Hi katie.
God really hit home reading your post. I too have fibromyalgia and also arthritis in the ankles. Im 27. 30 to 40 pills a day is incredible. Im on about 25 30mg tabs in a day easy so i run out pretty quickly of my prescription. Ive now started to buy codeine and DHC off of websites that are legite but very pricey. I think what your doing is very brave and you should be proud of yourself. Your doing right by your children so good for you. Ive withdrawn from DHC and i feel ya pain there! However the good thing i suppose is that the withdrawls can last up to 1-2weeks that varies how long they reduce you down to 0. I had really bad stomach cramps and diarrhoea which i usually get anyway when im off of DHC as DHC and codeine masks my ibs. Did you tell your GP how much you were taking? And hope you dont mind me asking have you got any long lasting damage to your body? Reply when you can but if i dont hear from you then good luck and wish you the best. AJ X
Hey I know you weren’t talking to me but seriously I’d consider not coming off them, the mental torture is brutal mate, I’ll not lie, even the hardest person in detox will cry like a baby, I cried with grown men every night, it was horrendous, iv done it tho and I’m 22 days clean, I went on lefexodine I think it was called to help withdraws now I’m on a blocker called Naltrexone, it’s really not good on your mental state, if I’d known I’d have stayed on them I can’t lie, please do your best because you can but honestly it’s the hardest thing iv ever went through, I only thought about physical withdrawal symptoms not mental, I’d masked loads of stuff the time I was on them and now the times came to deal with my crap, iv got an addictive personality so I’m struggling and always looking to fill the void but I’m back to work now and getting on but it’s blooming hard work mate, all the best.
I was taking ten with my energy drink just to feel normal, went to detox it was bloody hard, hardest thing iv ever done, nearly lost everything including my life, my mental state is bad tho and if I’d known I honestly can’t say I would have quit, I think I would have kept taking them, life was easier on them, bloody drs giving me them the way they were are to blame but so am I for being a clown and taking them, I got a buzz tho, what else was I supposed to do? I’m struggling mentally now tho, horrible x
Thanks for reying emma. Yeah im really dreading when im gonna end up not being able ti get hold of any. The websites are already on me ordering to many. This years been s**t already..i lost my dad on the 16th jan. He was an alcoholic but didnt have a bad bone in his body he was a diamond guy. Miss him alot. Anyway it sounds like youve cracked it tho getting off them..were you on DHC or Codeine? I dont think ill be able to come off em but i do know i need to calm down on em. You have any damage done? How old are you? Just wanna know if it takes years to damage your body or just a few years. Hitback.
Well done for coming off!! You should be very proud of yourself. Just hope one day I'll manage 
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Thanks for all the replies. Great to know I’m not alone. I dread the mental
Torture to Emma 😔 I’ve hardly
Taken any pills today and omg the withdrawal feelings are kicking in already. It starts as an extremely queasy and awful irritable feeling in my stomach than spreads through my body and I start to shiver x anyone know of the long lasting effects on the liver and
Anyone drank on them before?
Anna xx
I was taking dhc and codeine phosphate? I’m 29, I can’t pee, my bowel is pushing against my bladder and my hearts beating st half the speed it should be, iv done the damage so I’m not bothered there’s no point, I enjoyed the pills and I’m having to pay the price, I wouldn’t come off them it’s easier to be on them, honestly, coming off will be as close to going in a grave as you will be, so sorry to hear about your dad mate but do it for him, get clean so you don’t kill yourself if that’s what u want, I don’t lie tho I only tell the truth and I found it bloody hard, how old ru?
I feel like I’d be like you if I got “clean” ..... like my mind would end up so messed up with anxiety and the daily battle to stay off them as opposed to just cutting down. My sleeping patterns a mess anyway, and god knows what damage I’ve done. I rarely take more than 8 in a day. But still it’s bwen going on nearly 2 years and If I try not taking any I swear I waken up literally crawling out of my skin. It’s the most horrible feeling ever. Not sure if everyone gets the same withdrawals but I start to feel this horrific feeling right through my body as If something is trying to push through my skin. And I feel so cold
Inside I get goosebumps. They don’t go away until i take a pill The knot in my stomach is unbearable. I can’t cope at all so I just give in and take a few. Well done to you for managing though. I envy anyone who gets off this.
Anna xx
Believe me please when I say you can, I was on 40 a day and felt like you but 100 times worse, u only feel like that because you can and you have a back up plan, pills, if you don’t have any you’ll get thro it, please look in to rehab, I went and I cried day and night, couldn’t eat couldn’t smoke couldn’t drink juice couldn’t use the toilet couldn’t sleep couldn’t do anything and I mean anything, do you know it was that bad I said to my mum I’d rather loose her than go thro what iv went through, that’s how bad it was, think of the worst thing you’ve ever dealt with in your life and I can assure you you’ll get thro this, I went to an addiction service near me and got in to rehab, you can do the same, I watched grown men on their knees crying struggling and wanting to die, I was like that too, it made me feel better tho knowing what we are all going thro, send me your number if you want to chat or email address I’ll talk to you, if you’re only on 8 a day try going to 7 for a month? 6? Whatever you can or even 7 and a half, please please do it, if I can you can, honestly, I didn’t realise I’d have to change my life etc my friends, my mental health would be this bad but I just have to live with it, I said to someone “it’s easier just to take pills” she said “of course it’s easier you idiot that’s the easy way out, that’s why people don’t change” and that’s what I needed to hear, I was just going to take the easy way out, please try hun I swear if I can do it so can you, it’s not easy tho xx
I don’t drink so don’t know about that, my liver is fine and I’ve abused them 40 a day for a year, doesn’t mean everyone’s like that but I’m fine that way, my hearts goosed and I’m only 29 but that’s my own fault, no one else’s, I knew the risks and like an idiot became addicted because they took that nervous feeling away, I’m a total idiot, but I’m 23 days now hun and you can do the same, withdrawals ain’t good tho and Imodium has codeine in so watch what you’re taking xx
I didn’t know It could do heart damage? I thought if anything maybe liver or Bowles/stomach issues. Did they test your heart and tell
You that’s what caused it? I was put on these for a pain condition - but I DO have a severe panic and anxiety disorder which i take Valium when I’m in severe panic mode. But after taking these pills not only did they help with the pain, they also took away the nervous feeling that Valium was no longer helping for. So like an idiot I just started taking them even when not in pain. I’m not a big drinker anyway. But like to Join In on special occasions. Now I’m terrified of alcohol incase I die in my sleep - which is a bummer at big get togethers when ur used to joining in and having some drunken fun. Guess I took my right to do that away when I started abusing these pills 😔 and well done on 23 days. Are you feeling any benefits or are the cravings and daily struggle not to take any still really hard?
Anna xx
Hi everyone on this site x wow x i thought that i was the only one with this dirty little secret x i am on this and i have done for about 8 months but i take 60 or more some days xx this is the 3rd time i have ended up hooked on these and i have been into detox once where i came off them x i had loads of s**t waiting for me when i came out of detox in a positive mood xx i tried to rise above it but i ended up with severe anxiety and ended up on tablets for that x i managed for about 3 years or more and then my husband was put on DHC b ut wouldn't take them so i did x the temptation was just too great xx i buy them on line and my husband has told all my friends that i have parcels delivered but i just take them and put them in my bag and he thinks and so do all my friends and sister think that i am taking them x i won't be able to afford to take them for much longer so i am trying to cut down slowly because i know i'm not strong enough foe cold turkey xx i am a mess x overweight ..i smoke ....i drink and i take drugs x but i am a respectable 57 year old Grandmother so if it can happen to me it can happen to anyone Xxs please let us all try together to somwehow get free from this s**t and try somehow to find something to fill the void xx not drink or drugs Xx poor you all x i know how so very easy it is to carry on taking them especially if you have problems of any other kind but really after a while it ends up just adding to them xx live to you all xx
Hi I’m the exact same, Valium do nothing for me so started taking stupid amounts of pain meds, my heart is screwed because of them, iv to go in to hospital in April, can’t be that bad or I’d be called in before but the reason is the amount of pills I’ve taken, yesterday was a very bad day and would have murdered for some pills but I got through it, I honestly have never felt so bad in my life, lost three stone in weight, I didn’t realise taking the pills was blocking out my feelings and that’s not good because now I have to face them without pills and that’s a struggle, it’s so hard, I just smoke more fags now, gotta do something eh? I should have went to doc and got my feelings under control without abusing pain meds like a total idiot, we all make mistakes tho eh? A mistake I’ll live with for the rest of my life because my family use it against me, I can’t go out and not answer the phone or they’re rapid on the prone to every Tom dick and Harry wanting to know if iv been seen etc, I won’t be controlled thro this for the rest of my life.
Don’t envey anyone hun honest it’s easier to stay on them and if I was single etc and no work etc I’d be right back on them but gotta keep clean and concentrate on getting my life back, not easy tho babe x
Ahh emma im feeling for ya 
soundd really really stressful but try stay strong though. How long was you taking them for for you to have heart problems?? I ended up with out any DHC for a few days as i couldn't resist taking my last 14 in one go . Its so easy to get them delivered when ever i want for how much i want as monies no issue for me so im wondering about my heart as i do get palpitations etc. Feels bruised almost. If i dont hear from you good luck anyway. X
Hey only took them for one year, started off on 8 a day for a few months then it’s got worse and worse and worse and in the last 3 months 40 a day, I wish I could take 14 right now, my life would feel complete 😣 I’m sad that iv got something missing out my life, to be honest everyone’s different, you could take for years and your heart could be fine, I’m just unlucky haha, I’m not bothered tbh I choose to take them knowing the risks so I face the consequences, end of story really, I know it doesn’t sound like I care but I can’t change the past xxx
Ah rite that dont sound good i suppose 40 is quite alot though! So are you literally on nothing now then? Or are you taking something for your heart? Its just so tempting init you just wanna keep chasing that feeling you get on DHC! Sometimes i smoke abit of weed but that makes me feel worse and stops the full affect of the DHC working init. Na it sounds like you've come to terms with whats happend aye. Xx
On Naltrexone now, it’s a blocker, doesn’t make me stop craving but if I use I won’t get the effects anyway even tho I forget that and think I can use and get a buzz, my brain is fried and I wish it wasn’t haha, got nothing for my heart yet, gotta get hooked up to a machine for 48 hours to see the full extent of the damage, been told I’ll die before I’m 31 but if that means I’m guaranteed another year a half I’m happy, I mean who’s guaranteed another day? No one, that’s my attitude anyway haha, seriously tho I don’t care about my heart, I buggered it myself so nothing I can do now, I still think about the buzz I got but I wouldn’t get that again anyway, I’m 28 days clean today, hope I can say in 6 months time that I’m six months clean, hoping so anyway x
F**k sake putting me off taking anymore haha. I have been cutting down anyway since ive had chest pains quite scary to be honest i have the doctors tomorrow evening so ill get them to a few blood tests check my enzymes etc as i nearly died on a legal high a few years back so im hoping the doctor remembers that and hasnt let me have 3 years worth of DHC lol. Well 28 days is brilliant well done. Dunno how youve done it feels impossible just talking about it now so good for you emma17237 
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Emma how can they be 100% sure that it was the DHC that caused your heart issues? How do they know you didn’t already have an unknown underlying heart condition anyway? Just out of curiosity wanting to know how they KNOW it was DHC?
Anna xxx