Hey,
Ive been on codeine for the past month or so. I just stopped and I feel like trash. I was really not expecting to face any noticeable withdrawal, because I was taking very small doses, I took days off, and I tapered down before stopping.
I actually stopped a few days ago, didnt even notice the w/d until the end of day 3 when I started feeling like absolute trash so I took a small dose and felt better within 15 minutes. So its gotta be w/ds. Now I cant stop thinking about re-dosing. I tried some loperamide which didnt seem to do anything much.
Its really weird. While I was using this past month every 24-48 hours I didnt think about it at all, then i stopped and didnt notice anything for almost 3 days before taking that small dose. And now im obsessed and thinking about using it again within 12 hours of the last dose.
I can taper down further, altho my experience with tapers is that once it gets to such a small dose that i cant feel it, I just want to take more even if i don't feel sick.
I have plenty of doxylamine, diphenhydramine, and loperamide, a small amount of clonidine, and a very small amount of DHC. Plus plenty of codeine
So whats the best way to do this? Taper down a few more days, switch to equivalent low dose of DHC for 2 days, then stop and take clonidine?
Ive been on codeine for the past month or so. I just stopped and I feel like trash. I was really not expecting to face any noticeable withdrawal, because I was taking very small doses, I took days off, and I tapered down before stopping.
I actually stopped a few days ago, didnt even notice the w/d until the end of day 3 when I started feeling like absolute trash so I took a small dose and felt better within 15 minutes. So its gotta be w/ds. Now I cant stop thinking about re-dosing. I tried some loperamide which didnt seem to do anything much.
Its really weird. While I was using this past month every 24-48 hours I didnt think about it at all, then i stopped and didnt notice anything for almost 3 days before taking that small dose. And now im obsessed and thinking about using it again within 12 hours of the last dose.
I can taper down further, altho my experience with tapers is that once it gets to such a small dose that i cant feel it, I just want to take more even if i don't feel sick.
I have plenty of doxylamine, diphenhydramine, and loperamide, a small amount of clonidine, and a very small amount of DHC. Plus plenty of codeine
So whats the best way to do this? Taper down a few more days, switch to equivalent low dose of DHC for 2 days, then stop and take clonidine?