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Can someone who is addicted to painkillers stop without professional help??

  • Posted on September 21, 2010 at 7:20 am

I have been addicted to lortabs for about 3 years. After a c-section, I got a script.Then after a month, I was having really bad back pain and got another. Well one day I was taking care of my daughter, I was so tired and in pain, and couldn’t remeber if I took my pain meds or not. So I took one. Nevertheless, 45 minutes later I was high. I wasn’t tired anymore, my back felt great, and I felt like suppermommy. The laundry got done, the bottles were washed, and it was so much easier to care for her. Now she’s 3, and I’m still on them. I’m afraid to recieve treatment because I’m a single mom. I’ve tried to down the dose and ween off, and I’ll do OK, but a few days later, I’ll get high again. I just don’t feel like doing anything or playing with my little girl unless I’m high. I don’t feel like an addict, but I know I am. I really want to kick the habbit, but I’m afraid that if i’m not high, I won’t be a good mother anymore(as dumb as that sounds). any suggestions? Please help

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36 weeks pregnant – on narcotic painkillers?!?! Please read!?

  • Posted on September 5, 2010 at 5:20 pm

I’m 36 weeks pregnant and I have a slipped disc in my back. The doctor put me on TWO narcotic painkillers for the pain until I am farther along to induce me, which are Oxycontin (to take twice a day), and Percocet (to take every 4 hours). What the heck?!?! I mean, wouldn’t it be safer for the baby and for me to induce me now instead of exposing the baby to narcotics and putting me on them? Hello?!?! Am I the only one who thinks that this is just totally stupid?!?!? I also have a 2 year old daughter to take care of and it’s not easy when you can’t move because your back hurts unbearably bad and then they go and loop ya up on narcotics besides (and they’re not even really helping – dulling the pain a little bit for a little while, but not for long). What do you think? Is that just totally nuts?!?

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