hooked and have tried to detox myself, but can't. The withdrawl symptoms are horrible - I feel like death.

I do. I have been taking vicodin for 3 years. I can't get off it. When I run out and go through withdraws it is terrible. I shake, cant sleep, leg and hand twitches, its terrible. I can relate to you. You must feel terrible, I feel your pain 110%!! How many are you taking a day? I would suggest taking weining off them day by day so it doesnt hit you all at once.Let me know if I can help in any way.

I don't, but I have a family member that became addicted. ALL Opiates can be very addictive. Detoxing yourself can not only be painful but dangerous. I suggest if you really want to treat the addiction, sign yourself into Detox for a few days. They give you medicine to stop and help withdrawal and the other folks in there can relate, and that is the first step to being clean and sober. GOOD LUCK

very probably... my freind and i have a bet going that says i can't go two weeks with out the pills, and so far, he's right.. luckily for me, my pride is much larger than my need for self preservation. withdrawl is horid... i'm never going to do it again thats for sure... i started taking a few years ago know, when i lost half my leg muscle... it was my own fault.. i got stupid! but ever since then i've been taking more and more.. and the pain just keeps etting worse! oh well... only one more week to go!!! at least the vomiting stopped for an hour today! i still look like i've been dragged through hell backwards then been beaten my a large stick to near death! lol!

check out this web site that is about vicodin detox: http://www.vicodindetox.com/

yeah, i take it cos i lost half the muscle in my right thigh. i also take oxy if it gets bad, and occasionally shoot up on morphine. i'm detoxing at the momment because of a stupid bet i've made. it's horrid

i have been addicted to vicodin for almost six years. i am currently on a detox program that is working really well. i am prescribed Suboxone. I cant even remember how many times i tried to quit,but this drug seems to be doing the trick.

You should tell your doctor that you've got a problem with the vicodin, and you'd like to taper yourself off from them. That way he can keep closer tabs on your situation. Though I personally have never detoxed from vicodin, I've gone through SEVERAL detoxes with a very close family member, and I know that they are pure hell to go through. He was addicted to vicodin, and percocet. The doctors put him on methadone, to get him off of those, and he wound up with worse withdrawals from the methadone than he had with the vicodin and percocet. He wanted to kill himself, and had even planned out how he'd do it. I would advise you to avoid methadone at all costs. The best route, in my experience, is for you to taper yourself off of them.

It is extremely hard to break a pain killer addiction. You will need medical help and preferably in an in-patient facility. The withdrawals from pain killers is horrible and can even kill you depending on what you are addicted to. Please seek professional help with this addiction. You can over come addiction but you'll need a lot of help. I suggest you talk to a doctor who deals with pain killer addictions, specifically, especially if you are still in pain from your back injury.

yeah, i was addicted for a while.. it's a very bad thing.. it feels GREAT when you have them but there are a LOT of negative things bout it. It alters your mind and thought process afterwhile (it goes back to normal once you've gotten clean though) but when you are addicted, you totally think in different ways and it causes you to obsess over them.. going through those 2 or 3 days of solid HELL when you stop taking them is the worst.. I've gone through that probably about 30 times.. Cauz i'd quit and say i'm never taking them again, then a stupid friend would be like "hey i got a few whites (meaning vikes)" and i'd automatically think "oh i can handle a few".. that's the thing that traps you.. because you get a few in you and it feels so good and then you automatically are craving for MORE AND MORE AND MORE.. then B4 you know it.. you are back to where you were before.. gettin constipated and melting into your couch watching TV.. LOL.. it's a beautiful feeling but trust me, if you've never gotten addicted, DON'T.. not that any of you PLAN to get addicted.. I didn't plan it.. it just happens... one day you don't have any vicodin and then you start to hurt.. all over.. you get really super super tired and/or get a headache.. you get really anxious feeling and you just plain feel like SHIT..