2 weeks today off methadone!! My appetite and energy are starting to come back, although I lost about 12 pounds so far. Sleep patterns are getting a little better, but I'm still managing only about 4-5 hours a night, with vivid nightmares. Every night I'm hopeful and every morning I'm disappointed and tired. I use the L-tyrosine and B-vitamin complex in the morning (on an empty stomach) and that usually kick starts my energy level for the day.
I'm interested in things again, have more energy, and even quit smoking cold turkey with no issues. I was one of those people who tried to quit smoking a billion times, only to relapse because it was "so hard." I had a pretty hard reality check about REAL withdrawal, and didn't even think about cigarettes, which are 100% a mind game, not the real oh-my-gawd-I'm-DYING withdrawals I experienced w/the pills.
In fact, the day I stopped smoking altogether (about 4 or 5 days ago now), I felt MUCH better. The cigs certainly weren't helping with the other withdrawal symptoms. If anything I was smoking more during the withdrawal and I bet it made it much worse. Weirdly enough, the horrible back pain I had been experiencing went away 100%, suddenly, the day I stopped smoking. That was probably my worst withdrawal symptom from the methadone - I have no explanation for why quitting smoking would have taken care of this.
Looking forward to a month clean. If you're reading this and you're where I was 2 weeks ago, HANG IN THERE. Time seems to stop, but it does pass and it does get better. I'm not out of the woods yet but I would have paid everything I have to feel this way 13 days ago. It'll pass.