DrugBuyers.Com: The point of no return

But how long does it take for your tolerance to get lower?

I've never taken much more than codiene for my pain, but I noticed lately that I have to take more and more and more for it to be effective. To the point it is scaring me. I can a lot of codiene and have almost no relief and almost no side effects (drowsy, etc) except I just feel irritable and still in pain.

Recently I was out of town for a week, and purposely left my codiene at home and toughed it out with large doses of ibuprofen to see if I could resume at a lower dose of codiene when I returned. No difference in tolerance level though, at all. I was amazed and freaked out by that.

I have only been taking codiene regularly for about a year, and never noticed any difference in my tolerance level until the past month. Now I am afraid that I will have to take dangerously high dosages to get relief. I don't want to go on any "stronger" meds, because frankly I am afraid of meds like Percoset, etc. It's probably an irrational fear, but I just don't want to move on to the "next level" or something. Does that make sense?

I know I need to talk to my doctor, but I'm afraid she'll just prescribe me something stronger and I don't want that. I want my mild codiene to just work the way it used to. I am always afraid of addiction, even with codiene, but I rationalize that it's weaker, so less dangerous. I've always requested nothing stronger than codiene even when offered stronger meds, because I'm afraid to start taking anything stronger. I am actually embarrased for being so weird about it...am probably being stupid. I don't know.