How To Be Free From Methadone Addiction

How can i get rid of methadone? I weigh 100 kgs and am about 3 years addicted to methadone for getting rid of opium but now I want to get rid of methadone and I take only 10 grams per day.

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I am male 62 years old with heavy hearth surgery 18 years ago it is about 3 years which for opium stop addiction I used to have methadone from 30 miligrams I decreased it to 2pills (each 5 mg) .I am from iran.

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I don't know if you're still looking for an answer or not but I've been on methadone for over 6 years. At 128 pounds (5'2), my new doctor put me up to 160mg a day. For 6 years. Then I all of a sudden had health issues and needed my gallbladder out. After I had incredible pain they were giving me dilaudid and fentanyl and neither of them even gave me any pain relief. Ever since I have become a shell of myself worrying everyday that I'll have to have heart surgery or something and I will have nothing for pain. They kept telling me it was because of the methadone. Anyhow my point is, that enough terrified me to start getting off the crap. It has been one year since I started weaning myself off. I am now down from 160mgs to 32mgs. And it hasn't bothered me one bit. First of all, you need to be strong because if you don't want to be off of it, you're going to convince yourself you're going throigh withdrawal. As a person who was addicted to OxyContin and Percocet for 10 years before getting on this crap, you will always crave drugs. Probably forever anyhow. So you have to get past it. Keep busy, make new routines and get a drug counselor. Also join narcotics anonymous. I'm dead serious this is how you will not only have support to get off, but then to stay off that and other drugs. Anyhow I have had no physical withdrawals. The key is to go slow. From 160 to 100 I went down 10mgs every week. Then although I was completely fine, people's comments got to me and so I started going down at only 4 a week. And I've been going down four a week until I got to 74. Again although I had no withdrawals, just making sure, I put it to 3 a week and that's where I have been since. If I could go back I would've at least down 5 msgs a week as they say you can go down 10% of what you take per week. However as I said now I am at 32. So I intend on still going down 3 mgs until I get to 20mg. Then it'll be 2mg and when I'm at 10mgs, it'll be one my a week. I am terrified now that I'm 32 and I know this is when it's supposed to be the worst but guess what? I'm gonna keep busy, keep going to my groups and support people and keep mentally and physically strong. The only thing I have been wondering - I take lyrica (300mg a day) and 0.2 clonidine a day and I'm not sure if that has also helped or not at all. I also am on an antidepressant (which they also recommend). Anyhow sorry for the long story but that's where I am, that's where you can be and in my opinion, methadone may help you get off other drugs, but if you take it longer than six months it's just another crutch. And then when you need surgery, or have the worst pain you've ever had, you're screwed!!! But you can do this!!!! Keep talking!

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