Hello, im trying to quit this nasty hydrocodone habit that I have.  I
have been doing this for 2 years, and in the last year its been an
everyday habit of 50 to 100mg.  The reason why i have all of a sudden
decided to quit was i started feeling sharp pains in my left mid chest
area.  I would only feel this pain if i took alot of hyrdo in the 80 to
100 mg area.  I have no cut myself down to 50 mg a day and am going to
do less and less each day.  I have even started to do cold water
extraction to give my liver more of a break (if thats the problem).

But i have been having problems.  On the first day of extracting all
the APAP out of the hydro, that night I woke up cause i did not feel
right.  I was sweating a little and proceded to take my blood pressure
and it was up to 155/100.  My normal is 130/80 usually around.  I also
had a physical a year or 2 ago and i do have very high cholesterol and
tryglycorides.  I have been eating better and i have lost 25 lbs( not
sure if thats cause of the hydro abuse though making me eat less ).
Anyway  I was able to go back to sleep.  I pretty much guessed that
this was because i went from taking 2500 to 3000 mg of APAP a day to 0.
The next day I took 1500 mg of apap and i did feel better and with no
pain in my chest.

But unfortunately the next night I woke up sweating and cold (because
im wet) and a bad headeach.  I took 10mg hydro and 325 mg of apap and i
felt better instantly).

Can anyone offer any advice on my condition?  I have been pondering
going to the hospital if this gets any worse.  I do not want to go to
my family doctor since i dont want them to know im a drug addict.  I
have been able to quit hydro before (when i was doing less amouts)

Im going to do 40 mg of hydro today and take a tylenol before i go to
sleep and hopefully i should sleep better.  Thankfully as long as i
stay below 50 mg hydro/1500 apap i havent had any left chest pains.

I am concened am i having liver failure? causing my body to sweat to
fight of colds since its not working?

Mike