I WAS ON A METHADONE CLINIC FOR 7 YRS...THEY RECENTLY DETOXED ME IN ABOUT 16 DYS, PRETTY FAST RIGHT. I WANTED 2 BE OFF METHADONE BUT I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DETOXED SO FAST. SEVEN YRS OF DRINKING METH EVERY DAY AND I'M 62 YRS OLD AND HAVE SEVERAL OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS...I DON'T KNOW; BUT I DO KNOW THIS...I'M PRAYING TO GOD EVERY DAY THAT I BE ALRIGHT. I'M NOT SURE HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW, BUT IF ANY ONE OUT THERE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS FEEL FREE TO PASS IT ON ......... THANK YOU
msv,
i AM SO SORRY TO HEAR YOU ARE GOING THRU ALL THAT. I am assuming,because it was so fast ,that you had a fee detox. Am I correct??
I am on methadone too and am about your age. Can you not go back on it??? Talk to your counselor. Can you apply for medi-cal,with your counselors help ?
Some of what you are experiencing is in your head but at the same time your body feels it is being deprived. If you have been clean,please try not to throw away what you have. Warm to hot baths/showers can help and for sleep, try ZZZQuil. It is benadryl and not habit forming.( My husband has sleep issues and says he does not feel the groggy, foggy junk in the morning like with melatonin. )Try to eat a healthy diet as well.
Go to AA or NA for support, even tho you may not want to, it can help,especially until you figure out what you are going to do. Dont try to do this all by yourself.
If methadone has helped you in the past to stay clean and live a better quality of life than when you were using and you are unable to continue staying clean without it then do what you can to get on it again.
Keep coming to this board as there are a lot of good folks here to help you.
granny
i AM SO SORRY TO HEAR YOU ARE GOING THRU ALL THAT. I am assuming,because it was so fast ,that you had a fee detox. Am I correct??
I am on methadone too and am about your age. Can you not go back on it??? Talk to your counselor. Can you apply for medi-cal,with your counselors help ?
Some of what you are experiencing is in your head but at the same time your body feels it is being deprived. If you have been clean,please try not to throw away what you have. Warm to hot baths/showers can help and for sleep, try ZZZQuil. It is benadryl and not habit forming.( My husband has sleep issues and says he does not feel the groggy, foggy junk in the morning like with melatonin. )Try to eat a healthy diet as well.
Go to AA or NA for support, even tho you may not want to, it can help,especially until you figure out what you are going to do. Dont try to do this all by yourself.
If methadone has helped you in the past to stay clean and live a better quality of life than when you were using and you are unable to continue staying clean without it then do what you can to get on it again.
Keep coming to this board as there are a lot of good folks here to help you.
granny
