Please Help Me With Methadone Questions & Withdrawl (Page 6) (Top voted first)

I have been on methadone for 9 months... I was up to 80 mg but have managed to get down to 20 mg over the past 5 months or so. I am wanting to get off it all together but I am so scared because I don't want to feel miserable from the wd. Since I have been on it less than a year, will the wd still be horrible? Should I go from the methadone to suboxone to make it any easier or just keep going down on the methadone? How long will the wd's last once I am off everything? I go to the clinic so I am not doing it on my own, it is medically supervised. Can anyone PLEASE help me with some good advice??

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Keep tapering down off the methadone, don't get on Suboxone. When you see your doctor ask him for Clonazapam for anxiety, trazadone for sleep, gabapentin for cold sweats and RLS and depression and aBP med like clonodine all to help ease your withdrawal symptoms and help you move on. And no, your symptoms should not be as severe as someone who has been on it for a decade or more. Good luck!!

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Hello, Staycee! How are you doing?

Methadone is actually well known for causing severe withdrawals and cravings, that's why most people treated with it end up on a lifetime maintenance dose of it and never truly become drug free.

Suboxone might be an option, it has worked well for some people, so they could get off of Methadone and eventually become completely drug free.

What are they advising you at the clinic?

The FDA classifies this medication as narcotic opiates, so they carry the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, constipation and dry mouth.

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I have been on methadone for 9 months... I was up to 80 mg but have managed to get down to 20 mg over the past 5 months or so. I am wanting to get off it all together but I am so scared because I don't want to feel miserable from the wd. Since I have been on it less than a year, will the wd still be horrible? Should I go from the methadone to suboxone to make it any easier or just keep going down on the methadone? How long will the wd's last once I am off everything? I go to the clinic so I am not doing it on my own, it is medically supervised. Can anyone PLEASE help me with some good advice?? Above is your question. You are very sure that you want to get it out that too with the help of doctors in a clinic. Now tell me why the hell you fear? Now I have the doubt that you need not want to get cured but simply want our sympathy for you. Or you don't believe your doctors which can not be accepted at all.
so kindly throw away your fear/sympathy attracting and get the help of good doctor and clinic and get well soon. In my opinion it is too easy to get out of your problem when you can reduce from 80 to 20 by yourself. Please never go for an alternative. all the best gsk

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