Hi all, I've been on the gear for nearly 20yrs (with a couple of months clean in between at the early years)... I've been wanting to get off the gear completely but don't know which route to take!
I've cut down from using 1gram a day to only 1/2gram.
Only recently when i had to go interstate(for 3 days) did I try using methodone, I didn't have much (30ml) with me so I broke up into 10mL per day, the 1st day was bad but bearable, 2nd day I wasn't feeling sick but tried as hell but on the 3rd I was peachy. I was back in my home town the next morning.
Thing is should I go the methodone route (from 10mL) & slowly ween myself off by 1 or 2mL per day then going cold turkey or jump on to the Suboxone?
Or should just skip the methodone and jump straight on the Suboxone?
I don't know what's it like to be in w/d on methodone but have heard that 1mL is just as hard as getting off 10mL!
Also even though my last dose would be 1mL, I'd still have to wait 48-72hrs before its out of my system!
Obviously the quickest & least painful method is preferred... As I've tried jumping on subs straight from the 'gear' and that wasn't so pleasant the first couple of days..
Any suggestions would be appreciated.. Thanks (Syd, Au)
Keify,
I'm sorry I didn't catch your post until now and that no one else answered you.
I'm happy to know that you are finally fed up with using but the choices you need to make are your own. For me, I tried unsuccessfully to detox on my own SO many times and as soon as the going got tough I always wound up using so I wouldn't be so sick and I could function. I finally tried to detox on methadone, their 21 day detox, 3 times, and always started using again so eventually I went on maintenance and have been clean for 21 years.
Suboxone wasn't available back then that I know of, so if you have that option maybe try it, if it doesn't work for you then rethink your choices.
Good luck!!
granny
I'm sorry I didn't catch your post until now and that no one else answered you.
I'm happy to know that you are finally fed up with using but the choices you need to make are your own. For me, I tried unsuccessfully to detox on my own SO many times and as soon as the going got tough I always wound up using so I wouldn't be so sick and I could function. I finally tried to detox on methadone, their 21 day detox, 3 times, and always started using again so eventually I went on maintenance and have been clean for 21 years.
Suboxone wasn't available back then that I know of, so if you have that option maybe try it, if it doesn't work for you then rethink your choices.
Good luck!!
granny
