[littlelove6]

We have been together 15 years married 6 and have 6 children and I’m currently pregnant with no7 . My husband has had an issue with his arm and shoulder for over a year now and was prescribed dihydrocodeine and naproxen for the issue at the same time he was given a box of 56 of the dihydrocodeine The first 6 months it was fine he was fine . However the last 6 months have been hell. Now he only used to take 2 a day but that has slowly gone upto a max of 6 a day and his boxes of 56 dihydrocodeine no longer last him a month in the last month he has had 2 boxes and applied for another box of the dihydrocodeine yesterday after having only got one 13 days prior . These last 6 months he has changed mentally he’s been verbally abusive to me and the children and constantly says some awful things daily . He has a specific time that he started taking the dihydrocodeine it is around 8:30-9pm everynight and will then pop 2 more around midnight . Now i never noticed anything but 3 months ago was terrible he was fine 2 days before but then this day he went off on one nasty and abusive and I realised he had 2 tablets left and had put in a prescription for a new lot , he got that prescription and turned normal again , the following month the same happened and this month it happened . It’s like he gets anxious he’s running out of tablets and panics that the drs won’t do another prescription! He shakes constantly Throughout the day and the shaking stops around an hour after he’s taken his dihydrocodeine . He was always such a lovely caring man would never be nasty nothing but like I said the last 6 months he’s changed mentally he locks himself upstairs when he gets home from work and has done for around 4 months now. I’ve also found boxes of paramol which has dihydrocodeine In so I’m assuming he’s brought them to either top up or ride him over while waiting for the prescription . I’ve brought this up several times with him and it’s lead to huge arguments with him leaving the home saying he’s not a junkie and the reason he’s this way is because I’m an nasty selfish c word . He seems to hate me now and it’s come out of nowhere he no longer sleeps in the same room blames everything on me and says I’m a useless worthless mother I can never do anything right the best thing he called me was a dirty breeder . Now bare in mind all our children are his. I had enough and when I found out yesterday morning I was worried about the 3rd prescription in a month so I bit the bullet and rang his drs in confidence and told them my concerns a lovely dr rang me back and said it sounds as if he has a issue and his behaviour is not normal and the fact that he’s been on them over a year I’m aware addiction involves a lot of tablet taking and like I said he’s not taking over the dose but he has changed . When my partner finished work last night the dr I spoke to in the morning rang him and asked him to come in and see him. I’m now terrorfied he’s going to find out I’ve rang . I’m more scared that my husband is going to lie through his teeth and make everything I said to the dr sound like lies my husband has become a great lier in the last 6 months and I’m so worried that the dr is going to believe his lies and carry on prescribing the dihydrocodeine . He has over 12 boxes of naproxen he hasn’t used as he says they don’t work and last night he told the dr he uses them in tandem with the dihydrocodeine but he doesn’t!! I guess I’m looking for answers my husband won’t tell me what’s going on or that it was the dr who rang it was only because I heard him talking about the pain and tablets that I guessed. Does it sound like he has a problem ? He has honestly changed so much mentally I don’t know him anymore. Thank you and sorry for the essay.

[mess94]

Hey! Thanks for sharing your story. Codeine is one of the weaker opiods but can be very addictive when used for long periods of time or when taken more than prescribed. He’s still worth saving if that’s what you want to know. Unfortunately, if he’s prescribed for pain he will seek medication everytime to help.

What your witnessing when he goes all coocoo probably be l withdrawal symptoms when he doesn’t have enough or if he misses a dose. They can affect people differently depending on how their bodies accept the drug. He will have to want to come off them completely or ask for alternative pain relief.

Good luck and stay strong!!

Link should help explain.

https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/dihydrocodeine/#:~:text=Dihydrocodeine%20is%20an%20opiate%20painkiller,is%20only%20available%20on%20prescription.

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