came off to quick

[crazyornotidk]

ive been on methadone for 4 years which 2 of them i was on 140 mg well in july i started weening off 10mg a weekfor 7 weeks straight let me tell you the things that happened to me i was having severe i mean ambulance severe panic attack a overwhelming feeling of doom or something bad was gonna happen chest pains felling like i was having a alergic reaction neck pain pain went down my shoulders into my arms and hands my hands like burned it hurt to touch them felt like i was in a dream nothing looked real a overwhelming feeling of fear i would feel like i was shaking on the inside weird electric shock feeling in my head and hands and feel my armd or legs or body would jerk ear ringing sinuses were bad panic attackd everyday my emotions were out of control i would start crying and couldnt stop then i would feel like i had no emotion buzzing in my teeth there would be times i couldnt stay awake i would get lightheades dizzy i would feel like everything at any minute was gonna go black i was affraid to leave my house i went to the doctors 8 times the er 12 they did blood work up the wazoo xrays  they cant find anything wrong well needless to say my counciler got fired i have a new one he wants me to go up 20 mg to level out i went up ten on monday the symptoms are less and less my old counceler should have never let me detox like that it was very dangerous my question is has anyone come down like that experienced any of these things and what has been good for an amount to go down with minimum affect cause i cant ever go through what ive been going through the past 3 months its been literal hell i really believed i was dieing it felt that way or that theres something wrong with my head a bloodclot tumor cancer something it is crazt what this stupp can physically and mentally do to u if not properly and slowly weened thanks

[newlifeliz]

Basically you were reducing way too quick a drop....reducing by 10mls at a time is going to feel like hell, and i'm sure it was by the sounds of it.

I was on 90mls methadone 2 1/2 years ago.  After a couple months I started reducing by 5mls every two weeks until I got to about 55mls.  Then I dropped by 2mls every two weeks.  I am finally going off methadone - cold turkey now, the day before yesterday was my last methadone dose of 2.5mls.  And even me dropping by 2mls every 2 weeks I had pains and aches etc etc.  DON'T drop it too quick, you're putting yourself in unnecessay pain.  Just take it easy.  And DON'T substitute one addiction for another i.e. start replacing methadone with another addictive-prescription drug from the doctor, or even using on top of methadone to ease the pain of withdrawing, as you are only making your withdrawal and treatment last alot longer.

Before I was on anti-depressants as well as methadone, and when I tried to reduce my methadone the pain was horrendous.  Then when I came off the anti-depressants (amytriptyline) when I reduced my methadone dosage the pain wasn't anywhere near as bad!!  So try not to take any other medication ontop of methadone....it just makes the withdrawals un-bare-able.

Here is an article on the best way to taper your methadone dosage:

http://www.stop-drinking.co.uk/methadone.html

[lostsoul30]

Hi , Im a fellow methadone patient and i been told that going off methadone too quick too soon can kill you! if you need help tampering let me know!