Hi guys
After 12 months stuck heavily on codeine for severe migraines and on and off for a few years before hand after 6 leg surgeries i decided it was time to seek new medications non opiates for my migraines and i feel now my legs are strong enough withou pain killers, since i found myself starting to take the codeine daily amd in large quantities and not just for migraines but only if i was feeling down tired etc. Ive been off 3 days now and late day one about 16 hours after my last dose i woke from a nap terrified having an anxiety attack and ended up on the floor in uncontrollable shakes and sweats of which i thought i was going to die, my missus found me like that and called an ambulance and i spent the night in hospital with 2 bags of fluids put through me and monitoring. After the 2 bags of fluid i was still getting severe shakes so am on a course of diazepam just to control the muscle spasms, anxiety and restless legs for the next few days. My main questions are is it normal for such strong withdrawal to come on and even though highly anxious still and small deep shakes and and getting little frights and scared of nothing what are the chances im out of the worst of it or is there the worst still to come? what are other things i can do to help take the edge off and how much longer can i expect the bad anxiety to last its now been about 72 hours sice last dose but eased off doses for a week now.
Regards
After 12 months stuck heavily on codeine for severe migraines and on and off for a few years before hand after 6 leg surgeries i decided it was time to seek new medications non opiates for my migraines and i feel now my legs are strong enough withou pain killers, since i found myself starting to take the codeine daily amd in large quantities and not just for migraines but only if i was feeling down tired etc. Ive been off 3 days now and late day one about 16 hours after my last dose i woke from a nap terrified having an anxiety attack and ended up on the floor in uncontrollable shakes and sweats of which i thought i was going to die, my missus found me like that and called an ambulance and i spent the night in hospital with 2 bags of fluids put through me and monitoring. After the 2 bags of fluid i was still getting severe shakes so am on a course of diazepam just to control the muscle spasms, anxiety and restless legs for the next few days. My main questions are is it normal for such strong withdrawal to come on and even though highly anxious still and small deep shakes and and getting little frights and scared of nothing what are the chances im out of the worst of it or is there the worst still to come? what are other things i can do to help take the edge off and how much longer can i expect the bad anxiety to last its now been about 72 hours sice last dose but eased off doses for a week now.
Regards