Valotonin wrote:
I noticed that in contrast to Morphine and other opiates, even long after tolerance has developed to all other effects. Codeine genuinely does have a stabilizing effect on my mood through just taking the same dosage each day without feeling the need to increase the dosage to get the same effects (that rules out it just being the analgesia) and I've been looking into research done by specialists that says the same for its experimental treatment of (it) on small groups of patients in the US.
I was a real mess before and as the dosage gets lower on my prescription I feel that coming back again which is quite scary.
I know what you're going through, opiates have a way of encapsulating your happiness and wellbeing, to be without them is very scary when you're addicted.
I'll tell ya that opiates will convince your brain that you need them to be happy,i am a former abuser and i remember telling myself "what's the big deal if i take this stuff for the rest of my life" I was convinced that it was helping me.
For a year or 2 the opiates may very well help you,however,you will find in time it won't ...trust me.
You won't be able to keep codeine working for you and will eventually find something stronger that will do the same trick but better.
Further more if you just stop(cold turkey)..you're going to be in a really bad way..to the point of contemplating suicide.
If you keep this up be prepared to live your life with a ball and chain, what once was a boost will be regulated to something you need just to get out of bed.
My friend if all your taking is codeine then get out now for if you stay on this path you might never have the strength or support to walk away for a long time.(you don't want to hit rock bottom)
Whatever opiates give you now they will take away in time......
The first time to run out completely of your opiates and you go into withdrawal and somebody offers you a more powerful opiate of any kind you are 1000000% going to take it, that's how it starts.
Your never ending supply is a castle made of sand,don't think that your codeine will always be there because it won't.
Get off this ride whilst you can.
From the bottom of my heart,head my warning, don't find out how right i am.