Codeine withdrawal

[intrance]

First of all, my story may sound silly, but please be compassionate, as Im having really hard time.

Theres really not much to tell, I just got kinda hooked up on codeine 3 months ago, I was just curious about opiates and this was the only thing I could get. But soon my healthy curiosity turned into a nasty habit, really messing up my life. Im stupid, what can I do. Week ago I tried quit and started drinking so called "poppy pod tea", but it seems I only made thing worse, cause now my usual 200mg of codeine hardly do anything to me. Now Im sitting on my bed, feeling sick and depressed, my whole body aching, wawes of cold and hot extremely unpleasant shivers rushing through my spine and knowing its about to get worse. Fuck, I dont even want to get high, I just want to feel normal... Now I see where Im heading and Im desperate to quit before its to late. Its my last year at high school and I dont want to ruin my beutiful future. Besides, its quite expensive to me and Im having social problems and all.

So how long this hell is gonna last if I quit cold turkey now? I have 5 days before school starts and it would be awesome to be fit by then. what should I do to make it faster/less painfull?

Thanks to everyone who bothered to read this. I wouldnt trouble you, but my friends and family wouldnt understand or accept it, so asking them for help would only make it worse....

[nibble]

You should use "SWIM" to avoid self incrimination, read the rules...
Anyway I sympathise with SWIY, just be thankful it isn't withdrawal from a heavy IV H habit or something like that. If SWIY has access to some benzos like diazepam it would help take the edge off and help with sleep. After a few days it should get better but may be a week+ before SWIY would be fully out of withdrawal.

And lol at drinking pod tea to try and taper, poppy tea is a fair bit stronger than straight codeine... Good luck anyway dude.

[sl1p609]

swim should smoke tetrahydrocannibol for the Wd,

and stay away from opioids all together..

surprised that Cod Phosphate got you that way... but it is very natural

yummy

[CandiGirl]

Codeine Phosphate is very underestimated and very addictive....

That was SWIMs downward spiral into opiate/opiod use!

First began with deadly Solpadol.... 500mg Paracetamol and 30mg Codeine Phosphate... in water soluble form.... SWIMs friend was a heavy H user and tried a dose and said it was compariable to a hit of skag... The high sodium content and fast digestion into the system makes them come on in a massive wave.... SWIM became addicted to the overwhelming secure and warm feeling provided...

Tolerance set in and pretty soon SWIM was consuming far more than the recommended daily dosage. SWIM was pretty lucky not to have OD on paracetamol....

After a couple of yrs... Docs grew sussed and was told to gradually withdraw.... Didn't work... SWIM took methadone at a 1ml/mg daily dosage to try and wean completely..

Didn't work... Soon SWIM was having problems at work (SWIM was working 70+ hrs a week) and could get a hold of H pretty easily... so she did!!

Luckily for SWIM... she had support and is semi OK although feels she will never recover fullly!

Advice.. Opiate/opiod curiosity should remain just that... Curiosity..! Don't act on it... SWIy may only think "it's only codeine" but the clucks the same as with skag. Do your cluck.. Don't think it'll be done in 5 days... You'll be bored and depressed etc for a while. Try not to give in... Taking Benzos in SWIM experience will not really do much good, SWIy will just end up swapping Cods for Benzos.

sl1p609... In SWIMs experience, you should never ever mix THC and opiate/opiods. Even when withdrawing from opiates.. It's a very nasty concocsion and will almost certainly lead to sickness, dizziness and an altogether not very pleasant experience.... Any THC use should be left for around 2 weeks after the last dose of opiate/opiod.. This is a widely felt experience between SWIM and SWIMs friends, even very occassional opiate/opiod users who use THC very regularly have agreed!

Good Luck Intrance.... Least SWIy has seen there's no future in Cod use... it really is a slippy slope to the bottom! Keep us posted with how you get on please!

Love and Light

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Well said, good post.

[Orchid_Suspiria]

3 months on codeine thats not bad.Swim has been hooked on opiates for ten years,swiy on the other hand has had a relatively short bout and has the chance to just leave that addiction behind.A long lasting benzo like diazepam or maybe some other sort of sleep aid like lunesta(eszopiclone),some chamomile tea,and lots of hot showers and swiy should be okay pretty soon.Good luck!

[chinpokomaster]

Originally Posted by nibble

You should use "SWIM" to avoid self incrimination, read the rules...

I thought codeine was available in OTC products

[nibble]

Originally Posted by chinpokomaster

I thought codeine was available in OTC products

True, but your still not supposed to abuse it.. And the whole swim thing is always enforced here now so just get used to it in general, can't do any harm and it's always best to be on the safe side.

[hail the poppy]

duuuuuuude swim can say this for sure, thc is a good thing while wired, withdrawing, or just playing. swim is a very long term opiate abuser and from much expereince swim finds thc tottally takes the edge off. getting drunk and staying drunk is also a good way to get through that first week of wd. do not substitute one opiate for another. codeine is one of the easier ones to kick. should be fine in a week to ten days. give or take

[Klaus]

intrance

I sympathise with your problem. I hope people can now see that Codeine is not a soft option . Depending on ones disposition withdrawal can be very unpleasant.

[Klaus]

H T Poppy >getting drunk and staying drunk is also a good way to get through that first week of wd.

Please for give Me but that is a ridiculous suggestion , for obvious reasons .

[sl1p609]

lots of good information here....

first of all Swim is a opioid abuser... swim is on ( 1 gram a day )
no time to take out the APAP,

Now could you understand why THC would not only be a potentiator but also better for WDm when you have a HIGH TOLERENCE and can't dream of WD... .Swim knows its only a tempory solution becuase without a fix... swim won't stop twitching leading to huge pools of sweats in the morning.

its been 4 years since swim started the opiate trail and can see another 4 years only hoping to trade to benzodiazepines becuse even though swim has a holeSh!T load of them ... he rather just get rid of them for OpiAtes.

anyways ,, .swim posted about Hydrocodone Bitartrate Withdraws and has made it from Friday to Monday with the Codeine Phosphate...

will post if i finally see them again , ,

kodones..

I always write when i Noddzzz

[Orchid_Suspiria]

When swim was going through fentanyl withdrawal he found cannabis helped but only a little,and only for a short time.He wasn't better his mind could just wander other places and forget his situation.Be glad its just codeine withdrawal and not fentanyl withdrawal.

[sl1p609]

swim was thinking but didn't post before when writting...

how about Hydrocodone for a subsitution..yes I know it 6x stronger
but really what else do you have that less than codeine

[CandiGirl]

Intrance... How are things going now? Are you still struggling?

[Guardian]

It could be a lot worse but i feel ure pain. swim is and always be a slave to the opiate family, they kinda adopted me 11 years ago and wont let swim leave home for good. just try to keep with a positive out look on things and stay strong, mind over matter is a big and tru fact of life. when swim had to kick cold off of bundle and half day smack habit of ny finest junk it was a shitty time and was locked up on top of it.. but i kept my mind together somehow and got thru it. still didn't learn his lesson cuz swim is kickin a 9 month run on percs and xanax. and this feels worse then the last junk kick, keep in mind it gets harder i think everytime well in swims case it does, seems like it take longer to recover every time. smoking some good chronic seems to help swim now, in the past it didn't only brought out the wd worse but it was crappy pot swim smoked. some reason smoking ciggs makes the wd worse also. but keeping a good mind regardless helps the most cuz life goes on and this will pass like u have a bad case of the flu. music is prob the best meds. put on some old song that take u back to some good old memories and let ure brain do the rest. keep ure head up and good luck!

[oggy]

Your not so bad at all yet, but please do read my threads and see where opiates can take you. Swim was always into drugs but never thought he would go to the dark side opiate addiction.

CandiGirl excellent post Swim started the very same way with cold water extracting method and all this did for me was lead me to life a 2 n a half year addiction and it was HELL.

Read Swims threads, this one first http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16634

Then the one in Swims sig. Copy n paste as you can't click that one open.

Hope this helps.

oggy added 25 Minutes and 32 Seconds later...

Originally Posted by Guardian

still didn't learn his lesson cuz swim is kickin a 9 month run on percs and xanax. and this feels worse then the last junk kick, keep in mind it gets harder i think everytime well in swims case it does, seems like it take longer to recover every time.!

Reason it is worse this time may be because your tapering? The first time was easier you say altho you went cold turkey... Interesting.

Swim truly believes that cold turkey is the easier option. Its over with in 3-7 days depending on mental state and how heavy your addiction is.

They say methadone is worse than heroin, Swim was on 120mg methadone tapered till he got to 80 then got sick of it, read some excellent advice, went cold turkey suffered real bad for only 3 days! First 2 days it just creeps up on you. Then it took 5 days after to build strength back up, eating right, bathing, relaxing, going slow walks. Day 10 Swim went swimming for 2 solid hours then 20 minutes in the sauna mmmm so blissful, then the same night we went camping and it was beautiful a bit of a hike but totally worth it(muscles are a little sore but its all part natural healing process of life). Best day of Swims life in that 2 n a 1/2 years, he felt better than he ever felt on heroin & Valium which was his favorite cocktail.

[Guardian]

swimm didnt really taper. he was on a 130-160mg daily of the percs/vics/oxys mixed. and bout 3-5mg xanax but that xanax wansnt always daily due to the dealer man. and this time round its hard as hell for swim, seems its been forever, usually round day 5-6 off smack feels so much better but these pills seem to just keep swim feeling like garbage

Guardian added 4 Minutes and 23 Seconds later...

also with the methadon swim thought was the wonder drug when he was detoxing the first few times. then he heard the stories and decided to not even bother with detoxing anymore. cant imagine being sick for like a month, a lot of respect for all who kicked the methadone habit.

[oggy]

Gardian please read the first post and the last page on the thread. http://drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34344

You'll see how messed up Swims life was, Swim was using an 8th a day of heroin plus methadone plus a cocktail of benzo's at his worst point.

Swim got off 120mg methadone tapered about for a few weeks, then saved some to double up(but shhhhh his mother never new this bit) bad Swim then stopped picking up grit his teeth then he said "I WANT OFF THIS SHIT" So he took his last 80mg though it back up about 4-6 hours later and that proved it wasn't good for his body.

Its now the 14th day after that last dose and Swim has been swimming(day 11) then camped out the same night, we had to hike up a very steep hill to get there with heavy bags, next morning woke at 8am and walked for 5 miles across Edinburgh to blackford hill and that's a steep hill too. Loved every minute of it as the day was perfect. Any time Swim felt pain(negative) he thought of the positive things.