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detoxing off ethadone

how bad is it to get off meth?  im on 60 mg x 2 mos. i need to quit it. please answer with intelligent and truthful remarks. thanks
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I quit methadone 80 mg a little over a year ago.  It wasn't easy, but so glad to be clean.  I went to a pain dr. and he weaned me off over 3 weeks. Am totally clean now, even quit smoking and feel great.
Good luck to you, it is so worth it.
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Sorry - but i will just be truthful here.....I quit a methadone thing cold turkey.....from 80-120mg - 2 or 3 40mg methadose daily. It was rough for several months. kim will give you some good advice. I dont really know what you are asking. But according to a poll done here (medhelp) not that long ago - methadone is the single worst thing to quit. Withdrawals last a long time and its a sneaky pharmocological thing also. It can be done though. Keep posting and asking questions until you are satisfied with the answers. And best of luck to you....
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Hi and welcome..Sent you a pm,check your inbox.
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Hi,

i went cold turkey from 30-40mgs a day for about a year and a half.  i used SMALL amounts of suboxone i got from a friend to help me through the hardest days, which were days 5-10.  i didn't need to take the Sub every day.  2-4mgs of Sub would keep me functional for about 2 days.  overall it took about 30 days for my body to start feeling normal again, but it's been about 3 months and i am now suffering from PAWS( you can read about it in the health pages here).  you may want to taper, but you will reach a point where you just have to bite the bullet and deal with it.  read up all you can on it.  there is a lot of useful info on the health pages here, the amino acid protocol helped me a lot.

love and light,
Kova
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i took methadone for a year, 40mgs a day. i tried c/t probably 7 times, it was impossible for me. three days, tops, and i was on the phone speed dial. my doctor took the course needed to prescribe sub, just because of me situation. now i'm taking sub, i started at 8mgs a day, for a week. starting today i drop to 6mgs for 5 days, then 4mgs for 5 days, then 2mgs for 5 days. once that is done, i go to rehab.  so to answer your question, you might want to talk to your dr about tapering, or jumping to sub, or both. everyone is different, but i wouldn't wish methadone withdrawal on my worst hated enemy..
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i have never taken methadone, but i have friends here who have.  it is very hard w/d from because of the long half life...i will contact a friend who has been clean from it for about 8 months and let her know about your post.  hername is kim715...she will get back to you...good luck
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