Codeine Withdrawal Day 1 

I've been taking codeine in any form for 10 years now. It all started with a car crash and I was prescribed dyhdrocodeine and that was that, hooked. I loved the high I got from the codeine but hated the feeling of not having any and felt like crap. I'm currently on day 6 cold Turkey and the only thing that is really bothering me are the headaches. Hopefully they will disappear this week. To everyone fighting this battle, we can do it, have faith in yourself.

I'm on day 4 of withdrawals, my body is still aching so bad, especially my back and hips. I've been throwing up, hot and cold shivers, sweating, insomnia but if I have dropped off for a minute,I wake up out of a delirious nightmare. Nose is blocked, it now feels like flu, yesterday was the worst, I pray to god I make it through.

I wouldnt advise taking them once you have stopped ....you will slip straight back down the rabbit hole ...

Hey just watched this man i hope you did good and recovered wish you the best in life man

Thanks man currently battling an addiction with cough syrup

I totally get when you mean. I’m a week clean now and there’s times when I’m so happy and I’m like yes I’m coming off these tablets I’m turning my life around, and then there’s times usually later in the day when I’m like I’m never going to feel happy again unless I take these tablets and my body is screaming to take them. I found it hardest mentally, the physical symptoms are shit but I can deal with them, it’s that powerful overwhelming urge I get to take them resonating in my mouth that’s hardest to deal with. Great video mate thanks for sharing

When I was addicted to codeine I found doing breathing exercises and holding my breath for a minute seemed to help

Day 2 going cold turkey for me, second time round over 6 years of heavy codine usage. Really glad I stumbled across this video as it made me take the decision to accept what I'm in for and not make the decision in the morning to go get some more after running out of prescribed dosages and all the other sources I have, which is a situation i have every two weeks in reality. There isn't many videos from the uk talking about this sort of stuff openly. So thanks for sharing your story! It does help to talk, cheers Adam....Manchester

Stay strong buddy you’re doing the right thing I’m laid in bed on day 3 my backs in bits my legs are frigging killing me & I feel like jumping out the window 😔😔😔it’ll be worth it in the end I didn’t intend getting addicted but my idiot doctor missed a fracture in my foot so here I am 6mth later trying to get off 300mg of codeine 5000mg of paracetamol make sure you go get a liver & kidney function test too! Stay strong mate 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Well done, you should be so proud of yourself it’s a really hard thing to do

Currently quitting cocodomol due to self medicating for my epilepsy, was having one or two 30 500s every day for a few months, last time I had cocodomol was yesterday at half 7 in the evening

Youve only been a few hours in. Wait until you hit day 3 or 4. You will be stuck in bed in agony thinking you're dying and the only time you will leave bed is to explode diarrhea into the toilet multiple times a day

Stay strong bro. God Bless.

Day 1 again for me... Hope u are well? U are either in or your out it will be very detrimental to your recovery if you are going to use even for legitimate pain. All the best to you either way x

I was on the same amount of codeine and the withdrawal is savage. I honestly thought I was coming down with something else! Nausea, irritability, hot and cold flushes. I'm on day 3 off the codeine, hopefully it goes soon! Thanks for the video dude, good luck.

You are right, you can only quit if you want. If you are fed up and if your desire to quit is greater than desire of drugs. Hope you are doing good buds.....

I've withdrawn from 1000mg a day tramadol habit. Even though withdrawing from codeine wont be a severe but still be awful. Best advice I can give is have plenty of water and make sure to have plenty of showers and baths the sleep loss and restless leg can be worst part. Nows the time to stop.. Don't let the idea of withdrawals put you off stopping as I feel the symptoms can make people stay on it. Any advice I can give people let me know I will try my best to give ppl my advice.

Wish you the best.

Hats off to you, I'm trying very hard but proper addicted

I am on day 2 of going clean .... I was at the stage where i was chewing them like tic tacs to get a faster release effect. The worst withdrawl is the aching in the legs ...sleeps been terrible too.

I can't do it tried for years guys my advice is DONT ever start!. I've been using opioids for 22 years now started off with distalgesic (co proxamol) as it produced a nice intense high was on them for 7 years until they were removed off market ,then switched to co codamol, wasn't enough then tramadol then dihydrocodeine! I was put on bupronorphine in 2009 been on them till this day and even now I struggle. I still slip up now and use dihydrocodeine every now and then! Very hard to stop and as we all do find it very hard to cope with lifes struggles as I have one hell of a lot ! Everytime I've fought it I'm drastically knocked down again for example my ex wife always on my case and uses my children as a weapon because I absolutely love them and she knows where it hurts me! Plus every other thing what goes on I find it impossible to quit myself! So I know all of you who have problems with drug use dont be like me be strong! Remember your not alone

Day 2 for me, felt awful day 1 physically and mentally. Just as bad physically today. I was onky taking 30/500 for 2 weeks for concussion prescribed by hospital and now I feel worse than I did in the first place. I'd just give it a miss and deal with the pain...

I have been taking 30-40 Codeine tablets a day for the past 7 months and I’m now trying to quit, it’s not easy but me and my girlfriend are having a baby and I want to be clean by the time the baby is born.

thanks ~~~~~ comments are a fantastic read ~ priceless

I was clean for 20 year, now I'm inn again+ drinking problem+ benzos+ lyrica sometimes. I don't fear fysical withdrawal as much as I fear my MDD and neurasthenia come back. Feeling like I'm trapped...

I was addicted for yrs and was taking 60 Neurofens per day. When I quit abruptly I was squirming on the floor in agony and had acute agitation like a million wasps under my skin. No sleep for almost a week which was the worst part. Week 2 was a little better with short periods of sleep. Eventually I got that morning where all the symptoms abated by about 60% with cycles of ups and downs. After I was clear the next month I was exhausted with low energy and depressed as shit and wanted to cry many times. I was craving the highs again and this is the most difficult part to resist buying them again. It was hell all the way and make no mistake...if you have been a serious addict these withdrawals are as bad as any other substance but it depends on how long you have been using and how many you have been taking. I really hope all codeine laced over the counter meds are made script only.

How are you doing now? Once you stop taking them you’ll feel like you’re in a lot more pain than u really are so after a few weeks or a month you should be able to take them as needed?

Been around 6 months ish and I've been on around 120-400mg a day. I feel so sick to the stomach and the headaches, heartbeat is crazy fast at times and anxious. I've detoxed before but holy shit this is the worse, even on a low dose it's killing me internally.

I have only been on them for 2 weeks and some days I only took one or two. I must be super sensitive to them because I am so sore all over and feeling really down. I am going to try and tapper down instead of coming straight off of them.

I’ve took upwards of 32 neurofen plus tablets on and off for 10 years. My day 1 is today. I am determined yet terrified.

I hve been abusing codeine phosphate since 2012. Sometime 7-8 bottles of cough syrup...sometimes ifelt like I did an overdose and I m going to die( as to when my whole body lay numb..no sense of touch. I would hold my other hand and it wud feel like I held smbdy else's hand( spooky )). I used to feel like someone is patting my back ...trying to wake me up whenever I lay myself down in bed....I started getting frequent bouts in head left leg hand, back....man what a terrible thing drugs are...I finally decided to quit ..couple of weeks back(withdrawal was hell, heartbeat raised, exessive sweat, cramps in body, no dyhrria,shivering hand n legs, I could feel the flow of blood in my veins but now after consulting a psychiatric..so far so good...I m only suffering from insomnia....I guess 8 years to drug abuse, insomnia will take time to get fixed..

I am on a slow release codeine contin 150 mgs per day. I want to quit but have tried and the withdrawal symptoms are monstrous. Nausea is the worst. fever, chills, hot flashes, anxiety attacks, insommnia and unbearable pain. I am so scared. I have been on a doctor prescribed prescription of these for eight years now.Yikes, please help me!

I am taking 630mg pure codeine a day when I get my prescription.. I get 200 tablets every 28 days ... I am currently withdrawing and I take 60/500 cocodamol every 4 hours as I swear I wont ever take more than recommended dose of cocodamol because the paracetamol will have you very quickly into your grave than any pure codeine would.. So atm I am anxious, cold, hot and sweaty mess.. hate it!! I hope you managed to kick your habit man, its the pits ..

Are you still clean? Care to talk in whatsup and share experience of recovery?

It's a nightmare, my doctor told me to taper off them because I was taking 14 Co-codamol 30/500 a day and they weren't even doing much anymore. My life is a misery at the minute.

Hope youre doing ok

Day 1 for me. 4 boxes of cocodamol via cwe everyday for about 4 years. Ive also got work 🤦‍♀️

Hi mate good luck , you from brum ?

How did you get on? I’m currently planning to go cold turkey any advice much appreciated

So what happened?

How did you get on?

I was using 40mg of codeine every day for the last 4 months. It's day 3 of being clean and I think the worst of it is over. Yesterday was the worst - I was sweating, restless, had diarrhea, was twitching like a junkie. Today I have the Chronic Daily Headache but it should pass soon. We can do this.

i keep going up to day 6 or 7 after that i cant do it the Migraines gets way way intense not good yeah maybe one day.

Did you complete getting off them

He looks fit and fine.

Hey dude, you're right, a lot of withdrawal vids are Americans who are on percocets, oxys. I am from the England too, on day 4 of a heroin withdrawal, this is soo brutal, only just realised the UK had an opiate issue via codiene, as not many do the gear. I am hoping to get off it all, have been thinking about getting an OTC co codamol but I guess it will just prolong my withdrawal, by day 7 i know I will be good.

My husband he seasher med.and sipatrophic drug.plus hydracordrom.

Wow, this isn't "Codeine" by Trampled by Turtles

1 day of withdrawal can't stand still and I take it again today,so sad

I’m on Day 1 of a Codeine detox

I quit sipping promethazine codeine now I can't go back to sleep and I have high blood pressure can anyone help me? I didn't even put that much it was pink it didn't even get me high I just want to go to sleep again it be about 6 weeks now

Hi. It's day 5 for me. Are u still about xx

First day no lean😭

Is it me or are the doctors prescribing this drug total arseholes? It says all over the Internet that no one should take codine (cocodamol in my case) longer than 4 to 6 weeks. It's as if they give you whatever it takes to get you out of their office then forget about you. The government needs to put strong regulatory guidelines and rules in place, stopping them from abandoning patients like this. Clearly the days of the caring family doctor are long, long gone. The medical profession is now manned by mercenaries.

Im about to do this. God help me. Been taking panadeine forte for 5 years. It started with 1 tablet 3x a day, then after 2 years went to 1 tablet every 6 hours, 3rd yr, 1 tablet every 4 hrs, and 4th yr, it went up to 1.5 tab every 8 hrs, and 5th year 1.5 tab every 4 hrs. The longer ive taken the more codeine i needed to feel the effects. Never had a side effect or health problems but the C*nts in medical centres are refusing to prescribe them to even someone with spinal injury. To survive we need to accept that the government will always want to control you, its not because they care about your health - if they did then smoking & drinking should be banned too but it makes money so they dont ban those things. In order to be free, we cannot remain addicted to anything because they can easily take that away. We must be independent. If i could grow codeine and make panadeine forte in my backyard i wouldnt be quitting. Im quitting because that day is coming when it will no longer be accessible. Im not quitting because its harmful, ive spoken to 8 doctors who verify that codeine is harmless in controlled amounts, just like chocolate and sugar. Its not the codeine thats bad for you, its the paracetamol that is toxic. Yet they have paracetamol in grocerry stores like tic tacs and easily bought by kids. Ive had more patients overdose and die from paracetamol and none of codeine (unless you have the gene that multiplies its morphine metabolic affects where a baby died from drinking breast milk of a mother who took codeine which was 0.02 % of population) Other than that Codeine is harmless, you literally have to take 300 mgs in 7 hrs to overdose. And 1 tab only contains 30mg. Its a bullsh#t world full of politics and control. Why? Because Codeine activates parts of the brain/consciousness similar to weed. Government doesnt want you to be there. Im quitting so i no longer rely on something that can be taken away. Simple as that.

Hi how are you getting on ?

How r u doing now buddy

Day 2 here, usually take 2x 30mg every 4hours, sometimes more. Tried to quit multiple times over past 2 years with no joy. Wish me luck. 👊❤️

You’ve only been off em 12 hrs!? You talking like you’ve been off them 12 days! People have asked you to update which in 1 case you’ve liked but you haven’t given update? So I take it you’re still on them??????????? Paracetamol is addictive and worse for you than codeine

Lone wanderer ....are you off them mate ?

Interesting as codine makes me constipated

im on day 2 of withdrawal, i was taking 600 mg codiene a day (ie up to 64 neurofen Plus a day, took them all at once), for about 3 years. I have only 4 vallium tablets left, they have helped, but I fear I'm in for a hell of a ride. Any info on whats in store for me? Doctors refused to help, and "drug centres" in the UK have all closed down thanks to Tory government. Any info will be appreciated.

Day2 men my legs and back is paining fucking badly..

I'm on 800mg daily.. yea..🤦