Posted by Crazy Horse on May 11, 2007, at 20:41:22
In reply to Re: Curious...... » Crazy Horse, posted by Quintal on May 11, 2007, at 20:35:46
> Funny you should ask - I'm withdrawing from codeine right now (and tianeptine and nicergoline). I've withdrawn from both opiates and benzos, once cold turkey from 800mg tramadol and ~8mg clonazepam. I find opiates easier to withdraw from, benzo withdrawal hit something deep inside but opiates are more superficial (for me at least). Also the dose plays an important part, like the difference in pain caused between falling off a cliff and falling off a stool. The former is horrendously painful, you end up a mushy wreck and it takes a good while for the wounds to heal. During the last clonazepam withdrawal I vowed that if I ever made it through I would never take another benzo and put myself through all that suffering again. The latter is certainly uncomfortable, I feel grotty and irritable but this passes in a few days and it's not incapacitating. I was taking ~47mg codeine a day until yesterday.
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> QWOW!! Hang in there man..best of luck.
-Monte
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