how long

[tx122]

ihave been taking nurofen plus for a few years now, tomorrow will be my 5th day without any substance at all. i would like to know how long i can expect the withdrawal to last,this is the longest i have been off them, this is also my first atemptand i will make sure it is the last, i take ( sorry took)  24-36 tablet in 1 go, and between 50-60 per day. does it make a difference if i took them all at once or over a period of the day, could my body obsorb that amount.
if you can answer my questions i would be very greatful
P.S sorry about spelling

[tx122]

well done, if you can keep going, that is 12hrs you,ll never have to do again,
just a quick note cause im about to do some of that excercise everyone is recomending, feel preety week but going to give it a go, its day 7 and im eating for the first time in almost a week, eating like a horse-making up time i suppose.lol.
let you know how i get on
kep in touch

[groundhog_day]

Hi guys, hey i'm in australia too nextbus! Keep doing what you can, tapering and spreading the doses is better than not doing anyting at all, I have been trying every combination of detox and tapering and I think the important thing is the willingness to not give up, no matter what.

I took my last dose this morning, now its 12 hours later - I don't want to jinx myself, but I have this sense that this time is one of those rare windows of opportunity that come along when everything seems to fall into place and its as if the universe, or god,or whatever, is conspiring to help the addict get clean. For some reason, something has shifted in me, a kind of sense of enouogh is enough, all the doors are closed, I am at the end of the hallway so to speak and nowhere to go but back out into the light and freedom of being clean. This shift came about a week or two ago, but i chose today to detox due to smaller work load etc. I sincerely hope that this feeling of hope and willingness lasts when the heavy duty w/d symptoms come!

I am going to concentrate on keeping a positve attitude, on focusing on the advantages of getting clean rather than the loss of the pills, I will not concentrate on every withdrawal symptom so that they magnify and, most difficult for me, when cravings hit, I will call someone. And rigourous honesty with myself if that cunning little addict voice begins to try to woo me into a chemist.

tx122, I am following in your footsteps, you are doing terrific, amazing what a good nights sleep can do (if only to help the time pass a bit)
thelastbus, keep doing whatever you can - are you familiar with the psychological aspects of getting clean eg addressing underlying issues that make us want to use etc. Keep coming to the board, all the best to you

groundhog

[tx122]

day 7, woo hoo, had great sleep last night, al be it with some sleeping tablets, to be fair yesterday was my worst day from w/d, luckly i slept through most of it,personal for me, its the lack of sleep which makes mewant to take again, i think the best thing you can do is tell your partner, easier said than done, i am only with my girlfriend 6 months, so you can amagine my ashame,depending on what/how many you are taking, tapering is the best option, unfortunitly for me ithis did not work, so after taking 64 nurofen plus on the tuesday, i jumped off wed morning. and hurt like hell for the next few days, everyone keeps telling you it will get easier, ok for them, their not vomiting, shaking,bones acking, genrealy feeling that you get hit by a train evey few hours,last few days  i never thou id say this, but it is so true, it does et easier, just remember it has to, this cant last forever,
if you think you can go it alone your a mush stronger person than ill ever be,
i wish you the best of luck
remember noone can do this but youself, and you couldnt be in a more beautiful place in the world, i spent 1 year in australia, when im home free of this addiction, every penny (sent) wasted will go towards coming back out. that is my next goal
one day at a time (like we have any other choice, not like we can take it a week or month eh)
let me know how you are doing. i wish you the best of luck,
dont give up, no madder how bad it gets, it will get easier
take care

[Thenextbus]

Hi,

I must admit I am struggling a bit. I am doing a taper and extending the periods when I would normally take pills longer and longer each day. Today I have a case of the runs which I have just taken some Imodium for. I'm in Australia.

I am waiting for the Tyrosine and I am thinking that maybe I should have waited until I had that to stop using. The thing is that I had this sense of urgency. I constantly have mouth ulcers from the Nurofen so I can only imagine what it is doing to my stomach etc. To be honest I was just taking anything I could get my hands on. Anything with codeine or stronger main meds.

Tapering for me has been the only option. I still need to function at work.  My partner doesn't know and I don't want him to know. I suffer from migraines and unfortunately I don't want anyone to take away the opportunity to have pain meds in the future if I genuinely need them. I don't know what I would say to my partner if I decided to stay at home and wait it out. I have told him that I have tummy pains because I have been running to the loo all last night.

Let me know how everyone is doing. We CAN do this. We just need not to give up.

[tx122]

thanks for the encouragement, ive had to take today off work, as instead of sleeping last night i just crawled the walls, i am so glad i did not take the easy option out, as had a few hours sleep felling much better, legs still very sore, mum got me lots of heat pads as it feels like my bones are frozen, if only the pain in my leg would go, doctor give me diazepanwitch have really taken the sting out of it , really wanted to go without an pills, but because of the high dose i was taken realisticly this was never going to happen, i nhave to go to doctor 3 times a week for 2 months so i can be monitored, also i been givena very high dose of zolpidem to sleep, anyone every heard of these, dont want to beat on addiction to replace with another, i didnt realise how bad i was, til i went to the doctor,he said i was very lucky i had sence to realise something was not right, i was in a bad way, not eating, losing a lot of weight ect, i dont know if this is the case, but he said i was doing more damage going cold turkey with no aided help, i know not another drop of codeine will ever be put in my body, im determan off that,just wanted you to know that no madder how much hell you go through it has to stop at some point,

oh worried878 for the amount i was taken almost 100 pound a week, money well wasted.
hope you guys are doing ok, you deff not alone
keep in touch
thomas x122

[worried878]

money spent on this stuff is just not getting us anywhere but addicted and miserable....i am not sure how much codeine costs over in your countries but when you are taking that amount per day it has to be alot...it is only by RX here in the USA..sounds like u r fighting this tooth and nail...keep moving forward...and support/.help u r asking for will pay off

[groundhog_day]

hey tx122, GOOD ON YOU! Really well done for walking out of that chemist, that one decision would have had such far reaching consequences had you not walked out. I am so proud of you, I understand how easy and accessible these tablets are in the chemsists, and I know how hard it can be to say no. By walking out, you have strengthened yourself immesurably, you are winning the battle, one decision to not use at a time. As for feeling so rotten, I'm sorry you are having a lousy time - I rememeber from the old days of heroin withdrawal that after a patch of feeling ok the detox would sort of come back, like have a kind of attack of withdrawals, and then sooner or later get back to feeling better. With time, the length of time between each of these "attacks of the withdrawal symptoms" would get longer, and the attacks would get weaker. I wonder if this is what is happening for you - at day 4/5 you have already done a good chunk of the withdrawing. Sending you calm and peaceful thoughts, and well done!

thenextbus - hello, are you in the UK area or Australia? And how are you going with the detox - are you actively detoxing or trying to taper down? I'm with you about the restless legs and sleepless nights - for headaches I use soluble asprin and it seems to work. I think whichever way, detox will have its unpleasantness, and all of it feels lousy. It also depends on how many you were on per day. As for the Seropax, me personally I don't take benzos because I used to have problems with them - but if you are ok with benzos maybe half a seropax to help you sleep? I don't know, those kinds of decisions are very personal and what works for one may not for the other.

I am taking what will hopefully be my last dose tomorrow morning to get me through the last of a very intensive day at work - thereafter work eases up a bit and I decided that I can't keep putting detox off, there is ALWAYS some excuse, some reason to postpone or delay, some appointment in the calendar. Well, my only appointment for the next ten days or so is with me, getting clean, god willing. So see you around, please let me know how both of you are coming along.

[tx122]

hate to report this especaily to you guys about to quit, this is just my reality, remember everyone is different, so day 5 wake up feeol pretty good, try to convince myself worst was over- really believed it to, till last night, thought i was litterly going to dye, no 1 min off sleep,restless legs all night heart pounding,convinced myself that i was a better person on the tablets ( we make any excuse to use, dont we) so after a hellish night, walked straight in to chemist and asked for box of 32,, when she asked for money, i thought of the last 5 s#@t days, and how i never want to go throu that again,so i changed my mind and when to my doctors next door (luckly) to get help for, all the worst w/d symt i hace ever had, had to take tablet to stop heart bursting out of my chest, so what im saying is, my option only, with such high dosesyou need profess help,
felling worse than ever, but tomorrow will always come, with or without pills
good luck

[worried878]

I was not on you DOC...but for me each day was better...the first being the worst...so think positive...u r so close!  and congrats on ur clean time

[Thenextbus]

I am also trying to get off Nurofen Plus tablets. I was supplementing them with Panadeine Forte and any other pain medication I could get. The real kicker for me is the headache and restless legs at night. I have tried to quit before and the intense headaches and my legs jumping made me reach for them.

I am going to try the Thomas recipe (without Vallium - I do have Seropax but not sure if I should take it?)

[groundhog_day]

Thank you so much and how wonderful that you have a reprieve this morning from cravings - enjoy every bit of the feeling good, you have earned it :-)

[tx122]

Hi,
today is day 5, so not 5 days clean just yet. to be honest i have not felt as bad as i thought i would, dont get me wrong first 2 days were hell, could not stop thinking about going and buying a few packets. and i know i would have if it was not for my family and girlfriend-not through love, care, and the rest of that- simply because they took my bank card and made sure i had what i needed i.e lunch, cigs but no money, no money = no pills. i think because this is my first time going c/t i amagined it to be alot worse, still got some leg cramps, but ill that them anyday over  day 1 and2, i woke up this morning fo the first time (manly because it is the first time i have slept in a few days) not craving any nurofen plus, so i guess the answer to your question is i have felt pretty lowsy mostly flu like symptons, i guess it is the same for us all, we just have to ride the wave of w/d. easier said than done i know, but i guess its the only way, i know i have a few hard days ahead, but today i feel pretty good. hope it lasts,
let me know how you get on,
keep me posted, your going to need someone to talk to on first few days, trust me
good luck

[groundhog_day]

Hello there, I too am on nurofen plus so a big congratualtions to you for having gone off them and stayed off them for five days! I am on about 40 - 45 per day at the moment, so bit less than you. The way that i look at it, it doesn't matter if I take them all at once or spread out, my overall tolerance is the same - the main difference of course is when I take a big bunch all at once I am trying to get that little bit of a rush.

I am really happy for you - I am trying withdrawal again in a couple of days, I have tried so many times and not made it past day 6 - please hang on to your clean time, last time I was clean 6 days was a year ago, then I thought I would have just a few, and it has been such a struggle since then. I wish I had just hung on - but I was too impatient, thougth that at Day 6 I should be feeling better than I was. Hah, what a joke - in this last year i have developed stomach ulcers, kideny problems from the nurofen - I wish I had stayed tough.

Can you please tell me how you have been feeling the past 5 days?? It is not often I come accross someone here on the same tablets as me, I would greatly appreciate it if you could share your detox experience with me.

Again, congratulations!

[avisg]

they will it does get better you have gotten your self off a big dose be very proud of your self stick with it we are here to help you threw

[tx122]

thanks for the quick reply,i found this site on tuesday, and realised i was not on my own, as corny as it sounds after reading about everyone else giving up, it has given me a lot of hope,hope these several more days goes fast, thanks

[PanSinoeis]

Hang in there.  You are doing Amazing having gone this long.  Good Luck!  Keep on doing what you are doing.  Clean and Free is always better!  Don't turn back now!

[avisg]

ohhhh boy that is alot you may be looking at several more days before you are feeling alot better .it may take a bit over a week but I think things will get better faster then you think.