I’ve been addicted to codeine for 3 years. I mainly cold water extract several times a day. Usually twice a day in the week and around 4 times a day at weekends. Due to lockdown here in the uk it’s been about 4 times a day everyday for around 2 months. I’ve withdrawn several times over the last 3 years but always end up relapsing. This time I’m determined to stay off for my daughter, I need to be the person she thinks I am. Also if I keep going like this I’ll end up losing my job. Any way, I stopped codeine last Thursday (8 days ago) but for the Thursday and Friday I took dihydrocodeine thinking it would help the first couple of days but I think it just delayed withdrawal. So Saturday was my first day opiate free and I managed to get to Monday. I’d gone with no sleep since Sunday morning and had to work a night shift Monday night so I broke on that Monday and dosed with 2 x cold water extractions. I managed to do the night shift and I haven’t had any opiates since. It’s now Friday and I’m still struggling bad. I wake up with my entire body tingling and ringing in my ears. Does anyone else experience this tingling, it’s worse in my arms and hands. I assume this is physical symptoms of anxiety, although I don’t really get psychological anxiety symptoms that bad and the tingling tends to wear off during the day. It’s been 7 days without opiates apart from that updosing on Monday. Normally I’m feeling ok by now during past withdrawals. Did that updose on Monday just completely reset my withdrawal?
Also I’ve been paranoid about liver damage from the apap for the last year or so. My cwe method is ok, I get clear solutions and use about 100ml of water but since finding out that some level of apap still dissolves in water it freaked me out. I’ve had at least a dozen liver function tests in the last year or so which have all come back within perfect ranges, very similar figures each time, plus I’ve had 2 ultrasounds where the liver appeared normal as well as normal spleen, pancreas, gall bladder, bile ducts etc. I have heard in rare cases that the liver can still be damaged so I freak out about it yet still end up using. Does anyone know if I’m freaking out about nothing? I get some pains in the rib cage in the liver area but they’re more like tender ribs rather than underneath the rib cage. I wonder if this is due to a long time using opiates and they’re causing a sensitivity to pain as I’ve read this is possible. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Also I’ve been paranoid about liver damage from the apap for the last year or so. My cwe method is ok, I get clear solutions and use about 100ml of water but since finding out that some level of apap still dissolves in water it freaked me out. I’ve had at least a dozen liver function tests in the last year or so which have all come back within perfect ranges, very similar figures each time, plus I’ve had 2 ultrasounds where the liver appeared normal as well as normal spleen, pancreas, gall bladder, bile ducts etc. I have heard in rare cases that the liver can still be damaged so I freak out about it yet still end up using. Does anyone know if I’m freaking out about nothing? I get some pains in the rib cage in the liver area but they’re more like tender ribs rather than underneath the rib cage. I wonder if this is due to a long time using opiates and they’re causing a sensitivity to pain as I’ve read this is possible. Any input would be greatly appreciated.