My mom is addicted to pain pills!! please help!?!
Question: My mom is addicted to pain pills!! please help!.?
im 17 years old and my mom is 34 and addicted to pain pills. she has been taking them every day for 2 years, and she is finally wanting to stop, she has been off of them for 2 days and she is expericeing nausea, vomiting, loose bowels, cold sweats, and she says her heart is racing real fast. is this normal and if so how long untill these side affects go away and she will be back to normal.
i dont want to hear anything like your mom needs to go to rehab or shes a pill head. shes trying to help herself, so please dont. thanks. Health Question & Answer
i dont want to hear anything like your mom needs to go to rehab or shes a pill head. shes trying to help herself, so please dont. thanks. Health Question & Answer
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FYI-Prescribed Medication is the #1 drug problem in the U.S. currently so your mom is not alone. I would guess that she originally started taking pain medication for a issue in the beginning and she just kept taking them.
If your mom still is in physical pain she may need to see a pain management doctor to really help resolve the pain issue. I know what chronic can do to your head and body. I have fractured my neck 3 times and have a metal plate in my neck. So make sure mom may not still need help with pain. But back to your question.
You don't say what type of pain pill so I guess something like Vicoden or along that line.
These are opiate type drugs, which means the Detox process is like withdrawals from heroin.
All they symptoms you stated are normal and take about 5-7 days to Detox. It's like having the worse case of flu that she ever had.
She can take Pepto or Imodium for the diarrhea, something OTC for vomiting like Immatrol. And tylenol for head and body aches.
As far as the racing heart that needs to be watched. She may be having anxiety attacks or something more serious. If you can take her somewhere to have her blood pressure checked out that would be good.
also the next thing I would ask is has mom been addicted to anything else in the past-even alcohol..? Going to 12 Step Meetings maybe helpful for her emotionally. IF you would like to read my profile then e-mail me, maybe you and mom could ask more specifically needed issues. God Speed REGGIEHealth Question & Answer
If your mom still is in physical pain she may need to see a pain management doctor to really help resolve the pain issue. I know what chronic can do to your head and body. I have fractured my neck 3 times and have a metal plate in my neck. So make sure mom may not still need help with pain. But back to your question.
You don't say what type of pain pill so I guess something like Vicoden or along that line.
These are opiate type drugs, which means the Detox process is like withdrawals from heroin.
All they symptoms you stated are normal and take about 5-7 days to Detox. It's like having the worse case of flu that she ever had.
She can take Pepto or Imodium for the diarrhea, something OTC for vomiting like Immatrol. And tylenol for head and body aches.
As far as the racing heart that needs to be watched. She may be having anxiety attacks or something more serious. If you can take her somewhere to have her blood pressure checked out that would be good.
also the next thing I would ask is has mom been addicted to anything else in the past-even alcohol..? Going to 12 Step Meetings maybe helpful for her emotionally. IF you would like to read my profile then e-mail me, maybe you and mom could ask more specifically needed issues. God Speed REGGIEHealth Question & Answer
The are normal symptoms for stopping just ike that. But it also matters how much she used to take every day.
Plus the name of the question gives people the wrong idea, your mom isn't addicted to them (because she wants to stop), and she probably wasn't before, unless she took them for enjoyment, which she obviously did not.Health Question & Answer
Plus the name of the question gives people the wrong idea, your mom isn't addicted to them (because she wants to stop), and she probably wasn't before, unless she took them for enjoyment, which she obviously did not.Health Question & Answer
I think the best bet is to reduce amount of pills until no pills taken, cutting yourself off cold turkey is very hard on a persons system, just a few years ago a man cut himself off cold turkey but system could not take it and his heart burst.
Or what she can do is work with a Dr to help her reduce amount of pills, good luck .
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Or what she can do is work with a Dr to help her reduce amount of pills, good luck .
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those are all normal effects of going through withdrawals. She needs to ride it out and have you and friends there for comfort. It may last for several days. Make sure she stays hydrated and pees a lot. Get food in her too. Health Question & Answer
She needs to see the doctor fast contact the ambulance and tell them, or she might do a stupid Move by over dosing herself. Health Question & Answer
It would have been better for your mom to gradually reduce her dosage. But she's in the horrid thick of it now so no use turning back. What she is experiencing is all normal. It shouldn't last more than a week or two. Make sure that she doesn't have any more pills around because people in withdrawal tend to get to a breaking point, feel that they can't take the withdrawals anymore, and take too many pills (or take their regular amount but their body can't handle as many as they used to take). If you can't trust that your mom has no more pills, please call the docs that were prescribing them & tell them that she is addicted & not to prescribe them to her anymore.
Tell your mom how brave she is & how proud you are of her. Withdrawal is an ugly thing to go through but she is definitely doing the right thing. Health Question & Answer
Tell your mom how brave she is & how proud you are of her. Withdrawal is an ugly thing to go through but she is definitely doing the right thing. Health Question & Answer