No codeine - Day 2

[sally001]

I've been addicted to codeine for nearly 15 years. This is the first time I've attempted to stop. The main reason is that I have put on so much weight and with good diet and exercise it won't budge. I'm sure its the drug. I'm only at day two. I'm not too bad so far so I'm thinking there's still so much in my system. My usual dose per day was 20 x 10mg sometimes a few more.  Has anyone got any tips?

[spider6]

That's great Sally!  So happy you stuck through!  It just gets better. Hugs

[sally001]

Well, I'm on day ten and I feel like I did all those years ago.. I feel amazing! I also feel like I'm over the worst of it. Water ... Water... And more water has been my saviour. Just flushing the **** out! Thank you so much to those who helped by commenting on my day two post. That encouragement has got me through to this day xx

[Cricketk92]

Hurray for Day 3!!  Try taking those baths!  They will really help with the aches and leg issues!!  Your body is just getting all the crap of of your system! You are doing great!  
Hang on to that glimmer of hope!  It will get brighter each day!!!  And those feelings that you are feeling are all normal!  It is good to feel again isn't it!!  
You ARE amazingly resilient!  Its just now that its not being covered up anymore with the codeine you will find out how strong you really are!  It's like a whole new life!
Congrats to you for doing it!!!  :)
Keep on posting!!
XO Karen

[sally001]

ThanksSpider 6.  Well I'm ten hours forty five minutes and twenty eight seconds into day three.  Last night was dreadful. Kept waking up feeling like my legs were running away from my body. So achey! My fingers, joints are so sore too. I have been running to the toilet all day but amongst all of this I can feel a glimmer of hope ...... I think my head is feeling clearer... Maybe sort of like when I was younger. That's pretty exciting. You know I was thinking this morning, its like every hut of emotional pain I numbed over the 15 years now has to be felt. I was hanging the washing out and started crying, reliving an event that occurred so long ago. Wow, I just numbed it. People thought I was amazingly resilient but no, I was addicted to codene! I am treating thus as though I'm sick with a flu. I'm a single mum of three so I'm telling them I'm just unwell. Still waiting for the worst......

[spider6]

Hi Sally ...welcome.

Great posts above. Thought I'd add my support as well.  Codeine was my last doc to get the grips on.  27year addiction.  Stole pretty much half my life.  I can't give it all the cred though......no stranger to a  cornucopia of mind altering/numbing/stimulating substances since I was 14 years old....I'm 56.....,jeeeeesh.  Yikes....must make me some kinda expert on .....destruction? Lol .....I still have my funny bones.....(insert cheesy, toothy "claymation  character" grin here).

This is doable for you friend...stay strong and know that getting it out of your system is the easy part.....one moment at a time.  It's worth it...the withdrawals will not kill you, even though it may feel like it.  Sidle up to the idea of feeling as though you have a bad flu for maybe 5 days or so.  

Humour, exercise, music, water, Epsom baths,  journaling, reading posts, live foods, no coffee, no sugar.

Talk about yourself ...let us know how you got here. We are all in the same spot sweetie....some just farther along their journey than others. Much hope, prayers of strength and light and love.  ((((0)))) spider.

[sally001]

Thank you so much for replying. This is such a support ..

[sally001]

Thank you so much for your reply its so comforting knowing I'm not alone.

[Cricketk92]

Hi Sally!  Congrats on Day 2!!!  That is awesome!
When I quit I went from the Norco to codeine to do a taper.  I didnt taper very long since I was having WD symptoms anyway so I just jumped.  But I think it helped because I didnt have as hard a time as my head was telling me I would have!  You might find that you will have an easier time with the Wds than you expected!  Some people just get lucky with it!!  
Just try to keep yourself busy...come on here and read, watch movies, do crossword puzzles....anything to keep your mind off of how you are feeling.  And the hot baths with epsom salts are wonderful if you start to get the aches and pains and restless legs!  Also getting fresh air helps a LOT!!  I took my dog for so many walks during my detox!
Keep on posting and letting us know how you are getting on!!!

[jethro733]

If you're at day two and feeling not too bad then I'd say that it's not going to get much worse.  200 mgs of codeine is not an excessively high dose when put in relative terms with a stronger opiate such as oxycontin (about 15ish mgs relative I think, someone correct me if I'm wrong) so that could be it?  The whole fifteen years thing though you'd expect a bit more of a WD, but maybe (hopefully) you're just lucky and it won't get much worse.

You can google "The Thomas Recipe" for some helpful tips, I'd skip the immodium and diazapams though.  It's better to get that crap (no pun intended) out of you, and I'd not think with the current description that a pam would be necessary (it's a drug too so avoid if you can)...   Hot baths for the crawling skin and 'climbing the walls' feeling helps immensely, can't stress that one enough.