Thankyou for reaching out to me icarus – I am intrigued by the support you offer people who are off drugs/addictive behaviours and trying to stay clean. I may very well need some support of that kind.
I’ve tried the NHS with over GP 12 appointments, but not received anything meaningful in terms of direction or resolution, I’ve had both judgemental and sympathetic GPs but none of them have had a clue frankly.
I’ve just been back and read my first post. Despite being appalled at how many spelling mistakes and grammatical errors there were is quite a way back from where I am now.
Today I took 90mg of codeine and feel OK. That’s 510mg less than I was taking at the height of the problem.
Unfortunately the children have had a tummy bug that they passed to me and codeine withdrawal and a virus of any kind do not make for an easy day. However I have had no thought other than the determination to continue my taper.
Tomorrow I will drop to 60mg. I’m just a few days from being clean. I feel still not great but…the mornings are a little less appalling each day and I imagine I’ve got a month to tough out now.
I get my exercise and this seems to make the feelings of flu/achy joints/anxiety/nausia take a break from beating me for a few hours so is always good to do. I’ve also taken on a personal trainer to help get me back to my previous health (I did compete nationally at one point in my chosen sport).
I hope my next post I will be writing to you without any codeine in my system at all and my body repairing itself.