I dont know what can i do

[Krisztina24]

Hi Everyone

I am a 24 years old female and i have big big problems with tylenol 1 with codeine. I started taking it about 4 years ago i went from 7 pills a day to 40-50 pills a day now.  I tried quitting everybody gave me support and i was able to be off of it for maximum 2 weeks. Now my new addiction is that even before going to sleep i have to take 10 pills at a time by the way to get some feeling from it but now even before i go to sleep i have to take it. Now after all these years sometimes i keep it in secret that i am on pills from my husband but today he just found out when he didn't know why i am throwing up every morning, i had to tell him. He was always there for me as a support and he wants me off of this for good. I don't know how or what to do if i stop it and i dont take the pills i feel really sick i have headaches and diarrhea at the same time also fever.....I am really scared now because i dont think my body can take any more i just dont feel good now even when i take these pills i feel like my stomach is killed i cant eat i dont feel good i know something is happening with me i think i got to the point where i did a lot of damage.....Please anybody has an idea how to stop and how to deal with the withdraw symptoms>?  

[Motherofsickchild]

Hi there. I have a similar addiction and I went to see my DR yesterday. He gave me some pills to help with the detox and told me to taper over a period of 3 months. I am only taking up to 12 a day, but I see you are taking lots more. I suggest you see your GP immediately as Paracetemol is deadly to the liver and kidneys and you will end up in need of a new liver. A woman in my town died 2 months ago from taking paracetemol and codeine in high doses. She was rushed in to ICU with liver failure and died. She left 2 children behind. I am not trying to scare you but I when I heard this, I immediately took action. You are throwing up as your kidneys and liver are so toxic and cant take the high doses. Your life is in danger and you must taper immediately. If you can afford rehab then go! As when you taper you do it slowly but as your doses are so high...can you afford to take 3 months of more Paracetemol abuse. Please please please see a DR immediately!!!!!!

[PurrfectlyKrazy]

So very happy you finally got some pain free time.  Doesn't it feel great?  You will still have little waves now and then but you are headed toward the light and with luck the doctor will be helpful too!  Good Luck!!

[Missy1231984]

That is great that you are feeling better!  Hopefully the doctor will be helpful tomorrow.  

[Krisztina24]

Hi, everyone good to be back here. Just wanted everybody to know that today was the first day without any withdraw pain finally.

Unfortunately I couldn't go to the doctor today so have to go tomorrow.

I steal feel some pain on my right side but not as strong as the past days....

Hopefully everything is gonna be ok

Good night everyone
Hugs and kisses

[Krisztina24]

Oh my god. that is really the true fact of basically being a junky sorry for puting it his way. Its so true....I took those pills like they were candys 10 at a time I was lucky to not to touch the bottle for more for about 2-3 hours. my face was known in every shoppers drugmart which was even worst. I always had to pretend I am this normal person who buys something and.mean while I was really there for.those pills. Unfortunately I gained a lot of weight from those pills and I cant get rid of the extra...I am in so much pain and I am on the toilet like every hour to half an hour.its crazy if I think of food sometimes my stomach turns and I drink it comes straight out..where are u in ontario if u dont mind me asking? Thank you for everybody for the support. Just to let everyone know I am really scared of the outcome..i know it can be fixed if its not late but this constant pain is KILLER

[spider6]

Hi there sweetie.....welcome......I read your post and wanted to throw my support your way kiddo.  I will have 1 year clean off those horrible little pills you're struggling with this coming Tuesday........1 little pill with only 8 mg of codeine!  I was taking more than you....up to 15 at a time ...usually every 4 hours (if I could make it that long)!!!!!! Chicky, I don't know how I'm still here cuz I started doing that back when I was in my mid twenties.....I'm now 55 years old......I live in ontario too.  Where I used to live before coming to the farm I'm on now, I could walk to six different drug stores to get my "fix" if I wanted too.......fukkin nightmare for peeps like us.  

I was really getting sick near the end there.  I'm a small person but it was really getting hard to keep weight on....I was down to 90 pounds at my lowest.....,just diarrhea every damn day!  Very scary.  

Getting through the detox is a b* tch yes But the real work comes after hon.......cuz there be nobody stopping you from trotting your butt over to the store to get some more when things feel rough.  I sooooooo feel for you!  It took me a thousand tries to get where I am today.  

Keep reading ALL you can find on what you're doing to your body .....scaring myself sh*tless was the only way for me.....plus every time you put yourself through the detox.....it gets worse and harder and lasts longer.  ......try to keep that close to the front of your memory card.

Drink lots and lots of water. Exercise, exercise and then work out!  Keep moving!  Take hot showers and Epsom baths.  Listen to uplifting music.....laugh....laugh all you can. Watch funny shows.  Write, journal, read,....connect with nature, stand barefoot on your lawn and connect back to the earth.

Oh I am trying to scare you btw. This is not going to end well if you can't find your lifeline.  I am one of the lucky ones so far....but I've known peeps who've done what you and I've done to ourselves and they've not been so lucky.

I'm here if you want to pm me chicky.  I'm watching your story and Rootin for ya!  Prayers of strength and peace chicky....hugs xo

[PurrfectlyKrazy]

None of us are trying to scare you.  We just want you to wake up to the possibility of future damage.  The longer you wait the more chance you have for damage that can't be repaired.  I'm glad you are going to the walk-in clinic....I would think that at your age your liver can repair itself...but it will mean no more tylenol probably ever.

[Krisztina24]

Thank you for all of you....i feel better when I think about the damage and puking then it makes it easier on the craving part. I am gonna go to a walk in clinic on monday and get help if its not too late....i do have a lot of headache with back pain but its getting better its been almost 48 hours without the pills..its so hard when u know u did this to your self....thanks for all of u

[disneyprinces]

I just want to offer my support. I'm day 3 clean...this forum really knows what they are talking about...u should listen to them and go to the Dr. Sept. Is too long too wait.

[Jinx_777]

a blood panel is just a simple draw of your blood and they will run tests to see how your liver is functioning.  just one stick of the needle.  the pain you feel scares me.  the area you indicated IS your liver.  
nobody is trying to scare you hun, it is just the facts.  a lot of people have no idea how bad high amounts of tylenol is for their liver.  especially someone as young as you.  
the good thing is you are young and the liver can repair itself if the damage is not too bad with the care of a doctor.  you really need to get that checked asap that way if something is wrong they can start treating you for it and it can heal.  i pray.
the withdrawals should be as bad as they are going to be at this point.  mentally, it should be a little easier knowing how bad they are for your liver.
you can do this.  
the irritability, getting angry, short fuse, etc are all withdrawal symptoms and will go away soon

[Krisztina24]

Thank you all...I am just being more scared then ever hearing some stories...I am hoping things will work out and I am not gonna need any of the liver transplant and things like that....i am not touching the pills almost 48 hours. what does the blood panel exactly means? Sorry guys I am esl lol my english is not that great..thank you for understanding

[PurrfectlyKrazy]

Just wanted to let you know that he not been such a man and went to the doctor and got things checked out he could have possibly avoided the transplant....so I'm glad you are going to see someone....but the liver panel is a must....you need to make sure you haven't damaged it.

[PurrfectlyKrazy]

Please Krisztina...get to a doctor and get that blood panel done.  When my hubby was young....long before I met him....he was an addict.  He did such damage to himself that after 10 years clean he had to have a liver transplant and believe me.....you do not want that and I'm hoping you don't want to die either.  The yellowing of the eyes did not happen in his case until it was too late.  You definitely need off the drug and you need to do it in a very safe setting.

Good luck to you!
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[Krisztina24]

I hate my phone lol I am at home its 3 am lol I am.keep on pressing the wrong buttons anyway so yeah I turned to him in the passed with this problem and he offered me some thi.gs that I couldv done before it was to late.....its totally my fault for taking all these meds for no reason.....but thank you all for the big support and I wish everybody all the best  . I feel very scared now I know I shoudv felt this way when I was taking them but its to late for regrets now got to deal with it. Hopefully everything is gonna be better. I am in so much pain
cant even sleep very allert and edgy steal. I feel really angry to my self how did I let it go this long. Thank you again for all of you

[Krisztina24]

Food. My husband took the pills and took all tbe money make sure I dont go and buy more he made me promise for him and our 2 kids that I stop now.i went threw a hell of a time in my passed I always felt.like the tylenol is my safe haven and I knew this day will come where I cant get out of bad because of these large amount of pills. I know I destroyed my body I have a lot.of pain in my stomach right side I feel like someone gave me the beati.g of my life my whole body feels brused. I was able to eat a littlebit I didnt throw up which is good hopefully the puking stops. My husband got a hold of our nstural medicine doctor who is gonna give us a liver detox and he said its critical now either I get better or worse, my family doctor can see me on the 16th of september I could go to somebody else but I wont at least he knows my struggles with my life and.everything so.i feel more comfortably with him and.i turned to bim in tbe

[Krisztina24]

Ok so.this should be the first respond I wasnt logged in and I lost everything I wrote....
Thank you all so much for writing to me and being a big support. I feel lot of pain since I passed 24 hour without tylenol I have a lot of lower bqck pain and really bad headache I feel very edgy and mad. I dont know if this is normal the way I feel all these together. I also quit cold turkey yesterday morning where basically I was so weak I couldnt get up from the toilet after puking nothing but this yellow stuff that did not taste anything like acid or

[Krisztina24]

Oh no sorry guys I lost the first message lol

[Krisztina24]

On other thing I forgot to answer the yellowing question for one of u..no I am perfectly fine on the outside no yellow eyes no yellow skin thank god.

[torri226]

hi there krisztina, there was another person that posted awhile back that was taking those, a larger  amount as you and just quit ct.   His withdrawal did not seem to be too bad, he said he had a really bad headache and some tremors that seem to only last a few days. Last time he posted he said he was feeling pretty good.  Im just saying that if you are afraid of the wd.  don't be I really think youll be surprised for it wont be too bad. Just bite the bullet and do it. Really honey that is WAY too much Tylenol, before I got hooked on hydro. I was taking sooo much Tylenol ,just plain old over the counter Tylenol and my liver enzymes were thru the roof. Sadly I think that's why I started taking the hydro. I have a lot of neck issues.Now im in withdrawal with these devil pills. Please go to a doctor and get checked out ok. It was by accident that I found out about my high liver enzymes through routine blood work and I was shocked cuz I did not realize that too much Tylenol could do that.Another lesson learned.   good luck to sweetie

[devisatedandscared]

Oh hon you really need to see a doctor and get a blood panel done asap. Its possible that you have done irreversible damage to your liver with that level of Tylenol consumption. Do you have yellowing of your eyes or skin? That's a real indicator that your bilirubin is high, a liver enzyme. On the other hand you are young, and your body can endure quit a bit of abuse..you may have gotten lucky. Having a sick liver is not an easy thing to deal with. Its painful and miserable. Please go to the doctor and flush those pills today. The withdrawal symptoms will come...but we will be here for you. They are manageable...i promise. I'm only day 10. It was hard...but you can do it!!! Hugs

[gemme26]

hello you should concider  inpatient rehab this problem is big and it can kill you there are hospitals that are for addiction there are many people that are going through what you are going through do not be afraid to get help like that ok

[Jinx_777]

you are KILLING your liver.  please get to a doctor asap and get liver function tests.  
the current max dose of tylenol a day is 4000 mg, the NEW max dose will be 1200 mg.  
you are taking about 40,000 mg a day or more.
that reason alone should make you stop right now.  forget that 1 mg of codeine.   so not worth it.  
do you want to have to live on life support, waiting for a liver transplant at the age of 24????

please see a doctor and make sure you are ok and then seek inpatient treatment if needed to stop doing this to yourself.