Hi. I'm new to the site. I stumbled upon this as I was researching how my detox from 7 norcos a day would go. Here's my background and what is going on. Maybe it will be helpful to others that are in similar situations.

I'm 30 years old, and I've never been diagnosed with a health/pain issue that would require pain medications. I've had some cosmetic surgeries that required pain management but nothing major.

I've taken pills off and on before, to get high. Nothing for a long period of time (a week) at the most. Around a year ago, I became friends with someone who always had an endless supply. A lot of depression and anxiety at the time was going on in my life so it just seemed like a "good" idea to take norcos to get through the rough patch. Of course that didn't work. I ended up doing month long binges at a time, going off for a few weeks only to return to the binge.

5 months ago I just lost my head, so many life changes were taking place and I couldn't handle it. I just didn't bother to go off of them. I went from 2 a day, to 7 quickly. Life has just spiraled out of control to the point where I function but not much else. I have an eating disorder, my bills are going unpaid because I can't motivate myself. I decided to seek some help, anything. I knew I couldn't do this alone because I craved to not care. I don't care when I'm high. I have only one person I could turn to is my boyfriend. We've been together for 3 years.

My relationship is with someone who has never used acohol let alone pills/pot or smoked a cigarette. So admitting to him my issue I assumed would be a huge deal. He just nodded and admitted he knew all along, but didn't know what to say. I asked if I could detox at his apartment. He agreed.

I've spent the last 4 days detoxing with nothing but faith. The first 24 hours were a bit foggy. I felt sorta strange almost "dirty" in a way. Really hard to explain. When I went to try and sleep it was hard. I slept 3 hours and didn't feel rested at all the next day.

Day 2:
I spent most of the day in bed (14 hours to be exact) I felt like my skin was going to come off of my bones. everything hurt. Nothing that wasn't managable by 3 tylenol. I had a horrible headache though and nothing was helping that. I cried a lot and threw up everything I took in (water included) needless to say it was like having the flu but with migraines. My stomach was in knots. I had tons of cold flashes/hot flashes and anxiety

Day 3:
I slept 6 hours. No nightmares, few hot flashes. I can keep food down just not in. I have no appetite yet which given my eating disorder doesn't really bother me. Everything on me, stinks. No matter how much I shower I smell...bad. I'm a neat freak and this is killing me. From vomit to my sweat I smell horribly.

Day 4:
I'm currently on (just started.)I feel fine. A lil' still crazy for sitting around but eager to start life. I"m too tired to do much though. My mind is racing though of all I want/need and now can do. Nothing stays in very long and Im not into being social but I'm remarkably better than I was.

Thus far day 2 was the damn worst. I have every intention of attending NA and keep sober. I wasn't forced into this choice but the idea of going through detox scared me. I couldn't find any info really about going through detox at home when I looked on line. Or what to expect to feel. I hope this helps anyone else that is going through it.