My success story.......I am responding to this a bit late.. but thought I'd share... I was doing pain pills for probably two years before I got on methadone.. was on methadone from 2012 to the beginning of 2015.. I got up to 99 on methadone and still felt like I needed to go up.. instead I refused to and went down instead.. I stopped using pills.. which I will admit I've ysed on and off during my 3 -4 years on methadone but I went down 10 mg at a time till I got down to 20 then it was 1 mg at a time. So... when I stopped doing drugs my dropping mg was EASY! When I screwed up and used I would obviously feel the withdrawals. . Anyways I bounced between using drugs and withdrawing till I dedicated myself again and got down to the lowest dose at my clinic.. which in ontario is liquid form.. 1 mg... NOW on the bottles there's ml and I went down to 1 ml..which is 1/10th on 1 mg.. so it was a very slow taper.. took me about a month to taper from 1 mg to nothing... my dr told me to wait a few weeks and I was all for that.. but randomly one morning I thought.. why not stop I'm on nothing! So I did and omg.... NO WITHDRAWALS.. like at all.. no losing sleep no nothing! I feel like I lacked maybe a little energy but I was honestly kinda mad .. like why didn't I quit so much earlier.. I was soo scared of the withdrawals.. but no honestly I just wish we knew how amazing our bodies are at bouncing back.. I felt no discomfort it was just in my mind..the fear of the horrible withdrawals .. anyways so sorry this is so long.. I just want to give hope to u all.. it can be done and with little to NO discomfort.. just do it slow and know ur body adjusts so fast.. so many ppl are on such higher doses than they need to be.. I'm 25 years old.. wasted 6 + years on that sht I am so proud of myself everyday that I'm off and u can be too!!!
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Sunshinerays thanks for your story! I'm on 20mg and started 9 months ago. I'm taperin and can't wait to be off methadone. I won't jump off too early cuz I know tapering as low as you can is the best way to minimize withdrawl. You're the first story I've read (and I've read a lot) on the internet that has a successful taper. I'm glad it can be done cuz I stared to doubt that you could get off methadone without switching to suboxone, which I don't wanna do cuz you have to withdraw before taking subs. Thanks again and hoping you're still doing well!!
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Your doctor is insane. thats when u should switch to suboxone for a few months ane ween off that pretty fast. Im on 1 and I mg after 5 yrs. I stopped 7 days ago first 4 days were great thought i was in the clear, uh until day 5 and feel like a miserable mess with an Intense cold that will not end. I do work so heading to Dr. Today to figure out this sh*t. But stay strong. Im not giving up good luck
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I was addicted to heroin for just over a year before I went on methadone. Started at 30mg then 5mg a day up to 60. A few weeks later up to 65mg. Stayed there for a month and a half before I tapered. I am currently tapering at a rate on 1mg every three days. I will be at 29mg tomorrow. I will not lie and and say I feel great but I am able to work, eat and sleep okay. I feel the hardest is yet to come but am confident I will get pass this terrible era of my life. I lost my mother last month to liver failure and am even for focused than ever to staying off of opiates forever.
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To all of you keep up the hard work it pays of . I have been on methadone for three years could not staid it but after a few months it became my day to day routine. I have three beautiful daughters and my Wife has been the greatest support I could have asked for cause trust me with out there support I would be died years ago so when you deside to get clean make sure you are doing it for you cause if not don't waste your time and there's.know the withdrawal is not that bad if you taper down right I Had my last dose yesterday of 1mg I will check back in a couple days and let you know how I fell best thing you can do is don't think about it that's when you mind takes over .Good luck and keep your head up
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Suboxone is still addictive and u have the same withdrawals.....people just like it because it's new. I was on 85 mils of methadone and now I'm Down to 5 mils and I'm doing ok I have lots of heathy Shakes and smoke lots of weed...u have to find the right kind... I find a strong indica is best for anxiety and insomnia and tapering is the best way. Also music that is emotional and positive can help. Also don't isolate
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I disagree I was on 85 mils of methadone and now I I'm down to 5 mils and I'm doing ok. I am telling u that the best fight over withdrawal is smoke as much weed as you can. I have found that a good indica weed helps with anxiety,headaches,pain and the most important insomnia,pleas trust me it's the only thing that has helped me.clonodine has also helped but switching to suboxine is the same handcuffs
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I disagree about switching to suboxine it's just new and it still has bad withdrawals....I was on 85 mils of methadone and now I I'm down to 5 mils and I'm doing ok. I am telling u that the best fight over withdrawal is smoke as much weed as you can. I have found that a good indica weed helps with anxiety,headaches,pain and the most important insomnia,pleas trust me it's the only thing that has helped me.clonodine has also helped but switching to suboxine is the same handcuffs
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Wow! I'm really impressed, it's situation like yours that keep me optimistic and hopeful for the end game....i noticed this post is almost a year old, I'm very interested in hearing a follow up story...and see how the long road treated you guys.
Thank you for sharing, it's the inspiration i needed to read.
Thank you for sharing, it's the inspiration i needed to read.
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Hello, I've been reading your posts...I'm very impressed by both of your willpower! Me and my husband are currently trapped at the clinic as well, started out bc the day to day chase and cost of pain kills was driving us insane, needless to say the clinic was not the lesser of both evils. I've wanted to get out of the control of that place for so long, we've been faithfully going down there every morning for the past year. I made it up to 75mg and started to really disgust myself! Were both tapering down, but because my dose was much lower than my husband's I'll be done way before he will. I'm currently at 23mg-day and haven't felt much discomfort at all on the way down, but now that I'm this low I'm starting to get anxiety just thinking about the withdraws. I've had to skip one day this past week, and even at 23mg i felt like i was dying!!? So that's what's making me second guess myself, thinking if i can't go a day without, how can i come off cold turkey? Up until now I've been decreasing at 10mg-week...but being at 23, I've started just doing 2mg-week. I'm scared sh*tless, I've got a nice 50+hr-week job, along with my motherly duties...I don't want to jeopardize any of that, or have my babies feel the brunt of my irritation! Please help, any advice, success stories or tricks would be amazing!
Thank you for reading, and look forward to hearing some hopefully news!
Thank you for reading, and look forward to hearing some hopefully news!
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I have been going down 1 for about 2 years now I am now at 5 and feel the shakes sleepiness and no energy I'm scared
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But why rush? I went from 40 to 1mg in 3 years. I feel absolutely no withdrawal. I even split my 1mg dose for a week as i was getting take homes. Its been 10 days with nothing. All that anxiety and leg cramps and no sleep that forced people to use again. Oh well good luck!
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Dont rush 2mg a week is way too fast. The lower u go the more withdrawal and let me tell you there is no withdrawal like methadone. No sh*t. And it takes like 2 to 3 months to feel normal again when you drop off at high doses. So why rush. I went from 40 to 0 but i did the last 20mg at 1mg every couple months and some drops were worse then others. Like 8 to 7 was hard. I even went back up to 10 the first time i was at that point. When i went from 8 to 7 again it was terrible. But i hung in there. I even saw the dr crying that because i had been on it for 25 years and in my 50's maybe it is impossible. His reply was this: it takes 2 weeks for your body to adjust. The 12th night i slept like a baby. 7 to 6 was no problem and 6 to 5 was easy but when i went from 4 to 3 it was shitty again. My eyes were blurry, cold chills especially at work anxiety at night but it only lasted 6 days. Every drop was less time to adjust. Why put urself thru the agony of rushing off. You have ur life back dont take chances of the beast sneaking back into your life. Addiction is cunning and very manupulative and very patient waiting for a perfect time like withdrawal symptoms to sneak back in. Good luck.
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You people are crazy. Why is everyone in a big hurry to get off the one and only thing that saved ur life to begin with. Omg. You were out there husling and bussling to get ur drugs and now that ur clean a minute you are suddenly above it all pls do urself a favor and go slow. How about 1 mg every 2 weeks.
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