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NEED ADVICE _ Methadone after only 49 days total on Program
I've only been on Methadone for 38 days so far (will be 49 total). Wanted to do a 28 day detox but the doc at the clinic said I needed another 21 days to come off. don't know why. I was only on 30mg to start with. I always leave some behind in the cup and felt fine. He knocked me down to 25 mgs. When I insisted I wanted to come off, he changed me to come down 5 mgs every 5 days. I am now at 10 mgs (today is first day on 10mg - still leaving some behind) I have hot flashes and some days I get tired but other than that, I've been fine. My question is, when I get down to 5mgs and then stop will I be suffering like everyone seems to be on here?? I will have only been on this stuff for 49 days after detox is completed. Please advise. Thank you!! GetMeOff.
Thank you so much for your response!! All the stories I am reading here have been very helpful. I started taking a multivitamin and I drink lots of water. Maybe I will also get more Magnesium and D. So far it hasn't been so bad. Today I think is the worst that I've been feeling - I feel a little restless but I just gave my livingroom the vacuum of it's life and I do feel a little better. LOL I hope I am another success story. My last day is June 23rd. They just lowered me today to 10mgs. For the last five days I've been in 15mgs and I always leave a little behind. I just want to be done with it. I thought I'd be on a 28 day program but the doc gave me another 21 days. I don't agree with their method. I think every person is different. Oh well, I can deal with the hot flashes been there done that with surgical induced menopause many years ago. That's been a cake walk. LOL I don't like the restless feeling but it's nothing like it was when I was using and couldn't wait for the next fix. I am not looking for a fix now so maybe I got this thing licked. Wish you the best as well. Thanks again!!
Hi. I am glad you are going down with the dones..I too was on the hydo/oxys then made the choice to go on the Methadone for pain..This went on for 12 years at a high dose. I did get down to 30mg but I was also snorting it with the adderral to get the big buzz..I took a benzo at night to come down..I went c/t from them all and I was 56..When we are younger we do bonce back quicker..From my experience the other opiates should be out since they are short lived and the fact that you where not on the dones for too long is going to be a big plus. Hydrating the Body & Replenishing vit/min and Electrolyte Deficiencies is a plus.Because of the 3 drugs it did take me a while and I went through stages of detox..The most you might have is the anxiety and sleep..This will not go on for long and it does take time to balance the Brain & Body back. I take alot of vit/min but the best ones for me during the detox was the Magnesium, Ds & Cal for anxiety and sleep..There is alot more to take to help with energy down the line..You might experience some up & downs but this is normal..There are a lot of Neurotransmitter that have to re-adjust back. I do think you will kick this real soon..Another Methadone success story you will be on here..Ya!! Just take it as it comes and try to re-direct your self from your self..Keep busy..Wish you the Best!!
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I just want to say that today I am feeling really restless - no urge to use at all, but I guess it's just the normal feeling of coming off of the methadone. This is what I wanted to avoid. Thank God I am only on it for a short period of time. I am hoping that this will be the worst I feel. I hope it doesn't get worse when I come off completely next week.
Thank God you made it out alive. I totally agree with you - addiction is insanity!! Yes....I've been fighting the insane thoughts but they've been mild compared to the insane thoughts I was thinking when I was using. Epecially in the last two months of my addiction. I think I can handle this!!!! If I can't, I will get some aftercare. I will NOT go down this road again. I know me. I am praying a lot too!!!!! It's helped me tremendously! Thank you so much!!!!!!!! Godspeed!
Yeah my doctor wanted me on subs for 2 years, go figure how he came up with that. A year on methadone is not a good idea, IMO. I couldn't even respond objectively to these posts at first, I would have said run, fast. Now I see different, almost a year after a 200 mg habit. I was on street methadone. The stuff almost killed me, a few times. I will say that I have seen a few short term meth wirk for Oxy addicts. Glad you aren't staying on it, but suggest aftercare. A time will come when you feel good again,make sure you are ready to deal with insane thoughts. Addiction is insanity, don't take that lightly. You are getting close by the minute.
Oops, meant the doctors wanted ME on the program for a year. They said that is standard.
Thank you! They doctors wanted you on the clinic for about a year. No freaking way!!! I've read all the horror stories. All I wanted from this was to get off the pills with as little pain as possible. I have absolutely no desire for pills or anything. I made up my mind when I started this program that I was done. I've been keeping busy. I don't think about getting high at all. Truly, I am done! I will never want to go through this again!! It's just not worth it. I haven't felt this good in over 8 years. Am I an enigma or is this what everyone thinks at first?
One more question if I may, wouldn't all the pills be out of my system by now? I've been off of everything expect the Methadone since May 8th.
Don't get in a hurry, follow the doctors advice, taper down slow. Back when I first started methadone and ran out, at about 30mgs, I felt flu like for about a week and started climbing out. The mental part always made me get more. If you are in good after care and working out the mental/emotional stuff, I don't think it will be bad, but taper slow. Methane stores in fat and bone tissue, it needs time to eliminate. It will be less shock on mind and body. Take your time and use this time for growth. You will be okay. What are you doing to prevent you from returning to pills?
Don't get me wrong, aside from the back pain, I started to like taking them...just me and my pills for a good 8 years. After I started going down the road with the heroin and the 15mg Oxycodone, I was so tired of feeling addicted and miserable. The high wasn't fun anymore, and the 15mg Oxys were giving me a headache. I was just DONE!!!!!! I knew I didn't want to be on the methadone program for as long as the clinic recommended. That thought sent shivers down my spine!!!
I meant, I went on the program in the first place because of no insurance and because I couldn't wean myself off the vicious cycle I was on on my own.
I was taking them for lower back pain but I am thinking that the back pain was from stress after my father's passing. Yes, this is my first time ever and I am in my 50's. I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but I was leaving some Methadone behind in the cup after about the first fews days on it. I am still doing that. I started taking vitamins but I really should start exercising. I have been eating lots of fruits and I've always drank a ton of water. My reasoning on the water was I was flushing out the tylenol in the hyrocodone so it wasn't so bad on my liver. LOL. I went on methadone in the first place becuase I lost my health insurance, and I wasn't weaning off myself. I was freaked out about the depression from the withdrawal. I've been doing fine on the Methadone. I never had to go higher than the 30mg to be stabilized like they said at the clinic. They really scared me there!!!!!! I've been somewhat sluggish - not every day but the hot flashes are every day. So far they've been very managable. Thank you so much for all your help and advice.
You will have some withdrawals and your body will be detoxing from the combo you were on but it shouldn't be that bad. How old are you?
The younger you are the quicker you heal. Is this the first time you will be detoxing off of any opiates? You were on them for 8 years and that matters also. You will probably feel tired, sluggish, anxious and have some flu like symptoms but probably for a short time.
When you take your last dose it will take about 3 days to start to feel any withdrawal. I would look on the bottom right side of this page under the health pages, for the Thomas recipe and the amino acid protocol. Start some vitamins now and if you don't now start an exercise program,. This will help to repopulate your natural endorphins, serotonin and dopamines.
Why were you taking the hydros?
Build yourself up as much as possible and just take it as it comes. Don't let fear in.
The younger you are the quicker you heal. Is this the first time you will be detoxing off of any opiates? You were on them for 8 years and that matters also. You will probably feel tired, sluggish, anxious and have some flu like symptoms but probably for a short time.
When you take your last dose it will take about 3 days to start to feel any withdrawal. I would look on the bottom right side of this page under the health pages, for the Thomas recipe and the amino acid protocol. Start some vitamins now and if you don't now start an exercise program,. This will help to repopulate your natural endorphins, serotonin and dopamines.
Why were you taking the hydros?
Build yourself up as much as possible and just take it as it comes. Don't let fear in.
I am feeling some withdrawal I guess.....hot flashes, some days I get really tired in the afternoon, but other than that, I'm fine. Will it get worse when I get off???
I was taking prescribed hydrocodone 10mg-325 for a good 9 years. About 8 per day, Then this last January I had the bright idea to snort a little heroin to help in between refills. They the doc prescribed me 120, 10mg percs in March; and then in April, 120, 15 mg percs. I was still taking the heroin in between. I saw where all this was going and decided I didn't want to live like this anymore. I have absolutely no craving for drugs at all. What concerns me is the horror stories I am hearing about Methadone withdrawal. When the people at the clinic told me I had to stay on for a year, I immediately told them no way - I want to be on a 28 day program. They started me on 30mg and I've coming down 5 mgs and have been fine. Will it get in my bones??? I am on 10 mg right now. Today was the first day. My last day on this stuff will be June 23rd. Will the withdrawals be that hard for me after being on Methadone for such a short time?? Thank you so much!
Hello and welcome. What, how lon, and dosage were you on before you started the methadone?
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