I know I shouldn't, but....

I have been taking pills like Norco with my klonopin. It makes me feel so good in a time where I am really really depressed.
I know I shouldn't do it, but I can't stop myself.
How do you keep yourself from doing it? Even though it feels SOOOO good.

Damn, I don't know. Being newly diagnosed, I'm only just feeling this kind of temptation. I'm on Depakote and Sertraline atm... keep thinking I could lose the Depakote and double the dose of Sertraline to 200mg. I know it'd give me shed loads of energy, instead of me sleeping fourteen hours a day.

I think I'll discuss it with my GP as I see him this week, and my CPN who I see next week.

If I put it down on my list of things to discuss, then it'll be out in the open, and they will probably give me good reasons for adhering to things, I'm sure...

Good luck!

I don't know what Norco is, but it is probably irrelevant for me to know it.

A few weeks ago I was having trouble with alcohol and wanting to drink more so that I could boost my mood. I went to PC for advice and someone told me to try to abstain for 30 days. I am almost there and haven't had a drink. I also don't want to as much as I did before. I am thinking that maybe you could promise yourself to abstain from mixing the two drugs together for an amount of time. Catch it now before it is a problem.

Norco is Vicodin

The issue with both of them is that they also are both "depressants"... Not saying they don't make you feel good right now, but they can also make your mood even lower than it is.

I would say if you had anxiety or any kind of mania you could take a dose of klonopin as needed- per MD order of course. But if you're not in pain don't take the vicodin for pleasure purposes.

Not saying I don't TOTALLY understand though....

I agree with djmart. More than feeling blue, they can depress your breathing- meaning slow it down. Not good.

A stonger version even, at least as was told to me from someone who was addicted. Quitting at that point was ugly. Please stop now, onlymedid!!!
(Even after quitting, this person had a fixation with it as the answer to their problems, and it ended up getting them in the biggest legal trouble of their lives. Which, in this case, is really saying something. And has caused unbelievable amounts of heartache and remorse. If only it'd been nipped in the bud... Not saying you are this person of course, just that it happens to so many people who never think it will, and I'd really really really hate to see it happen to you. )

I totally understand the temptation though, and am struggling with not "supplementing" myself right now. Best thing is to not have it available. Yeah, I know. But really, it is.

Thanks everyone. I only have a few Norco left anyways, so I think I will be able to quit. I have to stop now and try to get through the weekend because I would hate to see my pdoc on monday and have to admit that I couldn't quit the other pills besides the ones he has prescribed. I would feel really quilty and lower than low.

Get rid of them... dissolve them in hot water and flush them.

That is a good idea. I am going to do it because I really don't want to be taking these pills when I know I shouldn't.
Thanks for the idea!

No problem! If they won't dissolve or you don't want to dissolve them, then just flush them anyways. They can no longer haunt you if they are gone...