Does anyone know of any treatment's for coming off Methadone without the heavy withdrawl symtom's ? I'm only on 50ml's per day but find it hard to reduce
you will experience withdrawls of some kind when detoxing off opiates. methadone withdrawl is alot worse than heroin withdrawl. i know several people who are on the buprenorphine treatment to get off the meth. they say it works wonders. my only advice to you is try to taper slow and it shouldn't be as bad. good luck to you.
raerae
check out the heroin board, more peole will be able to help answer your questions.
raerae
check out the heroin board, more peole will be able to help answer your questions.
HI, I AM A ADDICT AND I USE TO BE ON 120 MGS OF METHADONE AND IT WAS A b**** TO GET OFF OF! sorry didnt mean to do all caps, anyways it took me 5 weeks to get off i had seizers, OMG did I wanna die! i was pure hell on earth, but i did it, dont know how, i guess i made a descion to get off and did and never went back, ever!! please get help if u cant slowlt taper, yeah it migh be uncompfortable, but its better than cold turkey like me and i was on waaaay more and YES u do grt high, oh please, sorry.. hope this help and u shold go on the pain killer site there is probably more support and its all the same drug anyways! i am there with awesome people!! hope to see u there!! take care.
I understand the difficulties of withdrawing from methodone, as a therapist I think that beaufinex iss the best we have today followed up by welbutrin but most of all isthat you do this with the guidance of a trained professionnal
I've been on meth now for almost 18 months and want despirately to get off i tried to start slowly detoxing and maybe i just went too fast i feel so trapped i dont know which was worse the pain pills or this please help anyone
Greetings -
I was on 210 mils of methadone for 2 1/2 years and have been tapering down for 4 months now. I am currently down to 60 mils and would like to cold turkey. I tried to cold turkey when I was at 210 but after the 4th day I gave in. I am going to try it again starting tomorrow and would like to know if anyone else has done this before. My councilor informed me that I won't die (very comforting of her) and that people in jail do it all the time. I would like to post daily messages to the board, if I'm allowed, so people would have an idea what it's like to cold turkey. Am I crazy for doing this?
I was on 210 mils of methadone for 2 1/2 years and have been tapering down for 4 months now. I am currently down to 60 mils and would like to cold turkey. I tried to cold turkey when I was at 210 but after the 4th day I gave in. I am going to try it again starting tomorrow and would like to know if anyone else has done this before. My councilor informed me that I won't die (very comforting of her) and that people in jail do it all the time. I would like to post daily messages to the board, if I'm allowed, so people would have an idea what it's like to cold turkey. Am I crazy for doing this?
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Hello again-
I attemted to post a meesage awhile ago, but was informed that I need to register. So I did, and I am.
I was on 210 mils of methadone for 2 1/2 year and have dropped down to 60 over the past 4 months. I want desparatly to get off methadone and plan to start cold turkey tomorrow. I have stocked my house with plenty of juice and need suggestions as to what else I might do to help get through it. If there is anyone out there that has cold turkeyed before, I would like some words of wisdom. I plan on posting messages to this board as I am going through this madness so people will know first hand what it is like. I would appreciate all the help I can get.
Hello again-
I attemted to post a meesage awhile ago, but was informed that I need to register. So I did, and I am.
I was on 210 mils of methadone for 2 1/2 year and have dropped down to 60 over the past 4 months. I want desparatly to get off methadone and plan to start cold turkey tomorrow. I have stocked my house with plenty of juice and need suggestions as to what else I might do to help get through it. If there is anyone out there that has cold turkeyed before, I would like some words of wisdom. I plan on posting messages to this board as I am going through this madness so people will know first hand what it is like. I would appreciate all the help I can get.
I have been on Methadone for 8 years. I started at 30 miligrams and went up to 150, now years later, I am sucessfully detoxing and currently on 25 miligrams. I've read these posted messages and I feel like I have alot to offer people with questions because I have been through it all. If you are on a high dose(anything over 80 miligrams) you need to start decreasing. If you come down only 5 miligrams per week, you WILL NOT feel the symtoms. What I did was talk to my family doctor, confessed that I was on methadone, I told him I was serious about getting off. When someone sees you are serious about detoxing, they will help you. You will need a perscription for phenergan, which is for vomiting and nausea. That will help a great deal because phenergan actually "kicks in" the methadone that is already in your body. The next thing is any type of muscle relaxer. This will help with the muscle cramping, the leg cramping at night and so forth. There are also blood pressure medications that are used to help with detox symtoms that are safe to take even if you don't have high blood pressure. Those medications taken with Immodium AD will help. Also the drug Tagament ( used for acid reflux) also "kicks in" the methadone in your system. I want to help as many people as I can get off of this. I am living proof that it can be done with the help of other medications. If there is anyone out there that has more questions or just want to talk about methadone detox, My e-mail address is Marlene70@aol.com. I have been on the liquid, the disc, oralamm, and I have even tried buprenorphine. Please contact me of you have any questions. Anyone going through this, please know that there are many people suffering through detox and there are ways to make this more comfortable. Please don't hesitate to contact me. Good luck to all of you.
For the person wanting to go "cold turkey" from 60 miligrams,
Although your counselor told you "you won't die" from doing that, you are going to be in alot of pain and discomfort. If you are in a position where you do not have to take care of anyone (children...) and can take the time off of work and only take care of yourself then I say go ahead and try. I was on a high dose and I have been going down 5 miligrams a week. Yes it's longer that way, but I can tell you that I have not felt the decrease at all. I tried going down 10 miligrams a week because I wanted to hurry up and get off, but that didn't go so well, I still felt sick. If you do go cold trukey, see if you can get a doctor to help you. He might be able to give you phenergan for the nausea and vomiting, muscle relaxers for the cramping, and something to either help you sleep or something for anxiety. With medications to ease the symptoms, I beleive it can be done. There is also a blood presssure medication that helps with the symptoms of detox. The problem with being medically detoxed is to make sure you don't abuse the medications you are taking for the symptoms. Good Luck
Although your counselor told you "you won't die" from doing that, you are going to be in alot of pain and discomfort. If you are in a position where you do not have to take care of anyone (children...) and can take the time off of work and only take care of yourself then I say go ahead and try. I was on a high dose and I have been going down 5 miligrams a week. Yes it's longer that way, but I can tell you that I have not felt the decrease at all. I tried going down 10 miligrams a week because I wanted to hurry up and get off, but that didn't go so well, I still felt sick. If you do go cold trukey, see if you can get a doctor to help you. He might be able to give you phenergan for the nausea and vomiting, muscle relaxers for the cramping, and something to either help you sleep or something for anxiety. With medications to ease the symptoms, I beleive it can be done. There is also a blood presssure medication that helps with the symptoms of detox. The problem with being medically detoxed is to make sure you don't abuse the medications you are taking for the symptoms. Good Luck
hello everyone out there. i,m so glad to have found this site, I don't feel so all alone now. i'm getting some good feedback about the detoxing.I tried detoxing 1mg a week and got these awful headaches, but now I think the idea about letting my doctor know about what i'm trying to do sounds good.my counselor isn't much help she never wants to discuss detoxing. I want off of the meth so bad . I wouldn't recommend cold turkey to anyone, that's so hard. Anyone else out there with any other idea's please let us all know i sure would be intrested.
my wife was on methadone for back pain for about 4-6 months then had a reaction when they up it so they took her off and put her back on the norco that she was taking before this.this is day 9 she is still freezing to the point of feeling prickly all over her body and sweating and kind of cramping they did blood test no other illneeses. like to know if she is going through withdraw at this stage any feed back would be greatly appreceated she went from viberent to bed bound not getting much answers from her pain dr.
thank you very concerned husband
thank you very concerned husband
my suggestion for anyone trying cold turkey from methadone...Imodium AD. like 6-12 tablets every 11 hours. i walked away from 55 mgs. and the loperamide helped reduce or nullify symptoms like hot/cold flashes, muscle ache, etc.
i still didn't sleep for too weeks.
it's a big relief not being a slave to a clinic. or a dealer. or a drug.
i still didn't sleep for too weeks.
it's a big relief not being a slave to a clinic. or a dealer. or a drug.
My first time on this site. My 5th day clean from Methadone. Its horrible! about 3 days ago I called my cousins and told them I needed help. They came and got me that night. I left my boyfriend of 6 years with just two boxes and my dog. I didnt know what else to do. I had no money to get more drugs. The booze and nyquil wasnt helping and my body was sweating and twitching like crazy. First time with no domes for 2 years. The spasms have calmed down but I cant sleep and feel anxious and nervous...not to mention my body aches. My cousins will only give me benidril (sp?) and advil....they must have called somebody cause even though it didnt help much, been begging for a glass of wine or a hit of weed and they wont budge! I have no idea how I got to this point. I've always worked, had a nice place to live, drove a nice car, took care of myself and after some dental work done and ran out of pain pills a "friend" of mine said she was on methadone and they lasted longer.....the rest is history. I have an appointment tomorrow to enter a methadone program where the state GIVES you methadone but I dont think I'm going! Need some encouragement please! Thanks for listioning!
Hi,
I'm currently reducing myself off methadone. I started on 45mls,and 13 mths later am now on 4-7mls(had a slight relapse so went from 4mls back up some more).
I have taken it real slowly as I have 2 small children to look after. Found it a struggle to say the least. I have been advised to drop off now as I am under 10mls,but I think I'm gonna get right down to 1ml then stop. I haven't hurt as much as I thought I would although have had NO ENERGY at all,and stools have been looser (sorry to be gross!)
I hope everyone will keep posting their progress!
I'm currently reducing myself off methadone. I started on 45mls,and 13 mths later am now on 4-7mls(had a slight relapse so went from 4mls back up some more).
I have taken it real slowly as I have 2 small children to look after. Found it a struggle to say the least. I have been advised to drop off now as I am under 10mls,but I think I'm gonna get right down to 1ml then stop. I haven't hurt as much as I thought I would although have had NO ENERGY at all,and stools have been looser (sorry to be gross!)
I hope everyone will keep posting their progress!
I have to agree with everyone here. If you don't have to quit cold turkey DONT. My ex-husband was a herion addict and was put on methadone to stop. I am not sure which is worse. Either way do it slowly. 5mg a week and it won't be as bad. You are going to feel like sh** for a while but it will be well worth it. Hopefully you have a good support system, that always helps. Can't take away the pain but it does help.
So everyone since I am slowly weaning myself from prescription meds is meth the desired choice. Or should I just keep on slowly decreasing my regular medicine. I have heard alot of horror stories and some great help that the meth clinics have done. Is one any better than the other?
Just fishing for answers to a big debate in my mind. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Kyra
Just fishing for answers to a big debate in my mind. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Kyra
Is 10mg/week to much to taper from. If your at 150mg/day?
Cause going at 5mg/day seems like it will take FOREVER!
Cause going at 5mg/day seems like it will take FOREVER!
hi,
take it from someone that went cold turkey after 7 years on the done.use the suboxone,this is what it was made for.cold turkey can last months,you do not need to do that
the relic
take it from someone that went cold turkey after 7 years on the done.use the suboxone,this is what it was made for.cold turkey can last months,you do not need to do that
the relic
