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Methadone
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Hello All,

I want to start out by saying I am not a doctor. Now this all started 7 months ago I met a woman, we started dating and I fell in love with her. after dating here for about 3 months I learn from her she used to be a drug addict and then started using methadone, she had been on it for 8 years at a dosage of 80ml a day. I talked her into getting off of it and so i started doing tons of research to help her. So once we were ready she told her councilor at the clinic she wanted to be detoxed off and they told her she was not ready, lol that is exactly what i told her they would say. but she was ready , full of motivation and eager to get her life back.
So we had to take a different route, we made sure she failed her drug test at the clinic, so they would start detoxing her, and they did at a rate of 10ml a week, and did another drug test and she failed again , on purpose. so they kept detoxing her at 10ml a week they during the last three weeks of detox she only went every other day. so she went from 80ml to nothing in 8 weeks , when the detox first started , i started her on a lot of vitamins , herbs and supplements. im not saying my way will completely keep you from having withdraw symtoms , but i think it will minimize them. i have read a lot of stories of people trying to get off this stuff. she had very minimal withdrawl symtoms that lasted about 30 days. and she has now been completely clean for 70 days, with no drug cravings. i do not do any drugs and have never been addicted to any , i made her understand i would help her and support her but she would have to give up contact with all people that do these things and she would do it my way (the natural way not switching one drug for another) and she agreed, and now she is free of it. for anyone who wants to know what i had her taking here it is.

Omnium - photonutrient complex multi vitamin and mineral formula 2 tablets in morning from amazon

vitamin d3 5000iu in morning

lion's main 600mg in morning 600mg at night

omega 3 1000mg 6 400mg 9 100mg in morning and at night

CBD oil 1 dropper full morning and night

gaba boost morning and night

Planetary herbals full spectrum valerian extract at bed time. there were times when she felt anxious so she took this to help

5-htp 100mg at bed time

protein shakes 1-2 a day

ginger root for nausa


and eating healthy meals and drinking lots of water, not meals full of fat and suger. Also we joined a gym and even though she did not want to go i made her so she could sweat it out and the exercise would increase the endorphins. I read that sitting in an inferred sauna helps so i bought her one , but she never used it. I hope this helps whoever reads it and if it does please pass it on.
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Holy cow! You sound like a wonderful boyfriend/person to help someone with their demons like that!
I have to say my boyfriend being clean and sober for 27 years and being so supportive with my sh*t has helped sooooo much!

Your girlfriend and I are lucky girls. Tell her I said that!

p.s. detoxing as well from methadone i am going to write down all your suggestions for supplements and regimen and i hope its ok if i pass the info on if it works for me.
Thanks!
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Wow this has inspired me so much iam going to do this! Thank you so much! I've been going to the clinic for almost 2 years and I'm going to ween myself off! Best thread I've ever read!
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Wow your post really gave me the goosebumps...sounds so similar to my story. My boyfriend has been my number one supporter and having that makes all the difference. I'm only a little further than a week off of methadone so I have a long way to go. I'm already taking 5htp and gaba..and use marijuana which I'm not telling anyone to do but helps me greatly. I'm researching the other things on your list right now. Thank you for taking the time to post your story and information.
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That post is from a year ago.
Please take what you read here with a grain of salt.


Here is Alcoholics Anonymous HOW IT WORKS:
http://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-10..._howitworks.pdf

Here is Narcotics Anonymous HOW IT WORKS:
http://www.na.org/admin/include/spa...0it%20Works.pdf

Good luck in your recovery

Bob R
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Thank you Bob...I am also starting weekly counseling/group therapy sessions where I live. That is probably the only part I miss about going to a methadone clinic. The counseling sessions truly helped me. Any information is greatly appreciated.
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In response to papa bears post I had to change my name to heretohelp2 I could not get into my account but here is the update I posted a few months ago

http://www.addictionrecoveryguide.o...ST&f=28&t=77598

She is still clean and I still have here taking all the stuff on that list and now have here working out at the gym with me 5 days a week and she said she is starting to really feel good for the first time in her life. All of you who want to take this with a grain of salt can but the truth is she is clean and the only reason I am here writing is , even though I don't know any of you is I would like you all to take back your life.
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I should have probably put in the list that the reason for the protein shakes was to rebuild the neurotransmitters in the brain and the neurotransmitter pathways and this is done with amino acids so when you buy the protein shakes you need to get them from GNC and make sure it has amino acids I had her using GNC Pro Performance AMP Amplified Gold 100% Whey Protein Advanced.
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Thanks a lot. I'm going to be making a trip to gnc today.
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After reading through so many of these post, I have seen most if not all of you wait until you quit or weeks after to start taking supplements , I believe one of the reasons my girlfriend had such good results with the supplements I gave her (which you can see above) is because I started her on them before she even started tapering down and most supplements take about 6 weeks to really see a difference Most Not All so she was on them about 8-10 weeks before her last dose of methadone.