Have you gone through addiction rehab and are under care of a therapist/addiction counselor?
I m so sorry to hear you are having pain... It is difficult to live with that.
I have never been addicted, but I am constantly doing things to make sure it doesn't happen.
Basically it involves not only dealing with medical issues at hand, but also seeking help to resolve past psychological trauma and depression. Unresolved past problems make it hard to deal with current difficulties.

you made the choices to abuse the meds...that is on you but there are steps to take to get off them and not do that any more...but the pain is going to be there when the meds are not...double bind situation...

hope that the doctor does not find that you are abusing your meds and cut you off cold turkey....

The first thing to do is to tell you Dr. that you need to stop taking them and ask for a tapering schedule so that the withdrawals will be manageable. Tapering off of a narcotic can be very successful with a Dr.'s guidance.

It sounds like you have an addictive nature, so finding something else to help with your pain is probably going to be difficult as all pain meds, even the psych meds used off label are addictive.

If you sit down and have a talk with your Dr. they may be able to come up with a plan to control your pain and keep you on medication. Your on a very low dose med right now. Tylenol with codeine is barely anything as far as strength of medication goes. He may be able to come up with some type of rotation plan where you change meds every so many days to avoid addiction.

You also need to see a counselor or therapist and deal with your part of this. Your the one who is choosing to abuse these medications and only you can work on that issue and overcome it.

A pain management plan sounds prudent for your situation. Taking the medication away may not be beneficial to your health, but your doctor and local chemist could work together to manage your dosage, perhaps you take your dose at the chemist every day so it minimizes you abusing it. That being said, having to go to the chemist everyday when you're in pain isn't ideal.

I disagree. Once she tells her doctor she has an addiction problem and that gets into her medical file, she will have a hard time ever getting a doctor to treat her in the future. Codeine is such a weak Analgesic, she can wean off of that stuff on her own without telling her doctor. Then you have to exercise self-control. Implement a strict dosing schedule and do not deviate from it. In the end a doctor can't be there to make sure you're taking your meds as prescribed. You have to learn how to control yourself. If you're taking more pills than you've been described because they are not effectively reducing your pain, that is an entirely different situation. You need to be honest with your doctor if the Codeine is not effectively managing your pain, In the end it is up to you on how you want to handle this situation. I hope things get better for you. Hugs!

I meant to say prescribed.

I agree with Jeremy.
It's hard enough getting drs to take pain seriously without having addiction on file...
Join anonymous support if needed.
Drs can't help much with addiction.