My Boyfriend quit methadone cold turkey

YES i did and it sucks your right. but it took me any where from 19 to 29 days to start felling half way right. but your almost there dont give up brother your almost done. but if i was you i would look up PAWS..

Trust me its hell i was an addict for 2 years take 3 oxy. 80's A day my first pill was wene i was 22 now im 25 and i been clean for 8 month i dunno what to say i tried quiting but i had an easy acces to them where is use to live so everytime i felt the pain id go and get one untill i said enough is fking enough i got so skinny my family started lookin at me and treatin me diffrent i hated myself because i wasnt raised to be an addict i decided to leave to go back home to lebanon to my old village where there is no addict just normal people working hard to support there familys i knew that was the place for me i told my grandma about it i have t see. Her in years she hated to see me like this so she started helping me i went to the doctore he pescribed me muscle relaxer , voltarin cream, and declofinac 100 mg take wene needed . There is nuthin in this world that u can take and its gunna make it all bettrr itss your will of powerrrr and howw much youu wanna changeeee it took me two month and a half of straight pain mornin pain afternoon pain night pain but i was in the right place and in the right state of mind so i did it . My advice to you is to get away for couple of month and to not asociate with anyone that can get or does this sh*t i know how your feeling and trust me i do feeel you god be with you and help you tru it but remember its you that can be overrr with thiss not any medicen

I am currently taking 75mg of methadone a day and i am quiting cold turkey tommorow, i get persribed 28 lorazapam tablets a week will that help. Can somebody give me some helpful advice. Reading all this stuff kinda has me worried. Can anybody please help by giving me some tips how to do this.

Yes i do. Let him get to the clinic and get a proper dosage of meth and go down slowly. Don't let him suffer i once went cold and was sick and in bed for a month. Went to clinic got my dosage went down slow and now clean for over 3 years and i was a 300mg oxy head for 8 years.

Hi there, don't despair. I really feel for you and understand with empathy, as i am a former heroin addict and ex methadone addict after quitting heroin, and after getting off that toxic muck methadone 2 yrs later i am still feeling like c**p as i dont do exercise, appetite like sh*t and cold all the time, and weakness....STILL! Although i was using heroin on and off for 12 yrs and on methadone for 2yrs i thought i would start feeling better my doctor told me at cdat and my doctor also kept me on my usual dose of diazepam of 20mg daily, so that did help enormously along with pramipexole, which is for the body crawls, which is marvellous for use on withdrawing after tapering off methadone. I realise exercise and diet play a vital role in the recovery of such opiates, which i cant get to seem to motivate myself enough as winter is here and i am in my dressing gown all day in the house as i get very cold quickly, even after just doing housework. i am now on tramadol 37.5mg every other day and have started using co-codamol now so back to square one which i am ashamed of and my doctor is trying to stop this as i cant bear to listen and be dictated to by cdat clinic as i know i have to get off them all. Along with the anti depressants. I know what u are going through and hope u are feeling better now. i also understand ur mental agony, sleeplessness is the worst along with the cramps and restlessness etc...but u will get there!!! even if it takes up to a year as everyone is different the doctor tells me. maybe it's a bit of a security blanket for me but i know now i am again addicted to tramadol and co codamol. i think i have an addictive personality which runs in the family, but they are not to blame, i am for taking the god damn evil nasty sh*t in the first place. Good luck my friend and hope ur ok now or getting there...just try and stay positive..which is easily said than done. Get some pramipexole from your doctor and tell him u cant keep still with the restlessness. I recommend them to anyone going through opiate withdrawal and they can make u sleep too. Good luck! anon.

I agree with this guy above, sorry but I think I wrote in an area I'm not supposed to because I missed the mark after my computer jumped up and landed me instead of a new reply space--sorry!
Congrats of lasting 43 daze on nothing....my mother quit a long acting pain pill after hip surgery and she went nuts and after a while went to a shorter acting opioid instead. Since he's been off for this long I'd start looking into anti depressants and or a mild tranquilizer such as clonazepam or Xanax. May I ask why he was on it in the first place? Let me rephrase. If he was on it for pain management and is still in pain due to accident ie car, skateboard fall and still needs some kind of 'no no' pill for pain, then any pain relief pill becomes a yes yes pill according to the narcotics anonymous book I forget which page but it says somewhere if someone needs pain control under a docs monitoring then who is to deny the relief to the patient. I am paraphrasing this. But if it was originally for addiction to drugs for fun then try to taper off using the aforementioned. Withdrawl is pure hell and try doing it on a 5 hour flight! My job requires me to travel and I've been unable to go the longer distances I need. Have just started a slower withrawl process back to my normal dose for chronic arthritis treatment. I found my max dose for that was insufficient so I augmented it with other related stuff. If you do not have any ongoing pain I BEG you to stay off. 43 days is a LONG time and I applaud you! You seems to have a great gall to support you on this so please stay the course. I hope you never develop arthritis either. Many active people get it. It happens when one breaks a bone or gets spine spikes over a 30 yr time frame. I just realized this post is a yr old so you've been off for over a yr! Congrats!
T.

I don't believe anyone should go cold turkey from that particular drug. I've witnessed treatment programs where patients live in and are tapered off over up to 6 weeks with similarly acting drugs combined with barbituates, and Librium so the person doesn't feel crazy during the process. I mentioned in another reply that if you started by using drugs for fun then by all means try to get off them. I also believe in incremental withdrawl which is so gradual you won't feel a thing but it will take a year or so. Or if you have chronic pain as I do, then why deny yourself a quality of life by tolerating pain each day? Many can and I do not judge them. Cold tirkey is only good for short acting opioids. good luck! T

yes I'm going through the same thing ,coming off 140 mg ,I lost my job and no longer can afford it but I can't find a doctor to prescribe Xanax or valium I cannot sleep and my legs are killing me do you have any suggestions that will help it feel like I want to die I can't go through this do I need to be hospitalized ? you can reach me on face book under keith Richard from Indianapolis Indiana thanks for your support

ever heard of post acute withdrawal syndrome?

My husband is on that stuff -methadone. I cannot stand it. He is lazy, cannot not hold a job, no sex, no interest in a lot of things he used to love. Its been 6 years when we talked, he was going to come off it. First talk was 2008, then 2012, then recently Sept. Of 2013, he is still at 110mg. With the many problems the side effects have it is causing major issues. I feel that I have been patient with him coming off of methadone. I feel bad for him bit at the same time he is not trying to come off and I cannot deal with the side effects. He has not had a job in a year, lazy, does very little during the day, naps and then is tired way too much. Were young too, I'm 29 and he's 36. Any advice on the addict side of this medication?

I was on Methadone for 8 yrs. I recently lost my car due to financial status. So unfortunately I had to come off 105 msg cold turkey!!! I'm on day 9 and I'm going NUTS!!! A lady on of these posts said it best its like termites chewing on your bones!!! As I write this post I just wanna ball up and SCREAM!!!!!! I'm so miserable i a part of me says try to get back on but without a ride I'm screwed!!! Sleep just don't happen as well!" Your all but begging GOD please make it go away!!!! Any Suggestions??? Truly, Unhopeful:(

Thank you very helpfule thank you I want get off from this

Well you are very understanding person , I'm shocked in order for one to quit ,he ,she must have ambition will power . That well it's hard but somehow get threw to ur husband most people don't want to here get off quitting methadone they fill nothing no love no passion not even sexual ness can't fill warm sun fresh air , it. num's the bodies completely . As for u probably fill not loved lonely an mush mush more an u want to live again an fill happiness y'all both are meant to live a great life some people half to hit rock bottom before quitting methadone . Some have to have every one there telling theme how mush it hurts that he or she is wasting there life away like a hermit in a dark cave do have faith it can be done an don't lose hop . Best of luck to both of y'all

My brother's RN BSN wife took him to a pain Dr. because she was his wife and thought she loved him. He did not hesitate to go to a pain Dr. when she asked him to. He had bil hip replacement and his right femur removed due to deteriation. Hospital in the psych ward. He was found dodging traffic in the road and trying to get people to take their clothes off to give to the salvation army. He heard voices and was hallucinating and very paranoid.thinking people are watching them. It is now June 15th he is no better. Even though he is in the psych ward he will not let them give him any drugs. he is no better. he thinks they everyone has guns and are in the armed forces. he says he is never going home and has a plan to disappear. Will I ever get my brother back. When will he get better. anyone know how long it takes. Or is he to far gone.

That sounds like alcohol withdrawal....ive taken care of many patients with it some come back....some do not......I wish you much luck