Ive never heard of it lasting that long and if youre on fentanyl you shouldn't be withdrawing AT ALL. 60mgs is not alot at all and the half life of methadone is only at the max of 72 hours so its almost of out your system by then. Did you try increasing your dosage by even a mg or so? The clinic I go to people are on and over 200mgs. I myself stopped at 135, that was enough for me and I'm over 250lbs. Fentanyl is a VERY VERY danger drug esp if you use the patches with the gel inside. My mother was on them and overdosed a few times and didn't even know it. The gel would come through at different dosages and she'd be out for days at a time and she abused opiates off and on all her life so she didn't have a low tolerance. I myself abused the patches for years and Id get wasted out of my mind...way more then I ever did on any other opiate or evening injecting heroin. Thats strong stuff. Have you tried to see a psychiatrist? Im not trying to imply anything but if you still feel youre withdrawing something for depression or anxiety might really help you. I take 50mgs of zoloft twice a day and it does wonders for me. Good luck and I hoped I helped if even a little bit.
Totiedyed! I feel a insane need to stretch my spine ,,wjile on my back or my side I cannot stand the "spine issue" I took 4 dropes of what looks like a dropper w. 10 mils but this doesn't make sense since the bottle is 55 mils can I please have your e-mail tell me how do I find it...Thank you , jentilpet
I live w/ my mom and while she's the BEST we do not get along I cannpot DETOX while I have to worry about what I didn't hear her say or "did you just look at me a certain way"remarks,aren't we supossed to be FRAGILe allowed to be in any mood as long as we do not abise others? I mean she doeswn't condesend, for one second,,HELP need a freind re:this way of life..
I saw your post about helping someone getting off methadone, I am having surgery soon and I planned on stopping the day prior before going in for the surgery, now I know about milk thistle and protein, but for some reason, I feel I needed to text you for information in regards to this. I have been using methadone for pain only because I have that TVT mesh which the doctors told me the pain was all in my head until I had kidney failure, boils, cysts, fybroids and numerous bladder infection and they didn't want to medicate me, I can't take advil or naproxen because I have crohn's disease and it hurts my stomach. So I went to the methadone clinic and the doctor put me on 50mg methadone slowly till some of the pain went away it did at about 54mg. So now I need help and the best advice possible to get off the methadone, I will be on fluids for a couple of days I thought this might help me as well. Nobody whats to be accountable for my state neither so no doctor whats to help me. Not sure what to do Can you help or someone suggest something please. I don't crave pills, I never did, I just want the pain to go away and hopefully when they take this mesh out I will be pain free. That's my hope. I am alone on this project as well, no one to help me recover neither.
im on day 3 of quiting cold turkey from 90mg of methadone and day 1 and 2 was bad but now im feeling better
hi i have a big prob...i have been on methadone for three years now i was on 150mg dose per day...i have been trying to quit cold...im on day seven iv been in alot of pain an it's not in my head hell thats why i started the methadone for pain reson's only...but i was never at a clinic i have bought mine from day one...hell i was thinking it would be ok it look an sound better then pills. i dont get whats going on no more im restless i have not sleep in three days i have kids an i still have to be dad. there mom isnt around so i need to kick this alot faster so if any one has any thing that might help me out to get sleep to just get the pain to go some where else. if any one knows what i can do please help or i have to get back on it an its feels like it is running my life. my kids have been vary helpfull they havent been out side they stay in with me they are my only suport. PLEASE I NEED HELP PLEASE...I HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THEM BEFOR IT HAS ANY PART OF MY LIFE...
Jimmyjack, I really respect you for trying to do this with kids...My kids are adults and its still hard on me. (they still live at home) I am on day 10 and I am still wacked out. I believe this drug is really personal. I am 50 yo. and not overweight. I was on a steady 30mg per day for pain management. I did a fast 2 day detox of 5mg 2 times a day, but, I think that was a waste of 2 days. At day 10 at 5am, I still have had very little sleep. I did go to my regular Doctor to explain what was going on and he prescribed ataivan (restless legs and shakes) and clonodine, helps with temors too, but makes you so dang groggy!!! I take a regieme of 800 mg motrin (OTC) and Tylenol (1000mg) every 6 hours. I thought for sure, I would have been ok to drop everything at day 8, but I was wrong...I was back at day 4 again (in agony). this methadone is hell on earth, and from everything I have read, it depends on the person, metabolitism, weight, will power .....you MUST continue your road to freedom! Can you get any help with the kids? Even a day or two would be nice so you can roll on the floor in agony without seeing their little faces looking at you. It is going to happen. there is nothing nice about this EVIL. Its the longest, and hardest road to recovery I have ever taken. Be prepared. I am still taking the above mentioned as methadone still has it dirty litttle grips on me. I have things I need to do as well, but, I know, I'm useless like this. The legs to me are the worst. I take hot baths through the day....It helps alot. Not hungry, so get some ensure. Bad migraine, eat tylenol and motrin as prescribed on the bottle, and yes! you can take both at the same time. 800 mg of motrin and 1000mg of tylenol every 8 hours. I'm not trying to tell you this is the answer, but it DOES help. Good luck my friend. I wish you and your little ones the very best future together. Speakvic
K-hart,
Tell him to be strong!! He CAN do it. And if he has you to help him all the better. I am now 4 months methodone clean after 8 years on vics and 3 on methadone. I got off them myself without Dr's help but it was a challenge. It took about 14 days for me to feel normal again. The main thing to do is try and keep busy and WARM. Hot baths help. Drink lots of fluids and try to excersise.
I wish you and your boyfriend the best. If i could do it anyone can.
I did the same exact thing as you did, I was on 30mg daily for almost years. I am on day 18, i did take clonodine today but not the ativan, I hope it doesn't kick me back to day 4-5. I did the same thing around day 8-9 and tried to get off the ativan and clonodine, but it put me back as well. Methadone is EVIL!!! I am exhausted as I can be. I as well am 50 y.o. and in very good weight condition, My reason for methadone was through pain management doc that said there was nothing more he could do for my deteroitating back. (fusion surgery jan 2010) Got PO'd with him and switched to another PM Doc and he thought I was drug seeking and forced me into withdrawal. Needless to say, I will not go back to this ass for what he put me though, I am hop9ing that my regular Doc that prescribed the withdrawal help will assist me with my back issues. I had to retire from my work as I couldn't handle the long hours on the concrete floor. (dec 27th, 2012) So, retirement so far has sucked! I suggest to anyone that is out there trying to kick this methadone habit/addiction, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but, from what I have read it does depend on the person and their weight/health....In general the nasty part of it lasts a solid 14 days.....thrn as your body tries to recover, my understanding is that it takes a few more weeks to get to somewhat normal....I do hear that flashs of the withdrawal can hit you back up to 6months down the road. Not full 14 days, just a BAD DAY here or there. I wish everyone the very best....Don't let this synthetic bastard take your life over!!!!! Be strong..the strongest you have ever been!!! You will be happy and begin a new way of life thats beautiful....
Methadone clinics today don't have a max dosage limit anymore. Its between you and the doctor to determine what's the right dose for you, which is the way it should be. Realistically, you're better off if you can keep your dose down to around 30-80mg/day. I've been on for 31yrs now and my dosage is 170mg/day.(85mg twice a day) Whatever dose eliminates cravings for you is what you should be on. There's no set dose for everyone. Other than Methadone clinics, an M.D. can prescribe it for pain , but few will at the levels needed for most hard core opiate addicts. The main thing is to be on a dose that is adequate and you don't have to supplement it with xanax, benzos,etc. If you will commit to being on a stable steady dose, you will find it much easier to get your life in order and do the positive things needed to function again in this world. All of this drug using stuff just robs you of life. And after you get stable you can take the next step to eliminate methadone from your life once you are ready and not before, cause it won't work if your not prepared. So good luck and You CAN recover from this, OK? Take care. Rodney
I QUIT at 80mg cold turkey and I was sick for a least a month after 18 days I went to the hospital and methadone was still showing in my urine, it will get better but about a month though.
what a story.. in highschool i sold drugs.. i was so innocent though... smoking a joint with my friend made me feel like i was going to die.before i graduated, one of my friends at school turned out to be a cop and all us dealers went to jail and i was the only one that was 18+ so there goes my life stuck in a world with low income parents, drugs, and a record of multiple counts of direct sale to a minor on school grounds. because of this specific charge, things got worse, i started selling coke i wasnt rich but all of a sudden all i had to do was be cautious of how i was selling, and id wake up in the morning with enough money to buy another ounce and good food and videogame systems, laptops, new phones, but i was living with my dad with no responsibilities, so i felt like a baller but i started using the coke and eventually it got crazy. id trade an 8 ball for 100 blue xanax footballs. balancing out what i needed to get more and do more different drugs and stuff... i wanted to straighten out my life... no hope.. i was permanently banned from joining ANY branch of the military.. trust me i tried.. there are no waivers for direct sales to a minor on school grounds. i then met this guy that was hooked on H, and he sold methadone bottles to support his habit. i tried it and wow what a turn around... so eventually i started making money legally to eliminate these bad patterns like a domino effect. two of my good friends that used to buy blow from me started to buy meth every weekend and so i did it with them for about a year straight.. at the time i started that weekly meth habit, that methadone guy would hook me up with 80mg bottles for 20 bucks twice a week. boy did i love the feeling of nodding out of my world ... throwing up felt so good.. almost orgasm-like... a year and a half ago I met this girl I really liked her, but I didnt know that one of the guys i did meth with was trying to get at her.. maybe he did.. .. and then lost her to me. so he got mad at me.. so i was like f**k it you know, ill stay with this girl .. i normally choose friends over lusting over a girl but in this case, I chose a girl I didnt trust to start with because i know she gave that guy head a few days prior from the day we hooked up.. but i knew at least meth would be out of my life and the only thing left would be dealing with a woman with three kids that was still with her babys dad (i trusted her) and a methadone habit. but in reality if you compare this moment to my past.. i was pretty damn happy. she got pregnant. THEN i found out she was still with her babys dad i didnt know if it was mine i hoped it was because deep down i have a big heart and i was so happy it was unbelievable.. one of the best memories was thinking that this cheating w**** MIGHT have my kid. She lost the baby (or so she said). She called the cops on me because i told her "youll be sorry for this sh*t" and i left her house and slammed the door really loud. So up until now ive kept my 80mg of methadone twice a week on the dot.. id start feeling like c**p the third day after id take a bottle. Now im 30 years old. I went to the hospital and got prescribed "clonidine" i just told them about my methadoen habit and that i wanted to quit. stupid doctor told me that i wasnt going to quit. i dont know if he said that to psychologically help me try harder to quit or what, because doctors are supposed to be clean and professional... right? well maybe not from all these stories ive read online today about how people deal with their withdrawls... so now im at war. im on day #12 without methadone and im armed with some clonidine (i only take it when i feel like the weight of the world is sitting on my shoulders.. crushing it.. watery eyes... RLS... its not an addictive drug but i dont know if things will get worse, so just in case when i decided to quit, i bought 5 methadone bottles and traded them for 20 xanax bars, a suboxone strip 2mg/0.5mg, a suboxone pill (i took that right away), and just a tiny little bit of meth just in case i couldnt sleep, atleast i can handle not sleeping or eating just a LITTLE bit better. like i said im on day #12, i got 16 bars left, i got the strip left, and i got 10 out of 14 clonidines left. now im back in school 3rd week .. great timing right?
Because of all these problems I've always been used to, (and the little ammunition I plan on using to survive this war) I guess thats why the methadone withdrawl isnt really isnt as bad as people claimed on certain forums online?
Please dont flame me.. I know this is probably a useless story.. Im just confused and I just wanted to express myself.. i cant sleep so i made use of the tiny meth i have so i can enjoy/get through not sleeping easier. its now 2am and im just contemplating on what to do next... one part of my brain tells me just take the suboxone, but im at war right now and i think i should save it just in case i get ambushed, i can make my enemies withdrawl lol (dumb joke i know) so from all this artillery in my posession im sitting here trying to make the best decision on what can help me get through the night without feeling like a tweaker and since i doubt ill sleep i guess ill take two bars and see what happens...
I know I sound like a retard but I will get through quitting methadone cold turkey with these random tools I got from this guy. Just in case, i erased his number and I changed my number as well because when this war is over, my life will be nothing but better no matter what happens :)
If anybody is reading this that's just experimenting with getting high with your friends.. just stop. You're just shortening your life that can otherwise be enjoyed experiencing love and having family .. and enjoying your life while you still have it..
Thanks for reading the dumbest story in the world.
so instead of doing more meth.. i just took 3 bars and i had such a great sleep.. i woke up feeling miserable, took the strip and for now im okay.
im glad i didnt do the meth after my last post... ill prolly just sell it or dump it.... i feeel so ashamed that i did it...
having somewhere to express myself last night really helped even though i got no replies.. whoever runs this website thank you so much
i took clonidine and it takes away all my withdrawls symptoms... but only the physical ones.. it seems like mentally im getting worse but if you really want to quit.. its easier
I was on methadone for three and a half years, 60 mgs daily... I decided enough was enough... They told me tapering would take like 6 months so I actually signed a form. AMA against medical advice.. I went from 60 to 0 in 40 days.. Still pretty fast ... My withdrawals lasted months and here I am 9 months later and I swear I still get chills and feel tired and week.. Not tto scare u... The bad withdrawals lasted about a month or 2 to were I only slept 1 hour a night and I always felt freezing.... Thatsgood u erased that guys number that shows ur serious about this.... Then again u don't wanna substitute one habit with another tho... I tried dephinhydramine ( the sleep aid) and melatonin but it didn't work at all.. I used xanex only a couple times because I didn't wanna become addicted to those to....And rarely just took a couple shots or beers b4 I went to sleep ... The kEy is Definately don't do the methadone cuz then ur back where u started once it gets back into ur body... And just try to fight it. As naturally as possible...