Withdrawal from codeine - cocodamol 30/500's - Day 2 of cold turkey!

Well hows everybody doing, Andrea, Gav come on  give me an update on how your getting on.  Tomorrow Thursday will be my 2 week marker and the day I should get my prescription which I haven't put in for renewal.  So I'm quite please.  My next hurdle is that i'm going to have a tooth out in a weeks time.  lets see if I can get through that...

Hope your all coping

Aunt Flo

 

 

 

hi andrea, Well done!!!!!!! That is brilliant feel proud of yourself. I posted before and around xmas mostly wanted to let people know what to expect. 1st of Feb three months for me wahoo! Just want to recap on most important points that helped me through. Don't underestimate water at least two litre that is VITAL flushes out toxins. Eat really well especially carbohydrates makes brain happy I seemed to have replaced codeine with chocolate but who cares will tackle that later! I take multi vatamins and minerals plus cod liver oil. Exercise even if its just a little make you feel better. I suffer with chronic pain and a while ago attended a pain management course I learnt positive thinking is majorly important to achieving what you want to do. It makes us strong and determined. Over the next few months you will have to be strong really really strong. About three weeks for me it got so hard mentally your mind will try anything to convince you to take it. Distact yourself it is the only way to stop thinking about it. I took same tabs as you for 8 yrs helped with pain at first but then built up tolerance just made me feel awful at the end. I have never ever been so determined in my life not only did codeine make me feel broken but I was not a nice person either. I love my hubbie so much and he deserved better than the person I had become. Write down small and long term goals and a plan of how you are going to beat this and get back control of your life you CAN and WILL if you believein yourself! Kim xxx

Sorry meant Aunt Florence!!!!! Kimxxx

Hi thank for the forcast, I am feeling quite well again today, but with that comes a strange feeling of was I really that bad when I was taking them. It's quite odd. I have to keep thinking about why I decided to stop taking them...

I wasn't waiting 4 hrs, I had all sorts of stomach pains, I was worried about my liver, I couldn't be bothered, I didn't feel any different when I'd taken them so I took more.

Why I decided to stop= If I didn't feel any different after taking them why take them?, Why take them if they give you stomach pain not stop pain, taking more painkillers after 2hrs is not normal.

see just writing that made me feel better. I have another query, but I'm not ready to post it even though you don't know who I am. Nobody else has mentioned it in any post which makes me wonder if it's just me??

2 week target achieved XXX

I suffered a neck injury. After being hydrocodiene 5 on and off for several months I stepped up to 7.5. I finish script and didnt seek more weeks thinking I dont issues with my pain meds.wrong even though I didnt excied the dose on label taking each day the later months of a 14mos injury recovery.after my doctor became concerned lectured me on one can get hooked. me being in denial assured him I was not hooke
I began going to hospitals,clinics so he didnt know.
I said no more lying to myself those I love andstand up guy my doctor.
I dumped the pills and flushed them 2 days ago cold turkey thee pay back is wrechid I take aspirin only.
I gotta get through this. I just wanted to share so others know addictiion can happen to anyone.
Its not no picknic but the fact you admitted to addiction + dealing with it. Means you are strong so stay with it and blue skies lay ahead!
Good luck all
You can beat this!

Hi how r u going?? I'm day 4 and need a little insperation iv read every post on here and realised we may all have diffrent reasons and excuses 4 takin the dreaded cocodamol but were all the same aswell coz were addicts and will be for the rest of our lives just like alcoholics and otha drug addicts. I no u went through this a long long time ago that's why I hope you reply and tell me how the last few years have gone for you? I'd like to no if u kept off cocodamol or relapsed atall.? I'm onli on day 4 but I'm thinking of these thoughts and need to no if others hav thought the same or if I can expect for a couple of bumps in the road like re lapsing etc. I just feel not normal and cocodamol is constantly on my mind! Its not that I want it but its that I'm thinking I may b able to take it occasionaly without eva been addicted again, I just don't no why I'm thinking about this! I'm so freightened of having to go through this again that I am exploring every path I may take next. I really hope u reply!!! X

im 3 months clean now , i came off cocodamol and the withdrawal was terrible runs flu symptoms , and insomnia . but i dont look back now im gaining a little weight but i could afford a lot more : ). the reason i was so under weight was the constipation i had with the tablets . Trust me you wont look back . The side effects of long term use are terrible , i used it for over 3 years . e mail me anytime . The withdrawal symtoms dont last , and you will be clear headed for the first time ....Take care .

Thank u martin! I just needed to no some1 has done it and it works! I'm so freightened right now! Iv taken it for a long time and never had to stop before as its just on constant repeat! I even hav 60 in the cuboard that I havnt touched so thinking now as long as there in there I'm going to want them so I think I'm going to put them down the sink wen I get the strengh! I got in this mess when my son was born very premature, a 'friend' of mine told me to take 4 and I would feel numb for a while and they would help me keep it all together until my baby came out of intensive care. I see now how stupid I was I just wish I hadn't touched the stupid things. And my friend I'm angry at because she is a addict herself so new when she gave me them what she was getting me into. I no I can't blame the rest of my addiction as iv chose to take it daily since. I'm so happy to hear from someone who has come out the other side and is happy! Thank u, u have just helped me overcome my craving! I hope it stays away a while! X

to be completely honest , the craving will go , but only when you realise the damage you have averted .
i started to take them after knee surgery , then i used them for mood suppresents . how addicted was i ? . the cravings will go but keeping them away from you is the only way . the withdrawal is pretty bad but trust me it will pass , i had to laugh at one point , if i was a someone famous i would have checked into rehab .......: ) ....
keep your chin up , getting off them and clearing my head has been brilliant .....take care ...

Hi Lou Lou,

I can't stress how shitty that first week is!!! You'll feel like the worlds ending while your body is going through a whirlwind of different horrible sensations and your mind is going up and down with feelings of despair, anxiousness and depression. You'll probably think it's never gonna end but it does. If you find the strength to take it day by day and just remember by day 4/5 it really eases up..!!! If your gonna go cold turkey then get all codeine out of the house or reach because you will take them as your will will be stretched...!!!!! When you feel really down come back on here and read the posts again or write a post to explain whats happening?

Sorry Lou Lou it was the guest I was aiming at... Read so many posts that night.!!!!

Hi Castiel,
How you doing still going strong I hope!! Hey where that muscley man gone ?!xx

Hey Kim, I'm plodding on almost a month free!! How are you doing?? Things have gone a bit slow on this thread but I always aim to look at it when I can because it helped me when I really needed it and I wanted to help others.

I've learned so much about addiction lately and the science behind it and what it does to us both mentally and physically which is the only way I feel I could have stopped and stay stopped!!! It's a two pronged system of stopping for good, it's getting over that horrible first week and the the relief of doing it and then not long after comes the what do I do now to replace the pills with normal life?? It's learning how to be normal basically just like everyone else without a dark secret which can remove us from reality when we wanted but was secretly screwing us over at the same time. 

Life sure is better at the moment I'm back in the Gym and keeping busy and I think that's the key as Idle hands and mind lead to temptation!!

As for my last profile pic, well I did'nt want to be a big head!!!!!

Stay strong Kim..!!!!

Hey Castiel, Good to hear from you! Almost a month thats brilliant! Thats a great milestone to reach won't be long before its two then three months. This is going to be the year you beat this addiction and rid yourself of the soul destroying codeine. I too have learned so much about it and I am quite frankly sick of the whole problem and when this nightmare is finally over I never ever want to hear the word codeine again! It's just over three months for me and last few weeks have been tough. Was doing pretty good until that p.a.w.s episode which has put me back a bit. The physical symptoms have gone but mentally not so great. I have no craving for codeine but weirdly it's on my mind alot. It's like it is embedded deep in my brain and just won't let go. I know nothing will ever lead to me starting again even though your mind still tries to make us forget the hell we were in. I have been coping with alot of pain for eight years and I know if you don't stay strong,determined and positive a problem can quickly overwhelm you and take control. It's great that you are back at the gym, that zest for life is returning. I try to fill my spare time too I love painting with different mediums and have started learning manderin although will probably be bored with that soon lol. Just want to make my mind concentrate on something else! Keep strong and if you are in need of support from someone who knows how hard it is drop me a line. It's nice for me too just helps. By the way I think you should put picture back up you wan't to help a girl get her feel good hormones back don't you lol KImx

I think you are so so brave and would love to chat to you but scared to give any details about myself X