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Hi Rach,
I am sure you can do it, Mind over Matter, just don’t give in to the temptation, things will get so much easier I promise.
speak with Maggie she gives great advice and helped me through it.
Hi Rach,
well done, keep it up. I am day 32 now, Feel 100% myself again. Not even getting any cravings anymore.
stay strong,
Hi Maggie,
3 months – that’s amazing 🙂
mmmmm I keep getting the odd ones, I have started to forget what the feeling is like on them though…which is good I suppose.
Yes, speak with your new GP. how long have you been taken Dihydrocodeine?
They shouldn’t be reducing it by 25% – the tapering should around 5% to 10%, then eventually cut them out all together, this is too stop the withdrawals being so intense.
I was taken around 20-30 Tablets a day (Zapains) for about 5 years. The physical withdrawal for me lasted around 5 – 7 days then I got a little bit anxiety, i felt myself again around day 10 – 12. Things get so much easier believe me, you just need to keep telling yourself that you don’t want to go through the whole withdrawal process again,
Hi DottyLotty.
Wow, I would speak with your Doctor about that, if your tapering 25% is far too much it should be 5% to 10% of the dose every 2-4 weeks.
My doctor tried tapering me but it didn’t work as I just wanted more, I am Now 28 days clean from going cold turkey.
Hi Cherron,
How are you getting on? Really hope you made it through 🙂
Yes, I was the same, nobody knew about my addiction and coming on here really helped me let it all out.
I am on day 28 now, still battling away.
Hi cherron.
Well done, that’s great. Keep fighting it. You’ve done the hard part. Im on day 25 now of cold turkey. Feel 100% my oldself again. If i can do it you can too. This site helps a lot, you’re not the only one going through this. Hope it all works out for you.
Well done mate. Its definitely got me through the rough times. Fingers cross more people join
And you Maggie 🙂 Thanks for listening, really appreciate it,
All the best x
Maggie words can’t even describe how nice it feels. I am so happy it’s all over. I feel like a completely new person 🙂
Thanks for your support as well, I don’t think I could of done it without coming on this site,
Hi Maggie,
Just thought I would give you a quick update 🙂
Now on day 17 without anything, I feel completely healed, even the thought of taking a codeine makes me feel physically sick.
I hope you’re doing well.
x
Hi Genki,
How are you doing?
No man, should ever even raise a fist to a women. You can’t blame yourself else it will kill you inside.
Sometimes people change and you will always be fighting to find the man he used to be. If this guy loved you as much as you do him he would knocked all of this on the head for the sake of the relationship.
In my opinion I would let him go and find happiness somewhere else before you start wasting more and more years trying to help and protect this man. Cut of all ties and if it is meant to be he will come back clean away from drink.
This is the thing about drink, it’s cheap, it’s legal and you can nip 5 minutes down the road to get some however it is the most lethal of all drug in my eyes. I was talking to a drug/alcohol worker a few days ago and she said ‘ out of all the people she deals with, the people addicted to drugs aren’t to bad to deal with, but the worst are the alcoholics as they’re so aggressive and violent’
Hi Maggie,
Yes, it really is helpful, reading some of things on here as made me feel like my situation isn’t half as bad.
It seems like this addiction is far too common though. Dr’s aren’t any help, as they just throw prescription after prescription at you.
I feel so much better today though 🙂 I had a great night sleep. Day 9 now, i feel like I am about 90% of my old self. so we’re getting there 🙂
Yes, that’s what I can’t stand is the lack of sleep, I have had 3 months of it to be fair though Maggie, so I am getting used to it :). Yes, the RLS has gone now for me thank god, I couldn’t of handled that for 2 weeks. I ordered some Valerian Root Extract yesterday of amazon which i heard helps, so I am going to try some of that tonight.
The mornings are the worst for me, I have been so used to getting out of bed and taking 10 tablets to kick start the day. I would get up around 6am just so my partner wouldn’t catch me.
how is your stomach now Maggie?
This site is really helping me, and especially speaking to somebody like you who is caring and who has been through it and came out of the other side.
Hi Maggie,
same :). just trying not to give in to the temptation.
Yes, I have been drinking black coffees all day (I work in sales so I need them anyway). I didn’t have the best sleep in all honesty, my 3 month old daughter was tossing and turning all night, so i have been up since 3am now stuck in work 🙁
I will need to have a listen to the tomorrowland Mixes when I am home or at the gym,
Thanks Maggie.