Hi all :-)
I know there have been many posts on methadone and sub detox, but I have another question to throw out there, hopefully someone can help me. There's the sweetest young girl in work, her mom has been addicted to oxy's, taking about 2-3, 80mg's a day........she said her mom really wants to stop and is reaching out for help. she knows i am in recovery and asked me to help her. she said her mom has methadone, the biscuits, 40mg each and has started taking two a day to detox. I told her that her mom needs to start a plan to taper down as she doesnt want to trade one addiction for another, especially since she is not on the methadone program and doesn't know how long she will have access to the meth.........My question is, does anyone have any help or instructions on how she should do this.......I was thinking, 10mgs a day for a bit, then downto five and then to two........but she hasnt been on the meth but a week and maybe she could come down faster. the girl asked me for my phone number and if her mom could call me, I said of course, and expect her to call me today. I want to be able to give her some help. Everyone time i ever detoxed was in rehab, the first time was wiht oxy's and had that bupenphorine <?know i am spelling it wrong> for three days then came home and was ungodly sick, and went back to using. Eventually went to heroin as my story goes and used for another 4 yrs b4 getting clean. But the last time i was away, i was blessed wiht a 60 day program. I detoxed first with 40 mg down in three days <had about a bundle a day habit, more if the cash was there>, then after was given an assortment of meds to keep me comfortable, clonidine, atavan......but it was controlled and not sure how much of each i was given as i was pretty out of it for a while......I do remember I stopped all meds after 2-3 weeks and was okay, THANK GOD, and i do every day for two plus yrs clean.
thank you to anyone who could give me some insight or something to tell this woman to help her.
Tres
Hello ..Tres..so shes taking 80mg at the mo.thats going toward the high dose of meth.120mg being a rough ceiling..so id get her down to bout 60mg..quickly..then as you say 10mg down each day then when she gets to 30/20mg go down in 5mg doses..when she hits 15/10mg just go down in 1/2mgs.its a crash course but she shouldnt feel really rough.As you said if shes doin a taper and has only a limited supply of meth. its probobly best to do it quickly i.e2wks max.Hope that was of some help...as ever take care&keep us posted,,....Davey
Thaks so much Davey.......she never called me, but I will cal her tomorrow, perhaps she is nervous to call someone she doesnt know..I am so glad for the help you have given me, was afraid no-one would answer my post.and i will def keep u posted.I really hope i can be of some help to her
