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Old Mar 24, 2014, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jimi... View Post
I notice some people are more prone to certain reactions with opiates. When I was in bad pain I was given codeine and wow! Better than any psych med! I only had a limited supply or no telling what would have happened. The effect was just so good and I was non depressed in a flash like freaking magic. Sadly, can't use it for depression because one would build tolerance.

I will stay away from Robitussin, I had to take another opiate based cough med for a while, but it didn't do anything weird to me thankfully! Also if one takes an SSRI and an opiate there is risk of serotonin syndrome.

Glad you are staying away. For future reference, a really good but short term cough suppressant is 85-90 % dark chocolate. 2-3 small pieces and you are cough free for about an hour.
I was on high doses of codeine (60 mg twice a day) but it didn't help me with depression and anxiety. I was taking also antidepressants and benzos with codeine which helped me with anxiety but I'm still really depressed.

One night I took 60 mg of codeine + 8 mg codeine mixed with 500 mg of paracetamole + 2 mg of xanax + 1,5 mg of bromazepame and I almost stopped to breath

What dose of codeine you were taking? I thought I could stop breathing if I took 120 mg.