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Melbourneguy · 03-04-2009, 02:50 PM

Thank you to everyone for all the messages of support - I'm incredibly humbled. If I had known there were groups like this around before, I would have kicked my habit a long time ago.

And Woops, how many times would you have to visit a pharmacy every day if you were taking double the amount I was? That's a a lot codeine!

So my withdrawal symptoms have got worse. I had the most restless legs last night, I couldn't keep them still at all. The leg cramps were terrible as well. Those two things were probably what annoyed me the most as they were very painful.

I barely slept, but I don't feel very tired. Just a bit whacked. The stomach cramps have just started, along with the diarrhea and vomiting. I don't think I've ever vomited as much in my life to be entirely honest. I'm considering getting some buscopan to help deal with the cramps, which goes against my original ethos of just letting my body detox, but the cramps are becoming very painful.

Ironically, yesterday everyone working for the Health Department here received a warning email about a virus that's going around which has flu like symptoms for the first few days, and then becomes gastro for a few days after. It's provided the perfect cover for my detox as my boss actually suggested that perhaps I had it. It's bought me a few days off work to get this out of my system - perfect timing.

I really can't thank you all enough for your encouragement. I can't wait to have coeine out of my system, and to have my body back to normal.

03-04-2009, 02:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Melbourneguy Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3	Thank you to everyone for all the messages of support - I'm incredibly humbled. If I had known there were groups like this around before, I would have kicked my habit a long time ago. And Woops, how many times would you have to visit a pharmacy every day if you were taking double the amount I was? That's a a lot codeine! So my withdrawal symptoms have got worse. I had the most restless legs last night, I couldn't keep them still at all. The leg cramps were terrible as well. Those two things were probably what annoyed me the most as they were very painful. I barely slept, but I don't feel very tired. Just a bit whacked. The stomach cramps have just started, along with the diarrhea and vomiting. I don't think I've ever vomited as much in my life to be entirely honest. I'm considering getting some buscopan to help deal with the cramps, which goes against my original ethos of just letting my body detox, but the cramps are becoming very painful. Ironically, yesterday everyone working for the Health Department here received a warning email about a virus that's going around which has flu like symptoms for the first few days, and then becomes gastro for a few days after. It's provided the perfect cover for my detox as my boss actually suggested that perhaps I had it. It's bought me a few days off work to get this out of my system - perfect timing. I really can't thank you all enough for your encouragement. I can't wait to have coeine out of my system, and to have my body back to normal.