my friend is a do it all person she is a multi tasker kids job a social climber but shes trying to kick her habit im the only one who knows besides her husband he thinks shes uses them but thinks its only once in a while its every day she said for about 5 years now she says she wants to stop but the days she doesnt take them she feels hungry for sugar and shes gaining weight and real bad headaches why is she craving sugar and what can i do to help her she says she has no energy to function any answers would be great I hate to see her this way.
2006-07-19 04:11:34 · 6 answers · asked by nicole l 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I was addicted to vicodin for 4 years and I know from expierience that you CANNOT just stop taking the pills "cold turkey" your body gets very dependant of the pills and makes it nessasary to have them in your system at all times for your brain to function or you will suffer from withdrawl,and with being on the pills for so long the withdrawl will be terrible-cold sweats,constaintly achy body, irritabillity,diarreah,coughing,nightmares and cravings of all kinds,and very bad flu like symtoms including extreme fatigue,anyway here's what helped me and why your friend is craving sugar.I had to gradually reduced my doses,instead of taking 10 in a day I took 9,and I did that for a week then each week after that I would take away another pill untill I was down to halves then I had such a small amount in my system that I was able to stop.Hydrocodone is the addictive culprit in the vicodin that fixes it self to a place on your brain called opiod receptor and once someone takes an addictive substance for even 1 week your brain gets used to functioning with the addictive substance therefore making you addicted.Now if you just take the substance away, your brain fights back by causing you to have withdrawls and your brain trys to replace the substance thats been taken away by filling the void or recompinsate by gorging yourself with anything to try to replace the substance like how sugar is what your friend craved.Stopping "cold turkey" also can cause seziors and a loss of controll of body temp. so you really should be under the supervision of a Dr. while trying to stop taking vicodin.I hope that this helps your friend,being addicted to pills or anything is a really terrible thing to have to go through alone,your friend is lucky to have you. GOOD LUCK!!
2006-07-19 04:50:27 · answer #1 · answered by ~Misty.babydoll~ 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I really don't think she will be able to do it on her own!!! She should go to an emergency room and be evaluated for chemical dependancy. I think it is important for medical treatment because of withdrawls and support of knowing you are not alone! She shouldn't be ashamed of getting help either. She should be ashamed if she doesn't get help. I see these kinds of dependancies every day and there is help!
2006-07-19 04:18:54 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she really has to stop craving sugar evenuatally she could get fat and have diabetes.she has to be exposed to more foods so she doesnt always think of sugar.like apples with peanut butter,juice, and instead of so much sugar she might like ice cream and popsicles sometimes.
2006-07-19 04:17:59 · answer #3 · answered by heyitspreeti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
boy this is a tuff one! i had a script for vicodin they make you feel like everything's going to be alright! when i ran out it was a ***** but i got over it. when you've got a legal addiction it just seems ok! when she runs out tell her to not get it refilled. if she cant do it bye her self there is always rehab for a week or two!
2006-07-19 04:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm just stop cold turkey and deal with the headaches with aspirin.
2006-07-19 04:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by Dagblastit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way to quit anything is to actually quit.
2006-07-19 04:16:26 · answer #6 · answered by Just Ask 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋