Today I'm officially off methadone! I just have to get through the withdrawel now :(

[Electra1982]

So I'm taking the advice from kim,kiylen,gnarly & mr. lucky who've all told me thats I should prob jump to zero now that I was on 4mg a day. So I'll keep an update on how I'm doing. I took my last dose of 4mg yesterday morning around 8:30 am. It is now 12:06 pm and I feel ok. I don't have much energy and I can feel the legs starting to ache. I'll post again later. Any advice and support is appreciated.

[Electra1982]

So my last dose have been about 50 hours ago and here is what happened last night: I finally fell asleep around 11:30 and as soon as I fell asleep my legs started kicking prettybad which forced me to get out of bed by 12:30 pm. After crying a little out of frustration, I though this was the right time to take 1- 0.1mg klonodine and 1- 5mg zoplicone. I fell back asleep about an hour later. I did manage to sleep through the night but I did toss and turn. I did use a heating pad but it didn't do much. I found that if i switched positions and put my head at the foot of the bed and pushed down with my legs on the head board it helped ease the pain just enough that i could fall back asleep. As for this morning, I feel pretty good. I totally agree with Kim, when your standing or walking you dont get the leg aches. As soon as you relax your legs, they start aching. I'll update again in the evening. Hopefully this information can help people who are thinking of dropping off methadone in the future. I'm going to be very honest every step of the way.

[kiylen]

I'm really proud of you for being brave enough to go through with this.  Yes, your third and fourth days are sometimes the worst and you may wonder at times, what have I done?  You have started your life over and know that the pain is not like terminally ill patients that it's killing them, this pain is healing you.  I hope when I go cold turkey December 2nd I can take my own advice.  I scared, I'm sure you scared too.  But we can be here for each other because I'm not going anywhere.  I'm not stopping sooner because I paid the clinic a month ahead and am not leaving them with over $100.  Also, I wanted to make it through Thanksgiving.  Sounds like excuses, but it's the truth.  I'm going to need everyone on here and by the time I get there I may really need you too.  But for now, you have done an awesome thing and just pray a lot.  Really, like gnarly says, God hears you and will listen.  He knows every time you shed a tear and will truly be a comforter if you will let Him.  I hope I can be as strong as you.  All of you are really amazing.  I truly think you did the right thing by not prolonging the withdrawals no matter how mild they were at the last few doses.  Like I said, you are very brave and I am very proud of you.

[avisg]

Good for you !!!!!! Its going to be hard but we are all here to help you threw.Be very proud of yourself some people on methadone stay on it for life you making a huge step in your life :)

[worried878]

U made the move!  good for u..and congrats on ur clean time/every minute of it

many taper to very low doses//but for me jumping was easier..when u r done..u r just done!

keep us posted

[NoMoMeth4me]

Awesome job on getting to where your at. I jumped off Methadones in March of this year at 10mg and had it rough for the first 2 weeks. Mainly the RLS and NO SLEEP but nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Methadone is a bad one to get off of and it was third times a charm for me.
I think you will have it easier jumping off at such a small amount and believe you would have only prolonged your suffering by titarting lower than where your at. Post if you can't sleep, go out and get fresh air when u can, DON"T be too hard on yourself if you feel crappy, the mind is the last thing to come back from oblivion with this drug. I would suggest getting rid of ANY Methadone you have around that you could take. I know that's a HUGE step, trust me, I flushed over 700 methadone pills down the toilet!!! Read back through some of my journals and posts if you want.
Hang in there,

We are all pulling for you.

Feel free to PM me if you need to.

-Brian.

[kim715]

Congrats to you.I'm proud of you for making the decision to just jump and get it over with.Like mr lucky said,it probably won't get much worse,since you have been dealing with the w/ds while on the 4mgs.Take the hot baths for the RLS,as hot as you can stand and as often as you can.They help with the anxiety a bit too.The RLS was the worst part for me so I will share with you what got me through that.Hot bath,then I would rub my legs down with a mentholated muscle rub,then wrap them tight,but not too tight,with ace bandages and use a heating pad on each of them.This ritual brought me enough relief that I actually could get some rest periodically.Keep posting.We're here to help....All the best..Kim