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Tapering from dihydracodeine

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Byecodeine

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Hi I'm a newbie on this forum, but sadly, I'm not a newbie to opiates :(
I've been hooked on opiated for nearly 4 years, thanks to a doctor.
It all started with a headache 4 years ago, that turned into a 5 day migraine, for which I was hospitalised with.
I was diagnosed with clusters, a form of migraines, but different.
The hospital told me I needed to visit my doctor to discuss some pain management for the clusters.
I did just that... And wish I hadn't !!
he put me on codeine, and over a few months I began to feel quite sick if I didn't take them.
I went back and told the doc, and he told me that I had an addiction to them.. So he took me off of them and replaced them with Tramadol !! .. I know right!? Even worse!! .... so here I was addicted to codeine and then given tramadol.
I stayed on tramadol for 2 years, untill my mother came with me to the docs to explain that he was making me ill.
I told him that he needs to help me get off of the tramadol as I was very much dependant on them and told him I was even getting them from friends when my prescription run out.. My two little boys needed their mummy to be normal again ...... The docs response ... "It's ok, you'll be fine, I'll give you a prescription for a months supply this time instead of a week"
... Shock shock horror!!!! ....
I gave up with Doctors realising that I wasn't going to get help and lost all faith in the health service. I started to buy transformed from websites and couldn't see a way out! ... Well this all changed this year, when tramadol became a controlled drug in June.
I had no option but to switch back to dihydracodeine, I had come full circle.. But quite proud I had come off the tramadol as this was worse than codeine.
I have found out I'm pregnant again, we are over the moon, I decided to find faith in the health service again, and visited a new doctor who has given me support! I have regained some faith again, and have dropped my dosage from "30mg x 2, 5 times. Day" to "30mg x 2 twice daily" I'm tapering slowly, as cold turkey can bring on miscarriage.
I'm feeling a lot better and so much more confident and positive about things now! .. today was the first day my body decided to adjust to the new dosage and I must say that feels good!!! ... I'm finally getting my life back and my children have their happy mummy back xx
I'm happy that all through this they had no idea of what was going on, they just new I sometimes didn't feel very well. it hasn't affected them at all xx
 
Im in a similar boat mate, but i use alot more for the sole purpose of getting high i was on 600 mg of codeine every day. Atm im using Kratom as a replacement It's an MU-opioid antagonist i would be fucked without it. I honestly think you could switch and be off the DHC in no time if you tried. Kratom is a similar to buzz to low end opiods

Edit- Didn't realize you were pregnant so not sure if kratom is a good idea

So do you actually get properly dope sick, or is it just the cravings that get to you, for me its just cravings and the desire to use it rather then anything physically horrendous happening.
 
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that high feeling is great isn't it? .. that feeling of satisfaction and intense happiness is amazing! .. I found the tramadol had a longer effect with that feeling, Being a slow release I suppose that makes sense. the codeine high doesn't seem to last long.
Yes I've heard amazing stuff about Kratom! What is it?! .. I havnt heard of it untill the past few days browsing on here. Are you from the uk? .. I don't seem to have any physical withdrawals with tapering, in contrast to cold turkey where I was in extreme pain with cramps and diarrhea! I was never sick but felt extremely sick. With tapering, I just have the probem with energy, and a bit if boredom! Lol. today has been a lot better tho! Xx
 
Yeah im UK, ive abused plenty of dihydrocodeine in big doses. I would cold water extract 2 packs of Paramol and chug it all down, I used to drink a bottle of codeine linctus a day. Im banned from practically every one of my local pharmacies from buying OTC opioids. T

Kratom is a plant from the same family as the coffee plant, It makes you feel good, gives you physical energy, even has slight analgesic qualities and numbs opiate cravings, i only been using it since last week. I have to try get off the stuff now because my source for codeine is fucked. I dont have a doc like yourself : )


You should come here http://www.bluelight.org/vb/threads/721389-Really-Nice-Codeine-Thread/page7 thats where we discuss about it
 
How come you don't have a doctor? .. I shall ask about the Kratom, if I wasn't pregnant I would have just taken it lol. thanks for the info on that? .. So how far have you come in your recovery? you sound like you've had a hard time! .. I never took more than 10 codeine a day, I was worried about overdosing, especially as I have young children. I'm actually really glad I didn't see that others were taking upto 20 a day sometime more, as I would have taken more than 10 with the attitude - "well everyone else is ok, I will be too if I take more" lol.
this had probably saved me from a lot more pain and suffering. X
 
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