methodone withdrawls

Hi, I had the same problem, when I was on methadone therapy. I was on 20 mg a day for a long time. If I tried to lower my dosage significantly it would trigger massive, weird symptoms. Methadone has a long half life of 24 hours, and I also did decrease doses for 2,5 mg. I have small children and a lot of pressure at job, so I am not allowed to suffer from withdrawal symptoms. Unfortunately, a degree of lethargy and dysphoria is always present in the withdrawal process. You must decide to finally quit with it.

Hello, I have be on Methadone off and on for 8 years now, recentley I have to come off of it cold turkey, i was also using Herion, Cocaine, Morphine, Xana on top of it all. well today make 17 days with nothing and I still fill like I am dying or at least pray to die. I can't sleep, feels like i could put my legs and arms through wall, I have tried toget into rehab, but here in N.C its like an act of congress, so I am begging for advice or at least my some info on how to cope with this before I go off the deep end. Maybe someone to talk to who feels like me!!!!!!!!

PLEASE HELP N.C.

I think I know just how you feel. I've been taking methadone for over nine years off and on. I'm only 24. I've went through withdrawals like six times always going back to it. I'm at 21 days right now. The sleeplessness, is the worse I think. I have the exact same feelings as you. I wasn't on heroin, cocaine, or morphine, but I was taking xanax. This was just recreation, I wasn't prescibed anything, circumstances we're there. I have some info for you, it's actually helped me. Find good support in a friend or family member, someone to talk to who understands what is happening to you, next you won't feel like it, but force yourself to eat and take multi vitamins. I notice short spurts of happiness that never seem to last, but that just encourages me to keep going. I'm on my third night of no sleep, I have no help with the sleep issue except maybe sleeping pills. I've never tried them but heard they work. Over the counter sleep aids won't do anything except make you more tired and angry. At least that's what happens to me. Just stick with it, fight it. You'll notice little things like color to your face and clearer thinking. I've read that symptoms last 5 to 6 months, but I promise you'll sleep soon. And when you finally get a night of natural sleep, it makes it all worth it. I really hope this helps you and you know you're not the only one going through this. I wish you the best.

I FEEL FOR YOU MAN I TRIED DETOXING JUST RECENTLY TOO IT IS HELL I TOOK MY LAST DOSE THURSDAY NIGHT AND I WAS ONLY TAKING 25 MG A DAY BUT I HAVE BEEN ON THEM FOR A LIGIT REASON FOR MY BACK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER WITHDRAWLED SINCE I HAVE BEEN TAKING THEM, IT IS HORRIBLE EVERY SIDE EFFECT IS HORRIBLE DIDN'T SLEEP FOR FOUR DAYS FINALLY I FOUND SOME ON THE STREET AND IT WAS HEAVEN, THE NEXT DAY I FINALLY GOT MY SCRIPT WAS FILLED MY DOCTOR IS VERY SCARED OF PRESCRIBING ME THESE HE IS VERY LIBERAL, I HAD A DIFFERENT DOCTOR BUT HE WAS SHUT DOWN FOR LEGAL REASONS I TRULY BELIEVE HE GOT INVESTED AND GOT IN SOME DEEP TROUBLE FOR OVER PRESCRIBING PATIENTS CRAZY DRUGS YOU GUYS CAN FIGURE WHAT THEY WERE. I HAVE NEVER ABUSED THE PRODUCT BUT I LITERALLY NEED THEM FOR BACK PAIN THAT IS UNBEARABLE AT NIGHT AND IN THE MORNING, I CAN ACTUALLY FUNCTION LIKE A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF SOCIETY WHEN I AM ON THEM BUT I AM AFRAID OF THE LONG TERM EFFECTS, BUT I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH THESE ARE MORE SAFE THEN ANY OTHER OPIATE OUT THERE AS FAR AS NOT INCREASING THE DOSE, NO CONSTIPATION, NO HIGH, NO DROWSINESS. NO SURGEON WILL OPERATE ON ME TOO YOUNG WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY BS!!! IF YOUR PROBLEM ISN'T BLACK AND WHITE THEY WON'T TOUCH YOU. ALL I AM GOING TO SAY AVOID TO LIMIT YOUR WITHDRAWALS TALK YOUR PHYSICIAN OR YOU WILL WANT TO JUMP OFF A BRIDGE, LITERALLY I WAS A PHONE CALL AWAY FROM GETTING HEROIN JUST TO STOP THE SICKNESS FROM A FRIEND AND I HAVE NEVER DONE AN ILLEGAL DRUG IN MY LIFE , I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THOUGHT JUST RAN THROUGH MY HEAD. YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE THAT THOUGHT IF YOU KNEW ME PERSONALLY, BUT THIS sh*t HAS NO FACE I AM WELL EDUCATED, COME FROM A VERY SUCCESFUL FAMILY, THIS IS A SICK MEDICATION PROBALLY THE WORST OUT THERE I WOULD DEFINELTY NOT HOP ON THIS BOAT IF I WAS YOU, IF YOU ARE GOING TO DETOX COLD TURKEY YOU HAVE TO GET SOME THAT IS PRESCRIBED TO HELP YOU SLEEP THAT IS PROBALLY THE WORST THAT AND THE STOMACH CRAMPS WHIC I WOULD TALK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT MAYBE CONSULTING A GASTROTOLOGIST (STOMACH DOCTOR TO HELP WITH CRAMPS) BECAUSE THEY ARE HORIBBLE YOU CAN LITERALLY FEEL YOUR STOMACH CONTRACT IT IS SO HORRIBLE. BUT IF YOU NEED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT I HAVE BEEN ON THIS WEBSITE FOR THE PAST WEEK EDUCATING MYSELF. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART BEST OF LUCK TO ALL.

BRIAN FROM THE WONDERFUL STATE OF MICHIGAN

I have been on methadone since 1996 , one of the foolish people who subscribed to the fact that I might have to take it the rest of my life . This is the worst lie that has ever been generated by man. I am 57 years old in April , a Vietnam Vet right above the knee leg amputee . I quit smoking 3 1/2 years ago from a scare - nothing really but it made me stop . I had gained 37 pounds - all bad nutrition . In the last 9 months I got involved with my "recovery by requesting drops of 5 mgs. at a time down to 15 mgs. from 100 mgs. When I got to 15 mgs. I went 2 mgs at a time . Sometimes up 1mg. when I had the first bout of " fingernails on the chalkboard" It finally subsided after and 2 weeks ago I asked for a 1mg drop from 2mgs. They put me on a "blind drop" I had 2 weeks worth of take home bottles as I was a model patient (clean urines) I felt the "fingernails on the chalkboard" 3 days before they discharged me - that was when my last 1mg. dose was actually in the bottle . I have been doing setups for the last 6 months , dropped 38 lbs , get turned on as hell ALL THE TIME, but since the last dose , and I KNEW IT WAS THE LAST ONE , almost 7 days ago , I have slept a total of 8 hours combined , yesterday my nose started running like a faucet , I have had multiple sneezing bouts every 2 - 5 minutes , very debillitating , I went to bed early last night and thought I was drifting off when the FINGERNAILS came back with a vengeance , I rose up yelling f**k ! ! to the top of my lungs , I'm so tired , but I started doing situps , put on the I pod , listened to ZZ top loud as hell , nose leaking , OUTSIDE OF THAT I FEEL PRETTY frikkin" GOOD AND YOU ? NOT ! ! I can't beleive that his methadone sh*t is so dangerous . I'm now reading where it's in my bones and even though I tapered off the right way , I still will go through a ton of sh*t before I get to the p***y !! Sorry, just a spurt of manic/depressive sh*t that accompanies this also . Hey , I have a lot to be thankful for . I'm alive , and for 57 my abs look better than just about anyone I know , can't wait till summer to show them off , BUT , In the frikkin' meantime let's talk real here . I feel so bad for all of you simple bastards that the assholes have lied to in these money makin methadone clinics . Heroin is easier to kick than methadone if you can taper off because it's what you WANT ! My receptors are turned to sh*t , I read an article tonight about the road back .......I'm gonna kill myself trying , that's for damn sure . Food tastes awesome . I have cried here and there to a movie or what , and I can just imagine what it's gonna be like to go through SEX ANON cause I know that is somethin' that I can fall victim of AND IT WILL MAKE IT ALL WORTH IT . All of your life , everything you do is to get back in there, the area you were born from(as a man that is) It determines how you act , dress , and essentially think . Well , if my nose ever stops running , and I stop sneezing , and I get a nap here and there I'm gettin LAID and bury my face in it for as long as shee'll let me .
I have fought for this country thinking for what ? Now a foolish old man wants to be normal again . Is it too late for me ? I'm told here and there that I look great , are they just jerkin' me .
All of our values and standards are being perverted by money . GOD has been taken out of our country , look what's happening to it . Did you know that one of CHRIST'S deciples cut the ear off the first guard that came with Judas to get HIM ?He was a regular Joe , just like you and me . We are all here to help each other somehow . What is impotatant to one should be impotant to all .
I hope that my withdrawal intellect isn't too crass for the moderator cause someone needs to read this . IT IS NEVER TOO LATE . Don't be duped by all of the media hype , and don't put all of your faith in the hands of a methadone clinic . Thay are a money making for profit business and need to surround themselves with former addicts to make their play . I will survive this . Look for what you want most in life before it's too late . PRAY for me as I make my way. It is all we have and all that really matters .
A FOOLISH OLD MAN

I came off of methodone about two years ago. I was dosing at 100 mg a day for about a year and a half. I discussed getting off of it with my doctor. He decided to put me on suboxone, however you have to be off of methodone a couple of days before you start it or you will go into immediate withdrawals. So what he did was I took my last dose of methodone on Thursday and Friday, Saturday, and Sunday he gave me 60 mg of oxycontin for comfort because I still felt like c**p even having the oxycontin. Then on Monday I started the Suboxone and by Tuesday I felt like a normal human being. I know it sounds crazy using oxycontin to get off methodone which was to get off the oxycontins, but I didnt have to lower my dose over a period of time. Like I said, it was basically one weekend of feeling like c**p but Monday I felt ok and by tuesday I was normal again, at least physically. But if you are on a lower dosage the oxycontin or whatever will help you a lot more than it did me bc I was on such a high dosage. The Suboxone is also non narcotic and I was on it for maybe a month and then you come off and everything is good.

I hope I have helped you in some way, bc I have been there and I know what you are going through, so hang in there. And remember that this was what my doctor did with me. Be sure you discuss this with your doctor before acting on any advice from me or anyone else. GOOD LUCK

Hi! I'm writting because my husband been in the methodone clinic for four years and he got kicked out of the program for not attending the meetings. This is a month since he's been out of the meth. But he has going throu mood swing, suibosidle thoughts and lots of pain in his lower back from a car accident. I know that the meth eats up ur bones and with him going throu this makes the pain worste. He wakes up on his hands and knees crying with pain. Also lots of stomach craps. He's been taking some pain asprins but does'nt help much but makes him slep the whole day. Just last week he went out for a walk and did'nt return home for three days i was really worried that something happened to him. I waiting 24 hours than went to the police station to fill a missing person report the looked for him and did'nt find him. Until i gave up waiting and looked for him. I did'nt found him but i did call a place where he was and they told me that they saw him the day before that he helped them shovel. They also told me that he was helping them that morning. So i gave up but was very mad because he had me worried. He still did'nt show up home til the third day at 2:30am. He told me not to snap i said okay so i listened to what he had to tell me. He said that he blank out for the three days and came back. I was so mad that i wanted him out of the house then i felt bad for him. Our kids where really worried so i'm not sure if this is true or false but i cant trust him when he goes out. Like right now he's been out of the house since 4pm and is'nt home yet i wonder what excuss he will give. I'm just tired of this sh*t. I wonder if he's doing something out there. :'( I can't take this anymore i have four kids that need me. I'm to concern about him.

Hey, I see it's been awhile since anyone has posted here...just looking for some info regarding methodone. I just found out my 28yo stepson has been using off and on for six years. He doesn't have any pain problems or medical issues. He buys from one of his druggie friends. According to his girlfriend he's tried to stop and she's gone through detox with him about 10 times. He's had some of the symptoms I've read about here, then goes into a deep depression and starts talking about suicide, not to us but to her. His best friend died from an overdose of pills a few years ago and we thought he was clean since then. We knew he had a Rx pain pill problem for awhile but thought he was 'scared straight' after his friend died. My question is, what do we do now? We haven't told him we know, he's driving home from WY, just moved there a month ago with his girlfriend, but can't get drugs there so jumped in the car to drive 17 hrs. home. We want to be supportive, but not enable, and we both think we need to use 'tough love' with him. I'm not sure if we should try a clinic, a friend told us methodone from a clinic is safer than what's on the street, anti depressants, counseling, or what? How do we help him if he doesn't want to be helped? Do we let all the family know so they can help support him? Any comments would be helpful. Thanks!

hello,
i was on MMT for 10years at 120mg, and I am coming up on 1 year off of meth, it can be done, if u want it!

you have to do a slow detox, i did 2mg every 2 weeks, not every week this gives your body a chance to adjust, i worked a full time job thru the whole detox, if you kicked cold turkey before in jail or other, the pysical part for the meth if done slowly is nothing, it's 99% mental, all the c**p u hear from people and the fear, is just that fear, the worst part of the detox for me was at 8mg's, i had a loss of sleep for about 5 days, but i did sleep about 2 -3 hrs a nite, when you want to rip your legs off, get up and go for a long ass walk, so when u get back u will be tired and then able to sleep, but it can be done if u really want your life back, meth made me gain about 100lbs since im off in a year i lost 80 without even trying, the best day of my life was when i walked out of that clinic for the last time,
u can do it, if u want to be free!!
thats my 2 cents

Hey,

I wouldn't mind a bit of advice from someone that has been on heroin and methadone. I have recently got in contact with my ex boy from when i was 18 (i'm 27 now). Anyway, I have found out that during that time he got hooked on heroin, he was injecting. However, he got off it and onto methadone, then split up with his ex and ended up using again. During that time he's been on and off both heroin and methadone.

It's been 2 months since he last used, he's only on 40mls of methadone a day, and seems to relatively normal to me. He's very open and honest about his past. He hasn't worked for 5 years and is on income support as a drug dependent. However, he has goals and wants to make someone of himself. He want's to start working again, and is thinking of moving near me (we live 5 hours apart) since we've been back together it has been mentioned to him that he has a spring in his step & has told me that he's not even thinking about using at the moment.

What i want to know is, how can i support him, what should i shouldn't i be doing. How long is he going to be on meth for & are his goals realistic is wanting to get back to working after being off work for so long.

I want to be there for him & will do anything i can to help. Any advice will be welcome, cause obviously he doesn't know what he needs from me.

Thanks

Is Brian from Michigan the same Brian that lived at 13 mile road?

%-) Methodone is poision from the devil himself. I was taking it for 5 years, i lost those 5 years. Couldnt do anything if i didnt have my meds, thats all i thought about. Its been 16 days today, 16 days ago i was going to kill myself. I went threw hell really. i didnt think i was going to make it, but you got to stay strong mentaly.I still feel like sh#t, I cant sleep for more than 2 or 3 hours, Im majorly fatiged, all i want to do is just lay here. Im hoping to get my motivation back? I got a daughter to take care of. But what im getting to is if you realy want to get of this c**p, you just got to be strong. Stick to it! The hardcore stuff dont last but maybe 5 to 15 days evry ones different. There is life at the end of this hell hole were in. Hang in there.......

my husband was on methodone for 6 years for using oxy, heroin, coke, pills of all kinds for 17 years combined everyday of his life. I used oxy and morphine for 6 years and then i was on methodne for 5 years. my husband was on 80-40mgs and i was on 30mgs. we lower down together for 2 months and now we are going on 5 days clean it is one of the hardest things was have done but aleast we have each other. the things that helps me is i know i do not want that life anymore. reading these postings has given me hope ther is light at the end of this awful road. :-) :-) :-)

:-| hang in there..im 53 been on the methodone 30 years and im now doing my best to beet this evil s''''''t