This May Help Updated

Methadone
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Sorry my name is now changed to heretohelp3

A while back I wrote this post
http://www.addictionrecoveryguide.o...ST&f=28&t=75602

My girlfriend is still sober with no relapse. Since then I have help one of her friends get off methadone and have be very successful. Besides what I have mentioned in the article above, I believe lions maine mushroom will help and instead of using a gaba supplement , see if you can find a doctor to prescribe you gabapentin, this drug will increase the gaba in your body much faster then trying to do it with supplements. It will greatly lower your anxiety and help you sleep at night. That is what gaba does to the body it calms it. I would recommend taking this for at least a year but 18 months to two years would be better and when you quit taking it you will need to be weened off, and if it were me I would start taking a gaba supplement when you start the weening process.

I really hope this helps
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I definitly agree gabapentin is good for withdrawals..but no way one year. Imo i think VERY short term..as w/d from gabpentin can be HELL. Very similar to opiate and benzo w/d. I'm currently on and decreasing..even small drops horrible nightmares insomnia and more. That said short term use i do recommend for methadone or any opiate withdrawal..
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This is why I said to ween off it and start supplementing gaba with supplements and also foods high in gaba. I may be wrong but I feel like if you don't want to relapse then you better stay on it for the time period I recommended. After quiting the methadone and or other durgs or alcohol it will take your brain and body 1-2 years to heal completely. I don't know how long you have been on the gabapentin but maybe the withdrawl is not entirely for that.
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i never used Gaba myself but heard fro other addicts its addictive
For each of us is treatment out there waiting but what works for you it doesnt need to work for e saying this I do believe in trying everything and anything if results are positive and clean time possibile. Another person here called Over Fifty done the easiest ever detox fro methadone and its working and she is clean now with no withdrawals sypos to trouble her, she gave me hope that is possibile to come off methadone without problems ... all I ever heard before was pure horror stories
I am glad for your girlfriend success and I wish you both happy life filled with love ( would suggest to stop with drug testing her at one point in near future , i strongly disagree with saying "once addit always addict " ) Peace :)
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many people get prescribed methadone for pain by which I was most surprised , if only they knew what trouble is ahead.. anybody who menage to come off methadone without nasty withdrawals knew what they doing ... it can be done and just knowing that fills me with happiness and reassurance as my major fear is withdrawals (just cant handle those anymore)
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sorry forgot to say Thank you for taking time to tell us about all this :)
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Been off methadone three years this month. No opiates since. Yea was/has been a struggle. Just started gabapentin last may..so yeah entirely and only that. It's a powerful drug that doctors don't believe or make you aware of. I started taking as mood stabalizer. Yes it does help though regret starting..because It's just another battle to get off. Yeah supplements help..especially magnesium. When tapering gabapentin have to wait least two hours to take magnesium. Not to be repetitive..i DO think it's good med to get off dope or alcohol but short time span..

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Oh yeah bonnie, i heard it is most addictive to opiate and cocaine addicts. Definitley if been clean for a while..bad idea could lead to abuse.