I AM WRITTING TO ANY ONE THAT WANTS TO COME OFF OF METHADONE, OR THAT HAS COME OFF OF METHADONE TO LET YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE!! I QUIT COLD TURKEY LAST THANKSGIVING 2011. I STOPPED TAKING THE DEVIL DRUG AND DID NOT TELL ANY ONE, AFTER THE 1ST DAY OFF I WENT NUTS, NO ONE NEW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME AND NEITHER DID I, I DIDNT EVEN KNOW MY NAME, IT PREETY MUCH MADE ME HAVE A PSYCOTIC BREAK, SOME HOW I SIGNED MY SELF INTO A MENTAL FACILLITY, FROM THE TIME I GOT THERE I WAS TOTTALLY NUTS, IDIDNT KNOW MY NAME, SAW THINGS THAT WERENT REALLY HAPPENING, MY HUSBAND SAID I LOOKED REALLY SCARY, I WAS IN THE MENTAL FACILITY FOR A MONTH, THEY GAVE ME BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS, A LOW DOSE OF CLONOPIN, AND PSYCH MEDS. I CAN SAY I HAVE NOT TOUCHED OPIATES OR METHADONE SINCE, MY STORY IS REALLY LONG, I DID NOT EVEN POST HALF OF IT, AND SOME OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE AT A YEAR LATER I WEIGH 50 POUNDS MORE, MY CONGITIVE SKILLS ARE VERY POOR, I JUST GRADUATED COLLEGE WITH ALMOST A 4.0 ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE I GOT SICK, AND TODAY I STILL CANT WORK, I CAN SAY I AM GETTING BETTER ONE DAY AT A TIME, AND I KNOW I WILL KEEP ON IMPROVING, WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS IT IS HARD TO COME OFF OF METHADONE BUT YOU CAN DO IT, I DID!! I CAN SAY I AM NOT A VICTIM OF METHADONE ANY MORE. I HAVE ALSO SEEN METHADONE POSTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT SAY OH IT HAS SAVED MY LIFE, WELL I USED TO SAY THE SAME THING, UNTIL I GOT OFF OF IT, AND YES IT IS THE WORST DRUG TO COME OFF OF, AND THEEESE METHADONE CLINICS DONT TELL YOU THAT, THEY WILL NOT LET YOU KNOW THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT IT, THEY ARE $$$ FARMS, THEY SAY METHADONE DOESNT DO ANYTHING BAD TO YOU HEALTH WISE, I CAN SAY IT DOES, I AM LIVING PROOF, BEFORE METHADONE I WAS ADDICTED TO PAIN PILLS THAN GOT ON METHADONE TO GET OFF OF THEM. I NEVER TOUCHED ANY OTHER DRUGS ACCEPT MARIJUANNA ONLY A HAND FULL OF TIMES, NOW MY TEETHE ARE STARTING TO DECAY IN THE BACK, MY HOROMONES ARE OUT OF WACK, MY SKIN IS LOSING ITS ELASTICITY, MY BRAIN IS STILL FOGGY THINKING, BUT I AM GETTING BETTER, AND THE THING IS THEIR IS NO EXTENSIVE RESEARCH THAT SAYS IT IS SO GOOD FOR YOU!! I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE SUCCESS STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY CAME OFF OF METHADONE AND NOT ON ANYTHING, I HAVENT REALLY SEEN ANYBODY ON THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY STORY!! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RESPOND TO MY POST AND I WILL RESPOND BACK!!