Getting Off Of Methadone (Page 7) (Top voted first)

There are two of us males, early thirties. One of us underwent major back surgery three years ago and has been addicted to pain medication for a total of five years. I have been addicted for about three years just from simply being his main caretaker and dipping into the cookie jar a few to many times like an idiot. We went back to our general doctor (same guy) and explained that we are both full fledged addicts. We told him we have been obtaining Methadone off the street as is seems to be the only thing that works. He asked us what we where getting off the street and we told him Methadone. His response was, "Well that's the smartest thing you have done so far, because of its extremely long effect on the body". We told him we need his help, that we just have no money left and our livers are just a mess and we can't move on with life. He decided to put us both on 100 mgs of Methadone to keep us comfortable until he could make some contacts with the proper addiction specialists that he new. We went for an appointment to his office once every week. We made various contact to different areas, inpatient/outpatient programs, who would not even touch us because we were at too high of a dosage of Methadone. They told us they only work with Suboxone which means we would need to be down to around 20 mgs of Methadone to make the transition to Suboxone. What a nightmare. The doctor also did not have any luck with programs because they where either the scum of the earth clinics, not to mention everyone's famous new drug Suboxone that could be treated in the privacy of a doctors office. About 3 months ago our doctor fell, he herniated a disc or something, all of a sudden was going to be out of the office indefinitely! He never referred us over to another doctor or anything. He just simply CUT US OFF the most potent and dangerous drug out there. Now we are back a square one and no one will touch us because our dosage is too high and there really is nothing they could do. If we could just get us a general doctor to write for pain to get us down to 45 - 50mg, then all these options could open up. A detox would be my first choice, but there is no way in hell we can both come off 100 mgs of Methadone that fast. Anyone know a general doctor in the state of MA that can write for Methadone for pain. That would just help us greatly, but I'm starting to think that there is no hope for us, but I know I cant think like that. Desperate in MA here.

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Congratulations and Congratulations!!!! You have two major life changing events going on in your life. WoW... Smile, life is good. Again, congratulations! :)

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@Kat thank u from the heart im glad i got on this site because chatting with you all helps me alot!!!

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Ok I've read all your MSGS this crazy first things first ,methadone ,bupe ,suboxone is all addictive doesn't matter if your on 100mg to 1mg or lower the minute you stop taking anything your going to have withdrawals ,and expect atleast 3 days of intense hell to a week ,and a month to get normal but the first week is going to be hell end of storey .Best thing you can do is get some valiums , speed any other kind of drug for the first week to cope with the withdrawals you'll be lucky to sleep maybe from pure exhaustion and pain but it's hell .Once you've done the hard yards for the first week you've basically kicked it your just gonna be s***ting a lot and your body gonna be fixing itself up back to normal .Theres no other way you may want to start reducing down to the lowest possible dose like 1mg and sit on that for a good month before you cut it off so it's only a quick three days in hell .....good luck everyone sorry to say it but that's the truth

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Look for a Methadone clinic nearby. They will dose you daily based on your current tolerance, and wean you down to 20mg at which point you can switch to Subs or simply continue weaning with the Methadone. I insufflated every opiate under the sun and eventually started smoking H....I took 10 months to taper off using Methadone and I am on day 12 being 100% Methadone free. I feel lethargic and restless and have a hard time sleeping still....but if I can remain drug free the side effects will go away and the opiate shackles will be off!! Good luck to you guys!!

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i took mehtadon for 5years started at 40 went up to 80mg,stayed there for a coulple of years.I started the taper my self at 1mg a week till i got to 3mg.I decided to stop at 3mgs,boy was i worng the next day my legs where hurting bad and knew i wouldnt sleep.i started taking those suboxtons,id cut it in half then to quarters,for 27 days,after i ran out of suboxton i was hurting my back no sleep after a week the back pain gone but still no good sleep im going on two weeks.i ask did i prolong the process??they say methadon has an after life after coming off it completly,its in ur fat cell and bones so i ask if any one could suggest how muck longer will i go threw this

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Hello there I. Hope and pray u get read t hism im looking to pay for a rapid detox and can't locate anywhere. I live in NY and checked online. I remember hearing rock stars doing this detox. Where did u go to have this done did u feel much pain after.

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UPDATE.... day 27...bloody hell! I cant sleep and the drymouth is driving me to insanity! since stopping I haven't slept more than 2 hrs at a time with a total of 4 hrs sleep (if im lucky) some nights there is no sleep what so ever. When is this going to stabilize? Im not taking any meds to help with this but am wondering if CLONADINE can help me at this stage? Oh just sneezed 8 times now...forgot about the sneezing..thats nothing compared to the no sleep & drymouth...doesn't matter how much you drink..it does NOTHING cept somehow keep u hydrated, thought you don't feel like it is. Bedtime is scary..Oh I did take some Melatonin lastnight...wife got me some earlier in the day and it did make me drowsy..took 2 pills. I don't want to take prescription sleepers...just need to tough this out. I should be close...right? Good luck to all of you, no s*** this isn't easy but it is worth it.

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Is it dangerous to take methodone &
Xanax together?

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Are you prescribed methadone & xanax? That's what most people do to get a nod like H. I mix my methadone doses with benzos and I'm good. 30mg/methadone & 1mg/xanax 3×'s a day. If anything, it can be addicting as Hell. I'm tapering off both. Watch a video called "Methadonia!"

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I am in same situation. Please tell me where you went to do rapid detox??no withdrawal??? I need to get off it can you email me? {edited for privacy}

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Also yout feelings and likes come back. I cried like a baby for no apparent reason and felt awesome afterwarf. Music and moving, like cleaning your house help keep your mind off pinkbliquid hanbcuffs. What if you go to jail, or any of us for that instance. Thst would be a frickin' nuthouse. If you get takehomes ween down to like 30mg. I did it my 1st takehomes because of fear of being locked up. Kicking in jail is like rubber room therapy, lock you up and throw away the key, like Sid Vicious.

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Hi I'm on a methadone wean I started it Wednesday at 60mg the down 6 mg everyday til I get to 30 on Monday then I stop til Friday and start Suboxen,,I am looking for people to chat with about there experiences,,with suboxen and methadone wean,.

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Use suboxone over a week or so weaning down slowly. No withdrawals, promise. Try melatonin for sleep or trazadone

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By the way, I'm breastfeeding and unable to take ANYTHING besides ibuprofen. If I could I would try maybe LOW doses of benzos and ONLY A FEW as to not get hooked on those in the process.

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Hi I'm 25.and was a H addict for the past 7 years. After all those years of using I had messed up my arm. I was in a bad situation and not taking care of myself and my boyfriend at the time only cared about getting his part of the drugs. I ended up in the hospital with infection all the way down to the bone and now I will be permanently disabled. Cause i only have 1 bone in my arm. But the hospital put me on 60mgs methadone right away which here is double what a hospital will usually give. I'm now at my second day without and nor feeling too bad. They started tapering me down 5mg every 2 days. Then once I got to 10mg they tapered by 2.5mg. I won't lie you will not feel great. But it's no where near as bad as it can get. I've been having a lot of issues keeping it at 0. so now I'm on colodine it's been helping but I'm just starting day 2. So I got a few more days to go before I won't have to worry about the withdrawal. But so far it's helping. Also I'm still in the hospital over 2 months now have had 2 surgeries and at least 2 more to go. I'm also on dilaudid pain meds which they cut down a lot the same day as my first day of methadone. If I can do this. You can too. Just taper slowly start st 5mg every 2 or 3 days if you need it. It's not as bad as full withdrawal. And it shouldn't be hard to find a doctor to prescribe colodine cause its not an opiate but it helps with all different withdrawal not just opiates. Give it a try. ND find someone to vent to on those bad days or moments when you just wanna scream curse ND break everything. It don't have to be a therapist just someone who loves you and is willing to listen to you complain to get it our of ur system. I hope I've helped you in some way.

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U should f***ing report them f***ers to ur states attorney general. file a f***ing legal suit. S*** I'm in Houston n the county jail claims youll get ur meds but the jailers sell ur s***. I went n visited my hubby there n hood rats are all up in there wearing Nikes they bought from commissary! My hubby was almost dead after no meds for 2 wks. Finally they gave him sum cocktail that f***ed him up n helped the day before he was released. What a joke

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Don't throw it away! As you can see other people hear it could use it!

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I've been on the clinic for only 6 mnths this time around. My 3rd time total. I cannot shake it this time around no joke. N i was only on 55mgs. My reasoning for quitting is solely bcuz of the clinic itself. I had just accepted the fact that I'm a lifer. But this guy who owns the clinic is crazy. He's known for showing up at patients jobs when they worked at strip clubs. so one day he gets really piss off at me for some reason bcuz i asked him to explain why my balance was so high; he then took away my take homes n discharged me with no detox or drop in my levels of methadone. I thought the first few days would be terrible uh no. It was the beginning of the 2nd week that i was praying for death to take me. Well my hubby still attends this bs of a clinic n it's saved my butt. Hes only on 30 mgs but he goes in every morn n pours his dose into his mouth brings it back to the car n spits it all out into a cup n he splits it with me. Right now this is our only option cuz the jerk owner has tried to blackball me from other clinics. (we live in Houston) but we are supplementing with benzos n Norcos. Currently trying to locate a decent Dr that prescribes subs. Ive used subs to detox off of 'done before which really didn't work bcuz they only wanted to do a 7 day detox. I truly believe a detox progam for 'done should be two/three weeks long. I also believe that the older you are or the more times you've been dependant on opiates it gets harder to kick each time. I did file on this clinic for immoral ans unethical treatment and im willing to take this as high up the ladder as possible. But i think i may give the suboxone a second thought, but will def try the thomas recipe! But this withdrawal this time around has been so terrible that at times i can barely walk. I really hope noone ever has it this bad! I don't wish this on my worst enemy!

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Been on maintenance from 92-present year. I am in my early sixties and stayed on primarily because I went on disability In 93. Got my dose down to 50 for last 15 years
It does control my intestinal problem for awhile but doesn't
Give enough pain relief to my severely arthritic knees.
I don't pay for 1x a week get 6 takeouts 51 mg

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that is so horrible. im so sorry your going through that, i coudlnt imagine. I really dont think they can legally do that!!

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