Good to Know Day 2 and 3 have been very Bad for others:

[mshell62]

Thanks - I was thinking it was gonna be o.k.  PHSHHHHH!  I still feel strong about my reserve to keep at it, but this anxious stuff feels worse today, right now, than last night.

Yesterday I felt fine and strong.  Had a party for the teens.  Had a great time.  We jumped on the trampoline (again) and had alot of physical activity, which helped.  

Then, overnight, all hell broke loose.

So, thanks for all of your support -

I am hangin in there - shaking like a leaf, but still hanging...

[oxyaddict420]

Nice you are just gliding nicely through this nasty beast of withdrawl..

I am SO GLAD YOU ARE FEELING BETTER!!  

So how was today overall? Any fun stuff?  

I KNEW YOU COULD DO THIS!

I HAVE FAITH IN YOU EVERYDAY!

YOU ARE SO WORTH EVERY BIT OF THIS

I CARE SO MUCH THAT YOU SUCCEED!!!

[mshell62]

As usual, my "Knight in Shining Armor".... Thanks my dear....

I am psyched!!! OOORAH!!!!!!!!

Thanks, BaseBall Boy...

[oxyaddict420]

How the heck to you take out the Tylenol from the tylenol 3's 4's?  I think I read somewhere along time ago that people knew how to do it, didn't think it was true though!  I never was addicted to codiene(not strong enough for me)!!!  They did help me get through some nasty withdrawls though--


Mshell-- You are doing GREAT!  You did so well be tapering, so dont let this get you down.. I know it is harder said than done, but hey I have seen how tough you are, and let me tell you!! If I had your strength I would be in alot better place right now!

YOU KEEP FIGHITNG THIS DEAMON!!

Day 3-4 usually is the WORST! You have tackled the hardest already! Think of it that way.. Now you just have to tough out maybe 2 mroe days of the really bad stuff, then its all you baby!

YOU ARE GONNA DO THIS
I HAVE FAITH IN YOU
YOU ARE GREAT AND ARE SO WORTH IT!!!

I AM HERE FOR YOU 100%

[mshell62]

Hang in there glo - too easy to get in canada!

And, no I had never gone CT.... Too scared, and i have way too much to do...kids, full time job.

As it is, I should be sleeping right now, but I cannot shut it down.

Tomorrow will be day four, so i hear day five is better.  I tried to lay down but there goes the flip/flopping.... it stinks....the anxiety, insomnia.  

C'mon, lets hang in there together.
keep posting glo while you are in canada...."we are watching you"!!!!

[glo308]

I didn't really know how to taper, I knew that was probably necessary and smart, but I didn't know specifics (didn't find this site until the WD kicked in).  
I was at probably 400mg codeine per day (hard to say since I filtered out the acetaminophen so lost some codeine along the way) for the year, and then went down to about 90mg for a week (mini-WDs quite tolerable).Then, ran out.
So, I think more like CT than a proper taper and right now if I could get my hands on some I would be putting together a proper taper plan as this is quite hell at nite.  The rest, not so much a problem but the anxiety and insomnia, hard to take.
This is now into my 4th day so I think I am on the cusp of getting better.  But, I am going to Canada next week and they are too easy to get there, I feel a slip coming!  

[CinCee]

It would be worse if we hadn't tapered.  Have you done it the other way?  Truly, it's worse.

[Lovethetabs]

im glad your doing ok, i only made it to day 2 before i went out and baught some, this is aweful addiction,

[mshell62]

only took one benadryl yesterday - none today - but still shaky and it is definitely like an anxiety w/d stuff.  I just took a klonipin about 30 mins ago.  It kinda took the edge off... I just gotta do the Thomas stuff, hot bath, etc...

I really didnt think I would go through this after tapering.

Oh well.. I am still doing it!

[CinCee]

I'm too lazy to look back.  Didn't you say it might have been the benedryl?

[mshell62]

I guess I haven't paid too much attention to the actual amount of days it takes - I hear differing accounts.  It's different when its ME going thru it.  yikes.   I will definitely refer back to the Thomas recipe.
Thanks so much - you are always so kind and helpful.

GLO:  
You sound like you and I are around the same - a year of abusing vicodin for me.  Today is i think day 3?  now I am getting confused.  Yes, day three.  

So, Glo, did you taper or go CT??? I tapered and wonder if I didnt taper correctly, since I am feeling such crazy stuff.  It sounds like stuff CT would feel like.  

Sorry If I am rambling or forgetting what others have posted.  

GOINGTOMAKEIT:  
Day 5 is turning point for CT AND tapering?  ok...I will keep checking.

[GoingToMakeIt]

You have been around enough to know that usually day 5 is the turning point. So Hang on tight. In case you forgot to, look at the Thomas recipe for helps.

[glo308]

I am about to hit the day three completed mark (6PM today, but who's counting!?), after a year or so of codeine abuse, and nite 3 was the worst ever.  

Anxiety and insomnia for me, the physical symptoms I can deal with, the mental stuff I am not so good.  I am a wreck without sleep at the best of times, add WD to it and hell on earth.

Hoping nite 4 is going to be better, if not, I'll be posting!  Hope you are doing great!

[mshell62]

OOOO.KKKKKK.

[GoingToMakeIt]

You will make it. It is usually really rough for just a couple of days then it gets better. You're doing real good!