Switching from Methadose to Suboxone

your on very little methadose ,it shouldnt be a problem getting off of it ,but everybody different ,if u get on suboxone ,your switching one man made drug for another ,and being an addict ,thats part of it ,justifing one drug for another ,if u want to be drug free ,then get off of it completely ,even if its cold turkey ,thats the easy part ,the hard part is facing reality now ,btw im an exaddict ,for 3years now ,ive been in your shoes

I'm wanting to switch to actually speed up the process a little.

Do you think it's pointless to switch for only a week or 2 or maybe it could help to not feel as crappy once I'm completely off everything?

I feel like dropping to 0.5ml for 2 weeks then off completely is just gonna land me feeling like garbage for weeks after.
I got the idea because here they use suboxone in detox over a period of 5-7 days and apparently it's not too bad coming off of that. Methadose on the other hand I've only heard bad things about with coming off completely plus I feel like garbage myself. I haven't reacted like most to the methadose and have spent almost a year in some form of withdrawl all day every day so I just want to start feeling better now instead of weeks from now but at the same time I don't want to be on anything as of the 29th of March. I have it pretty set in my head even if I had to drop off to nothing now but I'm guessing I shouldn't chance screwing up everything I've done by rushing too much.
Would like to find the fastest route off everything yet also the fastest route to not feel like garbage anymore. Kinda greedy for me to want this but after the last year of hell and not being able to work because of the stupid methadone messing up my body more I'm desperate to feel decent and get off everything at the same time. I feel like if I just stop now I'll have weeks to months before I feel OK, if I drop my dose again first then stop I'm just adding 2 more weeks, but from what I'm hearing I'm think it might be a little faster if I did the switch to quickly come off the methadose and I might be able to feel a little better and even go back to work sooner. I could be just getting my hopes up because I'm tired of feeling like sh*t though and just want to be able to wake up and be half assed normal again.

Since you have the same opinion as me about trading one drug for another I'd really like to hear your thoughts on if you think a switch for a week or 2 would be worth it for me and speed up the process to feeling decent again.

Congrats on the 3yrs BTW.

hi amanda ,i really dont know the differnce between methadose and methadone ,i got on a 28 dextox program ,with methadone ,if i remeber right ,i was started with 40 mg ,and i went down to 2mg , in 28 days ,but at the time i was desperate to get off of everything i dint want to live that life style anymore ,i guess kinda the position ur in now ,if u ask me ,ithink its not a good idea to go on suboxone ,cause it is like methadone ,i would rather detox with methadose ,i tried to dextox with suboxone ,i think that was worst that methadone ,but everybodys differnt ,if your ready to start a new life ,my thoughts would be to just get of the drugs all togeter ,i think ur fear is letting go ,you have to change your mind set ,belive me it does get better ,i have no desire to go back to drugs ,my life is too good to throw it all away ,i think u should do whats right for u ,and have a positive outlook ,your doing the physical thing now ,thats the easy part ,the hard part is going to be the triggers and temptation

Just wanted to update that I went through with the switch and how it went incase anyone else is thinking about doing the same....

So I did the switch from 0.5ml methadose to suboxone for 1 week and I'm glad I did. I only waited 34hrs between my last dose of methadone and first dose of suboxone and it worked great. For me the methadone comes out of my system extremely fast though. I went onto only 2mg of suboxone and I instantly felt ten times better than I ever did on methadone. I had quite a few issues with the methadone so it was magical for me to finally feel good and somewhat energetic for once again. I spent almost a week on the suboxone, tapering off and it went very smoothly. Much smoother than tapering off methadone. With methadone I would be ill all of the time but when I lowered my dose (every 2 weeks) I would spend a few days in complete hell (I'm not the slightest bit of a wimp either) then return to the normal crappy feeling and repeat. I was able to drop the dose of suboxone quickly and not even feel it. I'm completely off it now and officially 100% me again and couldn't be happier that I did the switch. Had I just come straight of methadone I am positive I would have gotten completely depressed and had to go through withdrawl. Of course most people don't have problems with taking methadone like I did and could probably come off it without switching but I have to say it made everything so much better and it also sped up the process. I wanted to be over with it all and start putting it in the past and I wanted it right away. Had I not gone that way I'd still have more time with methadone and more days of being too sick and weak to do much of anything. This way I have been able to start getting my energy and drive back and not have something running my life everyday a little sooner. I only spent almost 1 year on methadone and I am definitely glad I stayed set on not allowing my doc to keep talking me into staying on forever and going down much slower. Had I listened I would still probably be on at least 90ml and have a few years ahead of me living like an addict/ex addict. Although everyone is different and some feel like they will always be an addict for the rest of their lives, I am the exact opposite. I believe in accepting the past, dealing with it, learning from it, then moving forward and letting go. I dont believe that addiction is a disease and that is just more of an excuse for people to use who have trouble getting and staying clean. 'To each their own though and whatever works should be done'
The entire time of being on methadone I could never let it go. I always felt like my addiction was haunting me and following me and running my life. Literally the second I knew I no longer had to take something every day because of an addiction to fentanyl, I felt like it was over and I could finally move on and find success in life. Of course there's still a long way to go and I still have my issues I'm working on, I am more than happy with the choices I made to come quickly off the methadone and switch to suboxone to not only speed up the process but make the last step of coming completely off a hell of a lot easier and less painful. I would definitely recommend going the same route I did but only if the person is having a hard time with methadone like I did, is ready and has changed their lifestyle so there's no chance of a flail. It was easy, quick and much less painful.
If I can get off of a $500- $1000 a day fentanyl addiction and do it whide my brother is using right beside me everyday and not hiding it on top of being so poor that I literally had days where I didn't eat because I had no food and lI've done with no heat, no privacy at all, had every dollar I had taken from me then pushed into the ground and mentally and physically abused on a daily basis, spent most days, even after getting clean, struggling to build my strength and get healthy enough to accomplish regular daily activities and lived with headphones in my ears day and night so I couldn't hear the fighting and violence in the hell I call a home, not to mention having my brother overdose and stop breathing in my arms multiple times having to naloxone him and bring him back, anyone can quit using drugs. First of all.... fentanyl isn't exactly the easiest drug to quit and second.. doing it under some of the worst possible circumstances isn't exactly easy. It's obviously possible though. So if there's anyone out there feeling like it's too hard to get clean and face all your fears and demons or they can't do it, you so f*****g wrong. You just have to want it as bad as you want to breathe. What helped me the most is having a gratitude journal and making myself come up with 3 things I was grateful for every day. Some days it was hard to come up with them and just the fact I was alive or that I woke up that day was something I put in my journal. At the end of the day I added 3 wins for the day. Meaning 3 things that went well. I only wrote it in point form and basically jotted only a few words each but it made the biggest difference out of anything I did. I owe a big part of getting clean in the first place to that book because I started doing it while I was still using. Of course it wasn't everyday at that point but I tried and it helped me see that there were many good things in life and reasons for me to get my life together and be healthy again. Without that book and my determination to stick to writing in it I honestly don't think I would have taken the step to sobriety or kept it that way. I'd say it's definitely worth a try for anyone wanting to get clean or is clean and would like a little boost. It's not the only thing I did but I would say it helped me the most.

Hope someone can take something from this extremely long and drawn out post. Lol.

good job ,good luck