I just read something someone posted about advocating methadone and it really disturbed me. I have been off methadone for almost 2 months. Prior to that, I was on methadone for almost 7 years. First of all, what was once a "treatment for heroin addicts" is no longer such. The clinic I attended had absolutely NO heroin addicts. Furthermore, the so called "doctors" that you see initiallly to start methadone, are not schooled on methadone treatment, they are doctors that either are close to retirement, had their "practicing license" suspended for one reason or another, etc. Years ago, the limit of methadone dosage was not to exceed 100 mg. Today, however, you can go up to 3x that much. Methadone makes you nod out, clouds your thinking, and much more. Trust me, if you meet a methadone patient, you will be thinking to yourself, "what the hell is this person on?" Methadone detox is one of the worst detoxes a person can go through, but coming from a person who has sucessfully detoxed, it CAN be done. People will definitely notice a difference. Also, for people who have heard of buprenorphine, suboxone, and other drugs to help "kick" methadone, forget it! 70% of people who get on those, stay on for the rest of their lives. Plus, it costs more than 4 or 5 times what methadone costs. (which is $84 a week) Methadone clinics are misleading to patients!
i just wanted to say well done to you!. i know that wasnt an easy thing to do as my father is still trying after twenty years of being a slave to methadone.x
I agree that methadone is terrible!!!!!
I would never recommend it to a soul.
My husband has been on methadone for almost six months now and is in terrible shape.Along with being severly depressed he nods out,blacks out,talks out of his head making no sense what so ever.He hates it.Ppl say that you will gain weight with it but he hasnt gained a pound.Most of the time he cant even function properly.When he tells these so called counselors at the clinic how he feels and symptoms he is having they increase his dose.He is now up to 135mg a day.What the hell is wrong with these people?They do not care as long as you are paying them money and the doctor,as you said is truely a joke.There was a guy who dropped dead in the local clinic from the methadone just three wks ago and it was like no big deal to these people.I just cant understand it.I wish that we had known more about methadone before he began treatment.He thought he was doing the right thing to help himself and our family and it has turned out to be worse than it was(in some ways) when he was using.He is now to the point where is barely able to work and I am constantly worried about him.I have spoken with himas well as many of our close friends and family about checking in to detox.He wants off of it but hasnt gained the courage to do it yet.I just keep thinking that it is another day wasted every time he puts it off.Time is so precious and we have already lost so much of it due to his addiction and now this . I dont want another moment to slip by.His comment on methadone is he feels like he walked straight thru the gates of hell when he went on methadone maintenance and I have to say I agree.He really would have been better off to wd on his own instead of going this route.Every day is a sruggle and I never know what to expect.I have lost my best friend and lover and only want him back.It is a very lonely feeling.
Thank you for sharing your comments on methadone.Im glad to see that someone else agrees with me that it is terrible.
I would never recommend it to a soul.
My husband has been on methadone for almost six months now and is in terrible shape.Along with being severly depressed he nods out,blacks out,talks out of his head making no sense what so ever.He hates it.Ppl say that you will gain weight with it but he hasnt gained a pound.Most of the time he cant even function properly.When he tells these so called counselors at the clinic how he feels and symptoms he is having they increase his dose.He is now up to 135mg a day.What the hell is wrong with these people?They do not care as long as you are paying them money and the doctor,as you said is truely a joke.There was a guy who dropped dead in the local clinic from the methadone just three wks ago and it was like no big deal to these people.I just cant understand it.I wish that we had known more about methadone before he began treatment.He thought he was doing the right thing to help himself and our family and it has turned out to be worse than it was(in some ways) when he was using.He is now to the point where is barely able to work and I am constantly worried about him.I have spoken with himas well as many of our close friends and family about checking in to detox.He wants off of it but hasnt gained the courage to do it yet.I just keep thinking that it is another day wasted every time he puts it off.Time is so precious and we have already lost so much of it due to his addiction and now this . I dont want another moment to slip by.His comment on methadone is he feels like he walked straight thru the gates of hell when he went on methadone maintenance and I have to say I agree.He really would have been better off to wd on his own instead of going this route.Every day is a sruggle and I never know what to expect.I have lost my best friend and lover and only want him back.It is a very lonely feeling.
Thank you for sharing your comments on methadone.Im glad to see that someone else agrees with me that it is terrible.
