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angelcake 48 I have been taking methadone for 5yrs @ 120mg per day. I tried to quit 2yrs ago with suboxone and had a bad experience to read about my experience go here and read my post felipe22ihttps://www.steadyhealth.com/topics/suboxin-to-methadone&highlight=since that time I went down to 60mg per day and the last 2months I have tapered down from 60 to 5 mg the last 4 days it definitely helped I took my last dose of 5mg one week ago (168 hours ago ) it is still very painful but not as bad. If you have the financial means I would recommend the Waismann Method they put you under for 2hours and flush out your system and then monitor you for a total of three days in ICU it is very expensive $15,800. A friend of mine did this and was back to work in 5 days with minimal pain and no they do not take insurance. As far as my progress I am felling better than last week and I and going to push myself to return to work on Oct 1. I will post my full progress from start to finish when I am feeling a little better hope this helps.
My dr put me on methadone 2 years ago for chronic pain from several sports injuries that went undiagnosed for 6 years. I was fairly happy with my treatment plan with my dr... as happy as one person can be with methadone tapering. All of a sudden my dr was up and gone, I'm pretty sure he was fired but not completely sure. He hinted to me several times that administration at the hospital / clinic were very unhappy with him. He was so socially open and eccentric that I didn't even know wether or not to take him seriously. But sure enough, I call in for a methadone refill in april of this year 08' and was informed by a receptionist that my dr was no longer practicing at the clinic and will more than likely not be coming back. I was very discouraged... I'd been seeing him for about 1.5 years; this is the dr. that, after 6 years of seeing numerous physical therapist and orthopedists, finally took the time out of his day to order me a joint imaging test called and MRI-arthrogram and he got me my diagnosis in under 3 months. But at the same time this is the dr that I think with poor decision making, put me on methadone. Before this I had been taking vicodin intermittently for break through pain after my overdue surgery that corrected my orthopedic injuries. So after that dr was, poof, gone I was left with the struggle of being assigned a new general practitioner. So you would that that a clinic / hospital would make it a priority to assign a permanent gp as soon as possible to patients that were 'left out in the cold' after his/her (the patient's) dr leaves their care with out any warning... especially patients on methadone tapers!!??!? Nope! I struggled with receptionists for FOUR MONTHS to get an appointment to see a dr that I could talk to about my methadone taper. Because while I waited 4 months to see a dr, the clinic was blindly refilling my prescriptions at the same dosage (not according to my taper 'plan') what's more is they f***ed my prescriptions every time, all 4 months. Either the date was wrong, the prescriptions were not signed, or the actually amount of medication in the bottle was wrong!! WTF?
The receptionists, in all, over the 4 months, scheduled me 4 appointments and all 4 were hastly canceled at the very last minutes, like a day or two before the scheduled appointment. I was so fed up they left me with no choice, I finally went to the hospital's patient advocacy office to tell my long tale of a story. The main counselor at patient advocacy was an angel, she heard everything I had to say and actually gave me a human conversation with questions, answers, and feelings about my predicament. She told me that she would get me 'my appointment.' So the next day I get an appt with one of their 'better' doctors, and 2 days later it was canceled! I found out in person while picking up a methadone refill. I felt my heart sank. meanwhile the whole (well, not whole of course) reason I need to get off of this monster of a drug is so I can get back to school this winter, before my medical withdrawal runs out. I'm 2 quarters till graduation and I can't go to school while on the methadone, and even if I thought that was possible it wouldn't be because my dr. wouldn't be able to get me my rx refills over state lines. (i go to school in a different state) And the last thing I want to do in the world is look for a new dr in the vicinity of my school who would be willing to oversee my methadone taper.
It's almost like if you're a patient on methadone, they might as well paint a huge red X on your forehead, with fine print reading "Do not make me your new patient." So I eventually get an appt... w/ the previously mentioned so-called 'better dr.s' of the clinic/office. Of course this dr (and I saw this coming a mile away) wants to put me on a much more rapid methadone taper and leaves me with merely no say in the matter. I don't get it, it just doesn't make sense to me... doesn't she realize she could be doing more harm than good?
So now I'm going through withdrawals and I might as well be completely alone. I'm staying with my parents, which is in a diff state than the one I normally live in. My mom's an alcoholic and goes on consistent rages. My step-father's physically and verbally abusive... towards me and my mother. And between the two of them, they of course fight all day long, every single day. They're both retired so they're home almost all day, every day. I can't get out of bed to even get a granola bar and my mom hates doing favors for other people. Most times I go without eating because she out-right refuses to help me out with food. Sometimes I feel like she doesn't even believe me in what I tell her I'm going through with the methadone withdrawal. I'm only kept in contact with one friend from back home and he's suppose to graduate this december so I can't bring myself to call him and b***h about what I'm going through... he has his own problems. After I had my orthopedic corrective surgery, my mom couldn't help but roll her eyes when I asked for help to the bathroom... and this was when no one else was home! I couldn't ask anyone else for help if I wanted to. Sometimes I'm confused as to why she even allows to have me at home while I go through this... and pay my way... I'm not working. And then I get even more discouraged... I think the only reason I'm here is because she's sad, feels alone (I would too if I were in her shoes) and has no moral support except for me, my brother and her alcoholic friend. She would have me on the floor, on my hands and knees cleaning up my vomit while at the same time I'm still vomiting from smelling my own vomit. How could she be so mean?? She won't talk to me unless I'm giving her moral support about her dead-beat husband (my step-father). If I bring up anything about me she drops the conversation completely... almost as if I was talking to nobody. Actually, the only thing she likes hearing about from me is any inkling of information about my ex-boyfriends because she's so eager to get me off-and-married and get rid of me.
Does anyone else have a shitty support system like myself? How do you cope? Right now I think the only thing that keep me hanging on is my cat and online tv. (abc.com and nbc.com) I can't even leave my room, I hate having to face her or my step-father... I avoid them at almost all costs.
The receptionists, in all, over the 4 months, scheduled me 4 appointments and all 4 were hastly canceled at the very last minutes, like a day or two before the scheduled appointment. I was so fed up they left me with no choice, I finally went to the hospital's patient advocacy office to tell my long tale of a story. The main counselor at patient advocacy was an angel, she heard everything I had to say and actually gave me a human conversation with questions, answers, and feelings about my predicament. She told me that she would get me 'my appointment.' So the next day I get an appt with one of their 'better' doctors, and 2 days later it was canceled! I found out in person while picking up a methadone refill. I felt my heart sank. meanwhile the whole (well, not whole of course) reason I need to get off of this monster of a drug is so I can get back to school this winter, before my medical withdrawal runs out. I'm 2 quarters till graduation and I can't go to school while on the methadone, and even if I thought that was possible it wouldn't be because my dr. wouldn't be able to get me my rx refills over state lines. (i go to school in a different state) And the last thing I want to do in the world is look for a new dr in the vicinity of my school who would be willing to oversee my methadone taper.
It's almost like if you're a patient on methadone, they might as well paint a huge red X on your forehead, with fine print reading "Do not make me your new patient." So I eventually get an appt... w/ the previously mentioned so-called 'better dr.s' of the clinic/office. Of course this dr (and I saw this coming a mile away) wants to put me on a much more rapid methadone taper and leaves me with merely no say in the matter. I don't get it, it just doesn't make sense to me... doesn't she realize she could be doing more harm than good?
So now I'm going through withdrawals and I might as well be completely alone. I'm staying with my parents, which is in a diff state than the one I normally live in. My mom's an alcoholic and goes on consistent rages. My step-father's physically and verbally abusive... towards me and my mother. And between the two of them, they of course fight all day long, every single day. They're both retired so they're home almost all day, every day. I can't get out of bed to even get a granola bar and my mom hates doing favors for other people. Most times I go without eating because she out-right refuses to help me out with food. Sometimes I feel like she doesn't even believe me in what I tell her I'm going through with the methadone withdrawal. I'm only kept in contact with one friend from back home and he's suppose to graduate this december so I can't bring myself to call him and b***h about what I'm going through... he has his own problems. After I had my orthopedic corrective surgery, my mom couldn't help but roll her eyes when I asked for help to the bathroom... and this was when no one else was home! I couldn't ask anyone else for help if I wanted to. Sometimes I'm confused as to why she even allows to have me at home while I go through this... and pay my way... I'm not working. And then I get even more discouraged... I think the only reason I'm here is because she's sad, feels alone (I would too if I were in her shoes) and has no moral support except for me, my brother and her alcoholic friend. She would have me on the floor, on my hands and knees cleaning up my vomit while at the same time I'm still vomiting from smelling my own vomit. How could she be so mean?? She won't talk to me unless I'm giving her moral support about her dead-beat husband (my step-father). If I bring up anything about me she drops the conversation completely... almost as if I was talking to nobody. Actually, the only thing she likes hearing about from me is any inkling of information about my ex-boyfriends because she's so eager to get me off-and-married and get rid of me.
Does anyone else have a shitty support system like myself? How do you cope? Right now I think the only thing that keep me hanging on is my cat and online tv. (abc.com and nbc.com) I can't even leave my room, I hate having to face her or my step-father... I avoid them at almost all costs.
Yea i feel your pain literaly its odd i went thru the same thing with the local hospital/dr office here im not going to go into my issues but like almost 99% of the posters b4 me i had a medical condition that got me onto narcotics couldn't afford oxy so METHADONE here we come (if only i could go back in time). But yea come to find out the local hospital here thought that the Dr. was giving out to many drugs so i got to my dr appt. in April (which i had been w/for 9yrs) Never any bad Ua's never called for a early refill i did my part well My dr is gone they bring in the BIG WIGS (haha) and i thought all was good until the NEW Dr. Shows up in Oct (and he is one of these doc's with that attidue and ya all know what I mean) so he just up and tells me well I am not a pain mangment dr ill fill your scripts 2 more times but you will have to find a new Dr (the other part i liked was he told me that because I didnt live in that city was his REASON but yet i did live there till i had a house fire but he didnt want to hear that) and when i leave the office vist went from 60$ to 100$ i was like WTF? So here i am sitting in my car trying to take all this in and i come to saying hell w/it i tear up the scripts (methadone/Dilaudid) and go cold turkey (he gave me no refer to new dr just find a new one OK SURE DUDE) I wouldn't reccomend it btw (cold turkey) but here I am almost 1 month later well 24 days to be exact and yea it is the HARDEST thing i have ever done in my life and the really bad part is that i sleep 2 hrs mabey a night and then i wake up and have to rotate the sheets because of the sweats i have tried every type of otc sleep aid i can find and no relief at all. BUT to be honest there is a plus side i have always been a big guy 6ft 200pds but on methadon when i was at dr i had blew up to 299 well in 24 days I i have all ready went from 299 to 268 (any yea i find it helpful to walk help ankles stop throbbing) but i guess my whole reason for typing this is for anyone that is in chronic pain like i was/am don't goto methadone yea its cheap and it works but as you have read from all the previous posts it WILL come back to bite you in one way, shape or form but to all you out there going thru what it seems like alot of us are keep your head up and i will pray for all of you to get thru your own situation
Here's a little background about my situation: I have going to a pain clinic, for chronic back and neck pain, due to working in factories for the last 15 years. (I don't work anymore) I have been on Methadone for about six years now. I was taking 10mg three to four times a day. My last visit there was over a month ago. I failed a drug/urine test because I smoked some herb with "Friends". I was told I couldn't get my pain meds back until I passed one. The day I went, my clinic had no one to collect samples because they were finding a new lab. I still had a few Methadone left, so I ramped myself down to 10mg and then to 5mg, in a matter of five days time. Then I went back to the clinic and took a urine, which takes a week to return. I no longer live in the city where my clinic is, I live about two hours away in a rural area. I can't go to my family doctor and try to explain that I've been on Methadone for years and never told her. I just can't do that because I'm afraid she'll look down on me, so I'm doing this alone. I do have my Mom for support, but right now my best friends are on the TV. I'm also agoraphobic and I haven't left my house in weeks.
I quit drinking seven years ago, which until now was the hardest thing I've ever done. I thought I could handle this just fine. Boy, was I wrong. The withdraw symptoms started the day after I stopped. My Mom had to take a day off work, to drive me back to the clinic because I didn't have the strength. I took another test and went home, I wasn't given any meds either. I was supposed to go back the following week, but I was so sick and my Mom couldn't take another day off. I realized if I went back on that drug, all the withdrawal and all the pain I went through was for nothing. I called the pain clinic and cancelled my appointment. I couldn't trust myself to go back in there. If they offered the methadone, I wasn't strong enough to turn it away. Not then and maybe not now.
I went online and did a search for methadone withdrawal and what I read scared me to death. I couldn't read it because I was terrified it would put ideas into my head of what I should be experiencing and I didn't think my withdraw would be that bad. I made myself get back online and I found this site. Thank you all!
The first week, I had no appetite, severely nauseated, diarrhea, fatigue, sneezing, yawning and crying all the time. I've had three bottles of Pepto Bismuth in the past few weeks, but I bought some Imodium AD because the Pepto doesn't seem to help my stomach. I took one dose of it last night and it seems to be helping.
It's been 26 days since my last dose and those symptoms have very slowly subsided. The nausea is almost gone, along with the crying. I am on two different anti-depressants, Clonopins for anxiety and muscle relaxers. I've been on those just as long as the Methadone--they're not a replacement.
Here's how I've been dealing...
I take Ginger Root when I first wake up, which is for nausea and/or motion sickness. Every morning, I have a yogurt pro-biotic drink to help with my digestive issues and a banana for the leg cramping. When I feel hungry, I eat a bowl of chicken noodle soup with crackers. After I eat, I take Milk Thistle, which is supposed to help your liver function better, thus helping remove this drug from my body. And of course, I take a good multi-vitamin. Later in the afternoon/evening, I usually have half of a sub from the local sub shop, followed by Ginger, Milk Thistle and a Vitamin. I've been drinking lots of vitamin enhanced water, not the kind with all the sugar and special ingredients, just Propel. It's slightly flavored water, low calories and contains lots of B vitamins. I discovered something else that has been helping me with the fatigue, those 5 hour type energy shots. I don't drink all of them at once or even half of it at once. I sip on it throughout the day. They contain high doses of B Vitamins and Amino Acids, with small amounts of caffeine. (nothing with guarana or ginseng).
I'm not in as much physical pain as I thought I would be. I think it's because I haven't worked in years, but I still take Aleve twice a day, just in case.
I try not to think about what I'm going to do tomorrow or even later in
the evening. It's not one day at a time, it's more like one second or one minute at a time. I am getting through this and I truly believe all of this happened for a reason: to open my eyes about my Methadone addiction. It has, believe me. I hope this helps at least one person break free from Methadone.
I quit drinking seven years ago, which until now was the hardest thing I've ever done. I thought I could handle this just fine. Boy, was I wrong. The withdraw symptoms started the day after I stopped. My Mom had to take a day off work, to drive me back to the clinic because I didn't have the strength. I took another test and went home, I wasn't given any meds either. I was supposed to go back the following week, but I was so sick and my Mom couldn't take another day off. I realized if I went back on that drug, all the withdrawal and all the pain I went through was for nothing. I called the pain clinic and cancelled my appointment. I couldn't trust myself to go back in there. If they offered the methadone, I wasn't strong enough to turn it away. Not then and maybe not now.
I went online and did a search for methadone withdrawal and what I read scared me to death. I couldn't read it because I was terrified it would put ideas into my head of what I should be experiencing and I didn't think my withdraw would be that bad. I made myself get back online and I found this site. Thank you all!
The first week, I had no appetite, severely nauseated, diarrhea, fatigue, sneezing, yawning and crying all the time. I've had three bottles of Pepto Bismuth in the past few weeks, but I bought some Imodium AD because the Pepto doesn't seem to help my stomach. I took one dose of it last night and it seems to be helping.
It's been 26 days since my last dose and those symptoms have very slowly subsided. The nausea is almost gone, along with the crying. I am on two different anti-depressants, Clonopins for anxiety and muscle relaxers. I've been on those just as long as the Methadone--they're not a replacement.
Here's how I've been dealing...
I take Ginger Root when I first wake up, which is for nausea and/or motion sickness. Every morning, I have a yogurt pro-biotic drink to help with my digestive issues and a banana for the leg cramping. When I feel hungry, I eat a bowl of chicken noodle soup with crackers. After I eat, I take Milk Thistle, which is supposed to help your liver function better, thus helping remove this drug from my body. And of course, I take a good multi-vitamin. Later in the afternoon/evening, I usually have half of a sub from the local sub shop, followed by Ginger, Milk Thistle and a Vitamin. I've been drinking lots of vitamin enhanced water, not the kind with all the sugar and special ingredients, just Propel. It's slightly flavored water, low calories and contains lots of B vitamins. I discovered something else that has been helping me with the fatigue, those 5 hour type energy shots. I don't drink all of them at once or even half of it at once. I sip on it throughout the day. They contain high doses of B Vitamins and Amino Acids, with small amounts of caffeine. (nothing with guarana or ginseng).
I'm not in as much physical pain as I thought I would be. I think it's because I haven't worked in years, but I still take Aleve twice a day, just in case.
I try not to think about what I'm going to do tomorrow or even later in
the evening. It's not one day at a time, it's more like one second or one minute at a time. I am getting through this and I truly believe all of this happened for a reason: to open my eyes about my Methadone addiction. It has, believe me. I hope this helps at least one person break free from Methadone.
My boyfriend has been taking Methadone for severe lower back pain since before i met him. He has been using it for about 2 years now and although he has decreased his dosage substantially he is none the less reliant on Methadone. I really would like for him to quit but i know he cant do it cold turkey. The clinic he goes to just cares about making a profit and doesn't encourage him to go off the drug. It's sad to spend time with him and watch the side effects take over. He's constantly sweaty and falls asleep all the time or can't sleep at all. He is always worried about having money to dose and its just upsetting to see him as a slave to this drug. Can someone help me to better understand methadone? Also, how can i help him become more comfortable with the idea of quitting? Any suggestions or support would be greatly appreciated.
I thought I was a lifer on Methadone. I did not even have to go to the clinic anymore, because the DR. got a bribe and just wrote me scripts, then when he got busted, I realized you can just go to a addiction specialist and get just as much and way cheaper. Yet any way, I just did not know how i could live without it. The deal is, it is a ritual, AKA - Habit.
There is sickness to contend with as it is human nature for us to avoid it. But what if your withdrawal's are the only thing that will make you laugh like you use to, cry like you use to, make you feel and act like you use too. The 2 years I was on 340 mg of methadone i did not leave my house for the last 6 months because of depression. Before I got on methadone, I was a IV heroin user (23-27) bags a day for about 1 year and a half. So, the methadone did get my life stable. Only a doctor was there instead of my dealers. I have had 5 long years of addiction just knowing i could not get off because i took so much and withdrawals are HELL. My addiction started when I was 18 and got my wisdom teeth out. 1 year later, in college i was taking 50-55 a day Hydrocodone 10mg/650. Then I moved to 18-20 80mg oxy cottons a day. Then started chewing the 3 day fentnyl patches and would suck it all out in about 10 minutes. Only did 4 of those a day,(very strong) with 5 or 6 fentynl suckers. But, this week on Monday 11/24 stopped cold turkey after a 1 week wien. I still feel slight withdrawals, but all i say to myself is I have to change because i will end up a burn out, or i will focus on the one thing still special to me, took a while to find that. But I have the best way to get off he will not be bad at all. Nothing like if he Has ever gone cold turkey before. That is a inflictive abamonation I could not wish on anyone. Sometimes with methadone, It is a full week of being delerious sickness to get of. Symptoms-Skin Crawlers,Vommiting,SWEATS,Depression, suicidle thoughts, the sh**s,not being able to sleep but 1-2 hours a day and of course your eyes and nose water so bad you cannot see most of the time. So if he wants to get off, let me know and i will tell you how I did this in just 4 days of very mild withdrawals it was like some kind of a miracle. I just kept waiting on the 3 or 4 days of being delerious with pain, IT NEVER CAME! sh*t, I could have still run the Turkey trot today if I wanted. My emotions are still a little off, I cried watching my dog skip last night and that was kind of wierd. But just to laugh feels good again, not to mention you get turned on as balls. It is amazing the little things you did not even care about when you were sober are so much more important after you dont have them for a few years. So give me his details dose thing most important to him and of course the reason he will stay sober (any mental probs.?). This can be licked people win everyday and if you think about it, what is a WEEK for the rest of your LIFE? But he has to want to do this and his back trouble can be helped in other treatments, bone medication ect... that is non- narcotic. I usually do not answer any of these but I am excited that for the first time in 5 years I am 4 full days clean! Who know's what a month brings? The reason I quit? Really not sure I just said it was time to man up and do it. I was so tired of being a slave every second of everyday. I have had a hard time looking back on the past 5 years these past few days looking at all the family and friends I lost because i chose my addiction over them. I was just 18 when I started and did not even know what withdrawals from drugs were. Now I am 23 with a PHd in opiate-addiction. e mail or send a post back _[removed]_ later B2 Dallas, TX
There is sickness to contend with as it is human nature for us to avoid it. But what if your withdrawal's are the only thing that will make you laugh like you use to, cry like you use to, make you feel and act like you use too. The 2 years I was on 340 mg of methadone i did not leave my house for the last 6 months because of depression. Before I got on methadone, I was a IV heroin user (23-27) bags a day for about 1 year and a half. So, the methadone did get my life stable. Only a doctor was there instead of my dealers. I have had 5 long years of addiction just knowing i could not get off because i took so much and withdrawals are HELL. My addiction started when I was 18 and got my wisdom teeth out. 1 year later, in college i was taking 50-55 a day Hydrocodone 10mg/650. Then I moved to 18-20 80mg oxy cottons a day. Then started chewing the 3 day fentnyl patches and would suck it all out in about 10 minutes. Only did 4 of those a day,(very strong) with 5 or 6 fentynl suckers. But, this week on Monday 11/24 stopped cold turkey after a 1 week wien. I still feel slight withdrawals, but all i say to myself is I have to change because i will end up a burn out, or i will focus on the one thing still special to me, took a while to find that. But I have the best way to get off he will not be bad at all. Nothing like if he Has ever gone cold turkey before. That is a inflictive abamonation I could not wish on anyone. Sometimes with methadone, It is a full week of being delerious sickness to get of. Symptoms-Skin Crawlers,Vommiting,SWEATS,Depression, suicidle thoughts, the sh**s,not being able to sleep but 1-2 hours a day and of course your eyes and nose water so bad you cannot see most of the time. So if he wants to get off, let me know and i will tell you how I did this in just 4 days of very mild withdrawals it was like some kind of a miracle. I just kept waiting on the 3 or 4 days of being delerious with pain, IT NEVER CAME! sh*t, I could have still run the Turkey trot today if I wanted. My emotions are still a little off, I cried watching my dog skip last night and that was kind of wierd. But just to laugh feels good again, not to mention you get turned on as balls. It is amazing the little things you did not even care about when you were sober are so much more important after you dont have them for a few years. So give me his details dose thing most important to him and of course the reason he will stay sober (any mental probs.?). This can be licked people win everyday and if you think about it, what is a WEEK for the rest of your LIFE? But he has to want to do this and his back trouble can be helped in other treatments, bone medication ect... that is non- narcotic. I usually do not answer any of these but I am excited that for the first time in 5 years I am 4 full days clean! Who know's what a month brings? The reason I quit? Really not sure I just said it was time to man up and do it. I was so tired of being a slave every second of everyday. I have had a hard time looking back on the past 5 years these past few days looking at all the family and friends I lost because i chose my addiction over them. I was just 18 when I started and did not even know what withdrawals from drugs were. Now I am 23 with a PHd in opiate-addiction. e mail or send a post back _[removed]_ later B2 Dallas, TX
I have been on the full spectrum of narcotic pain meds in the last 8 years and was switched to methadone when I told my prebious Dr. that I wanted off the mind altering meds. Never was I warned about what withdrawal from methadone would be like. I did a low taper about two years ago, to come part way off the methadone. This summer I was down to 5 mg 3 times a day (the multipe doses in a day were prescribed to minimize the highs and lows for the pain relief). I have been tapering 2.5 mg each month, which I know is much slower than many of you have gone, but that is how my current Dr. suggested. I did my 2nd to last cut, 6 days ago and am I ever miserable!!! I was sick all week with severe headaches (which I thought was a sinus infection but am starting to wonder now), have been having wild twitching and spasms in my arms and legs, and yes, of course, the mood swings. If it is this bad now, I am afraid to do my last cut at the end of December, but I REALLY want off this c**p!!
Anyone else dealing with severe symptoms on a slow taper like this?! I am hoping I may still get through this if I just find some moral support from people who truly understand the agony of it ....
Anyone else dealing with severe symptoms on a slow taper like this?! I am hoping I may still get through this if I just find some moral support from people who truly understand the agony of it ....
Hang in there!!!! Don't let them cause you to lose this battle - remember, you are doing this for you and not for them!!! Stay focused and reach out where you can - ie in groups like this. I would also call your friend. Ever though they are graduating, if they are a true friend, they will understand that you need to talk. If the situation were reversed, wouldn't you hope they would call you?
I will keep watching for your postings, so keep talking and I will try to help be part of your support system. Don't give up!!
I will keep watching for your postings, so keep talking and I will try to help be part of your support system. Don't give up!!
i have been a drug addict my entire life. my first methadone program was in 1992, after failing miserably at a rehab for heroin. in 1994 i went to a NA meeting. I stayed clean for 8 years. I kicked in the rooms. I went to a meeting everyday. Throwing up, fever, chills, sweats, no sleep At All!!!, panic, diarrhea, my skin felt like it was crawling, the body aches were unbearable, leg cramps, tossing and turning. Well, here it is 2009, Jan 6....I didn't go back to heroin, nor the methadone program (stay away!!), more pathetic, i have been getting 40mg biscuits from a friend for thhe past 4 months. WEll, here I am again. Kicking a habit. It is day 3. And from past experience the worst day doesn't start until day 6. This I know, but I can offer some experience, strength and hope. If you can stock up!!! Juice, ginger ale, potassium pills, Valerian root, melatonin, and the real kicker Sam-E. It is found in any drugstore. Also, immediately after stopping start taking an anti-nausea liquid that is also over the counter. Eat. Cereal, toast, and drink the ginger ale is good on the stomach. Aleeve for the pain. Yes, it is pure hell. But i'm doing it. i have chosen NOT to be dependent or chained down and depend on a drug or a person having the drug any longer.
Stay strong.
Narcotics Anonymous....without it....I would be dead.
In pure hell.....tish
Stay strong.
Narcotics Anonymous....without it....I would be dead.
In pure hell.....tish
i have been on heroin for 3 years ,taking as much as 2 to 3 grams a day ... i decided this wasn't the life i wanted ... i went on methadone script and stabilized on 60 m i think anyone with heroin tolerance can be stable on 60 m.but i tell you after 11 days off my methadone i still not well enough to go out .... ii didn't understand methadone but let me tell you its far worse to get off methadone than heroin ....i think the uk govs have just given me a more ov a habit ... the mental withdrawall is unbearable,,(i was on methadone for 3 months i know it was a quick script and new it be hard but with the reduction ov 10mg a week then down to 30mg and being decreased 5mg until i stopped 11 days ago i still feel like sh*t ... and sleeping tablets are only kicking in now ... still sh**ting and sneezing and my weakness level was in the minus ... but after these days were do i go back to my girlfriend who is struggling to get off heroin ,,,just back to the same house and try to stay clear ov heroin or hopefully i want be writing this again in 3 year time who knows im just saying everyone will experience the same detox but different time levels so 1 week to 6 weeks wouldn't be wrong
Anyone else dealing with severe symptoms on a slow taper like this?! I am hoping I may still get through this if I just find some moral support from people who truly understand the agony of it ....
Anyone else dealing with severe symptoms on a slow taper like this?! I am hoping I may still get through this if I just find some moral support from people who truly understand the agony of it ....
I have been on methadone for around 3 years , used it to treat an addiction , which was a bad idea to begin with , i wasn't that bad and just traded one for another. Its been like the biggest monkey on my back for the past couple of years. Changing jobs twice , trying to find a local clinic to transfer too , too much hassle. I went from 90mg a day to 60 , then from 60 to 30. I actually quit for about 5 days at 30 bc my employer was drug testing and methadone was on the list. The symptoms weren't as bad as i thought , tingling all over , sleep loss , little more sweaty, but my appetite was there , made it to work and functioned fine , was even working out. I did go back once i was clean on the test , i got down to 2.5. This is now my second day free of methadone , took my last dose two days ago. Honestly i don't think there is a large difference in 2.5 and no methadone at all. My symptoms are the same as they were on 2.5. Maybe a little less sleep. Im still working out , no mental problems , im just ready to get my life back. My lower back is pretty sore , some occasional tingling , tad sweaty but nothing major , nothing i can deal with. Anyone had symptoms this mild before??? and how long did the generally last?
YA!! to all of you out there! Your sugestions and encouragement are giveing me strength 21 hours and counting,,(time is aprox and rounded but close)
Hey all good luck with your efforts. I'm wondering if a consensus been reached I read a few posts but didn't see if anyone had a number as in time frame for this hell to continue? When can I breathe a little easier lol I'm still under 24hours *tears*
Hey man Feb 21st was a saturday and my last dose I was on 80mg at the beginning of feb they started taking me down 10 mg about every 3 days Friday was hell and saturday feb 28 all of a sudden it started to get better the chills and sweats stopped and sunday was better I just cant sleep well but I am seeing hope.