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Anyone else had a codeine addiction?

Misterx1976 said:
Is that true?

Ive been taking codene for 2 weeks is that enough to be addicted?
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I doubt it very much, unless you have a history of opiate addiction.

However, the only way to know is to stop for a week and see how you feel. You might feel a little sluggish, even depressed - but if you've developed proper dependence you will know about it for sure...

Plus, if you don't have a break to assess your situation, the chances of developing a full blown addiction will increase almost exponentially...
 
Allein said:
I hope note, I've been taking about 300mg a day for a few months, I don't get the feeling of dependence and can go all day on occasion without taking any.I've been on and off Codeine and morphine for 18 months but I'm still pretty confident I'd suffer noting more than a bit of discomfort and a bout of the shits if I CTd
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Is this true I have using for 2 weeks will I be addicted already?
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
I doubt it very much, unless you have a history of opiate addiction.However, the only way to know is to stop for a week and see how you feel. You might feel a little sluggish, even depressed - but if you've developed proper dependence you will know about it for sure...
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Was a Herron addict 15 years ago I've been clean 15 years Surely the doctor would tell me to take them everyday if I was going to get addicted?
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
I doubt it very much, unless you have a history of opiate addiction.However, the only way to know is to stop for a week and see how you feel. You might feel a little sluggish, even depressed - but if you've developed proper dependence you will know about it for sure...Plus, if you don't have a break to assess your situation, the chances of developing a full blown addiction will increase almost exponentially...
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I had a day off last Thursday slept ok and didn't feel a thing
 
Misterx1976 said:
Was a Herron addict 15 years ago I've been clean 15 years Surely the doctor would tell me to take them everyday if I was going to get addicted?
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Ah, then tread carefully sir (and well done on staying clean for 15 years). So your codeine is prescribed? What dose per day? Does your doctor know your history? I would be extremely wary in your situation mate.
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
Ah, then tread carefully sir (and well done on staying clean for 15 years). So your codeine is prescribed? What dose per day? Does your doctor know your history? I would be extremely wary in your situation mate.
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60mg every twice but I've been going mad with them for 2 weeks I only take them at night and I feel spot on during the day I don't want to rattle for anything ever again
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
I think you really need to take more than one day off to assess your situation properly. Perhaps after 15 years clean you'll be ok, I wouldn't know myself - not gone that long yet..
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Do you think 2 or 3 weeks every night is enough to be addicted mate?
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
Only you will know that. Do you think you can possibly not have any for 3 nights at least? If not, i'd be very worried...
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Easy I've given up Herioin and Alchohol in the past, I could easy not have any for the rest of the weekHowever wanting to ejoy it is a different matterDo I want to not have any for the rest of the week? hell no
 
I've been off heroin for nearly 4 years but have been taking codeine or DHC for about 2. Definitely addicted but need them for chronic scoliosis, that and yep, I like it. I do find that my enjoyment of these weak opiates doesn't require a constant increase in dosage though. The only thing I've noticed from being a heavy heroin user previously is that my 'ability' to withdraw has gone up considerably. At present I'm at roughly 30mg of DHC 3 times a day and I'd like to come down a bit. Sometimes I go up when the back gives me jip and then I go down and yep, it's a pain but the alternative is constant pain. I've made my choice. For now.
 
amnesiaseizure said:
I've been off heroin for nearly 4 years but have been taking codeine or DHC for about 2. Definitely addicted but need them for chronic scoliosis, that and yep, I like it. I do find that my enjoyment of these weak opiates doesn't require a constant increase in dosage though. The only thing I've noticed from being a heavy heroin user previously is that my 'ability' to withdraw has gone up considerably. At present I'm at roughly 30mg of DHC 3 times a day and I'd like to come down a bit. Sometimes I go up when the back gives me jip and then I go down and yep, it's a pain but the alternative is constant pain. I've made my choice. For now.
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Does it get you as quick as heroin?

If i had heroin everyday for 2 week id be back on it no doubt
But ive taken these for 2 week and i can leave them alone
 
I was taking codeine in large amounts, every single day, for a couple of years. Normally a couple of bottles of linctus, preferably. If not, then as many packets of co-codamol that I could CWE. Ended up on Subutex (bupe), after seeking help from my GP, and his suggestion of methadone sounded a bit extreme (hence, my suggestion of bupe). I was initially prescribed about 35-40 30mg codeine phosphate tablets a DAY, but kept blazing through them in a couple of days, and going out to buy more. It couldn't continue, and cold turkey wasn't something I was prepared to do (I just wanted to stay high, in reality). Coming off bupe was much worse than codeine. I stopped codeine cold-turkey, a couple of times, when I was too unwell to leave the house. It was pretty unpleasant, but it wasn't the same as bupe, or what I'd imagine methadone to be like. Even so, codeine is not something you can pretend isn't a real drug/addiction. It's crap, but it definitely presses the right buttons to cause some huge issues. A mate of mine ended up on methadone, for exactly the same reason, and he's been on it for about three or four years, and ended up on smack and crack for a period.

I hate what opiates do to people. They killed my sex drive, causing my girlfriend to leave me, and turned me into a complete mong. I've had periods of taking DHC and other stuff, since I came off bupe, and the craving never lasted longer than the high. The constipation alone from codeine was that bad that I didn't really shit for a month, at one point and that scared me, because I was eating. (Milk of magnesia, if you need a very effective constipation remedy, without the cramps and shits you get from most things. It simply causes water to be drawn into your colon, so you can pass waste.) When I first started, 100mg used to leave me itching and nauseous. By the end, I could nail two bottles of linctus (1,200mg) and not feel anything. The ceiling effect definitely exists, at least in my experience. Anything above 400mg was pretty much a waste. To answer the thread title, 'yes, and it wasn't worth even bothering with'.

If you feel like you might have a problem with codeine, taper/stop your use, ASAP, because doing what I did and switching to something 'doctor recommended' is way worse. If you're even more unlucky, you might even pick up a smack and crack habit! It sounds laughable, but I'm deadly serious.
 
Treacle said:
I was taking codeine in large amounts, every single day, for a couple of years. Normally a couple of bottles of linctus, preferably. If not, then as many packets of co-codamol that I could CWE. Ended up on Subutex (bupe), after seeking help from my GP, and his suggestion of methadone sounded a bit extreme (hence, my suggestion of bupe). I was initially prescribed about 35-40 30mg codeine phosphate tablets a DAY, but kept blazing through them in a couple of days, and going out to buy more. It couldn't continue, and cold turkey wasn't something I was prepared to do (I just wanted to stay high, in reality). Coming off bupe was much worse than codeine. I stopped codeine cold-turkey, a couple of times, when I was too unwell to leave the house. It was pretty unpleasant, but it wasn't the same as bupe, or what I'd imagine methadone to be like. Even so, codeine is not something you can pretend isn't a real drug/addiction. It's crap, but it definitely presses the right buttons to cause some huge issues. A mate of mine ended up on methadone, for exactly the same reason, and he's been on it for about three or four years, and ended up on smack and crack for a period.

I hate what opiates do to people. They killed my sex drive, causing my girlfriend to leave me, and turned me into a complete mong. I've had periods of taking DHC and other stuff, since I came off bupe, and the craving never lasted longer than the high. The constipation alone from codeine was that bad that I didn't really shit for a month, at one point and that scared me, because I was eating. (Milk of magnesia, if you need a very effective constipation remedy, without the cramps and shits you get from most things. It simply causes water to be drawn into your colon, so you can pass waste.) When I first started, 100mg used to leave me itching and nauseous. By the end, I could nail two bottles of linctus (1,200mg) and not feel anything. The ceiling effect definitely exists, at least in my experience. Anything above 400mg was pretty much a waste. To answer the thread title, 'yes, and it wasn't worth even bothering with'.

If you feel like you might have a problem with codeine, taper/stop your use, ASAP, because doing what I did and switching to something 'doctor recommended' is way worse. If you're even more unlucky, you might even pick up a smack and crack habit! It sounds laughable, but I'm deadly serious.
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Never going back to smack

Wont happen

Ill just calm the use down its only been 2 weeks
 
Yes, you can leave them alone. Don't think you can't. Doesn't mean you shouldn't be careful though.

Its pretty common for those with and without opiate use histories (not pointing the finger at you Teacle) to infer or directly say you can't ever go back to opiates once over an addiction, and with good reason, but there are some who can. It can be equally as harmful to generalise and create self fulfilling prophesies for those who'd make better use of a reasoned approach. In my case, there are many reasons why I won't go back to heroin but am happy with the amount of DHC I take. I'm sure in one sense I'm leaving the door open but in another I'm regulating a physical medical issue. Your reasons are your own in the end. Good luck.
 
I understand what you're saying, mate, and agree, but what you're doing sounds like famous last words.
 
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