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Addicts get very good at this sort of thing.
Yes, codeine is too accessible. I have taken it for pain but usually steer clear as I have migraines and it can lead to secondary headaches, but I must say I've never noticed a buzz or high. The addiction must come from the bodies dependency rather than a high.
personally I was in an out of the private system for pregnancy and I don’t think you could “hide”
Unless you were colluding with a dodgy private supplier to do so (have no idea if these exist)
Unless you were colluding with a dodgy private supplier to do so (have no idea if these exist)
It’s also the absence of pain- if you are used to the painkillers easing your chronic pain it’s very hard to decide you want to come off them and experience pain instead if you know what I mean?
Interesting - did you have to disclose past use like on the NHS? I know it's easy to tick the no box but when I did my midwifery training it was in a small enough area where people talked. We used to get a load of gossip off of the health visitors.
I volunteer in the welfare tent at festivals in the summer. The amount of young people using like likes of diazepam and Xanax is absolutely diabolical. Mixing it with alcohol, mdma and all sorts not even realising what they are doing to themselves. Coming in absolutely out of it, found on the ground by a stranger, had shat themselves, some people spiked with it. Then we had the safeguarding issues with our company and the festivals it’s self on how to deal with 16yr olds in this state without being able to get hold of anybody parents / next of kin and the festival rules stating they cannot leave the welfare tent without a person over 18 but the festival allowing 16yr olds in without a parent. Absolute madness. It’s a hell of a drug.
God only knows what happened to peaches and her methadone program. I know if it was anybody else they would have the social all over them. If all this was known to services they would have a duty of care to protect her and her children, or at least make sure a plan was in place to support her to keep the children safe with help from family or friends, which obviously didn’t happen in this case.
yes but you could lie the same way you could in the nhs. They always asked for access to medical records and sent test results/ scans etc to my GP (who seemed most put out by them tbh
)I guess someone like Peaches potentially used private for some things, the NHs for others and maybe had quite an erratic medical history including treatments abroad etc.
Yes I do, pain is frightening, I can see why people would want to avoid it.
I'm thinking of the people my friend told me about and how they ended up taking codeine habitually, how does that even start, they can't all be experiencing chronic pain, surely. It sounds like its an epidemic.
I do buy cocodamol on occasion for migraines and period pain. I am so careful with it and would never use it more than 2 days in a row, I’m quite susceptible to “psychological” addiction anyway and I know the physical element of codeine would be awful.
I was once given codeine phosphate at 14 by a family friend who was trying to help me, I had horrible period pains. I took it and went straight to bed at 4pm, didn’t wake up until the next morning. Scared the hell out of me! It was strong stuff.
I bet peaches wasn’t ebf though, especially if she was doing drugs, or considering doing drugs, she was probably supplementing with formula or pumping for someone else to do night feeds, which might have given her body a long enough break from bf to kickstart her cycles again
when I had my daughter in 2019 I was given an nhs printout about exclusive bf being 99% reliable as contraception for the first 6 months as long as your periods have not come back, I’ll see if I can find it and post a pic, and it is absolutely correct, I’m still bf my daughter now at the age of 2 and my periods didn’t not come back until 13 months post partum, which is around the average for mothers who continue to bf past 6 months, this is mother nature’s way of stopping a woman from having pregnancies too close together - look at the information on la leche league website, the association of breastfeeding mothers website , the nhs website under breastfeeding and contraception
it is unusual for an ebf mother to be able to get pregnant again so quickly after birth, so my guess is that she was not ebf, or maybe she was pumping was a nanny or Thomas to do night feeds or something
Please do not try and come off it on your own. It’s the one drug (that and alcohol) that can kill you withdrawing from it. The physical withdrawal symptoms are really dangerous. When you chose to come off it, do it with medical guidance. There is a lot of help out there and these professionals will not judge you. Take all the support, groups, meetings you can get. I wish you all the best and remember once you do it and come off it, you’ll never have to do it again. It is hard to come off it but it’s hard being on it too. You are worth it and deserve a good life free from addiction
See also: Russell Brand's dad who actually latched on to Amy Winehouse for a time despite some of his friends and presumably Russell himself warning her against him. Dying to get his face in the daily mail.
Valium is beautiful for anxiety. I must admit I have invented a few 'work trips' and my hatred of flying to get my hands on some. They usually only prescribe a maximum of 5 a time and that's a full price prescription but it calms me right down. Haven't taken it for years, mind.
Definitely. She mentioned in one of the interviews linked upthread that Astala had breathing difficulties at birth because his lungs lacked surfactant - but that happens with premature babies, not 7lb babies born at full term. But it wouldn’t surprise me if babies born addicted to opiates suffered from respiratory issues...
I have thyroid issues, am on levothyroxine and I’m lucky to have an amazing consultant. He’s always asking me to tell him when I want to start trying for a baby as not having enough levothyroxine in my body is actually damaging for a foetus (higher % of babies born with developmental issues and physical disabilities), so your drugs normally get upped and its safe to breastfeed with those higher levels in your body (as they are just synthetic hormones replacing what should be there). Anyway long story short, she most likely didn’t have the same issues as me, but if she had hyperthyroidism the common medicine is PTU or Tapazole, both of which are safe to breastfeed on.
tldr - thyroid issues are common and the medicine is safe to use so looking back to Peaches that comment is a red flag!
Thank you x I got inpatient treatment two and a half years ago thanks to a very brilliant friend of mine. but it's still a hard battle for me every day still. Especially nowadays, living alone with all of this going on, so I'm back doing meetings via the dreaded zoom.Please do not try and come off it on your own. It’s the one drug (that and alcohol) that can kill you withdrawing from it. The physical withdrawal symptoms are really dangerous. When you chose to come off it, do it with medical guidance. There is a lot of help out there and these professionals will not judge you. Take all the support, groups, meetings you can get. I wish you all the best and remember once you do it and come off it, you’ll never have to do it again. It is hard to come off it but it’s hard being on it too. You are worth it and deserve a good life free from addiction
You can feel high on the stronger ones from the Drs the 30mg ones. I had some during the summer and felt really woozy after having a few.
After surgery I was given something strong and had a prescription for same when I went home, I felt like I had a heavy hand pressing on my forehead and I would drift off. It was very comforting, I do wonder if its a similar sensation.
Edit, long tech/tek and short tech/tell not sure how to spell them.
Well said - thank you.Please do not try and come off it on your own. It’s the one drug (that and alcohol) that can kill you withdrawing from it. The physical withdrawal symptoms are really dangerous. When you chose to come off it, do it with medical guidance. There is a lot of help out there and these professionals will not judge you. Take all the support, groups, meetings you can get. I wish you all the best and remember once you do it and come off it, you’ll never have to do it again. It is hard to come off it but it’s hard being on it too. You are worth it and deserve a good life free from addiction
Good grief what an old letch, you can see where Russell gets it from!
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