Day 20 - 12:50pm
Tylex - 90mgs
Trannex - 1.5mgs
So I'm going to continue on 90mgs of Tylex for a week, then drop by 30mgs each week thereafter. I might even lessen that timespan as I don't want to be taking anything in a month from now, preferably. As far as I recall the b/o of codeine is ~40% (please correct me if I'm wrong on that), so considering this, it's not a massive amount although still enough to prolong mild withdrawals. They're more so very annoying symptoms as opposed to debilitating but they're enough to justify a gradual wean as if theres one thing I hate its having to shower twice a day due to sweats. I'd run out of clothes in a short period too, although having saved €400 over these past few weeks thats something I've been buying more of. I can feel the chills and sweats dissipating now so evidently it was the codeine that was causing them as opposed to the Lyrica as I haven't taken any today and don't plan on doing so.
The mood is ok today. I'll give it a 6/10. Got out for a cycle in the morning sunshine That could dip and rise over the course of the next few weeks but such is the price of having relapsed for those few weeks and of course a symptom of using and now tapering down from the codeine in a successful effort to mitigate acute withdrawals, not to mention PAWS in general.
I recall getting sober in 2019/2020 which I did over 10 days with a fistful of Neurophen Plus and a tube of Diclac gel in Lanzarote (one of the easiest withdrawals ever which I mainly attribute to the weather and the Long Island Iced Teas for sleep) but my concentration was ridiculously poor for a month or two afterward and just as I was about to graduate from my Music Management & Production Course and move on to my Diploma the pandemic hit and my concentration came back better than ever. Typical. Wrote some nice music during that time. Of course, then people were accusing me of being on uppers because I was so happy and sociable.
May add some more thoughts as the day progresses - especially in terms of shortening that tapering plan regarding the codeine. If I can cut that down to 2 weeks I'd be much happier (in theory), although I'm glad that the 90mgs is doing it as opposed to the 150mgs. I hope everyone is doing well and thank you for reading.
