Triggering (OD) - Over The Counter Addiction

[Raining_Butterfly]

Oh, God, please help me. Somebody knock some sense into me.

Tylenol seems to be one of the most deadliest over-the-counter medicines in North America, and yet I feel an addiction to it. I'm constantly pretending to be in extreme pain, or are finding ways to fake a fever. I want it so badly all the time. (Or close to) When I have it I feel all giddy, though my mind is screaming how wrong this is. Telling me that one pill too much could be deadly, and I wouldn't wake up the next morning. I never listen.

As time goes on, I'm starting to get urges to gulp down the entire bottle of pills. I'd be a dead girl in a matter of hours, and I know that. But, as with the urges to do most things, you're not really thinking sense when you get them. I'm afraid of these urges, they make me more afraid of myself than ever. I try so hard to resist them, but as I weaken mentally, I have less strength to resist.


Anybody, anybody at all, have any advice as how to resist? As how to keep myself alive?

[green.eyes]

its an over the counter medication you say? hmmm thats tough. try to prevent yourself buying it. stay aay form the pharmacy as much as poss. tell your doctor? dunno hun
please be safe
*hugs*
PM me anytime

[Lewis The Second]

Tylenol is just paracetemol. No other active ingredient. It's not an addictive substance.

That said, it's very easy to pick up habits with anything if you convince yourself in your mind that you need it. I have a friend who takes 2 paracetemol tablets morning and night every day without fail, whether she is in pain or not. She has convinced herself, worryingly, that she *will* get a headache if she doesn't take them.

In other words, the whole thing has basically developed from and then back into a fear of getting a headache...

Tylenol contains paracetemol in relatively low doses, assuming it's the regular strength stuff and not Tylenol 2 or 3? If it's the latter, your problem likely stems from the Codeine content. Codeine is an addictive opiate closely related to morphine.

[blondiebear]

Throw the Tylenol in the trash. Think about if you have a headache. If you do, see if there is something natural you can do, like a cold compress or a hot water bottle.

Until you get over it, if there is anything you need from the drug store, will one of your friends get it for you?

PM me if you want to talk.