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I am 34 yrs old. I take T1's everynight approx. 35-60 tablets a night. I am not sure as to how many exact i take them usually by increments of 6. I went through an extremely tramutic experience in 2004. Well memories and not dealing with it appropriately, caught up to me in 2005. So since 2005 till now i have been taking T1's. Nothing else. Only t1's. It really does not do much. But make me sleepy, I take them at night. I WANT to stop. Again i am embarassed about my situation and not sure what to do. I tried to stop and it hurt. It actually HURT! MY legs felt werid and i had an incredible headache. I had severe diarreha. If this is all i am going to feel cutting cold turkey it is worth it. I am afraid of the troubles i have caused my body. I realize it is a stupid mistake and taking these really solved nothing in the end. I am not on here to be name called or critizied. I just want my life back. IT is pretty normal now and i do not depend on them during the day. It is the nights that i seem to crave it. So what do i do to get off them? What am i going to feel like? What are the symptoms? I do not want to slowly kill myself anymore. It is a waste of time and i have a life to live now. Please advise. Thank you.
Sincerly,
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madeamistake34 · Answer

Thank you for your posts. It is bloody scary going through this. Yes it is only Tylonel (generic) with codiene. There is 8mg. of codine in it. I am in Canada, and i am sorry for my ignorance but i have never taken drugs before so i am not sure what to compare these too. I am scared to stop as i am not sure of the consequences i will be left with. I do know i am terrified of my liver!! I have noticed swelling in the upper left cavity of my chest and that scares the **** out of me! I do want to stop, but not sure how to? Should i go cold turkey and just quit? Or do i ween myself off. I know i can stop because i know i do want to live. I have will power. I am just scared. That is all. Thank you for your help!

bkwrm679 · Answer

Your symptoms sound very similar to opiate withdrawals, but I noticed you tagged spasmo proxyvon - which would mean you are maybe in India? There isn't much on here about it, but if you search, I posted on another question about this a couple of weeks ago. It sounds like the worst problem is just that when you stop, it's like stopping an anti-diarrheal medication. The only thing I could suggest is that you request that your doctor put you on an alternative medication that accomplishes the same thing and try to wean off of it. There really isn't a lot of information about this medication out there that I can see (in English at least). Hope this helps.

groundhog_day · Answer

Hi there, I assume T1s are tylenol 1s which is a small amount of codeine (something like 10mg per tab?) and 200mg acetominophen? If I am correct then PLEASE PLEASE be super careful with the amount of acetominophen you are taking. The daily limit is 4000mg or something in that order, you are taking 7000mg - 12000mg per night, and for quite a while now. Actually, forget be careful - do everything in your power to stop. 

I am in Australia (you are in Canada I think, they call them smth different here) and over the counter codeine was my poison, but the real poison is the acetominophen. The last time I used acetominophen in large amounts (I then switched to ibuprofen+codeine) I suspect I was on the verge of liver failure, I was incredibly sick and only luck and a strong liver kept me here.

The fact that they are over the counter makes it a bit tougher bec its so easy to just get some. Please stay here, read lots on this forum, other posts may answer questions that you have, and perhaps google liver failure due to acetominophen overdose. I know the desire is to stick one's head in the sand, thats addiction for you, but eyes wide open and brutally honest with oneself is the only way to freedom.

All the best to you.

IBKleen · Answer

Hi & Welcome,

No one here is going to judge you. We are all addicts helping one another.

I assume you are in Australia or Canada because we can't readily get those pills here in the states. That really stinks that they are so available to you.

Glad to hear you want to stop. So you can either go cold turkey and go through a few days of all of the symptoms you described or you can try a taper. Know that tapering is not easy and it is best done with the help of someone who can hold them and dose them to you. Do you have someone who lives with you who can help you?