Addicted to dihydrocodeine help!!

So do i now. I know that it can cause "respiratory depression" but i know DHC is safer to take than CODEINE can anyone assure me im right? Obviously i havent told my doctor how much im taking but they prescribe me 200 DHC every 25 days.. for about 2 years now so surely they arnt giving me dangerous amounts to overdose? Can anyone please reply back soon as i have the doctors tomorrow and thinking about telling them whats going on.

PEACE x

Believe me I thought it was impossible but clearly it wasn’t because iv done it, if I was you I’d make the most of taking what you can until you have to stop, once you’ve stopped all you do is remember how good your life was when on them, I miss those days of feeling amazing, now everyday I feel crap, depressed, struggling to want to do anything, I used to get up the morning just to take pills, what do I get up for now? To face another struggle without them? Honestly it’s so hard, wish to hell this would go away, my body craves them but my brain tells me it’s not what I want so I always manage to stop myself, not easy, good luck but I wouldn’t tell the doctor because they will only cut u down to 4 a day like they done me and I had to buy off the streets and online, get as many as you can as a back up because once you’re down to 4 a day you won’t get anymore, get as many as you can and try with willpower to do it yourself x

Do not tell them what’s going on, please, they will only stop you and make you ill, I don’t know what’s more dangerous because I took both haha, guess none are good for you x

Ok thanks for the advice ill keep quiet about the DHC side of things. Its like a confort blanket you know what i mean?? Like i need to have them near me every day or i stress out big time. Screw it ive taken worse things in my life n survived. Ive had fun ive been alot of places. If sumin happens it happens. X

Please do keep quiet because they are a comfort blanket, I know, try and do it yourself then when you’re ready get rid of them yourself, that’s my attitude too, iv had worse and survived but had to get off these, honestly hun if you don’t have to then don’t. Easier to stay on them, you’re going to die anyway someday 😂😂

S**t i accidentally pressed the report button on your post im sorry lol dont think it did anything though. Yeah your right it is the right attitude for this situation init. Cant be dealing with any detoxing thing yet. Maybe if they say im dying then yeah 🤣. Joking i know its serious so im sorry if ive offended anyone reading this. Just gotta make the most of it. Im 27 look about 19 lol so least ive got the young gene still . So can you seriously not have anything anymore apart from this blocker? Bet your hating right now. peace ✌

Hey it’s cool nothing happened with the report thing, I’m 29,30 soon and look early 20s so not done that much damage, iv got an app of how many days clean I am and it’s saying 29 days, I feel amazing but it says iv not used 1750 pills or something and I’m like WOW! All those pills I would have taken!!! Crazy to think of it like that, we all gotta die sometime tho so enjoy the buzz, enjoy not going to the toilet, enjoy sleeping and enjoy not having bad bad thoughts and wanting to die and restless legs and migraines. Pain when you stop is brutal, my backs killing me and I’d do anything just to take but when I think how long iv done without I really can’t bring myself to bugger that up, make the most of being able to do what u want without having memories come flooding back etc, that’s the worst of it for me, the mental torture x

Wow that sounds like alot! Crazy init. Well atleast we both havent done damage to our looks then just the insides!lol. Where you from? I still get restless legs bad does my nut in and the migraines ! The mind torture is worse your right. Hate mind games too but where i work that takes my mind off alot. X peace

Gives me bangin sore heads Aswell but I still can’t not take them. That horrible feeling in my gut when’s bodies saying you need them is just to strong. I can’t cope with even slight withdrawals. I’ve onlt taken 6 so far today amd probably

Won’t take anymore. Got a sore head but not that churning in my stomach for more.  I’m nearly 34 and genuinely look about 26 so maybe it does something good for youthful looks lol - Emma I don’t know how you get through each day but I commend you. I already suffer poor mental health so the thought of it getting worse if I come off these is making me feel even more terrified.

Anna xxx

Lol think your right there with the young looks. Do you think we should tell everyone it gives you younger skin? Same with me if i dont take em i get crazy stomach pain so the DHC masks the pain for me..for so many thing's really. I dont envy you emma must be really hard. Keep it up tho. I think you need to be really strong minded too pack it up for good. So fair play! PEACE xx

I must be strong minded, I didn’t think I was strong enough but how wrong was I? I’m from Scotland where prescriptions are free so didn’t cost me anything, where are you from? Aye try n stick to 6 or 8 for a few weeks then drop one at a time every month or so, try and do it yourself without rehab, hope you get there hun, it’s so bloody hard but being clean ain’t what it’s all cracked up to be, mental health is bad enough without it getting worse coming off that crap, been arrested four times for kicking off, can’t handle my emotions, the dhc masked my emotions it was great, I didn’t realise at the time but now I’m clean I can’t remember half the stuff iv done or said or bought! My head was fried, if you’re doing it then do it yourself, slowly at your own pace xx

Well ive packed in other drugs before i was addicted to MCAT and Coke for about 5 years but i didnt pack it in on my own i was sentenced to 5 years in jail did a year anf a half got out for 6 weeks then went back in for another year for breach of my lisence for smacking some peodo in a half way house i was in. When i got in reading i was shaking uncontrollably was the worst point in my life id say. Only stayed there for 3 weeks then went to portland where i met some pretty decent guys in there..youd think there'd be all pricks but most of them are just like me did things we wernt proud of but wernt nasty like a few of them in there. We were all getting sober together (part from abit of hooch now n again and a few medications from other ppl. Ive gone thru worse and i think the medications im on now which are sertraline pregabilin and DHC and mertazapine they keep me stable and the Dhc makes me chilled and want to keep being a normal family guy. If i didnt habe my prescriptiln meds id be getting on it continuously and dealing like a d******d. So id rather pick the prescription meds thanks lol. Im from all the way down south in Southampton so opposite sides of this amazing island! If i do try and quit ill take your advice and do it on my own! PEACE xx

hi Alex x where about in Southampton do you live ? I live in Southampton too Xx in fact in totton xx I know they call it rotten Totton but it's not that bad where i live Xxx

Hey i messaged back saying i have three houses in southampton well one house and two flats there in bitterne chandlers ford and basset. Lol rotten totton i got a few cousins in totton wont say who they are on here tho. How old are you? You on DHC and PREGABILIN too? Xx

Hey i messaged back saying i have three houses in southampton well one house and two flats there in bitterne chandlers ford and basset. Lol rotten totton i got a few cousins in totton wont say who they are on here tho. How old are you? You on DHC and PREGABILIN too? Xx

Anna I have been taking them for 6 years for a back/neck injury. I also am very depressed. I was taking 40 a day last summer. I didn't tell anyone. I reduced by taking 2 pills a week. I'm now down to 2 a day. And it was easy. Everyone's different, but you CAN do it. I hope you can find a way. If you need to talk and have some support, I am more than happy to help. It's crazy how it gets you. Good luck x

yes on both x i'm 57 xx

How long you been on them for? You shouldn't be ashamed of totton lol its not the worst place in soton for sure. I worked on some nice houses over there . You ever tried to stop taking DHC and PREGABILIN?? Ive managed to cut down to two pregabilin and 5 dhc in the morning then afrer work around half 5 and get home i down 15 dhc and 4 pregabilin with some water n wait for the buzz but lately its just making me feel scatty but ive got a chest infection could that stop the buzz doing its thing?? Peace xx

Hi Katie

How to you obtain so many of these horrible tablets I totally feel your pain,was there a few years ago however probably took 10-12 a day,its hard i have a very addictive personality however i managed to stop smoking 12 years ago from 60-0 over 3 months.I then managed after about 18 months to stop the DF118 bloody hard and sore but im sure you know that,kick them into touch Katie anyone that says it’s easy it’s not take your time the GP will try and reduce you to none over 2 months make sure from the start you decide how you do it,lots of support out there also all the best 🍀

What a relief to read this. I completely broke down to my husband today. Told him absolutely everything. He knew I was taking some but didn’t know the extent of what it was doing to me. He has offered to work only Monday to Friday, no late nights and put our youngest into nursery every day so I can stay at home and only have to concentrate on getting well. Can you please reply or inbox me with any hints or tips on how you managed this? Any help would be so gratefully appreciated. 

Anna xx