Comments on: Poppy Seed Tea for Detox? Bad Idea

By: BigCrasher

BigCrasher — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:48:42 +0000

I’ve been in and out of the hospital with many surgeries in the past 6 years due to motorcycle racing. I get addicted to vicodin/norco every time. My first time I was prescribed so many pills that the bottle was about the size of a coke can. Being a drug addict or even talking about it is frowned upon in the racing world but I spoke up to a trusted member of my team. At first he just told me not to worry about it and to take the pills if you are in pain, which I was. But after the surgery/injury pain was gone the only time I would hurt was when I would quit taking pills. I took a big risk talking about it but I talked to other injured riders and they began to come forward after I did and share their stories of post injury pain killer addiction. I would say all of us racers have addictive personalities, so these drugs are really dangerous without the proper mindset. For me, weaning was difficult because when I stayed doped up I felt better, stayed loose, and could finish all my tasks. I felt energized. I did eventually have to discipline myself and got down to 1 1/2 pills a day and then ran out. In the back of my mind I know I can get more but using some self discipline has helped me out. Withdrawals for me has always been body pain that mimics having a bad case of the flu. My body gradually returns to normal over the course of approx. two weeks. Its a tough two weeks, especially the first week, but it has to be done. My two points are this: 1. Talk to someone that you TRUST about not wanting to be addicted to pain killers if you get prescribed them. I wouldn’t tell your ortho Dr. you are an addict or that you have been addicted. I have been told that you don’t want that on your record as it could affect your future health insurance. Not sure if that is true but it is worth noting.
2. Wean with self discipline and reason. Not with macho toughness.
Hope this helps someone because I got into motorcycle racing to get away from things like drugs. Now I’m not sure which one is truly more dangerous! :0

By: soup

soup — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:46:57 +0000

Just so everyone knowes addiction is not the same as dependicy if your taking meds for pain from a doc you will become dependent nothing wrong with that if your taking any drugs to just feel good and its cousing problems or harm and you dont or cant stop thats addiction

By: Need Some Inspiration PLEASE

Need Some Inspiration PLEASE — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:39:23 +0000

Rachael
i am no doctor; but i would think that yes you would have a greater chance of getting hooked it you get off of em and take em again. i also think telling your doctor is a great idea. don’t forget once you take that step; normally most docs will not give em to you again anyways; so make sure you are ready. glad you found this site. most of us post on the “about” page or late the the thomas recipe cuz about has been slow. good luck to you andhope to hear good progress from you
neesip

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:01:27 +0000

I’ve been taking vicodin for about 7 to 8 mos. as I had shoulder surgery. I has become clear to me that I am already dependent on them. I am really surprised. I after about 8 to 10 hours, I start feeling sick to my stomach and my body hurts really bad. I’m just surprised that it happened so quickly! Anyway, thank goodness I found this site because I have gotten some good ideas for how to get through getting off of this stuff. One thing for sure is-I’m gonna talk to my doctor. Do you think that because I have had a dependency once, there is a better chance of getting addicted quicker again? I can’t say I would never take it again if I were to need them, but I haven’t gone through the worst yet either. Thanks again for all the info.

By: wagonman

wagonman — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:35:59 +0000

Just wanted to share my story. First off prepare!!! While your on if you have a valid script? Talk to your Doc, I did he gave me the low down and a script for clonidine and librium for when I either ran out or wanted to stop. If your Doc is cool they know the stuff is addictive and know you will suffer and they do not want that!!! Get a script of tramadol off the internet or your Doc. I was taking 90mg a day of oxy and this is what I do when I have to withdrawal from taking it all before my next script. Start with 100mg of tamadol 3x a day no more!!!!! You will be sick but man it helps. Only use clonidine and librium as needed for sleep or if you are really tweaking out. After day 3 taper down on tramadol it is addictive also!!!! Trust me this method works great and you will be able to function and go to work or whatever. But like I said go to your Doc!!!!! They will help they know you need it and the addictive dangers of opiates. If you truly need it like myself and are totally honest with your Doc they will do what ever to help. But they will not give you more opiates so don’t ask!!!!! Then they just think you are drug seeking!!!! Hope this helps any of you.

By: AshleyS

AshleyS — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:56:54 +0000

I just feel the need to share. I am on day #2 of no pain killers. I have been taking them off and on for about 2 years now. I never thought I could be addicted to something. But here as I lay in bed this morning, after having no sleep last night, and feeling the leg cramps, the back aches etc. I now know how badly addicted I have become. I am kicking myself in the a## right now! I want’ to get through this, so I never have to do this again. But I’ll tell you what, I really want to go get some pk’s to end these withdrawals right now! I’m scared to death to try and sleep again tonight. I don’t even want that to come. I have a few advil p.m’s though to try and get me some sleep. It’s the nights that are the worse. I hope this ends soon. I wish like hell I would have never picked up the 1st pain killer. How could something so addicting be legal? I just don’t get it. Anyways, wish me luck and those who believe please pray for me.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:05:05 +0000

I have been on Vicodin for 4 years. I started by taking 4 7.5-750 a day and recently reached my pinnacle by taking my last script of 120 in 7 days. There were times when I would run out and find a connection for percs (cheaper than Vic). This kept me going until just this past week when my connection wound up in jail. Without a fall back plan, I have no choice but to go cold turkey. I am on day 2. Last night my arms twitched uncontrollably and could not sleep even after taking 3 klonopins and 2 melatonin. Today I went out and did some yard work and drank close to 4 gallons of water which definitely helps. Cleansing the liver is a good thing! I am a bit achy; however, the worst part is wanting another fix. even considered faking a back injury and going to another doctor for a script. Decided against it. Let’s see what day 3 brings. Good luck to everyone trying to get the monkey off of their back.

By: Feel like crap

Feel like crap — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:19:43 +0000

Today is my first day off of vicodin and norcos I have been taking vicodin regularly for 2 years my adiction is getting so bad its getting on the way of my family I’ve withdrawed before and gotten over it and gone right back to taking them again I’m going to try it cold turkey but this website had given me hope reading everybodys stories I ready hope everyone success getting off opiots

By: renee

renee — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:46:12 +0000

I’ve just had a horrible experience withdrawing from Vicodin. I thought I would just stop cold turkey. The first 48 hours were pretty bad, but the hot baths and showers did help. I was handling the nausea, diarrhea and vomitting OK but I started having clonic seizures. Everyone withdraws differently but I found out yesterday at the hospital that the best course is to advise your doctor you want to stop and do it under their supervision. I’m currently doing the slow tapering withdrawal. It’s still not pleasant but I’m not afraid of having a seizure anymore while withdrawing. I’m not worried about the psyhological addiction much, I’m sick and tired of taking the vicodin even though it is valid because of herniated discs. So please just be careful during withdrawal, some people do need medical help to do it.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 12:32:45 +0000

I had a physical dependancy on pulverized poppy pods,I would grind anywhere from 30-50 small pods(some can be tiny) to about 15-20 golfball sized .i would grind them to a fine powder than mix with hot vinigar/water to a gruel(i never strained them)i would choke this nasty mix down and get quite a dose,since the plant material is digested it is longer acting than thge strained tea and this drags out the cold turkey.My method of detox……I would get my paws on 3-4 suboxone 8 mg(look like little orange stop signs) and idealy about ten clondidine(catapress)The low dose ones…..when i started to feel withdraw symptoms(Never Before or while still under influence) I WOULD GUT IT OUT for a s long as i could,usually not long than i would take a suboxone breask it in haslf and take the slightly smaller half.in an hour i would be able to eat clean up what ever.i then would try to go 2 days before another half(suboxone IS long acting.if the haqlf didnt relive withdrawel take the big half and bvreak in two an taske a quarter.dothis 3times with the halves and then go to quarters taking the larger quarters every 36 hours or so till you are down to the last 2 quarters stretch the time in between doses.when subs are gone and if you are have healthy syatem 1 clondidine 2-3 times a day(lowest dose))it kind of rags you out.no withdrawel can be completely discomfort free.i am not as doctor andf ideally this should be done under supervision,it has worked well for me and am no longer in the hamsterwheel of pod addiction.i have 38 years of off and on opiate addiction.if i stumble i always pick myself up,life is too good to givce in too addiction….good luck