I guess I've developed a mild opioid addiction. I take Vicodin 10/325. I usually take it twice a day, morning and evening. For a couple of days, I exceeded that to try and get through a bad spell of depression. So today I tried not taking any, so I wouldn't run out of my supply. Well, this evening I started getting what I would describe as a mild bit of Restless Leg Syndrome or akathisia. I'm thinking that was the beginning of some withdrawal. I took a Vicidin and it seems to have gone away.

Over the years I've experienced RLS/akathisia on an assortment of occasions, usually related to drugs. I also got it from anemia. I've had it so bad I've believed I would be suicidal if I didn't have faith it was temporary. I wonder if others here have gotten that symptom with opioid withdrawal.

It's an awful way to feel, as anyone who has experienced it will know. I worry that, if I ever lose my prescription for Vicodin (hydrocodone), that I will suffer withdrawal. My usage is pretty miniscule compared to what true addicts take. But I feel very dependent on the amount I take.

It's not working as well as it used to. Actually, it still relieves physical pain pretty effectively, but I don't get as much of a mental lift as I used to get from it.

I am seriously depressed. I have no thoughts of self-harm. I'm not a danger to myself, at all. But I am frantic to pull out of this tailspin, or my life will unravel. This is the worst I've been in a long time. I will be seeing a psychiatrist in mid-April. I don't know what to tell this doctor.

My main symptom of depression is apathy and lethargy. I've had this before, but never this severe. I am truly frightened. I wonder if taking an opioid has caused this apathy and lethargy. Aren't they tendencies that serious opioid users get?

I'm hoping someone who is more experienced with opioids can enlighten me a little.