I have been on Methadone (via a Methadone clinic) for about a year and a half...well..a year and a few months. Before that, I was a Heroin addict for about 5 years. I am getting to the point where mentally I feel I am ready to stop the Methadone. I am tired of the cycle. tired of being an addict, tired of being a slave. I am a 23 year old woman...and I just dont want this anymore. ...I am scared, though. I have cut down my mg from 120mg to 80mg..which is very good, and I am quite proud, however, I have heard that once you start going down from 80mg, the withdrawals are hell. To be quite honest, I havent felt any withdrawals so far. But, the tapering has been relatively slow and I only stayed on the 120mg for a short period. Basically I went up the ladder quickly, and came down just as quickly. Anyhow..does anyone have any advice on what would be the best method to get off of this shit? Should I just taper the dose normally (which, at the clinic I attend is 1mg a day/5mg a week unless you specify otherwise), or should I try to taper to a certain extent..and then try Subutex/Suboxone? I would like to hear, preferably, only from those who have been on Methadone prescribed by a clinic, or private practitioner for a good amount of time, and then gotten off. Thanks!
At 80 mls you could drop 5 mls a fortnight untill you get to 30 mls then go 2 mls a fortnight after that .. This is what ive just done, but i started on 55 mls and was using gear for 6 years on top of 4 years of methadone addiction, prescribed from a clinic. Heres my take :- When i got down to 30 mls i went down only 2 mls every 2 weeks, nice and smooth reduction and its been pretty good untill i got to 8 mls which is where i found i was on such a low dose of methadone that it wasnt covering me for the full 24 hours, so i was in light withdrawl by the time i was going to bed. This is where id suggest changing the reducion to 1 ml every day or 2 days, i think its quite personal the way you do the last bit as its the transition to being free and clean again, and theres no " One way " for everyone. But what you will find is the slower you go after around 10 mls you are just prolonging the pain and the inevitable .. Hope this helps .. and i wish ya good luck and be brave poppie .. Btw i had my last 2 mls 2 mornings ago now, and the days are not too bad, just slightly uncomfertable with wanting to stretch my arms/ legs and back all the time and very sneezy and yawny most the time aswell. Ive found its the nights in bed that are the head blag, Laying there in desperation of some rest, ive slept aroung 2 - 3 hours in the last 2 nights, but i know it will taper off soon .. and ill be kipping like a baby once more.
I detoxed cold turkey from Methadone (about 7 to 10, 10mg. pills a day) I was on it for like 6 months. It was the WORST EXPIERENCE of my entire life regarding withdrawal.I detoxed on H, OC's, & othe ropiates before but NOTHING compared to the Methadone detox. Beyond words, physically, mentally.
Yeh i was on the sugar free green liquid, fucking rank it was .. I had my last 2 mls on friday morning, and have slept for around 4 - 5 hours since thursday night, my back is crippled, and my dr wont even prescribe me any sleeping tablets ... he said " Just persavire with it " i certainly didnt think it would be this uncomfortable coming off such a low dose, suppose you got to pay some price for being wrapped up in opiates for 6 years ... Chasing down a couple of valium just now, they should see me right.
We dont have the sugar free liquid here at all. Ours is this red, cherry flavored....BLECH!!! Crap. Its so horrible and sooo chock full of sugar it burns your mouth.
i detoxed of of methadone in jail, and i would have taken a 10 year sentence instead of going thru that. i didn't sleep for about 10 days then i got about 15 minutes. i didn't get a nights sleep(which is about 6 hours for me) until month 3. theres very few people i would wish that upon, but i am a very vengeful person. i wouldn't go on methadone again long term. but i get prescribed 60 10 mg pills a month and i take them after the roxi's are gone. in a ahorter post i could have just put i thought i was going to die, and afraid that i wasn't.
I have heard horrible things about Methadone cold turkey withdrawal. I am sorry you had to go through that.
Hi poppie, yeh i just got hold of a few 10 mg blues last night, i took 1 at 9 pm to chill out, and then another at 11:30 pm, i actually fell aslepp eating a bag of crisps and tipped them allover my self .. haha. As you can imagine that was an invitation to get some sleep, so quickly rolled a j and off to bed, i slept realy well last night and the lack of twisting and turning in bed has realy eased my back ache . I now feel pleasently posative ..
I guess you dont have much of a tolerance to benzo's deranger? I don't either, but I know people detoxing from opiates who've only been able to sleep after munching valerie after valerie....
Yeh i have a thing with benzo's where i realy like them, but i very very rarely use them, they are a top med imo but too easy to abuse. Generally i get buzzed up and feel absolutely great on them, then i chill out after a couple of hours. They also enhance the taste of food, and i get a real munchy when ive had them, the afterglow the day after feels realy good aswell .. And most benzo varients make me horny as fuck aswell .. strange .. Sorry for hi jacking ya thread poppie ..
I was talkin to someone in line at my clinic. And they are havin a hard time gettin off 3mg's !!!! 3mg's!!! It must be mental. I have trouble when I get below 60mg. I've been on 6 yrs now. Its better than dope.but it is gettin old.
I did the methadone thing and i didnt feel any withdrawls at all (physical anyway) the worst part about it was when i got down to about 20 or 30 i started to become very depressed, and iv got no history of mental health problems. but the eventually goes away as well, so it just takes time. just hang in there girl
I know its not my thread, but im now 27 days into my methadone detox, everything is going full circle now, i feel energetic and motivated, and generally good inside .. Im starting to sleep well ( deep sleep ) but short amounts between 4 - 6 hours a night, one thing though is ive had the shits for nearly 4 weeks now, hope this subsides aswell .. ?? Ive also lost over half a stone in weight during the home detox, but it will pick up soon im sure .. All in all i feel good to be free once again .. like a pheonix rising from the flames ...
good luck on your recovery. i wish I were ready. Been on 6years also. I don't mess with opiats or coke. just weed here and there and trip now and then. I just still don't trust "me" yet. To much dramma still. Good luck
I am afraid of benzo's now(mind earasers) I do fuc**d up shit on them . I crashed my girls grand dads truck, don't remember a thing. Funny thing is no one could tell I was that messed up. Oh, and be careful with methedone and benzo's. Alot of clinics are gettin ppl off them because of the od rate. My wife died on 25mg meth. and takin zannies. I don't know how many zannies she took It was her birthday. Who knows but her.Sad thing
