ok so i was on 90mg of methadone for a year and then came to do 15mg within a month, that was hell, so i gradually went back up to 40mgs. i was on that for about a yr, so 2yrs total, i have been off methadone since december 2012, and i am still feeling extreme withdrawls! Sleep, forget it, i sleep maybe an hour or two and i'm back up, i still have the restless leg syndrome! and being stuck in the house with no vehicle i find myself loosing my sanity. Ive had the craziet wildest and disturbing thoughts, i know i need to be more active but i keep finding myself sitting on the couch doing nothing all day! i am now antisocial! its like i'm stuck in my head and cant get back out. I'v been on and off drugs for 10yrs+ and it has completely ruined my life, i found myself having way too much baggage, i really don't know where to go from here!!! i thought about getting a suboxone and doing 1mg every few days, i thought that maybe it would scoop in and relieve some of this issues while not being dependent on it on a daily basis, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
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To your response brianjason, I currently am also w/d from 30 cold turkey methadone from 2 1/2 years in Pain Management. I suffered terribly bad for the first 14 days...Then it started to taper a little in days 15-present (22 days) I am weak stuck at home, as well, my spine and body hurts still but, not like the first initial 2 weeks. Just a dull aching that can't be relieved. Very aggervating. I did find online a doctor that actually realizes that methadone w/d are on an individual basis. I just turned 50 years old so I'm already in the aging process as well. I do know that coming off of the Methadone that your pain receptors are really wacked out. They haven't been used in a few years, so the aching and pain IS part of the body trying to get back into shape. The Doctor's advise to assist during w/d and after is as follows (BTW I started this regimine today so, I'm really not sure how it would assist during full blown w/d, but, he swears by it, that it really assists!....Notice I said ASSISTS...doensn't take away the w/d symptoms altogether. There is nothing that I have read yet, that takes it all away.
OMEGA 3,6 & 9 4000 to 6000 divided per day- acts as an anti-inflammatory
L-Glutamine 500 mg -take at least 2000-3000 mg divided per day- helps the gut and good from blood to brain
Valarian Root 450mg about 1000-1500 mg every 4 hours-reduces anxiety and promotes sleep
Melatonin- between 1-30 mg. depends on how much you need to get to sleep-- start with 5mg and progress from there.
Vitamin C 2000-3000 mg. per day divided
Adrenal Plus or Adrenplus- 1000mg divided in split doses- methadone w/d effect the adrenal glands- this will give you that missed support. I found Raw Adrenal caps 2 caps 2 times dailly at meals
A good multivitamin- I take centrum Silver- but, something good. one daily
last but not least...Milk thistle- for liver repair and detox 1200-1500 split in doses.
This is the receipe...Hence, I don't know for sure if it works, but, this Doctor that deals with M/D w/d patients really stands by it.
Remember Methadone w/d will not kill you, although, you wish at times you were dead, I begged for it for a few days...W/D from Alcohol and benzos CAN Kill....(daughter is an RN) I wish you all of the luck and I hope this thread helps anyone out there going through what I have been going through and still deal with. I understand that the PAWS can last up to 2 years...Look it up---but, don't worry about that now, just get through this...like everyone says, little steps, sometimes 1 minute at a time, then that minutes turns into hour by hour and before you know it you will have more of the BETTER days and less of the Crappy ones. You have got to get you mind into the state of understanding that "THIS WILL NOT LAST FOREVER"....i KNOW YOU ALL CAN DO THIS..
FIGHT YOUR BUTT OFF...I have never fought so hard for something before...even the 4 childbirths without any meds was a piece of cake compared to this hell. Try, Try, Try to keep positive, even though you want to give up-- DONT!!! I will send my prayers to those that beieve in God, for those that don't I know you can do this, it has been done, and you will suceed as well...bust this doorway to hell and start your new life. I'm ready, I'm pushing everyday...so can you!
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