8th day of Methadone withdrawal... how much longer will this go on?

Imodium AD will HELP SO MUCH!!!! It did for me!! It took all w/d away till the next day you just need to take 2 times the amount it says to take! :) I have the pill form i took 10 pills at a time and i feel great all day just not a lot of energy!! Hope this helps you.

i was on 80mg of methadone for 1.5 years - which they put me on for panadeine use... i was told not to try going off methadone cold turkey, to go off it gradually, then go on suboxone blah blah blah, i won't be able to do it - all this sort of thing.

i took my last dose on 10 july and it's now 4 september. i can't say they were exaggerating about the physical symptoms and the time frame (at least 2 months), which did surprise me.

but... for the last two weeks, i have felt suicidal and so depressed that i can barely type this. i usually just lie there and look at the ceiling all day. is this from coming off methadone? or is this just me without the aid of any drugs? am i just a weak person? obviously to get to this place, i have weaknesses.

i'm already on anti-depressants (and have been for years). i'm reluctant about the prospect of changing them because i know you have to go thru a washout period and then get put on another AD, wait around for a couple of weeks and see if that one works, then they increase it and find that it's not helpful and you go through another washout period and there's a real possibility that none of them will work.

has anyone else experienced this kind of withdrawal? ie when the physical withdrawal syptoms let up, you feel so depressed you can't get out of bed?

Well since you have not been taking it to long you have about 3 months to go. I was on it for 7 years and I went cold turkey it took over 8 months just to start feeling better, methadone is a powerful drug the most powerful painkiller and is nothing to play with, just stay the course and you will get through this. Google David Arenson a doctor who will tell you what foods and vitamins will help you recover quicker, one thing is to stay away from red meat while you are going through this, take high does of vitamin C 50 to 80 grams a day and it will really help you fast, but it does cause you to go to the bathroom a lot so make sure you take Imodium ad and drink tons of water to keep you hydrated. Good Luck and stay out of methadone clinics

It can take up to 8 weeks or longer and it isn't pleasant! There have been cases where it has took up to a year to get completely through the withdrawals. Believe me when I say I feel for you! I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. It's a horrible thing to go through especially alone. Good luck!

I have been on the methadome for about 5 6 years I was doing about 6 oxycotins a day and was also on the fentanyl patch as well I have been off the methadome now for 2weeks and still have withdrawls. My arms nd legs ache to the point i cant keep them still I sweet and get the chills and have no energy at all.WHEN WILL THIS FEELING GO AWAY???? I have taking 1 to 2 preks usually at night to help me sleep I dont want to but it just gets to that feeling that I cant stay still and cant take the feeling anymore.

I am on day 16 after walking off 40mg cold turkey. I can tell you 100 % for a fact that Jesus Christ got me thru and I feel amazing and so can you! I asked God for help before I decided to walk off the clinic and there is no other way I could have survived this at home alone, and be so happy now. Understanding why we are here and what your purpose is on earth and that ALL you need is Jesus..... will COMPLETELY turn your life around!!! You can do this!!!!

hey ive been where youve been alot im still trying to get off methadone ive tried suboxone and subutex i cant tolerate them sent me into the hospital everytime so i envy you for atleast trying getting to day 8 isnt easy. but let me give u one peice of advice because ive done this and most people ceize out or die dont mix percocet or any opiet with suboxone because suboxone has an opiod blocker known as naloxone subutex has no blocker but either way suboxone will send u into rapid withdrawl and detox everytime u mix the 2 the only time i got the suboxone withdrawl to stop and this was 4 years ago was taking double my normal regimine of opiets because they attack 100 % of your receptors suboxone blocks 98 % but you run the risk of dying if u do that trust me on this one i should be dead right now but im not so im gonna cold turkey the methadone again soon i know it wont be as bad as the first time i take 30 mg a day right now last time i did it i was on 200 so i know this time wont be 2 and a half months of withdrawl if your comin off of 25 mg a day of methadone by the time you hit day 14 you should be feeling alot better and by the time u hit day 21 that dose will be out of your system. i know alot about this ask me anything you want ive been to desperate to many times to count but i cant help. name is James or jimmy hope you beat it i know i will gotta have the will power and right mindset tell your mind its poison thats what i did and it did work

I totally know what your going through Hon. First of all you are extremely strong and I give you an enormous amount of credit for making it as far as you have. I myself having been trying to find a way off methedone for the past 3 years, It is by far the most difficult thing I have ever come up against. I felt it was important to let you know that suboxone can put you into the worst withdrawl of your life if you take it when your not in total and complete withdrawl it pretty much has the adverse effect it is supposed to have. The make meth patients get down to 40 mls then go completely cold turkey for 3 days and then they finally give you the suboxone when you are on deaths doorstep. If your taking any drugs and even have 10 mls of meth in your system, please stay away from the suboxone, I would hate to see you get even more sick than you are my heart goes out to you. Also they Methedone Anonymous now too, that may help and I would just keep on weening yourself down and you will make it because thankfully you are down to such a low dose. Just remember that the suboxone may have had the adverse effect on you and that might be why you are still feeling do sick. You are so strong, Please don't give up, You WILL make it!!!!!!!

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thekidsaredoomed wrote:

I'm a 24 year old female. I was buying methadone illegally (worst decision ever) and was taking 20mg-30mg a day to get high because I couldn't get my hands on other pills... that lasted a couple of weeks. Before I knew it I was dependent on it. I weened myself down to 5mg-2.5mg a day. I have been steady on 5mg of meth for about two months just to get thru each day. I decided to take my last dose over a week ago, I'm on my 8th day of withdrawal and it seems not to be getting any better. I feel depressed, a little anxious, uncomfortable, and have terrible stomach cramps along with diarrhea. Does anyone know how long this will last? I thought by a week I would start feeling better, but it's day 8 and I feel the same as I did on day 5.

I haven't been clean during this process... I don't think I would have made it without the help of other opiates. During the first 5 days I have been doing about 20-15mg of Perc a day which has helped me tremendously. On day 6 I took a quarter of an 8mg Suboxone (so about 2mg). I stayed clean on day 7 and felt a little bit better, and when I woke up today (day 8) I feel like total c**p again so I took another 2mg of Suboxone. Does anyone know if the Perc or Suboxone was a bad route to take? I'm afraid this might have prolonged my WD. Or does Methadone really take this long to leave my body? I'm never touching Methadone again... I thought OC was a b***h to get off of... I've met it's match. Please, if anyone has gone thru this I would really appreciate some thoughts or advice. Getting high is the last thing on my mind, I just want to feel like a normal person again. :-(

I totally know what your going through Hon. First of all you are extremely strong and I give you an enormous amount of credit for making it as far as you have. I myself having been trying to find a way off methedone for the past 3 years, It is by far the most difficult thing I have ever come up against. I felt it was important to let you know that suboxone can put you into the worst withdrawl of your life if you take it when your not in total and complete withdrawl it pretty much has the adverse effect it is supposed to have. The make meth patients get down to 40 mls then go completely cold turkey for 3 days and then they finally give you the suboxone when you are on deaths doorstep. If your taking any drugs and even have 10 mls of meth in your system, please stay away from the suboxone, I would hate to see you get even more sick than you are my heart goes out to you. Also they Methedone Anonymous now too, that may help and I would just keep on weening yourself down and you will make it because thankfully you are down to such a low dose. Just remember that the suboxone may have had the adverse effect on you and that might be why you are still feeling do sick. You are so strong, Please don't give up, You WILL make it!!!!!!!

Sorry about my terrible spelling lol, and if you ever need a friend to talk to I am always here:) Take care, stay strong.

Jess

I really feel for you, the supposed treatment for opiate addiction turns out to be liquid handcuffs. Hang in there you are doing great. And don't worry or feel bad about the couple perks at night there are addicts doing a lot more to get through the night. Give yourself the credit you deserve you are so strong, take care, all the best!

Jess

I have hon , to the point where I have not even been able to dress myself, simply because I cannot function, clean my house, look after my son properly to the point where I have had to move my Mom in to help me take care of him and me thank god I have a support person, for so many years I didn't. Anyway back on topic I am also on 80 I was on 125 mls about 4 months ago, and I am just a mess I don't know how else to put it. I am terrified top go any lower because I thought I was superwoman and got all the way down to 40 mls so they could finally suboxone me off and save me from this hell, well lets just say I found myself in the hospital the day my dose hit 40 mls and was admitted for cardiac arrest, I was about 90 pds and looked repulsive, sorry scratch that, I looked like I was dying and quite frankly I was! How the hell did they expect me to go cold turkey for three days when i was almost dying at 40? I am just hoping if you get any info about how to get down to 40(obviously I know it will be uncomfortable) but we shouldn't have to call an ambulance because of trying to get off this poison! I am going to call CamH and see about the anesthetic program apparently they can put you under anesthetic for 9 - 11 days and get you over the worst of it safely and get you working on getting on and then off suboxone. I will post if I find any info. All the best, My heart really goes out for you, stay strong

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This is my first post. I'll be brief.... I WAS on Methadone for amost 2 years, started at 60 mg per day....for 6 months, then started a very very slow taper some drops were not so good, others I did not notice.... tapered all the way to 1 mg per day for 3 weeks, then to .5 mg per day for 12 days.... I had my last .5mg ( point Five) 10 days ago today I am almost back to normal.... a littler unmotivated & tired but feeling better than I have in 7 years ( 5 on pills oxy etc and 2 on Methadone ) the key is a very slow taper....it can be done.... don't give up you can do it and will do it if you really want it. Good luck and god bless...ps.... eat toasted tunafish sanwiches followed by kiwi..... at the same time, they help produce natural seritonean in the braiin.... the mix allows the folic acid to cross the blood brain barrier... Cheers

I also was on methadone for two years the last six months at 85 mgs a day at a clinic the rest illegal abuse from an evil old woman selling it to me to help with pinched nerve pain telling me it was chewable narco wow was I dumb. The clinics tapered me down five mgs a day and this is my first day with nothing . I feel OK and have during the detox but I'm not sure how my body will react yet .....when I was at 85 I couldn't go a day without it....but I'm OK just depressed and to much anxiety. And what makes it worse is the guy I live with still takes it.....I do not want to be on this I have kids and I don't want to be a mom like this. I should take it as a sign when the person you love goes back on their commitment to quit with you so you wouldn't be in this alone ...and I end up paying for his habit now . I am trying to get off this stuff so I can get away from him and be a good mom somewhere else away from this horrible addiction.

Me Again ( Mickael ) Thought I'd check in with my progress, It''s almost a month since I finished my taper, ( See Above post) and I can tell you all it gets much better... I'm back to normal feeling good having a few laughs..... a sure sign is that for the past 10 days.... I haven't even thought about having been on Methadone at all.... it's becoming a distant memory as is all the things that come with it...ie having to go to the dr and the pharm and take it everyday..... so hang in there everyone, it works and it gets better.... BTW the reason I wrote the first post and this one is because most times once people get back to normal methadone free life and it's been successful for them, they don't come back on to tell the good news....as a result the vast majority of stories and experiences are negative ones...... so here's a good news it works post. Cheers, and stick with it, you'll never regret it, and it will become a faded memory to chalk up to experience.

My advice ( in addition to my posts ) is you MUST remove drugs from your life & living situation....DON'T be confrontational with the guy you're with... a fight will cause stress and will serve no positive purpose. If you partner can not commit to getting off drugs ( Merthadone is The Way...for MOST the only way ) ..... then you have to get you and your kid(s) away from that living arrangement. If you do this and get clean and feeling good... maybe that will inspire him to do the same.....Make your life into what you want it to be....set your goals and stick to them, and you'll get them. Today is the first day of the rest of your life....a NEW life... that you NOW...RIGHT NOW... choose for your self to live.

Hope this helps...Good Luck Mickael