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Ive been trying a detox for two months. I decrease 2mg. a week. Is there any way to speed it up,without hurting,or missing work?
no you should consult a doctor. there could be serious side affects which could both be physical and mentally damaging. a doctor would be able to tell you how much to decrease, and how often with out being harmful. doing it yourself could cause you to relapse and it sounds like thats the last thing you want to do.
Day 11 of me at 0mgs of methadone...i talk a little about the benefits of marijuana during a opiate withdrawals...especially methadone...and get ...
I started taking methadone about a year ago from a friend and now I dont know what to do! Is there some kind of prescription you can get to ease the withdrawl symptoms? Help
You don't want to go through detox alone. I HIGHLY suggest that you do this at a medical facility. Without proper control, you could hurt or kill yourself during detox or break and take so much that you have an overdose.
this person has been on methadone for 3yrs.@ a dose of 110 mils.
well it took me 30 days after quiting cold turkey to feel normal again spent the first 3 days laying in bed whole body hurt worse than anything you can imagine but after those few days it wasn't so bad just little things ya know but if they just go from 110miligrams to nothin ya they gonna be in some serious pain i went from 60 mils a day to nothin and it was bbaaaddd
Over one year period I started on 55mg of methodone, got down to 5 and then cold turkey, I started feeling really sick so I started taking a couple perk 5 (2 every 6 hours ) to give me alittle relief. Is this a stupid thing to do or will it make it more timely and difficult in the end.
Percocets are very addictive. You should maybe ask your pshysician for Suboxone. They are very affective for weaning off of opiates.
Just curious to know if anyone who has experience with methadone could give some input on how to detox from it. I have been on it for over 6 years and went from 120+ milligrams down to 18 milligrams. I am starting to feel sick. I have tried to detox before and as soon as I got down to 18 milligrams I went back up ten because I felt like crap. I just want to get off this stuff. I know I will not use again so I think I have been on methadone long enough.
I've been on methadone for about 7 years now; i'm at 165 mg. I've felt the same way you do, that it's just time- but I admit, it's so frightening to think about. I've heard a lot of clients say what you did- that they went through medical weaning- 2 to 5 mg a week; and been fine with it, until they got down to the lower numbers. One woman told me she went through the whole thing from 80mg without having any issues; but the day they took her down from 2mg to 1, she went back in begging them to give her back the one mg.
It's usually the best practice of methadone clinics to wean you down slowly, and when the patient gets to those lower numbers- in the tens; protocol usually is sending you to an inpatient detox.
For the most part, detoxes will not detox a client who has weaned themselves- you need a referral from your clinic.
Remember that the detox from methadone is much longer, and more intensive than the heroin detox. however, you've been there six years; and you've made it really far- so my guess is you're determined and ready for the jump.
Another thing is they can prescribe meds to you to help deal with the side effects. if they have allowed you to keep take homes, you will probably be required to give them up, but I know our clinic prescribes the usual suspects- vistaril and trazadone.
I certainly wish you all the luck in the world. Another thing to consider is suboxone- my husband got clean once with it; and swore it was one of the most comfortable detoxes he ever went through. He relapsed later on, and is on methadone now as well; but has talked a great deal about switching to suboxone- with that, you can go in once a month for a thrity day prescription; but in order to switch they have to get you down to about where you are now- for me, it seemed like such a hurdle at 165 mg, i didn't have the confidence. but you're already there. i don't know what it would be like, but it's something to consider if you find yourself struggling right now, and still have a strong desire to quit- it may seem like trading one crutch for another, but if it keeps you off the old shit, then it's worth it. It also gives you a lot more freedom.
Again, I wish you the best of luck- you can email me anytime if you need to talk to someone about it- it's hard to find a support system for methadone- AA and NA think it's a crutch; and it seems like the rest of the world is completley ignorant when it comes to the subject.
Love and light-
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