Taken cocodamol for pain.. feel strange

[onestepps]

I've had an absolutely terrible gallstone attack this evening, the worst I've ever had by FAR.

I was out at the time, so I took two paracetamol (all I had at the time) before DH rushed me back home, grabbed me a hot water bottle etc and put me to bed.

I had some Co-codamol in the cupboards (newly described for ovary pain) so I also took two of these, and a lansoprazole tablet to try and reduce the stomach acid.

Well fast forward to now and I feel awful. The gallstone pains have gone / subsided.. but I feel:

• massively anxious
• paranoid
• hyper aware of my breathing
• faster heartbeat
• scared, but can't pinpoint why..
• dizzy
• very spaced out

I'm absolutely terrified. I tried to get up from my bed not long ago as I felt really spaced out and as though I needed some fresh air. I stood by the window and felt on the verge of a huge panic attack. My vision felt funny and I felt super aware of my body and breathing etc.

I am absolutely HATING the effects of what I assume to be the co-Codamol. Does anybody know how long it takes to come out of your system?

I keep drifting off to sleep but waking up with a pounding heart and feeling massively panicky.

👏👏👏🤣

Feeling much better now. It was an awful feeling feeling. Sense of impending doom and really really paranoid / anxious. Shaking all over, jelly arms and legs and pounding heart. Absolutely awful! Never again!

Two cocodomal and two paracetamol is an overdose, and can cause irreversal liver problems. It is the equivilant of 4 paracetamol and is dangerous!

When you speak to your GP I think you should ask if they recommend a medic-alert bracelet or at least something in your records about this reaction. I have a friend who has extremely bad reactions to opiates and she carries a card now. Always check when buying any over the counter meds. It is such a frightening experience.

Does nothing to me weirdly
I was on dihydrocodeine 30mg, 4 x a day plus oramorph and diazepam. And still working FT as usual

@onestepps what were the milligrams of the paracetamol taken?

agree taking 4 paracetamol at once isn’t a good thing but as a one off you'll be fine just don’t take any more

personally codeine without paracetamol works great for me. Co codamol makes me feel really ill with the symptoms you say

i do get reluctance for a prescription for pure codamol but it’s now down on my notes as a true reaction to it

As a one off event 2mg of paracetamol will not be toxic to an adult. Stop scaremongering.

Wow!!! I had dihydrocodeine once and slept for 6 hours