just wanted to let every one know that there is a light at the end on this i first posted over a year ago about my addiction to 30/500 and i can now say its just a distant memory i have been clean for just over a year now the best advice I can give to anyone struggling is by trying to get out of the house as much as you can, try to eat something small custard worked for me, tell someone you trust there support could help more than you think and above all stay strong if I can do this you can too my thoughts are with you all :-)
It really can happen to anyone. I think a lot of people think of drug abuse as being a lower class thing or whatever, but it can happen to anyone. But you can give it up too. I wish you lots of luck. Keep us posted on how you're doing okay? I like to hear about how your progress is going...
Hi,
I know your post was done a while back but i would love to know how everything went after your last post. It sounded like you had really turned a conner. Did your test results come back ok. Are you now off the pills? It was a really interesting read.
I really hope you are well and wish you all the best. You sound like a stronge person and i am sure that you are on top of the world right now.
Im currently taking co-codamol, I have been for the past 4 years. I love it but always worried how i was cope without it.
Keep your head up and stay stronge
All the best, I hope to hear from you soon.
I know your post was done a while back but i would love to know how everything went after your last post. It sounded like you had really turned a conner. Did your test results come back ok. Are you now off the pills? It was a really interesting read.
I really hope you are well and wish you all the best. You sound like a stronge person and i am sure that you are on top of the world right now.
Im currently taking co-codamol, I have been for the past 4 years. I love it but always worried how i was cope without it.
Keep your head up and stay stronge
All the best, I hope to hear from you soon.
Glad to hear you are doing well Perfect Angel. I posted on this thread awhile back while coming off of codeine and morphine. I slipped up myself for a minute but now I am back doing good.
Withdrawal is a terrible thing and I wish people didn't have to go through it. But I think it builds strength and creates compassion for others who are struggling with addiction.
You can really feel the emotion in your writing. Also it makes me miss living in the UK
Withdrawal is a terrible thing and I wish people didn't have to go through it. But I think it builds strength and creates compassion for others who are struggling with addiction.
You can really feel the emotion in your writing. Also it makes me miss living in the UK
I agree and I'm glad to hear that you're doing well because it's such a difficult thing to grapple with. Thanks for posting your perspective too--it does help to read!
hi perfect angel
i was soo happy when i came across ur blog. i am an exactly the same situation and wondered if i was completly alone in it, like you i have a six year old son iv raised him myself sice he was one.
i was soo happy when i came across ur blog. i am an exactly the same situation and wondered if i was completly alone in it, like you i have a six year old son iv raised him myself sice he was one.
Hi everyone, im a 42 married dad with 3 kids (self employed),, i started taking 4 to 6 (solphadine 8/500 dissolve tablets a day over 10 years ago, i statred to take them as they helped my anxiety, and have been on them everysince, around 3 years ago, im a non drinkers, non drugs, and dont take any other medication.
i changed from the solphadine to co-codomol dissolve tablets, to cut out the caffeine, I dont know why i did this, silly really as its the codine thats the big problem,,
most days i take 2 in morning and two at night, bad days its 2 morning , 2 around 3pm and 2 at night.. as you all know the law changed in Sep 2009 regarding codine addiction and its now difficult to purchase the tablets over the counter, if you show your face at the pharmacy asking for them regularly, they will now not give you them.
I went to my doctor yesterday and confessed all, and asked for help, the doctor was very supportive, over the next 2 week, iv to take 2 morning, 1 afternoon and 2 at night, and the doctor will gradually cut me off these tablets.
over 10 years is a long time, and im very worried about the withdrawals, however i am going to do this and will keep you's updated
i changed from the solphadine to co-codomol dissolve tablets, to cut out the caffeine, I dont know why i did this, silly really as its the codine thats the big problem,,
most days i take 2 in morning and two at night, bad days its 2 morning , 2 around 3pm and 2 at night.. as you all know the law changed in Sep 2009 regarding codine addiction and its now difficult to purchase the tablets over the counter, if you show your face at the pharmacy asking for them regularly, they will now not give you them.
I went to my doctor yesterday and confessed all, and asked for help, the doctor was very supportive, over the next 2 week, iv to take 2 morning, 1 afternoon and 2 at night, and the doctor will gradually cut me off these tablets.
over 10 years is a long time, and im very worried about the withdrawals, however i am going to do this and will keep you's updated
I'm really glad that you found a supportive doctor which I'm sure is a great relief for you as well. Let me know if you have any more information! Thanks for letting me know.
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No problem. Thank you for the thanks! :)
I'm also now 48 hours free of Alcohol.... these threads help me out, its nice to read about others overcoming the struggles they face
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Glad to hear you are doing well Perfect Angel. I posted on this thread awhile back while coming off of codeine and morphine. I slipped up myself for a minute but now I am back doing good.
Withdrawal is a terrible thing and I wish people didn't have to go through it. But I think it builds strength and creates compassion for others who are struggling with addiction.
You can really feel the emotion in your writing. Also it makes me miss living in the UK
I agree and I'm glad to hear that you're doing well because it's such a difficult thing to grapple with. Thanks for posting your perspective too--it does help to read!
No problem. Thank you for the thanks! :)
I'm also now 48 hours free of Alcohol.... these threads help me out, its nice to read about others overcoming the struggles they face
I had a bad injury and was put on durogesic patches 75mcg thay were fentanyil and are 100 percent more potent than morphine and I was still in pain so i cut half off and chewed it for a while it certanly got rid of the pain. After useing up 5 patches i soon knew how mutch of a big mitake i made. I was rocking back and forth hot and cold sweats could not sleep.I went back to my doctor and asked for more he said this is a controlled drug and is a class A substance on the steets what have you done with the rest of them I went on to say I moved round my brothers and thay were lost in somewhere so he gave me more and it was the most degrading thing but i thaught to my self if your pain is that great go and see your doctor i did he offerd to increase them to 100mcg patches and i took a step back and thaught i am getting worse i sertanly dont want to be like those smack heads you see on the streets i told the doctor i was thinking about cold turkey his exact words were "your body now thinks that thease drugs are part of it think of it as being blood you need it in order to live and if you lose a lot of it your bodys organs start to go in shock and not function and you can go in shock on a cold turkey your body thinks it is loosing fluids and you can go into renal shock you can fit there are allsorts of possabiltys please dont do this i will take you down slowly untill we get to the tramadol or dyhidrocodeane then wait a few weeks" .I come down of those patches faster than he wanted me to do i just cut bits off it was the most hardest thing ive done so i know what its like commit your self it lasts for 5 or 6 days the first 3 are the worst but i would inform your doctor if he or she is good thay will slowly decrease them and its not bad thing at all its easy like that> If you abuse them then ask for the pahrmacist to dispence them on a daly dose then you cant go wrong but cold turkey is a bad thing you can kill your self doing them. hope this helps you all and be stong and carefull.
That's a very good point that you make. YOu definitely should not try to go cold turkey with anything--you really have to ramp yourself up to it. But I think that you posted some good information. Thank you for it.
Thanks all to your very personal testimonys. i am yet to try and come off co-codamol but when i do i will be sure to post a bit on here and let you know my side because i found especially kerrie and perfect angels very raw and honest and feel a strange sort of obligation to do the same!i have at least a cpl of weeks worth left on the tabs but after that im done!its gonna be made harder because my mum who im living with at the moment is also on them so il know their in the house when im at the peak of the withdrawel!anyway im sure il find out the limits of my resolve soon enough!
You are through the most p[ainful part but the hardest part will be staying off. I have multiple friends with an addiction and i too have an increasing addiction. Stay strong and leave hope for all of us to get better
hi everyone,
i have found this thread very intresting to read, and its nice to read the success storys and i am going to give it a damn good go at getting off these tabs.
i am on 30/500 codamol and am now averaging 20 a day.
been on this strenght for a round 6 yrs.
i take 2 max at any 1 time
besides the withdrawals side of them, do people miss them pscologicaly as i just seem to be popping these for fun and i really wish i cud get out of the habbit of doing this to myself.
im always planning ahead trying to make sure that i never run and now that i think about it, i must spend quite some time in the day thinking about these tabs such as when i last took them, how many ive got left, when my next script is due.....it really does seem like im ruled by co-codamol and i would love to get clean and break free from these.
im even at the stage of putting in prescription orders of cocodamol for family members to keep my habit going, and because of this i will use diffrent chemists as it would otherwise seem im always in my local chemist getting cocodamol, and i am embarrased about it.
i have at times ran out and my scripts not been due so i have even paid 10 pound for a box of 100 as some where in my mind i really need these and cant go with out them
about 2yrs ago i tried packing in, but i read some where not to go cold turkey, so i just took half a tab in the morning and this went on for 2 weeks and to be honest i did not seem to have any side effects at all.
i do belive that i cud quite easily come off these with out much trouble regarding the withdrawals, but they just are constantly on my mind that i think i will struggle pscologicaly
could i get help with this
thanks for understanding
i have found this thread very intresting to read, and its nice to read the success storys and i am going to give it a damn good go at getting off these tabs.
i am on 30/500 codamol and am now averaging 20 a day.
been on this strenght for a round 6 yrs.
i take 2 max at any 1 time
besides the withdrawals side of them, do people miss them pscologicaly as i just seem to be popping these for fun and i really wish i cud get out of the habbit of doing this to myself.
im always planning ahead trying to make sure that i never run and now that i think about it, i must spend quite some time in the day thinking about these tabs such as when i last took them, how many ive got left, when my next script is due.....it really does seem like im ruled by co-codamol and i would love to get clean and break free from these.
im even at the stage of putting in prescription orders of cocodamol for family members to keep my habit going, and because of this i will use diffrent chemists as it would otherwise seem im always in my local chemist getting cocodamol, and i am embarrased about it.
i have at times ran out and my scripts not been due so i have even paid 10 pound for a box of 100 as some where in my mind i really need these and cant go with out them
about 2yrs ago i tried packing in, but i read some where not to go cold turkey, so i just took half a tab in the morning and this went on for 2 weeks and to be honest i did not seem to have any side effects at all.
i do belive that i cud quite easily come off these with out much trouble regarding the withdrawals, but they just are constantly on my mind that i think i will struggle pscologicaly
could i get help with this
thanks for understanding
i have been taking 8 x 30/500 cocodamol daily for 10+ years due to a back problem. Last week it came to a head and i decided not to take any more due to severe constipation and i guess i really know i'm addicted.
Well, surprise surprise guess what, aches, pains, insomnia, restless limbs, nausea,pounding headache and my reccurring back ache that i take them for. this is now day 3 - no co codamol for 60 hours! Cold turkey OMG. Please tell me i can get through this - i do have 200 in the house but i have resisted taking any.
I feel anxious, depressed, jittery............. In fact the aches got so bad i took 1 paracetamol then another 5 hours later.
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? How long before i will be able to see it? Christmas is all but a week away.
Can anyone suggest anything else i could take for the back pain that wouldn't be addictive?
Appreciate all your comments
Well, surprise surprise guess what, aches, pains, insomnia, restless limbs, nausea,pounding headache and my reccurring back ache that i take them for. this is now day 3 - no co codamol for 60 hours! Cold turkey OMG. Please tell me i can get through this - i do have 200 in the house but i have resisted taking any.
I feel anxious, depressed, jittery............. In fact the aches got so bad i took 1 paracetamol then another 5 hours later.
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? How long before i will be able to see it? Christmas is all but a week away.
Can anyone suggest anything else i could take for the back pain that wouldn't be addictive?
Appreciate all your comments