Hello everyone,
I am on a methadone therapy. my doc gives me in little bottles mixed with juicy or some other drink.I drink every day 12ml,that's 24 tablets or 120mg per day. Please,can somebody tell me is my dosage (12ml) very high,high,average or low ?
I tried cold turkey in 4 days,then I gave up cause i would collapse
I made it though Sandy........the other storm I'm battling I'm sad to say I let get the best of me.......All the relief I illusioned was just that a fuckn illusion. I feel worse no pleasure. I am mad at myself! Georgia, I don't want this to be my life. I'm scared, upset, and disappointed in myself. I don't know why I can't just break away from this...Idk, had to tell you and milligram yes it's a normal dose yeah it's high, but it's what you say you want. And about your man problem yes you can't get it up when on opiates. Thought your done was "better than love" you come on here glorifying your high all the time. Are you trying to quit or tell everyone on here on a HOME REMEDY BOARD some struggling how great you feel on done?
You hang in there, don't beat yourself up over it. I had to try 3 times before I finally broke the cycle. You just wipe yourself off, get back on your feet and try again. I am glad you made it through Sandy, she was a scary b***h!
I have tried Kratom and it works. I've researched you're only supposed to stay on it for 2 weeks at the most because it too is addictive, but it does alleviate the w/d symptoms and works well. You will still have some w/d after the two weeks but it is NO WHERE NEAR AS BAD as other methods. I've tried several differnet strains but only the Maeng Da strain seems to work
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. You'll prbably need 4 ounces. Take it 3-4 times a day as needed. I use a teaspoon measuring cup and take 2 teaspoons at a time. Mix it with a little hot water to melt it down, then pour in anything with sugar to cool it down then chug. It tastes bad but works! Trust me I've tried everything and was super impressed at how mild the w/d became after using it!
Lol, yeah I'm in Ma so we were pretty lucky. New York and Jersey wow....horrible. So today I made a big step I made an appt.(oh got insurance fixed on 10th) with a Dr. He is a Sub Dr. but gives the vivitrol shot. In the past I have taken it and I don't like it. Although has very little if no side effects only thing you can't use for 30 days after it. I just I can't do this alone I tried so so so hard. And I do really want sobriety so badly. I can't believe how hard this is and Georgia you are amazing the way you have embraced it all the good the bad all of it. You took it as it came/comes and truly you have it. I am a huge advocate on Kratom and will say again and again it took away the worst withdrawal. I only used during acute wd. I would advise others to stay on it through PAWS. I feel so good about Tues. kind of like I get to take a billion pounds off my back and get some help with the rest of the wight. Georgia what is the best part of being clean for you? What was or is the hardest part. I think about that story about the flashlight and I feel like I need some help getting there. It was not the route I wanted to go I really thought I could do it alone, but that sh*t has a part of me right now. Did you feel anything from Sandy? How was Halloween wit the Grandson my nephew was batman. I got a new dog today. WOW, I went to go grab something and left with this must be idk HUGE purebred English Bulldog w/ papers. I already have two dogs. So he might be here only temporarily staying here till I find him a home depends on how he is with the other dogs. I dread introducing him he is STRONG, but a big love. He is only 1 and really just wants love. That was an interesting twist to my morning.
For me the best parts are being able to think clearly, not having to worry about how much drugs I have left or if I can stretch out my supply, feeling again, even the pain. Having a semi normal life again, and knowing I can be there now for my family, and not have something controlling my life.
The worst part is, ....I actually miss it, the warmth, the energy, and no back pain, it is even hard to write about it. When I do start feeling that way, I try to remember how it controlled my life, and that the price was too high.
We got a lot of wind here from Sandy and the temp drooped rather fast, but really not much, it made Halloween a little cool, but Spiderman was up for it! This was his first door to door experience!
LOL another doggie! You will have your own shelter before too long! I want to get another one, but have to wait until we get done moving around. I would like to get one of those Australian herding dogs, with the one grey eye, they are really smart and loyal. My sister has a Rhodesian ridge back, a huge beast, but a total baby. Her husband has a Rottweiler and a little Dotson dog, and the little one bosses the two beast around!
How are you doing, did you start that treatment yet?
Hang in there!
Georgia!!! I'm glad Halloween went good(cute). I'll start by saying since the Dr. with the exception of Tues. night I have not felt better in since I relapsed. I feel normal am able to focus on work and such, have zero cravings am relearning how to live like alot of "ohh this is what i should be doing moments". The down side is the reason I feel this way is because I'm on a low dose of suboxone. Tues. night was a fight with myself to take it I thought because I didn't want to be on it no it was because I wanted to get high. I hate it that I'm on it. He say's by summer I'll be completely off. I don't look at it like an opiate I look at it as a med and take exactly as prescribed. My disease being: Complete lack of self control, obsessive thoughts of using, irrational dangerous decision making-Sub being the antidote for now. If anyone has read my previous posts you see how against Sub I am, but for me now I think it is the right choice. My life has changed dramatically for the better as of now. Enough about me, how are you? How is the Family? How is your Sis and her son? My mother is getting a procedure done Friday and after it I will know if she needs bypass surgery.....been very upset about this. So the dog went to an amazing family I was so sad to give him to them it was my roofer and his fam they are amazing people and will/do love the dog. Shady is just forgiving me over the whole thing. I HIGHLY suggest getting an Australian Cattle Dog they are hard as puppies get a soft muzzle for training, but they are most amazing dogs ever. I know I run a store and it's like an animal shelter in the back round lol. Season is almost over i have been doing alot of ebay I have some pretty kick ass items up right now.
Both of my sisters came up to visit us, with their new born's, one is 5 weeks, the other is 5 months, both boys! We are enjoying their visit, even the cries at 2am!
Sorry to hear about your mom, hopefully it will be good news, even if she does have to have that surgery, now a'days, it is a very quick and safe procedure. I am gld you found a good home for the doggy, it is always better for them to go to someone you know! We move next weekend, I am sure that National Lampoon will have nothing on our little adventure coming up!
Ahhh lol, that is so nice you are so close with your sisters. How beautiful all of you in the same home!! I wish you so much luck with the move. I truly hope you and your family feel at home right away. It is a great place!! Thank you bout my Mom, and you are right, also thank you for the support!! This is really working out well for now....Georgia you are so ahead of the music scene here(Bostons for sure, but I'm pretty sure in general) I sleep with my tv on so many times I wake up to one of your songs, and I have never heard them before. It is not just a case of noticing because I LOVE the songs and would have noticed. I know you said you loved music and had friends in the industry byefore. It amazes me how they just went main stream. Anyways, I'm glad all is well.
the feeling in your head is normal, thousands of people like u and me suffer from this, when attempting to withdraw from the prescribed medicines. Simply put, your brain transmittors, and our chemical makeup is altered, when taking any medications. this strange feeling like electrodes going off in your head last about a week, then disappears. good luck
j1wcso wrote:
i"ve been taking tramadol for about a year because i work in a factory and my feet, hands, back etc always hurt. y perscribed dose was 100 mg 3 times a day as needed. Some days i took more probably because it made me feel better mentally not so much for pain. One of the things i read was that tramadol made you feel like everything was ok, similar to an antidepressant or anti anxiety med as well as blocking pain. When i missed a does or tried to stop taking it i had the same symptoms everyone else has. Everything hurt 50 times worse than before. I concluded that brain chemical interaction of the drug was my biggest problem. I told my doc i wanted something different. He gave me Lortab. Ive read several places since that Lortab is harder to stop than Tramadol (true or not?) but i can say that even taking the Lortab im pain free but i still have the funky feeling in my head that i got when i missed a Tram does. My gut feeling is that the Lortab will not mess with my brain the way Tram did and will be easier to taper, Any input would be greatly appretiated. I will say that i will miss the way Tram made me feel like physically i was 18 again (39yo now) but i want to be drug free.
the feeling in your head is normal, thousands of people like u and me suffer from this, when attempting to withdraw from the prescribed medicines. Simply put, your brain transmittors, and our chemical makeup is altered, when taking any medications. this strange feeling like electrodes going off in your head last about a week, then disappears. good luck
Hey J what you are feeling is normal!! Tramadol is a strange drug and causes seizures sometimes during withdrawal. Your abrupt stop of the med is what caused this I'm surprised the Lortab isn't taking that weird feeling away, but it is prob due to the fact that Tramadol is similar to benzos when going thru wd's. ALOT of hardcore drug users will play down Tramadol wd not understanding it is a very different drug and carries strange wd symptoms. I believe the loratab will be easier for you to quit. When you miss a dose you are not going to feel good, wd sucks no matter what it is from, but you won't have the strange brain zing thing. GOOD LUCK!!