Hi guys...Ive been here before to help me quit vicodin and I failed a few times..well now I dont have a choice and I dont want one either. Just found out im pregnant as of tuesday. Havnt taken anything since monday night..but Im still withdrawing bad...Its not the craving , its the muscle cramps, restlessness, and insomnia thats the worst ... now on top of stopping the pills , Ive quit drinking coffee,smoking cigerettes, occasional ultram and my body is feeling it. Im also cutting down on my zoloft for depression. So needless to say "im a wreck!"... Im worried that I should have tapered or done one thing at a time but I already have a 3 year old and I couldnt stand to put that harm on an innocent baby....any suggestion?? :confused:

You need to consult your OB doctor...immediately....this can be danger also for the fetus.....don't ever do anything without consulting with your OB.

I am going to the docs tuesday... hoping these withdraws end by then. It would be crazy to start all over again now. I appreciate your response..Thank you.

You already have a 3yr old...... You couldn't put that harm on an innocent baby????? First of all your 3yr old is an inoncent baby? Its not the physical withdrawls its the mental w/d's that will come later so you will have to deal with that too. Ask your Dr. if Zoloft is a class C drug sometimes those are safe during pregnancy. Also, in your post you say's YOU have a 3yr old kid dont they deserve a sober mom or is that just while they are in the womb that they deserve a loving and SOBER mom? Just wondering as I have seen this SOOOOOOOOOOO many times!!!!!!! If you werent ready to stop drugs use protection I am so sick and tired of taking care of kids because their parents didnt know A) WHAT A CONDOM IS???? B) AM I ABLE TO GET CLEAN TO RAISE A KID?? In my opinion if you have custody of your 3yr old and you were still using after he was born SHAME ON YOU!!!! I know I shouldnt judge but isnt your life and your families worth giving it a try???? I just get so angry (thats a nice word) when people abuse their rights as parents when there are so many out there that are never given the opportunity to be great parents. when there are others who take ADVANTAGE of it and have a kid and STILL after the child is born ABUSE drugs. those people Pi$$ me the "F" off who the hell are you to ruin a kids life when you cant control your own!!! Good luck on everything. Yes W/d's suck but for you and your unborn child I HOPE you stay clean and can do it for th long haul not just for 9mos!!!! You will get the chills and restless legs and from my experience the only thingn that helped was hot baths and stretching right before bed and that will help you alot through your w/d's also a vitamin if yoru not already on Pre - natals. Keep us posted i'm not sorry I was so mean you need to do this for you KIDS!!! Thats right not only the one who is born that deserves and needs a sober mom but for "Christ Saks" the one who hasnt been able to be givan a chance YET!!!!

Like I said..I have been trying to quit...sounds like you have been through this... why so harsh? Not a very helpful response. I come here for support and advice , not to be bashed?! You think I dont know what I was doing was wrong..That would be why I tried to stop numorous times.... and its now been 6 days clean..I dont know I feel pretty good about that. Please dont respond if your just gonna put me down. Already feel low enough.

i'm sure you do feel low enough already. my hat's off to you for coming off of everything at once. the vicodin is bad enough, but giving up cigs and coffee at the same time is creating more withdrawal than you would feel if it was just the vicodin. btw, ultram is considered 'non-narcotic', but it binds to the opiod receptors just like vicodin, and can cause withdrawals just as bad as the vicodin. you know in your heart that you are doing the right thing, and that the suffering will pass soon. my son is now 26 yrs. old, but i was a druggie when i got pregnant, stayed clean while pregnant, then began drinking a few months after he was born. never went back to the street drugs. i stayed drunk until he was 4. i found AA. i stayed clean, and did my best to make it up to him and give him a good life. i felt tremendous guilt for the mother i had been. i began to give him the best love and nurturing a mother can give. i have not drank since then. right now i am coming off of benzodiazepenes that my dr. put me on about a year ago. i didn't know they were an addictive drug until i went c/t and had seizures.when i told my dr i didn't want to take them anymore, he didn't even tell me the dangers of going c/t. i had to reinstate at a low level(with a different dr., since mine was an idiot) and i am now tapering. i thought they were like ssri's! boy, was i stupid. you definitely need to talk to your dr. about the zoloft thing. also, search the web for ssri message boards. you will get more information from people who have come off of them then you will from your dr. i know how crappy it feels to be an addict and a mother. this is your chance to turn your life around, and be a good mother to both children. it's not too late. :wave:

I was a little harsh and I do apologize for that I let my personal feelings get in the way of actually giving you advice that might help you. Like I said lots of hot baths and leg stretching, get out in the sun and take a walk even though you wont feel up to it but very important, read do anything that keeps your mind bz enough to stop thinking about the pills. be very prepared though the physical w/d's are nothing compared to the mental cravings that will come after the physical w/d. For me they came crashing in at about week 3 and I did cave and it sucked. Thats when most people go back to the drugs. So be prepared cause thats the hardest part and they dont go away very quickly either. Sounds like you have to do this and you can do it your stronger than that voice in your head. Its like a mental war going on and its hard to shut it off. Like I said I caved once but tried not to do it again which is hard but I'm getting through it and doing pretty good. Good luck with everything. Kim

kim is absolutely right-the mental part will hang on for a while(3-4weeks)some depression, anxiety, whatever. everyone is different. you might not feel much mentally, because your mind will be on your new baby. but remember your hormones are going nuts right now being pregnant, along with the withdrawal. so if you do feel anxious, depressed, or emotional, it helps to realize it is just part of the withdrawal, and it will pass. also, posting for moral support will help.

Thank you very much..very inspiring...Today has been a great day...no aches and pains..diarreah is lessening...I actually went out and had a visit with my brother and his wife who are pregnant, got excited about new baby, washed my car inside and out, went for a walk , and went out to ice cream. And the best thing about it was I REALLY enjoyed myself being absolutely straight.

So im feeling good. Tommorow will be day 6 clean. Im very excited. like I said this is something ive been wanting to do for quite awhile. And I look at this as my out. I plan on continuing to educate myself on staying clean and getting support after the baby is born. I want to do this for myself as well. I was very hurt by the comments from kim towards my thread. Nobody chooses to be an addict whether your a mother or not . When I got in a severe car accident and was put on vicodin if I knew It would turn into this I would have rather suffered. Thank you for all the support.

glad to hear you are doing better-upwards and onwards from here! :wave:

Don't worry and you will be fine. Taper off the Zoloft though !! But Vicodin is consider a fairly safe drug "B" class for pregnancy. A lot of pregnant women remain on harder narcotics such as Percocet when they're are in extreme pain. Even in the 3rd trimester!! You shouldn't have just jumped off the Vicodin. WDs can put your body into miscarraige. So please if you feel any WDs, take a Vicodin and taper off it. Tapering is the safest thing for your pregnancy especially in your first trimester!!!

I have a few friends who worked in Labor/Delivery as doctors/nurses and they told me they've seen thousands of baby on Vicodin and delivered healthy and beautiful babies. So don't worry and you will be fine. It seems that you are already out of the woods anyway... Congratulations on your pregnancy! Enjoy it while you can.

You can also do searches here and find other women who were on Vicodin and tapered off or had to remain on it because of serious issues they were having. The doctors had them remain on Vicodin and they delivered healthy , beautiful babies!!

Don't worry!!

if i were already off of the vicodin, and over the worst of the withdrawals, i would not go back on. maybe alot of women do deliver beautiful, healthy babies when on painkillers. but that painkiller is being fed into the baby. i wouldn't want to be responsible for bringing an infant into this world that might go through withdrawals the first week of its life. an infants system is newly formed, and much more fragile than an adults. even though a baby may be beautiful on the outside, we have no way of knowing if they feel a sense of well-being and good health inside of them if we have used addictive substances during our pregnancy. the drs. and nurses have no way of knowing, either. think of all the babies that are in terrible withdrawal from mothers that used crack heroin, etc. while pregnant. they are just as beautiful as the one sleeping peacefully next to it. the difference is, the baby in withdrawal is wracked with pain. the nurses and drs. might think the crying, fussy baby is just colicky. they have no way of knowing why one baby is restless and irritable, and another one isn't. unless they know for sure that the mother was an addict.

call your dr. today. get the nurse on the line. explain what you have done, and see what they say. also, you could call any hospital, ask to speak with a nurse, and they will give you the best advice. we can give you our opinions, but that is it. :wave:

How are you doing today Wanttostop? Benzogirl is correct, please call your DR about this. You were monitored with a DR with your pills , correct? Then he should be able to give you enough to do a proper taper off all of the pills. But you must do a slow taper to avoid any WDs and to assure that your body can handle the stress. You will know when your body doesn't feel right.

Great job on quitting the caffeine and cigs!!! If you quit the pills already successfully, then DO NOT GO BACK on them. Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy !

Take care and post to tell us how you're doing here. Don't worry about the judgement calls here. some people are just concern for your little bean and never walked in your shoes . So don't fret over their comments. You need to worry about making your little bean stick at this point and not putting your body into more undue stress!

yoy guys are awesome first of all!! Im on day 8 clean. Im definetly over the physical withdrawls. I dont ever want to go through that again and now that im past that why start all over again right. I do have serious pain with my back but I dont want something controlling my life like that ever again.

I saw my doctor(primary) today. She definetly wants me to cut down on the zoloft to atleast 100 mg. Im on a dose of 250 and now tapering. Im down to 200 as of now. When I was pregnant with my 1st daughter the ob said it was perfectly safe to continue on the zoloft but I did cut down anyway. When I was really withdrawing all they would say at the docs office is make a list of your meds and bring it in with you to your appt. Which is crazy because they wont see u untill your 12 wks...my primary can only give me her best opinion but she doesnt specialize in ob.... Feeling good though...feel all the symptoms of pregnancy which is a good sign. Time to go to work...talk to u all later...thank you for all your advice!

Sweetie I've been where you are you are trying yes, we are not here to judge. We are here to support each other. Obviously the person who posted and was judging you has issues their issues. Remember it is one day at a time. I gave up a child because I did not feel I was fit to raise him because I was an addict. Everybody tells me what a honorable thing I did. I don't feel honorable I feel pain everyday I love that child more than life itself and its been 18 years and I still miss him. I got pregnant I was in a relationship, don't let anyone give you that guilt crap. You keep your family together and love them and I know you will try and stay sober and I know you will get help. I believe in you and I believe you can do it. You are given another chance and hopefully you will make it work. If not lets keep tryin just wanted you to know were here for you. Take care and remember to just take it slow and stay sober 1 minute at a time. take care post soon.....