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Codeine withdrawal

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stephen14478
stephen14478

My Blog on how i quit Codeine

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  • stephen14478
    stephen14478

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    Hi

    I'm not sure anyone will be reading this but I writing it mainly for myself as a record of what I have just been through.

    About 4 years ago a managed to quit alcohol after many attempts to get rid of it from my life.

    One foolish day I went to the chemist and purchased some solpedine. This has 11mg of Codeine per disolvable tablet.

    Pretty soon I was taking a whole pack of 36 every day.

    I went to talk to my GP and he gave me a prescription for Codeine to stop me ingesting the paracetamol that comes with the solpedine.

    For about three years then I was totally hooked on Codeine and regularly took about 25 30mg tabs per day - far too much and purely just to feel normal.

    Then - I was introduced to gabapentin.

     

  • danielle30102
    danielle30102 stephen14478

    Posted

    Always reading these things. Love for your journey 
    • stephen14478
      stephen14478 danielle30102

      Posted

      Thanks very much.

      I'm currently on week three codeine free. It sure is a difficult thing to get off of.

      I have found that having an amazing Doctor has helped me no end.

      I asked to try Gabapentin to stop the withdrawal symptoms and have managed it pretty well.

      Obviously now I need to get off of the Gabapentin but the good thing with these is that there seems to be no physical addiction issue so three weeks in I can see a brighter future.

      I sympathise massively with anyone that gets hooked on Codeine for whatever reason.

      I just hope I can stay off them as the temptation will always be there now.

      Thanks for your message.

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