a question from long ago.....

this has come up because I am in so much pain I am thinking of asking for codine again,..,many years ago I had a really bad sinus infection and was on codine for the pain...when I quit it suddenly I had an episode...I awoke or at least I thought I did and seeing snakes coming out of the walls and crawling across the floor I opened a drawer and got my loaded 357mag got back in bed and lay in the fetal position till morning...when my wife really blasted me for doing that,,rightfuly so. I told myself it was a dream and I have always since listed myself alergic to codine..
but now I wonder,, could it have been a psychotic event...brought on by the drug....or maybe just a very realistic dream..... it was like Indiana Jones with them sliding out of holes and flopping on the ground....and no I had not just seen the movie..

Some meds can make you hallucinate. Phenergan does for me. It's not listed as a side effect but somewhere in the drug profile it says "may cause hallucinations in susceptible individuals". It was a horrible experience and one that nobody could have predicted unfortunately.

Hi wire, even alcoholics running dry see things. Being bipolar, I wouldn't doubt that it doesn't take much to trigger a hallucinogenic episode. Hope you be safe!

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Yeah I dunno the answer to your question.

Not in your context.

Hope you are up and bouncing around like your normal self soon.

Please take care.

[Footnote: I am unable to take codeine - I am allergic to it - however, I acknowledge that is irrelevant to the context of your post; I merely point this out - as I do not take it]