Someone please listen...

[kiylen]

I know I just posted a questions a few minutes ago.  But I also wanted to mention I'm trying the B6, the calcium, magnesium, zinc combo and taking aleve.  I'm so scared because I'm really starting to not feel like myself mentally.  I have been diagnosed with bipolar before but I thought it was just going up and down on drugs.  If you read the earlier post you'll see some of what I'm talking about.  Has anyone ever just been lying there not being able to control thoughts racing in their head.  That's what happening to me along with the other things.  I'm just so scared  I will end up doing all of this for nothing.  Please tell me it's worth it.  I've got such a long road ahead.  With methadone, it's 10X worse than heroin.  Once you hit zero methadone, you still have no energy, no appetite, serious depression, for up to six months and I've heard psychiatrist say sometimes it takes up to two years to get completely back to normal.  I just want to know the truth from people who have been this far so I know there is some light ahead.  Thank you for helping.

[gnarly_1]

hey girlee well your at what i call the "mind screw" part of your withdrawals...with one word it sux....but you can get past it...I to share the bi/polar thing with you and I
think the symptoms of withdrawal are very similar to a manic episode...your not
loosing your mind....it is just" waking up" off of the methadone...this is the fog
that I spoke of in some of my past posts, it just seamed to me that you sorta
become hyper/alert and your mind is no longer quieted by the methadone,the
fog is lifting and you have to get use to it working again..the racing thoughts
still bother me but I find im getting use to it as a normal part of being clean
its been a major problem getting to sleep at night...my mind goes 100mph
it seams when i try to go to bed..hot baths help this for me...just hang in there girl
you can do this ...also rember that the withdrawal symptoms are diferent for everone
your not necessarily going to go thew 6 mo or even yrs of misery im only 13 days
clean today...and I already feel much better then i did tapering and ALOT better
then I did when I first jumped off...remember you CAN DO THIS and you will be successful good luck and god bless....gnarly      

[kiylen]

Thank you everyone for you listening.  I'm feeling a little better today.  I guess these kind of days will come and go.  But thank you.

[whitie]

All replacement narcotic opioids(sub and 'done) when taken for long periods of time, will require quite a bit more time to shake. but its not like you are suffering full blown wd's for months on end.  It is a shocker compared to other opiate/opioid wd's. I went through about 2-3 weeks of major wd's, but I mistakenly went CT, and did not taper. So it was very rough.

the secondary wd's(energy,motivation,mental) are the main issues, after you go through the major wd's. For me, they hung around into month 3. but even while I was going through that stage, I felt soooooo much better, even with some lingering issues. some days were fine, then some days it would creep back. people can have cravings I guess, but I never did from day one, I was shell shocked and pizzed off.

Once you understand how the program works, then the mental stuff is not as bad. you begin to expect it, thus are prepared for it. as for that statement by the pysch doc, thats a crock. that needs to be explained better, yeah I have heard some say the energy issues or mental stuff can go on, but its minor issues compared to being gassed up on the pills or going through major wd's.

I know after 3 months, the secondary wd's were still bothering me some(I was %90 percent normal) but I was finally free for sure, and I was by far better than when I was maxed out on pills. now its 5 months, and I would say I am at 96% almost back to perfect !

[Anonymous20s]

I have to say I was on roxicontin and oxycontin, daily about 15 of them.. and when I was away for a month on a trip after the first 5 days of being sick on the 6th I felt pretty damn normal.

The only thing that makes me NOT feel normal on the 6th day is when your nearby and KNOW you can get the drug. When I was in another state it didn't bother me, I knew I couldn't get it, and that was that.  I felt normal on the 6th day.   NORMAL.

Like music sounded better, the sky was beautiful.  My body was balanced out.

[mama23babies]

I think the racing thoughts and not feeling good mentally is normal with any drug. I experienced that too. It was really bad. I thought I was going insane. It does get better though. I am a little over 4 months clean now and still have some problems mentally but it is much better. Hang in there~!!

[Florida_Guy737]

Kylen,

I withdrew from fentanyl (Patches) and percocoet and it is not fun.  I have been almost clean for 2 years now (Jan 2010) and there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel.  What really helped me along was exercise; I really put quite a bit of effort into this and it has paid off.

I also heard 2 years is how long it takes to get back to normal so I had milestones that were important to me.  These were 30 days clean, 60 days, 90 days, 6 months, 1 year, 1.5 years and now 2 years.  

Stay the course....it's hard but anything worth something takes work.

Good Luck,

Guy

[Holliee]

If I were youI would set up a meeting with doc and see what she/he thinks about your taper. My sis is also bi polar and they put her meds higher when she was coming off methadone and she tried her best but got the best of her and she went to sub been on that yr now and she is doing lots better. Takes her bi polar meds daily and sub daily so I am proud of her. Her moods been pretty normal since getting on both and mg straightened out.