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Yeah my doctor would only let me have 20 which I’m grateful for as I would probably get hooked on them too. Still have a few left though in case I ever need them.
I really feel for you Warby, the anxiety is 100% the worst part of withdrawal.
I use to do the 478 breathing where you breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 7 then breathe out for 8. If I did that a couple of times I found it helped to regulate my breathing and calm me a bit.
Just trying to think of things to help as I know how utterly awful it is.
Yeah it amazing isn’t it what the brain is capable off. I just keep thinking of all the years when I wasn’t taking codeine and how I was perfectly happy. I swear I enjoy things more now that I’m not numb with codeine.
I try and seek out things that make me laugh to give my brain a helping hand in producing the old dopamine.
2 and a bit more months to go then and my brain should be all normal, although I’m not sure I’ve ever been ‘normal’ ????
I must like torturing myself ????
I never ever thought I’d get to nearly 7 weeks! I remember those first 4 weeks or so felt like they would never end! Even now I get scared that the anxiety will come back.
This forum has really helped me too, it makes you feel less alone when you feel like you are losing your mind, and the world is continuing with out you.
Hope everyone has a peaceful day ♥️
I think the urge to use comes from the fact that it feels like forever since we stopped, and you believed that all the symptoms should be gone by now. So it’s frustrating when you still feel rubbish and just want it all to go away.
I had my codeine pills (still there) in my bedside table the whole time I was withdrawing, torturing me. Knowing I had the cure right there! Often I felt like taking some and trying the taper method, but I thought to myself what if that’s just as bad and I put myself right at the vey beginning again for nothing.
It’s certainly not for the faint hearted coming of these drugs, but we are doing it and we should all be amazingly proud of ourselves!
Aww Alex migraines are a right pain aren’t they. Really hope you are feeling ok today.
Hi Danna,
Welcome, you’re in good company here ????
Yes what you are feeling is completely normal, I’m 45 days clean and still struggle with motivation. It just takes a while for your brain to reset itself, but it does.
Well done on getting to day 5, that’s amazing! Keep going ????
Morning guys, I don’t think you have or will have PAWS I know it feels like it’s been like forever but it’s still early days. I was exactly the same thinking it would never go. I used to play a game on my phone called water sort, just to distract my mind in the mornings and it helped a lot.
Keep fighting
I’m the same motivation wise, I’m like I’ll sort the house on Monday, then before I know it it’s Wednesday and I’ve done sod all! Then I’m like I’ll start next Monday ???? Never ending, and it’s suppose to be really warm again the next few days so I just know I’ll get nothing done ????
That’s the thing stopping me using again is I don’t want to go through the withdrawal again. I do worry about the future and what will happen when I may need strong pain relief. Will I ever get to a point where I can just take say 2 tablets. I guess I’ll just have to cross that bridge if I come to it ????♀️
Yeah it’s really no fun, make sure you just take it easy today and recover the best you can ????
I was so annoyed at her too Alex, Warby is already struggling then to hear such incorrect information. If someone had said that to me in the early stages I would have panicked too!
I second that, I honestly don’t know how you have managed to work through it. I’m currently off work sick due to my depression and thank heavens I was as I couldn’t have worked through withdrawal, so I admire that you have been able to, you’re made of strong stuff Warby!
Please don’t feel bad about having time off, your body is going through a hell of a lot so it’s ok to rest and take time out. I know I sound like a broken record, but you will get better.
I feel your pain. I suffer badly with migraines which was one of the reason I got hooked on codeine. And I’ve been so scared about managing without it as paracetamol does nothing and I’m not suppose to take ibuprofen because of the antidepressants I’m on.
I’ve stocked up on forehead strips, purchased a cool cap and Marky said there was a medication over the counter that worked for his mum so I’m going to buy some of that.
I always feel absolutely awful the day after a migraine so it’s no wonder you fell poorly. Just look after yourself today, rest as much as you can and drink lots, hopefully you’ll feel better soon.
I understand, everyone on here was saying that restless legs were their worst symptom but for me it was anxiety. I just couldn’t function it was that bad, I couldn’t eat and I lost 17lbs. Keep going it will ease.
Never apologise, I found it really helpful coming on here in the beginning even if I was mostly talking to myself ????
It is withdrawal, I was the same, convinced I had something seriously wrong with me.
It’s just a slow, tedious process, but you will get there. The anxiety is a killer but it does ease I promise.