I use to take about ten 5/500 Vicodin at a time and get this nice numb feeling in my head. This ended when I wasn't able to get a script any more. I managed to continue to dabble with pain meds over the years after that though but being aware that I had issues in the past and I knew how strong they are I was able to use them responsibly. I even declined to accept a script from a dentist after a root canal. This was a huge mistake, and likewise so was going back for a script because I was doing really good too but this got me back in. It got infected and I wasn't able to get a script because it was over the week end when the infection got real bad. I even called as en emergency but they wouldn't listen. I had to wait till Monday. Once they saw how bad it really was and the x ray showed it was two huge abscess, they gave me a script of I think it was 30 Vicodin 5/500 and the script said I could take up to two if needed. Someone even got fired for not allowing me to come in as an emergency over the week end once they saw how bad it was. I actually did need two at a time the pain was bad, but also having a history there might have been some tolerance too. They didn't last very long and I had to go back. This is when I convinced the dentist to give me 10/325 norco, when I said I was taking two Vicodin which I said was too high in Tylenol and not a safe dose taking two as prescribed I explained this was 10/1000, too much Tylenol which is bad for the liver. I suggested if they could give me norco 10/325 because it was less of the Tylenol but still a stronger pain med, and they filled out the script for like 60 pills or whatever it was. They sure did help a whole lot better than the Vicodin. But the effect was even more of something I could see myself getting addicted to. I never did take more than one Norco at a time or too close together like I would have done with the Vicodin. The first norco I took, I felt almost nothing, not even the wind blowing on me. It was actually too strong to where I didn't even like it for the first 20 minutes or so once I felt it. After that it kind of leveled off and it was nice. I always heard that a root canal hurts a lot. The root canal didn't hurt at all for me, not even the needle. What hurt was that damn infection that came later. Tooth pain can be very intense. That's how I led to get a taste for Norco anyway. And then when a family member died hospice brought Vicodin, Norco, barbiturates, liquid morphine (sub lingual), nitro pills, and some other goodies. Before the death kit came a nurse came to the house and had us crushing pain pills to put under his tongue, this just gave me more ideas that I wanted to try but never did. After he died all his scripts including his regular scripts from before he went terminal and the death kit somehow became mine, including the morphine and barbiturates. Hospice told us we could dispose of the meds with warm soap and water in a plastic zip lock bag, and then just wash it down the drain. That wasn't going to happen. I didn't abuse the pills that much really. I just held on to everything, I used the Vicodin the way it would be typically prescribed, I used it whenever my shoulder or back was acting up which wasn't too often. Over time the Vicodin got consumed. Then the Norco. I couldn't do it when I was standing in the bathroom and had already taken the liquid morphine out of the box and was looking at the bottle. The barbiturates and the rest of that stuff I wasn't even interested in. I've actually still got everything aside from the pills. I figured I'll hang on to everything I have left and just keep it as part of a SHTF backup plan. I use to get those 5/500 Vicodin 120 at a time in a big bottle from the pain clinic, gone in under two weeks. Then got accused of dealing my pain meds when I failed a drug test because my piss was clean. I already took them all way too early and had none left to show I was taking them and had the pills in my system. Also I hated being tired of being tired when I was abusing meds. Even for a while after stopping I was drained of energy. Driving down the road and feeling like I need a nap and stuff. I still say a norco every now and then could be fun.
