i will be on methadone for one month on Jan 12th. I started at 30 and now i am up to 65mg. i have noticed i am very very moody, very irritable, i can not tolerate most humans, i am way too argumentive, i am depressed, i am having nightmares, i feel suicidal, i am going into near psychotic breakdowns nearly every other day, i am having crying fits almost everyday.
obviously my body and brain does not like this s*** and I WANT OFF OF IT immediately. I want to stop going right away but im afraid if i do, the withdrawal will just take me right back to it. DOES anyone know if this is normal? Or have any advice if i should quit immediately, taper down quickly (how many mgs? how fastttt??), switch to subs??? I dont know what is going on but i feel like i have been possessed by a demon and i have got to get this thing out of my head.
PLEASE HELP.
thank you.
Ive been on mdone for years and never heard of anyone going insane. Maybe thier are other issues that need to be addressed ,possibly with different medications.
I know everyone is different and reacts differently to medicine ,but 65mg of methadone isnt something that should put you over the edge.
However,the stress of going to the clinic and dealing with all the bullsh** that goes with it is enough to make anyone stress out.
You have only been there a month - maybe you went up to quick? - Talk to the doctor or your counsler,before you start to really stress out and decide to detox off.
Us addicts have thousands of issues that have never been addressed ,so to blame these feelings your having on mdone alone might not be correct.
Slow down, take things a little slower- - remember you were used to a different lifestyle while running in an active addiction.
hoping you find peace,
jack
and keep in touch
jack
I know everyone is different and reacts differently to medicine ,but 65mg of methadone isnt something that should put you over the edge.
However,the stress of going to the clinic and dealing with all the bullsh** that goes with it is enough to make anyone stress out.
You have only been there a month - maybe you went up to quick? - Talk to the doctor or your counsler,before you start to really stress out and decide to detox off.
Us addicts have thousands of issues that have never been addressed ,so to blame these feelings your having on mdone alone might not be correct.
Slow down, take things a little slower- - remember you were used to a different lifestyle while running in an active addiction.
hoping you find peace,
jack
and keep in touch
jack
I would echo all Jack has said..i also am on methd...l/t i.e7yrs..and do have some minor sideffects..but nothing close to what you have described.If you wanna come off..i would say dont just stop coz yer withdrawls are gonns be very bad ...taper down maybe 5ml.per week..then at 20ml or so the option of subs may be a possibility..but talk to yer Doctor or drug worker.Post back to tell us how you are getting on,All the best....Davey
i talked to my counselor about it (doctor isnt there when i get to the clinic in the the mornings) and she said i was probably just on too much and went up too fast. Honestly I dont know what is causing this.
I have wondered before if certain drugs that people take can maybe bring out some latent personality or mental disorder that they have? I have anxiety issues and panic attacks that have occured since the sober days back in high school. i have never taken medication for this. I also have family members that are bipolar, clinically depressed and schizophrenic. since these all can be inherited and may not show up until your early adult ages (i am 21) - this concerns me as well. sometimes then i just think i am a hypochondriac and this is all just in my head. i guess it is, literally..
i hate to blame it on the methadone, but i am certainly not like this in sober, real life. i am a very easy going person naturally but now i feel like im constantly trying to balance myself on a very very thin, wobbly line
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I have wondered before if certain drugs that people take can maybe bring out some latent personality or mental disorder that they have? I have anxiety issues and panic attacks that have occured since the sober days back in high school. i have never taken medication for this. I also have family members that are bipolar, clinically depressed and schizophrenic. since these all can be inherited and may not show up until your early adult ages (i am 21) - this concerns me as well. sometimes then i just think i am a hypochondriac and this is all just in my head. i guess it is, literally..
i hate to blame it on the methadone, but i am certainly not like this in sober, real life. i am a very easy going person naturally but now i feel like im constantly trying to balance myself on a very very thin, wobbly line
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plus, i do not take any other medications =/
i was on methadone at EITC "east indiana treatment center" i got up to 130mg before going down i've been out a year now. At 1st i had some irration general grumpy feeling wanted to eat candy 24 7 "gained about 50 pounds". I noticed i got mad easier kinda like how you feel coming off coke. Never went nuts thou but, detoxing i cried a lot was real emotional i stoped going at 30mg i was so so so sick for about 2 months! much more sick then h withdraws i felt mentally unstable when i stoped going I HIGHLY SUGGEST you don't do as i did stoping at 30 was a dumb ideal. I am thankful even with the hassles of methadone that it was there i belive it got my mind stright enough to get my asss in order. i did have a lot of stess caused by waiting in a long line for a hour to dose talking to a counslor 1-2 times a weeks and the drive getting to and from the clinic the transportation issues is why i stoped going "i had no car". i hope you can work out these issues without stoping your treatment program.
