detox ALMOST THERE

[annemarie26]

IM almost there~!!! ok so as some of you know im on 2mg.. and my last day at the clinic now my question is more of a support thing. I been having a lil rough time with it all so the support is all the better. Anyone know of diff ways to help with detox? im sleeping fine but i have aches and really bad back pains?

[annemarie26]

i did it today is day two NO METHADONE im soo happy i did this finally. Friday when i went to the clinic they gave me my dose there and then two take homes for sat and sun but i decided enough was enough and didnt even touch my two take homes.. so here i am a sence if reliefe but as you say a little rusted with the aches but nothing too hard to handle. im so excited to finally say im off that shhitt and is happier than ever~! i appreciate all the support from everyone on here it helps me go on with my life day by day and i will deff let you know if im feeling anyway to let you know asap lol ty <3

[gnarly_1]

HEY  Annemarie good to see you post again im glad you winding this thing down dont be scared but its time to jump ship....your final withdrawal will be about 7 days your going to feel achey tired but not be able to sleep chills sweats kinda like having the flu some symptoms will linger into 2 weeks the reast is a real crapshoot I was sick for the first month could hardly get off the couch the second month was a little better but it was around 90 days that you start to feel like yourself again...it sounds like a long time but youll get there faster then you think and you do get better slowly your energy starts to return you begin to get a good nights sleep again but just remember it dosent happen overnight with methadone you have endured a long drawn out taper and did it you got what it takes to get well now it would be a really good idea to check out N/A you will learn a lot about recovery there if you need to talk just message me
congrats on getting off the liquid handcuffs good luck and God bless.....Gnarly

[annemarie26]

i appreciate your advice as well as petroglyph54 advice. i was on 80 mg of methadone and tapered down 2mg every wk. down to the very end where i am now lol. I didnt have problems the whole time until now.. nothing too bad i cant handle just back pains but the reason is bc when i was pregnant my son sat on my siatic nerve the whole 9 months so i knew that would be a prob coming off the methadone but its something i have to just "deal with" im done with all these things called drugs that are suppost to help you clean yourself up with.(ex-methadone,suboxine)i was thinking in my last question i posted that i was going to stay at 2mg then walk off and tae pieces of a sub for a wk to get over this pain but now that i think about it, its just going to prolong it so i decided this is going one way or another and i think the best thing is to just suck it up and know that im going to feel normal real soon. Also note i will never ever recommend methadone to anyone bc of the side effects and detox from it. =)ty

[tired_of_oxy]

Hi just wanted to give you kudos! I dropped from 4 to 2 mgs yesterday and it didn't go well to say the least. Went back to 4 and will try going to 3 first. How did you taper if you don't mind me asking? Congrats and hopefully if you've been ok at 2 for a bit then maybe the detox won't be too rough. Subs a weird drug some jump at 2 with a little bit of wd and others have to take it down to crumbs. Do you have aftercare in place? That will help a lot I think. Again congrats and if you could tell me how you went about tapering that would be great.

[petroglyph54]

Glad your feeling better! And free of the poison. Are you ready to wean from the sub? I haven't been yet,  but the general consensus is to get on down to your local na meeting and start learning how to stay clean. Or counseling from someone professionally that knows what their talking about, I can't do some jerk that just read about this in some book, ya know? Keep posting and let us know what you come up with ok? Your making good progress and we all want you to have your life in your control.