Dihydracodine

[mumof1x99]

Hi all

After my miscarriage early last month I began taking dihydracodine for the pain. The pain lasted a week but I became pretty reliant on how relaxed the drug made me feel so I continued using it, and even managed to get another prescription from the GP by lying about continued pain (I know, awful).

I was taking dihydracodine every day for around 3.5 weeks

As my tolerance became higher, I began taking 4 at a time (mainly at night to help me fall asleep)

I ran out of my prescription on Thursday, so I have completely stopped the medication very abruptly

I feel extremely depressed and I feel hopeless, like I don't know how I will be happy without them. It was definitely masking the feelings of my pregnancy loss

Today my legs ache so bad, I feel very nauseous and shaky. I might be being silly, but can you get withdraws from medication if you was only taking it for less than a month? Especially if you stop so abruptly?

I am going to fight through this and not get any more but it's hard

Sounds like withdrawal symptoms to me.

If you can, sleep through the worst of it.
A hot bath can help, lots of fluids, paracetamol might thr edge off but many, myself included find it does nothing

I'm sorry if this post comes off as insensitive, I know there's MUCH worse problems on these threads. I just didn't know where else to turn / where else to post

Op I am sorry you had a miscarriage.
Physical withdrawal symptons will last a few days and then the aching legs etc will stop. If mental cravings continue I suggest you go to a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting. If there isn’t a physical meeting near enough to where you live there are lots on line.
You will find help and support from people who have been through/are going through the same thing.