It always starts out being prescribed...

That is very true. People have a mis perception sometimes on prescription drugs because they are not illegal but are very addictive and dangerous.

Hi, everyone. I am so sorry for what you are all going through. Just like all of you I was prescribed percocet for pain. I have a herniated disc in my neck. At the point in my life I was prescribed the rx I didn't realize how vulunerable/susceptiable I was to getting hooked. Emotionally & mentally I was so depressed. I had given birth months before & was told I was suffering from post pardum blues. During all this my husband, whom is also suffering from disc issues underwent 2 unsuccesful surrgeries. I tried to be as supportive as I could through all of his issues ignoring my own emotional health. He bacame to me very withdrawn and started sleeping alot of the weekends and in my mind I was left to deal with everything all alone. Of course if I had woken him up for anything he would have jumped right up to help. But I didn't, I tried to handle everything in the household on my own. We quit doing things together because both of us were always in so much pain and we were working together to become debt free. In my mind I slipped into a depression and started blaming myself for his lack of interest in things. I turned to the percocet often to deal with depression, aniexy from work, pain, & lonliness. It became easy for me as I thought my husband wasn't giving me the attention I needed to pop a percocet and that made everyting ok. I could deal with it then. My addiction grew & my rx wasn't enough anymore so I did the unthinkable and took his when I would run out of mine and even switched his with muscle relaxors once so I could have his percocets, I had it all figured out I would be able to switch the muscle relaxors back to percocets before he would even realize it. I got more and more depressed and the worst thing that has ever happened to me happened. I lost my mother very unexpectedly. We have lived about 6 hours away from her for several years now and I was looking so forward to moving back closer to family to be with her for her last years and that dream got taken away from me. The percocets made everything ok. I am so sorry for all of this and don't know if at this point I can repair my marriage. My husband is understanably very upset with me. I now know how bad my problem is and I haven't had a percocet for over 24 hours now. I feel the same withdrawls as all of you. Flu like symptoms, horrible fatigue, gitters, upset stomache, jumpy, and very ashamed of what I have done. But the worst of it all is the broken heart I have caused my husband. I look at a picture I have on my night stand alot and wish I could go back in time. Its a picture of me & my husband right after we got married. We were so happy and loved each other so much. Everything was so perfect. I am confident I can overcome this and beat it but its very hard when you don't have the person you love with all of your heart there to support you because you have hurt them so bad. I pray to God my husband can find it in his heart to forgive me. I'm not looking for your smypathy on this forum, I just wanted you guys to understand what I felt drove me to this. Please let me know any suggestions you have.

good luck.I know how hard it is.My wife is about to leave me,take my children,and ruin my business in which I have worked so dilligently.All u have to do is quit she says.If only it were that easy.