codeine wd Please help

[codean]

i've tried to tag on to a couple of other posts but don't seem to be getting anywhere - no responses. In brief, I'm on day 3 of ct (more details in my recovery tracker) and my biggest problem is lack of sleep. I can just about deal with everything else yes I feel awful, but I can cope so far. but how long will I have to bear this no sleep? People seem to say that fist 4-5 days are worst and if this is as bad as it's gonna get, I think I'll cope with the exception of no sleep. It drives me nuts, makes me irritable and genuinely scares me. Part of me thinks that my whole addiction history (15 years now) started partly as the result of a lack of sleep so this really scares me. What can I do and hw long will this last?

[codean]

i've no idea why i have such resitance to the Vs, I've not abused them in the past. Occasionally taken one whilst trying to taper down the doeine from the stupid amount I was taking. Only thing I wonder is whether the Vs I have are a)10mg as I think, or b) fakes. I don't think they're fake, i got them from a pharmacy - not exactly legitimately, but a pharmacy nonetheless.Maybe I need to try and check whether maube they're 1mg not 10? I did try and look it up and they seemed to be 10 generics. In fact I just looked at one and they have D 10 written on them, pretty conclusive I think. SO either they're fakes, or I'm an elephant in disguise.

[sway1]

wow! you must have a bit of resistance to the V's. the doctor gave me 24 of the 5mg with a schedule of 2 pills 3x a day  and then less and less each day. i barely weighed 100 pounds at the time. what would knock you out? i mean safely.
  no sleep is scary. i couldn't even drive safely.

[codean]

thanks for replying, at last I don't feel alone! How much benzos did you take to get some sleep? Last night over a course of about 8 hours I took 60mg Valium, made me yawn but that's as far as it went. I've been doing some reading and it seems I COULD take way more than that safely but, well, I see the obvious risks there. On/off sleep would p me off, but no sleep at all is terrifying.

[sway1]

so sorry no one replied. the no sleeping thing for me was the worst part. i have problems with insomnia. i had to take benzos for the first 5 days just to get some decent naps in. it's been almost a month now. sometimes i sleep like a baby. other times my mind races. but please, don't let it throw you off course. i haven't checked your tracker yet, but i know the amount plus your age plus your life all factor in to how long it'll last. i don't think it'll be too much longer. best of luck. pm me anytime.   sway