How long does methadone withdrawls last?

you stopped on too high a dosage, however you have started so give it another week. what will happen is that the withdrawals will taper off and start to come and go this is the bad thing about methadone you think that its gone say in the morning then it comes back in the afternoon but when you feel this happenning you no its starting to go, hopefully ther is not a next time but if there is stop on a much lowere dosage ;good luck

its true. MMT is great for the people who are near DEATH. Thats it! After being on methadone for 7yrs (and now on day 28 of being off that poison:) I wish so much that people would EDUCATE themselves BEFORE they start methadone. Hindsight is definitely 20/20. I got on this program to kick a rather bad percocet addiction. And even though my kidneys were ready to shut down-it still wouldve been easier and better for me in the long-run to just detox off of those! (Us addicts are ALWAYS wanting INSTANT gratification though and an easy fix to life's problems-hence we wouldnt be in this boat in the first place right?) About a month ago I watched a youtube video where a girl was describing being at her methadone clinic and hearing another woman say that she just went on methadone to get off of 6 percs a day! I LOVED what the girl said she thought to herself..."b***h-do you realize that you are now in the belly of the beast?" lmao-but it is SUPER TRUE for people like that. Methadone DID help me in many ways. To have more superficial energy as soon as I took my "drink" each morning. It also helped me get regular dental care as when I mean regular-I mean almost DAILY for like 2 months-as it was rotting my teeth from the inside out after 2 years of being on it. It also helped me gain a new respect for people who are overweight who TRY to shop for decent clothes- because after 3 yrs on methadone, I gained a steady 10lbs a month for like 7mths! I also had SEVERE mood swings regularly-so have FUN trying to stay in ANY type of romantic relationship;)  NOW that I am OFF methadone.......I am calmer, I enjoy things more than I ever remember, my mind isnt in a fog, I weigh 166lbs instead of 235lbs:D AND remember sex? OH MAN! Its definitely like one guy said on here-its like methadone hit the "pause" button on it! (have as much sex as u can-it releases a natural high of endorphins FOR SURE!)Anyways-just get off of it. Its NOT as bad as some think tapering down, just go slow and reach out for SUPPORT:) Good luck to all who read this!

I was a heroin addict for 5 yrs before I got onto a script and stayed clean for 3 yrs I stopped my meth at 25 ml two weeks ago and Im getting worse by the day, my drug worker thinks its in my head coz after 2 wks I should be ok, I aint ok I hate this withdraw worse than a cluck off heroin. Methadone did help me to stop the gear but if I would have known it would feel like this I would have considered subutex instead. I find it crazy people go onto meth for addiction to prescription drugs, I would take the cluck off them any day rather than this!!! I gained a load of weight on meth too, its starting to come off now thank god!!!xxx Im glad you made it I hope I can x

Hi all, I just want everyone to no bunk all what everyone says it does get way better.. I'm living proof.. I have been off Meth for 7 months n I feel like ME again.. It was about 2 weeks of hell.. 2 months of no sleeping (which I use to take laps around the house and take hot showers and did alot of sleeping in the recliner).. U have to want it BAD.. I did it for my young children and I'm blessed.. I have been around pills for a couple of months and have no desire in the world to go back to that.. I look at it like a loaded gun n takin one would be like pulling the trigger.. It's WILLPOWER.. It feels so good to wake up and have no ties to worry bout how to feel better.. The only thing is the weight.. I was 105 lbs.. when I got on Meth n I was 170 when I got off I have never been that big in my life.. It was alot of water weight I think cuz after 3 months I dropped 30 lbs. n I am still 140.. I also couldn't use the bathroom b4 n during Meth regularly n now I go like 3 times a day.. I just wanna ask anyone out there if they no if the weight goes away n the bathroom business.. But u all keep ur head up n ur pride high.. U will feel normal again.. One..

I was on methadone for a year and a half and was as high as 160mg and as low as 20mg... liquid is wayyyyy harder on your body and harder to stop. The caplets are much easier to stop.... i went from 120mg liquid to 0mg and stayed off the methadone for 13 days with nothing and it barely eased at all... i am now 7 days clean from the methadone pills 6 @ 10mg per day and I would have to let you know that today has been my best day since stopping and getting suited up for my withdrawals... I have tried alot of opium based narcotics and methadone is by far the hardest to quit and the slowest at recovering from but it is possible... God Bless and stay strong friends!

im a nurse and also take methadone and morphine and norco ,ive had the pleasure of running out of my meds a couple of times,that was alot of fun.......just kidding i thought i was going to die,what im ,getting at is xanax,clonazepam,klopin really help,with the with drawls,but dont mix them with methadone its very dangerous.even deadly,,,,,i have RA and fibromyogia really bad i have to have chemotherapy to help with pain.It scares me to think i have to take these things the rest of my life, i pray for everyone who has to take them..........

i am 26 yrs old. i was in a car accident that broke my back, pelvic bone in 2005 that led me into pain medications heavy pain medications for the pain, that led me into getting addicted. I became pregnant with my 2nd son while heavily addicted to fentanyl patches, it took me a long time to finally realize it was time to put this addiction to rest after giving 3 good efforts (not great) i would always go back to using it wasnt til i became pregnant and into the 3rd trimester 1 and half months away from giving birth i decided to go to the methadone clinic which was something all along i didnt want to have to do but for the babys sake my OBGYN thought it was o good idea i went from 90 mgs which was to high and then started decreasing my dose i am at 81 mgs and decided to walk out of the clinic to go through this myself it will be a yr since i have been there and have no good proggress other than my family having to be involved in this every morning and i dont want to do that to them anymore i would rather go through 1-2 months of hell insted of losing my family. so yea we will see how many true honest friends are out there once you are clean. GOOD LUCK

It isn't that bad. He is down to 20mls. Sure it isn't fun, but the guy/girl is doing it. When I did it I was feeling better after 8 days.

What till summer vacation you need at least 4 weeks to get clean.

U should of went down 5mg every 5 days then when at 10 then down 2 and so on never stop at 20 ur gonna go threw longer withdrawls ur prob got crampy legs upset stomach and diarhea everyday i feel so bad for u.

i was on methadone for 7 years. 7 whole long years! started because of opiate addiction-which in my opinion, is NOT a good reason to go on methadone. I couldve done that standing on my head probably. I did however come down to 2 mgs by going from 55mgs to 2mgs over the course of 3yrs. each week I was determined to just come down a few mgs. YOU decide to come down. Do not let the doctors tell you any different. they make money off of EACH mg they prescribe, just so you know. This, like anything else is a business. And im here to tell you ALL that it is a BS one. I got off of it with almost NO side effects except feeling a bit tired for a month, and some leg cramping (that epsom salts in bath water or a heating pad DOES help with:) Dont let anyone tell you differently. I HAVE BEEN ALMOST PAIN FREE FOR 3YEARS!!! I even was able to quit smoking after 21years! i am excersising now! (I was an addict quite heavy before just so you all know) MIND over MATTER! CHEERS to you all! YOU soooo can do it too!

ure an id**t shut up

Three years of methadone. At 145 mg. 5 years on and off suboxone- three 8 mg a day. Not going to get into war stories but hey I'm 26now and I've been using for 12 years. So yea you can assume my habit was quite large...I just recently walked off the methadone clinic at 50 mg brought down from 145 to 50; 5 mg a day...finally when I got to 50 mg I said I'm done and walked off. I've never had such a mental and phsycially painful with drawel, which yes I am being completely honest I am still feeling... I'm on day 10 now.. But still hurting. All I can say is everyones withdrawal is unique to their body as we all feel pain and mental emotions differently... Just hang on find support... I found my higher power in all this chaos... I've been called crazy for walking and away from the clinic I've been called stupid but hey at the end of the day its my life my world my choices .....I want my freedom. Hang in.

Well hooray for u. U outa the norm. Ive on meth clinic over 10 yrs at 150 mgs dsily and this has been my miracle drug. If not for this id b in prison or dead so i chose this. Yes wont lie it does hold u hostage but have no other. Choice. I tried come down lil bit and got deathly ill. U r suppised tgo medically taper off methadone ;2 mgs a mth. For me woulf take over 3 yrs get off this but i wont do that to myself so i am honest with myself im fine and will b continuin on the program till my days end.

I answered another question,  but it's useful here too.

It's VERY LONG...BUT GOOD. I'll paste it here...

Methadone isn't designed as a short term treatment.  It was always to be considered a long term treatment.  Go down 2 MLS weekly until you reach 30mls. This is what's considered a therapeutic dose for most people. This means at 30, many people feel the effects of Methadone.  Therfore,  reducing from this dose should be slow. I would slow to 1ml weekly and if withdrawal starts, consider staying put for a few weeks and stop going down for a  short while. You won't feel the withdrawal for a few days. Keep this in mind.  Go slow, and you will arrive at 1ml! Then none! And all you'll feel is a slightly runny nose, in about 5 days from your last dose.  Tell yourself you have a cold. It won't get worse than that. Give yourself at least ONE MONTH TO FEEL KINDA NORMAL  and have steady moods etc Took me 3 months to feel really great.  It did feel good to feel normal again. sh*t. If anyone decides to try for the id**t of the year award and decide to just stop taking their dose at 70mls, or 100mls, or whatever...be ready to feel OK for three days...a bit sick..bit ok. Then...hell on earth begins. You won't sleep for at LEAST 35 DAYS. YOU'LL ONLY PASS OUT FOR AN HOUR HERE And there out of exhaustion. Your insides will burn, feel like electric shocks, you'll stunk, sweat, have massive headaches the WHOLE TIME, your eyes will be watery and your EYEBALLS WILL HURT. You wl have NO ENERGY TO EVEN WALK TO THE TOILET.  That will seem Impossible and you'll be breathing like you ran a marathon.  You'll be so weak, your coat will be too heavy to wear. You'll lay awake all night and day, focusing on all your pains. Your lungs fill with mucus, making breathing even harder. You better have a caretaker the whole month,  bc you won't have the energy, motivation,  ability to do anything.  Depression sets In too. Water on your skin will seem like death, so you'll not shower. Getting stinkier daily. You'll wonder why you are such an asshat , amd and decided to just stop your Methadone suddenly.  Maybe you'll get dope and cave. Or Methadone.   You'll waste all that pain ..for nothing if you do.  And you'll be right back on Methadone or dope. Or you won't, and after 35 days...maybe the 36th.. you'll notice the sun rose and realize you feel BETTER THAN BEFORE!Not much.. but better! Each day will keep getting better.  Eventually you'll even sleep at night. Not ALL NIGHT..and it will be hard. Not like on Methadone..where sleep is EASY...ANYWHERE. ANYTIME.  NO..sleep now may or may not happen. Like normal people. It's odd to us. I know. Eventually... you'll feel happy..as your dopamine and serotonin factories start running again. That takes more than a month.  You'll know.  And ..your guts will turn on. You'll feel things Inside your tummy that you never felt before. No one else feels it either...we do just because our systems were numbed out for so long. That too will become normal.  ** MY POINT IS TO DECREASE SLOW. OTHERWISE,  ITS DANGEROUS,  PAINFUL AND YOU RISK GETTING DOPE AGAIN JUST TO FEEL OK. ** DO IT RIGHT IF YOUR GOING TO DO IT.  OTHERWISE,  JUST STAY ON IT..AND KEEP FIXING OTHER PARTS OF YOUR LIFE!! Us addicts don't get better quickly.  We need years and years. You can't rush it. . No one can. Make friends with the year you need ahead to get off that sh*t. It's only a year. We've all used for many more ...going no where, living with nothing, needing it all the time, allowing it to hijack our brains so it's all we think about. YEARS WE ALLOWED IT.  Take a year to get off properly.  It's part of the deal ...accept it. Don't be an asshat and rush it. If you think your the special one who will do it..when all others can't...reality check. You aren't so special , but you will be if you DO IT RIGHT..AND STAY OFF THE sh*t.  Us addicts can't deal with discomfort.  At all. Ever. Ever. Nope. So..knowing this..how can you think suddenly you'll be OK with severe discomfort? Wouldn't you have gotten clean years ago then? If your OK with getting thru that? FACT IS.. YOU DIDN'T BECAISE YOUR LIKE THE REST OF US WHO ARE NUMBERED INTO THE MILLIONS. ADDICTION TAKES STRENGTH.  ITS NOT EASY BEING AN ADDICT. But we aren't strong with discomfort.  So.. don't be am asshat. GO slow. And arrive.  Good luck to everyone. Even if getting off dope isn't in your future.  It isn't for everyone,  and it's OK if getsameting  clean isn't your plan. Just be safe and healthy and stay strong in your identity. NOt everyone has the same end goal of REHAB AND BEING SHINY AND NEW!  Just don't get worse, keep learning and moving ahead.  Warm thoughts to everyone..