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Oh dear I think I am an addict

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Anovaone · 21/06/2024 11:56

Please no shaming as I already feel terrible. I have been buying OTC codeine for a while now as I had a bad back, I have never upped the dose and usually taking about 4 a day. I stopped taking them for 72 hours as I was so worried about being an addict. I didnt get any withdrawal symptoms and then took 2 as I had a migraine. I didnt so much crave them. I really suffer from health anxiety and hate the thought of being a bad person and I am so scared I have let my family down.

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GerbilsForever24 · 21/06/2024 12:49

two threads, two user names. You have OCD - which you specify in the other thread.

Go see a doctor to get support for the OCD, and for the pain and for the anxiety.

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