METHADONE

[tonie25]

I HAVE BEEN TAKING METHADONE FOR A YEAR NOW FOR FIBROMYAGISA.WHEN I FIRST STARTED I GOT HIGH FROM IT.I FELT HAPPY ALL THE TIME AND SPEEDY FEELING I COULD ALWAYS CLEAN MY HOUSE AND STAY UP ALL NITE CLEANING UNTILL I WANTED TO GO TO SLEEP.I TOOK BETTER CARE OF MYSELF AND JUST FELT GOOD AND MY BODY WAS PAIN FREE AND I FELT SO LIMBER.WELL NOW I DONT EVER GET HIGH FROM THEM ,THEY STILL WORK FOR MY PAIN AND IM GLAD FOR THAT.BUT THE WAY IT USE TO MAKE ME FEEL I MISS THAT AND WANT TO GET THAT FEELING OF I CAN DO ANYTHING AND BE MORE HAPPY BACK.MY QUESTION IS I HAVE TRYED TAKING 2 AT A TIME AND THAT WOULD BE 20mg INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL 10mg THAT I TAKE 5 TIMES  A DAY IS HOW I AM TOLD TO TAKE IT BY MY DOC.BUT I SEEMS IF I DO DOUBLE MY DOSE IT JUST MAKES ME TIRED.DOSE ANYONE NO WHY IT MAKES ME MORE TIRED TO TAKE A HIGHER DOSE AT ONCE?AND WHY IT NO LONGER HAS THE AFFECT THAT IT ONCE HAD? I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND WITH FYBRO.AND TAKES METHADONE AND SHE HAS BEEN ON IT FAR LONGER THAN ME,AND SHE STILL GETS HIGH AND HAS THAT SPEEDY FEELING FROM IT.SO WHO CAN GIVE ME INFO ON THIS?THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME! I HOPE THIS DOES NOT AFFEND ANYONE ,I JUST WANT THAT HAPPY FEELING BACK.

[PrayerWarrior17]

And this my friend is how addiction starts. You chase that feeling never fully capturing it and the more u do the farther gone u become from the reality of "I'm now an addict

[PrayerWarrior17]

And or addicted

[sandi m]

If you are taking Methadone for the high/good feelings it gave you, then you are taking it for the wrong reasons completely.
Typically, when you are put on a long term pain medication, your body acclimates to it, and you stop experiencing the side effects that someone new to the medication would have for a short time. It is called tolerance. I was on methadone for severe back pain and I never, ever got "high" or felt good, happy or whatever you want to call it from it. If you are getting high or increasing your dosage in hopes of recapturing the "high" from it, you are not only in danger of loosing your pain medication from your doctor, but you are in serious danger of accidentally killing yourself.
Methadone has a long half life, which means that it stays at a certain level in your bloodstream over a longer period of time . Doubling your dose as you are doing means that you are increasing the cumulative amounts of methadone in your bloodstream and because of that, you can cause your body to develop respiratory suppression , and you can die.
You need to stop increasing your dose on your own without your prescribing doctor's permission/knowledge. You are playing a dangerous game, one which can cause you to loose your life.
Sandi