How long will methadone withdrawal last after taking 70 mg for 2 months?

Same as before Ava, good luck. You are stronger than me, i could never quit cold Turkey. also just so u know you can die by quitting cold turkey you need to be under a dr's supervision you can get hypertension and have a stroke, seizures Etc.. So God Bless

why on earth would you stast taking it again????

Hello there,

I am noticing that you have wrote this post one year ago and I was researching methadone therapy and withdrawals symptoms and I have read what you wrote. Since it has been some time after you have wrote this I would like to know what happened afterwards. Did you manage to get of methadone, and are you completely clear now?

I would like to get answers to these questions and I am sure that you wouldn’t mind describing your experience. Please let me know as soon as you read this. Thank you in advance.

 

I was taking methadone about 150 mg. for about a year. How long will withdrawals last, and how bad will they be?

taper off until you'll get to 1mg then stop taking it.withdrawal in your case will last about 3-6 month but after 1 month it will be manageable to endure.

Everyone should taper off SLOWLY. 

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..