Addicted to Pure Codeine

[nollams]

Hello - I need some advice.

I am a functional addict. I live in Thailand and each day take 2 - 60 mg tabs of dicodeine. This is pure codeine with a little bit that acts as a binder. I've been doing this for about 6 years straight now and took Tylenol 3's and 4's off and on for about 4 years before this. All I know is I'm functioning but the pills seems to be causing my mental and physical state to deteriorate. I'm depressed, have no motivation and feel like a loser who has no purpose. I used to be extremely fit and motivated with ample energy and now do very little. I make more than enough money for my family and myself to live comfortably, however we could be alot more secure and well-off if I had the motivation to work more. I don't....

The pills are readily available and fairly inexpensive - $45 for 100 pills. I get the Tylenol 3's even cheaper, $12.50 for a 100 and thus have no worries of running out as I get a couple hundred of each at a time. I'm getting to the point where I'm very worried and just don't know what to do.

I feel like a prisoner within myself and don't know what to do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[mtajim]

First , consult your doctor , i think you are addicted to the medicine and you should just change it or control yourself from taking it

[nollams]

First , consult your doctor , i think you are addicted to the medicine and you should just change it or control yourself from taking it

I have a check-up scheduled so I will tell the doctor when I go in.

Obviously I'm addicted or I wouldn't be posting on this board. The drug is an opiate on par with Vicodin - don't you think if it was as easy as controlling myself I would?

[QuietLunatic]

You really need to tell your doctor you're addicted. Long term use results in depression, liver damage, kidney damage and alteration in how the brain works. You need to get off it ASAP, but you're not going to be able to do it alone. Find a rehab center or get help from your doctor to find one. Good luck.

[mtajim]

If you are addicted then its better you first try to control yourself , if you dont want to tell you doctor or else tell it to your doctor - he might surely help you

[QuietLunatic]

Mtajim--you don't know what you're talking about in this instance. Trying to control codeine addiction alone is potentially very dangerous. There are quite a few drugs that you CANNOT just stop taking without serious health risks and you have to have a health care practitioner guiding your steps so you don't kill yourself or cause irreparable damage to your body.