avlady, I'm sorry you are dealing with such pain on a chronic basis. I'm sure there are people who have gotten off hydrocodone, but it gets much harder the longer it is used. In the past, when I'ld taken it for a dental abscess, I didn't miss it when the dental problem was solved and the pain gone.

Now, that my pain is actually less than a dental abscess, I am noticing the euphoria more. For me there is definite euphoria after taking 10 mg of hydrocodone. (I guess that becomes less as tolerance develops.) You may have tolerance, if you've taken it over an extended interval of time. That would mean that you'ld experience withdrawal, if you stopped. The way to prevent, or minimize, withdrawal symptoms would be to gradually reduce the dosage toward zero.

A lot of people are hooked on hydrocodone that they get legally with a prescription. Doctors understand that you will eventually get habituated (hooked) if you take it long enough. For people with serious chronic pain that is considered okay. It is okay, I suppose, as long as you don't get suddenly cut off. With laws changing, I get afraid that could happen.