Hello all. I've been addicted to oxycontin,roxicets, and the new "no crush" op's for the past 3 years. I started taking methadone about a year ago but will switch from that to roxi's on occasion. I only take 1 10 mg pill a day and am trying to go from that to half a pill per day. I can't keep going back and forth. I already feel the symptoms with the restless legs and the sweats and chills. It is severely interfering with my job as am in outside sales. I need to take a few weeks off and go to a real detox so I can truly get clean. Should I risk talking to my boss and tell him I need to go to rehab? A lot of questions I know. Please help. Thanks a lot.
Hey, I am also detoxing from Methadone and I was wondering how far you have come down? What dose were you at when you started to come back down, and where are you now? I am at 47mg and came down from80mg and thus far I havent had any problem but, I am scared as I start to reach the lower dosage as to what to expect......
Well, if you're on Methadone because you were addicted to opiates then you know what to expect. There is a medication that made getting off Methadone easier for me. It's called Clonidine. It's an anti-hypertension drug. It keeps your adrenaline from getting too high and causing that "I feel like I'm gonna turn inside out" feeling. It's not a controlled substance and it's not addictive. Ask your doctor. Read up on it.
Also, I think slowly decreasing your Methadone down to 5mg or lower would be better than coming off 20mg. Get some support through N.A. or something. Good luck.
i see its been since oct 16th since hearing from you. are you still around?