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Methadone for 3 Days
I had a 5-6 month long heroin habit (0.5-1gram a day) and went into detox where I was supposed to be given a 7 day methadone detox. The first day was 30ml, 2nd 25, 3rd 20 then i said no more meth and stopped at 20ml. it has been 48 hours with no methadone or any opiates, and 5 days with no heroin and I've had sore muscles and teary eyes, depression, but nothing super bad. Should I expect to get my *** kicked in the next couple days or is the worst over?
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The methadone's long acting effect is making the heroine withdrawal easier. The long half life of the methadone will also slow down your total detox and it will like be longer, but doable. Your symptoms sound normal. All the methadone will be out of your system in approx 5 days. The Heroine is gone, but your brain chemistry still has to kick in. Exercise and good nutrition, mixed with time without opiates, that is your best medicine. You'll be feeling continually better within another week, but I'm not sure how much H and for how long. Metabolism and lots of things play a factor, that's why it is different for everyone. You have made the best decision, it doesn't matter how you feel now, you will never regret getting clean. Do anything, do what it takes, your life depends on it.
40 days
been forty days folks. still going here. feeling pretty good. all withdrawal symptoms have gone, with the exception of minor cold chills and this skin crawling, prickly skin kinda feeling. it isn't anything major but it presents itself a couple times a day and fades off. sleep seems to have corrected itself after the 30 day mark. things are looking up!
been forty days folks. still going here. feeling pretty good. all withdrawal symptoms have gone, with the exception of minor cold chills and this skin crawling, prickly skin kinda feeling. it isn't anything major but it presents itself a couple times a day and fades off. sleep seems to have corrected itself after the 30 day mark. things are looking up!
ricart70- thanks! energy and sleep are getting better by the day!
jonboi76- i made it to 30 days! thanks for your post.
vic- ya i have been working TONS lately, and also feeling better so haven't been in here posting as much. congrats on 8 thats fantastic! thanks so much for your posts, they really helped, especially in the first couple days and weeks.
toothfarie- thank you so much. always forward
weaver71- great post, and i appreciate you keeping with the **** creek metaphor hehe. thanks for taking the time to post in this thread. always enjoy your posts.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30 DAYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
first month done! wow! when i was in the first couple weeks of this detox i just kept on thinking, "just make it a month, make it a month..." Now it has been a full month and i do feel much much better. the last two nights i have had GOOD and RESTFUL sleeps, and straight sleep for 8 hours too. seems like sleep is, dare i say, normal!? don't wanna jinx it. energy is noticeably better too, i feel worse in the morning and the energy seems to normalize over the course of the day.
i definitely felt the methadone withdrawal, but i think mostly what i felt symptom wise was from the 5-6 month long heroin bender. like weaver71 said in the very first post in this thread, the methadone did make the detox easier in a sense. it wasn't nearly as intense, but i found myself getting really depressed at the day to day melancholy feeling of just being ok.
anyways i will keep posting updates. thanks to everyone that posted in here and kept me busy when i was feeling like **** on a stick. most appreciated.
Don't ever drop that paddle my friend. The waters get more calm, but sh!t creek has some flash floods forever. That good feeling is only the seed. It will grow and grow. Challenges change, but with every stroke of the paddle, those challenges are fertilizer of personal growth. Not everyday, but I have days that are better than anything I had even hoped for. Those bad days get a good smack with my paddle as I push forward. One stroke at a time, one day at a time, life just keeps getting more worth it. I'm so glad I lived, whether it was God or luck that saved my life, I am grateful to be able to write this post. I am grateful you are here to receive it. Just feeling grateful about anything is better than my days of use. Keep on paddling my friend, you have so much to look forward, even if you can't see it yet.
Hi Bud I was wondering where you have been..I was going to look for this post and go in and ask you..Ya these things will all balance out!! You are doing a great Job and I am very proud of you my Doner friend! Hey almost 30 days already..Ya!! I will have the big 8 tomorrow I almost forgot..oh well time keeps ticking and sometimes I do not think about it as much..Hope you have your ticker set up!! It does help when we get busy.Can go in a check it out anytime we want..Ha!!!
Keep on Truckin and do not look back!!!
Bless
Keep on Truckin and do not look back!!!
Bless
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