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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

Dihydrocodeine and alcohol

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AddictedAnna

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Not sure if this is the right place to post as I?m new,but will try here anyway. I have a painful medical condition which my doctor gave me dihydrocodeine for. One day I was in so much pain I didn?t care about the dose stated. I was in agony and needed it to be gone. Instead of the recommended dose of 2 30mg 4 times a day, I just downed 4 at the one go. The pain did go away, but I also felt euphoric. It was amazing and for the first time I?m ages I managed to do all my cleaning etc, go out shopping. The simple things I don?t normally get to enjoy. Fast forward a year ..... I now have to take at least 6 30mg with my morning coffee just to function. I then half them and take half every hour until about lunch time and then I?m fine for the day. My max daily dose is 8 anyway so I try to stick to 8 (but obviously I don?t spread them out like I used to). My tolerance to opiates is MASSIVE. I no longer take Diazepam to help relax me or my muscles during very painful times because it?s a waste of time. I took 160mg Diazepam and felt nothing, so I just thought this is pointless. However I cannot stop this habit with the dihydrocodeine. Anyway, sorry for the speel, just wanted to explain my situation. My issue is ALCOHOL. I don?t know why all of a sudden I?m terrified about this because In the last year I?ve been blind drunk many times and nothing bad has happened. I go to bed and wake up and get on with my day. On Friday my friend Came round with wine and I poured a glass and has this thought ?what if I?ve damaged my heart and my respiratory system fails tonight and I die in my sleep?..... needless to say for some reason I have never worried about this before but I did on Friday and I sipped on half a glass of wine between 7:30pm and midnight when she went home. I was a nervous wreck. So anyway I have a big engagement party next weekend which obviously I planned on drinking at. I?m now terrified though that I will die in my sleep. I guess my question is (and I get that nobody can predict the future or know what?s going on in my body so I?m looking for personal ?opinions?) Are the chances of this happening - me dying in my sleep - on this daily dose mixed with alcohol really high? Bare in mind I have a
Majorly high tolerance to opiates. I want to be ?normal? and enjoy a drink with all my
Friends but I?m now terrified of it. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.

Anna
 
This is dangerous territory for us. We're obviously not liable for death in any kind of meaningful way, but that doesn't mean we want everyone to start dropping dead. What is responsible and what is the reality of your situation? Well, firstly, I'd like to say that your habit of Dihydrocodeine ingestion is not what you would call a severe Opioid habit. It's going to vary, as one would expect, but in general, you will see your average, full-stride dope-fiend using an amount of Heroin/Morphine approximately ten times what you ingest on a daily basis. I'm just trying to ease your mind, there will be discomfort upon cessation, but it will not be terrible.

Simply, there is no aphorism regarding the combined usage of powerful central nervous system depressants. The combined usage of these depressants and the safety thereof is variable and unchartable. What might kill you, might not even cause the next guy to take a nap (enzyme deficiency perhaps?). The only thing I can tell you is to keep a good point of reference in your mind regarding your level of intoxication. Death by drug intoxication is not something that happens without some kind of risky behavior.

We don't know about your health. Even if we had all of your medical records and took your vitals, we wouldn't be able to tell you how much Ethanol/DHC would be required to induce death by respiratory depression. There is no way of telling.

Lay on your side. Always lay on your side. Remember this. You feel like you're so fucked up you just can't stand, LAY ON YOUR SIDE. Tell a close friend to be on watch if you are that concerned. Alternatively, don't get fucked up and you won't have to deal with this fatalistic anxiety.

P.S. In the future, my friend, please try to break up your writing into paragraphs in which a basic idea is represented and described within each paragraph. It's very difficult for most people to read walls of text like that. No harm done, but in the future it will help you get more answers! Also, if you bump your own thread ever again I'm gonna do you like they did Robespierre. ;)
 
Sorry - I?m new and not used to posting in forums. I appreciate your reply though.

Anna x
 
Mixing alcohol with opioids is dangerous habit for various reason, and yes you could die from drug interactions, or OD.

What I find strange is that people continue to drink alcohol on opiates/opioids just for habit's sake. Are you actually able to get drunk while on dihydrocodeine? I was never able to feel any effect of alcohol, not even after 4-5 pints. Some people told me they 'just' need to drink more : ). That is very dangeours. Most of 'users' I talked with about this issue, confirmed they do not feel drunk while on opiates. The body (liver) can process only same amount of it as usual I suppose. I would not expect opiates could actually work as a kind of antidote for ethanol (Although allegedly opium was a part of Mihridate/Mithridatum ancient panacea antidot.). While on opiates people very often die form interactions, OD with alcohol etc, but in the end it is always guilt of heroin etc.
 
AddictedAnna said:
Sorry - I?m new and not used to posting in forums. I appreciate your reply though.

Anna x
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I was only joking Anna :). I have a dark and dry sense of humor. I imagine Vincent Price probably had a similar sense of humor, but I never actually met the guy, so who knows. I like to pretend though.

Anyhow, if you do happen to have any questions regarding what we do here or how you can be a helpful contributing member, feel free to contact me!
 
Yes I am able to get drunk. I don?t drink often. I really am
Not a big drinker. But when there is a special occasion I enjoy it. And when I have the odd catch up in the house I enjoy it. But I have 2 children,
One is just a toddler - so socialising is very rare. And having a hangover and a toddler to watch the next day is to much. Sometimes I just drive because I know I have my kids the next day. Also extremely paranoid about driving the day after I drink. If I feel I?ve deank to much I wait 2 days.

I never really worried about this before. I guess I thought because my dihydrocodeine was taken mostly in the morning I?d be ok - and so far I have. My consumption isn?t huge in comparison to some of the stories I?ve read (people
Taking like 40 pills a day) I take 8 - 10 max.

I guess I?m still at risk though and I?ve pretty much terrified myself now anyway, so who knows what I?ll do at this party next week.

I do know I have a huge tolerance to these types of pills. With my pain condition and anxiety disorder I was on diazepam and on a particularly bad day I took about 160mg in one go and felt barely a thing,
So I just stopped taking them. No point in putting them in my body if they ain?t gonna work anyway.

Thankyou for responding.

Anna x
 
It?s ok, I could tell you were joking (sort of lol). I?d like to be a good a contributing member. Any advice would be appreciated.

Anna x
 
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