Well done 30mls is a high dosage to stop from in hindsight you should have cut down a lot more, however its going to peak in the next 2-48 hours then it wont get any worse it will go and come back go and come back but the main thing is you have your girl who is willing you through it and keeping you company, mind over matter if you want to do it and are ready to do it then its not so bad as if its forced upon you, well done and good luck, im on 15mls and am away to come off my self im on my own believe me if I still had my girl I would have came off long ago.If shes sticking by you shes worth her weight in gold treat her as such but remember people will only take so much I know she might not be there next time.dont push her away.good luck
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This is an interesting post. In away sometimes it is better to stay on methadone untill you are ready to confront your demons. The worst possible mistake is to come off and start some kinds of councilling that will bring up stuff that you are not ready to deal with and of course you are still very raw with coming off methadone that you cannot control your feelings and emotions as they have just came back to you. without knowing your friends back ground its difficult to comment on but im sure she is thankful she has a friend like you looking out for her. I would hazord a guess that your friends has all sorts of demons to kill possible abuse sexual and physical.One thing at a time, slowely carefully at her pace and it may take time.The last thing you guys want is to race ahead and a return to a full blown relapse and all the hard work having to be started again. Ofcourse its a relapsing condition but major pitfuls can be avoided as Im sure you realise. good luck with the book. Funny I was thinking of writing a book myself just the other day I googled how to write a best sellar. let me no how you get on.good luck
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I live in NC and my husband has BCBS and I need to know how to file for them to reimburse him for his Methadone. He goes to a local clinic and we tried to file it under the Mental Health portion of BCBS and they denied the claim w/ no explanation. What info does he have to have to send in, in order for them to pay? Any info would be so helpful! Methadone has saved his life, our marriage and our family! But it is REALLY putting a financial burden on us!! $5000 a year is alot of money!! ($84 a week) He is the only one working and we have 2 kids. I am going to school! PLEASE HELP!!
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I live in NC. My husband goes to a Methadone clinic and he has BCBS. Can anyone tell me if they will cover any of the cost since he goes to the clinic and isn't a written Rx that he takes to a drug store and gets filled, the Rx portion won't pay and we tried to file under the mental health portion and they denied the claim also. Where should I file the claim and what do I need to include with the receipts where he pays cash? If they do cover it, do you know how much they will reimburse? ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated!! Methadone saved his life, made him a productive member of society, he goes to work every day, (I am in school) it saved our family (we have 2 kids) But the finacial burden is becoming too much! $84 a week ($5000 a yr) is alot of money!!
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Help!!My father who had been a recovering alchoholic for years, went on methadone 140 mil after having knee surgery and used also used it to to wean off of alchahol.He had just started back drinking pretty heavy, while on medthadone.We took him to the V.A. Hospital to get detoxed willingly and they took him off methadone cold turkey, he has since been in a coma like state NOt an actual coma but he suffered minor brain seizures and has not been the same he has been in the hospital for a week and a half and is not the same...did hte doctors do the right thing??
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I'm a 33 year old heroin addict and got on methadone 7+ years ago I was on 160 mgs for 3 of those years and got sick of it (the b weekly trips to the clinic (I was a phase 5) the constant hassle and having a hook in my balls) so I quit cold turkey - it was awful & I wouldn't reccommend it to anyone- I didn't sleep for 2 months and went crazy with the pain of w/d. I was shoting up again 3 months after I quit meth and was soon up t a 1/4 - 1/2 gram habit a day so I decided to get back on methadone. This time I kept my dose at 100mgs a day for about a year and then started MSW over the next two years. I was abel to get down to 30mg's before switching to suboxone. The suboxone has been great (I've cut my dose in half in about 2months with no ill effects. Only problem with making the switch is that you have to wat 8-10 days after stopping methadone to start suboxone - otherwise the suboxone will throw you into instant withdraw. As crazy as it sonds I found an herbal product that heled me enormously during this period - Kratom; it didn't get me high or anything but I was able to sleep a few hours a night and had some enegery during the day. It really helped. It is from south east asia and has been used for centuries to help with opium withdraw. At first I tried buying some from a local head shop but it did very little - a friend I know from the clinic said that there is alot of bad Kratom on the market and even some fake stuff. long story short he reccmmend a website -Bouncing Bear Botancals and I ordered some - It really worked. Its not a mirical herb but iteally does help - the 10 days between the methadone I just felt like I had a minor cold and had only litttle bit of cravings.
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man sorry to here that i am also so one of a mill. people that is hooked on methodome but your only on 11mg thats great man well you ant got nothing to lose so i want you to try to find you some finagrin an benadryl togrther both very ez to get thats what alot of people detoxws off of methodome in jail i no alot of people thats done it an im starting to do the same thing my self so good luck to u an if u ever need some one to talk to u about methodome u can call me any time that goes for any body that reads this iv been on it going on almost 8years an i go to a methodome clinic an go to groups there the place i go to is call project cure my number is 937-938-5638 i no alot about the drug fill free to call any time
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no they did not im in dayton ohio an iv ben on methadone for almost 8years an i also go to a methadone clinic an you are not apost to stop cold turky thats why they got clinic for to wing you off of it its to dangerice to stop cold turky they should of knownthat your dad is in alot of pain you need to call me asap an ill try to help the best way i can 937-938-5638 my name is josep i got to a clinic as well an go to alot of methadone groups i no alot about the drug an im getting off of it also
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I have been on Methadone for 18 years I dropt my dose at the start by 5migs a week when I started to feel down I stoped dropping for a week or 2 until I leveled out again , when I got to 19 migs I droped a mig a week when I reached 1 mig I drunk every second day it is not easy I did this for about A month I have stoped taking it now for 3 days im not as bad as I thought I was going to be
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I have been on methadone for pain management for yrs. not that im judging heroin addicts, cuz I have had my bout with that but that was so much easier to come off of for me personaly! my thing is ive tried the ween and cold turkey but I dont have the time to be laying in bed not sleeping, cuz when I dont sleep for days and then go out in day light to drive im a risk to others on the road cause I get startled so easily from the sun or any quick movements! and Im not gonna put anybody at risk for my dumbass! Its a catch 22 you want off but you dont have the time like all these rich actors who go to treatment, and dont have to worry about bills and the sad thing is they ussually get there tratment for free! which we working people are the ones who need it for free it makes me sick like there more important then u or I! I know I could do it but not sleeping for a week at a time your a risk on job road everywhere, and plus im seperated from my sons mom and he is the light of my life im scared if i said look im on methadone I need a month or so for me. Im so scared she would try and take him away from me full time and that would kill me not the opiates! Well thats my story its good to know im not the only 1 and wish everyone the best! a question I hear that subutex and suboxine are no good for us that use methadone cause methadone gets into our bone marrow, any body else hear this!
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I am 46 1/2 hours in from my last dose. I was at 7 mg. Its like basically nothing in that stupid bottle. I feel okay for right now. Just a little anxiety for what may come. I am hoping it isn't too bad. Started the runs last night, but not today, back to normal. I had to quit because the tapering was doing me no good once I was down to such a low dose. I was barely sleeping and getting really bad depression. Since I decided to quit I have been completely upbeat about the whole thing. Just not looking forward to what is to come. I had to go cold turkey from 100mg before and that was bad, really bad. There's no way 7mg could be anywhere close to that. If anyone else has jumped off from a dose anywhere close to this let me know how that all went. I am a little worried but positive I can do this. I still have 2 doses left locked away in a safe I have no access to for emergencies. I'm supposed to go on a date today and go apply for a job. Hopefully that all turns out well. I just worry about the withdrawal hitting me hard in the middle of the date. lol
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I quit Cold Turkey from 130ml and Cigarettes 7 days ago. I have to say days 3 thru 5 were the worst, but today is much better! It feels like somebody flipped a switch and life is back on again. This was by far one of the hardest things I have ever done, and hopefully this time will close the door on 22+ years of addiction to drugs. This is the first time I have ever quit Cold Turkey, and so far it has been the best way to do it. I have gone to 3 rehabs with as many ways to come off, and this worked the best. Good luck to you all, any questions just ask. I'll be happy to tell what I did.
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your right cold turkey is the best way to quit methadone, i was on 120 millagrams for almost 4 years and got locked up and i always heard all these horror storys about how your not going to be able to sleep for atleast a month and your gonna be throwing up and have diarerra, well ive kicked heroin atleast 10 times and dont let anyone tell you kicking methadone is worse then kicking heroin. when i kicked methadone i only stayed sick for about 5 days, and that was with no vommiting or anything. just felt a little bone aches and sleepless nights. so dont listen to everything you read on the internet! the methadone clinic will tell you all this sh*t cause its a buisness and they dont want you off it, you ever notice how if you want to go up on your dose they do it right away, but try and go down and its a whole different story
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Here a taper success story....
I came off at 0.5ml (UK) after a 4 year slow taper from 45ml and I escaped all the main witdrawal symtoms, I had diarrhea for 2 weeks, insomnia, no energy etc. Even though I stayed more or less in bed on week 1 for fear of waiting for withdrawls on day 3 and 4 but they never came, on day 5, I was up and about doing quotes for customers (I'm a bathroom fitter and work on my own) I was still weak but just needed to get out of that room. Every day from then got a little better, I was sleeping 5 hours a night with Zopiclone and although for 3 days I had really bad cravings for herion I resisted them and they totally passed after 3 days like a switch turned off in my brain.
Today is thee weeks after my last dose and my energy has totally come back, I was working all day today and enjoyed it rather than just waiting for it to end, I worked untill 6:00pm, had my tea and went straight on the treadmill for an hour and burned 450 calories.
The treadmill has really helped as I used it to get in shape prior the my detox.
So the slower taper the better and get fit as your body can repair itself quicker, also you do get deppresion and anxiety but these pass quickly, I was given valliam but they make me feel worse so I threw them out.
Mind over matter, don't sit in a chair feeling sorry for yourself, I did a lot of this starring at the clock but its amazing how better you feel when you get up and do something.
Good luck all.
I came off at 0.5ml (UK) after a 4 year slow taper from 45ml and I escaped all the main witdrawal symtoms, I had diarrhea for 2 weeks, insomnia, no energy etc. Even though I stayed more or less in bed on week 1 for fear of waiting for withdrawls on day 3 and 4 but they never came, on day 5, I was up and about doing quotes for customers (I'm a bathroom fitter and work on my own) I was still weak but just needed to get out of that room. Every day from then got a little better, I was sleeping 5 hours a night with Zopiclone and although for 3 days I had really bad cravings for herion I resisted them and they totally passed after 3 days like a switch turned off in my brain.
Today is thee weeks after my last dose and my energy has totally come back, I was working all day today and enjoyed it rather than just waiting for it to end, I worked untill 6:00pm, had my tea and went straight on the treadmill for an hour and burned 450 calories.
The treadmill has really helped as I used it to get in shape prior the my detox.
So the slower taper the better and get fit as your body can repair itself quicker, also you do get deppresion and anxiety but these pass quickly, I was given valliam but they make me feel worse so I threw them out.
Mind over matter, don't sit in a chair feeling sorry for yourself, I did a lot of this starring at the clock but its amazing how better you feel when you get up and do something.
Good luck all.
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