i know everyone is busy right now, and now that i look backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment a lot of the forums i was reading were 5 or so years old.  i just need someone, anyone to talk to.  i feel like i'm feeling my way through the dark.  any guidance, no matter how mundane it might seem, would be so great!

thanks

thank you so much for responding.  i just don't know what it's like for people who have succeeded.  please tell me the long version of your story.  and what days 8-14 were like.  do you think exercisng (which i enjoy) is helping, or is there something else i can do to speed this process?

merry christmas to you to

thank you for your time and all the info you shared.  can you direct me to anyone else who you think i might glean something pertinent or even just interesting from?  either way, i love hearingAge-related hearing loss
Audiology
Hearing loss
Hearing or speech impairment - resources your stories?  how long since you used?  what day did you feel like your old self again?

thank you so much for taking all the time to reach out to me.  today is day 8 and my husband's going to work right now.  (i am a full-time student and will be graduating in may) but i have to take classes online right now, b/c we can't afford day care.  anyway, i'm going to try and be very busy today.  i know i cannot sit and stare at these four walls today, or i will invent w/d.  have a good day

yeah, Saturday. I didn't think i could get through Christmas. Yes, I confided in my daughter, she is my best and ONLY friend. It's me and her against the world. I am hoping she will see how hard this is and not go there (if you know what i mean) I'm jittery, and just started having some strange stomachAbdominal pain
Abdominal pain diagnosis
Esophagus and stomach anatomy
Feeding tube insertion - gastrostomy
Gastric cancer
Gastric suction
Gastric ulcer
Ileus - x-ray of distended bowel and stomach
Nausea and vomiting
Roux-en-y stomach surgery for weight loss
Stomach crampsAbdominal pain
Leg pain
Muscle cramps
Painful menstrual periods
Relief of menstrual cramps. My legsLeg lengthening/shortening
Leg pain
Leg pain (osgood-schlatter)
Shin splints feel like they could run a marathon, but my body can't. So, all in all I feel like stir fried cr*p. I was taking 2 wafers a day 80mgs. Sometimes more if i had some stressArds (acute respiratory distress syndrome)
Broken bone
Exercise stress test
Fetal heart monitoring
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Respiratory distress syndrome (rds) in infants
Stress and anxiety
Stress echocardiography
Stress formula with iron
Stress gastritis
Stress incontinence. I started it to get away from an abusive boyfriend. This is the last thing of HIS hanging onto me, I WANT HIM GONE COMPLETELY!

I have said my goodbyes to my dealer (the one who said he was MY FRIEND) and am using this vacationVacation health care away from work to get control. How long does this last, do you know?

i went to a health food store and got some detoxing organic tea.  it has "burdock dandelion and sarsaparilla" as its main ingredients.  does anybody know if it will actually help cleanse the drugsChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension out of me or is it just to make you poo?

also, i was thinking about going to a sauna tomorrow.  my dosing nurse at the MMT clinic said there's only 3 ways to get rid of methadone:  pee it out, sweatSweat electrolytes
Sweat test
Sweating
Sweating - absent it out, and wait it out.  So does that mean if i run, drink a whole lot, and sweatSweat electrolytes
Sweat test
Sweating
Sweating - absent a whole lot i can hurry it up?  or do i just need to let it go, b/c it happens to be something i can't control?

Do you REALLY have the energy to run up a sweatSweat electrolytes
Sweat test
Sweating
Sweating - absent? God knows, I can't even make it to the bathroom with out expending ALL of my energy. :-) I have heard of lots of things on this forum, but one was never answered and you even asked about it, THAT ENERGY COCKTAIL, remember? Did anyone ever answer you? The Thomas recipe shows promise, and I personally have never heard of anyone dying from it as claimed somewhere on here. What's the name of the Detox Tea?

2001 I had a bowelBowel incontinence
Bowel transit time
Constipation
Crohn's disease
Diarrhea
Ileus - x-ray of bowel distension
Ileus - x-ray of distended bowel and stomach
Inflammatory bowel disease
Intestinal obstruction
Irritable bowel syndrome
Large bowel resection resectionEye muscle repair
Large bowel resection
Large bowel resection - series
Prostate removal
Small bowel resection
Small bowel resection - series.   That surgeryAbdominal wall surgery
Before and after corneal surgery
Brain surgery
Carotid artery surgery
Carotid artery surgery - series
Cataract removal
Cataract surgery - series
Cervical cryosurgery
Cervix treatment - cryosurgery
Congenital heart defect corrective surgery
Corneal surgery left me not being able to take advilAdvil
Advil allergy sinus
Advil childrens allergy sinus
Advil cold and sinus
Advil multi-symptom cold, NASAIDS in general.   My original Rx for HydrocodoneHydrocodone cp
Hydrocodone hd
Hydrocodone-ibuprofen
Hydrocodone-phenylephrine was 60 a month.   I used one/hald a pill four times a day for two years.  All was good w/the world.   Didn't necessarily have any real changes in my behaviorAutistic behavior
Behavior - unusual or strange
Bulimia
Hyperactivity
Suicide and suicidal behavior
Temper tantrums I didn't crave them, it was just something I did 4x's a day.   Now, I'm a 57 year old femaleCondoms
Female condoms
Female sexual dysfunction and I am a professional (not that it matters what I do for a livingAdvanced care directives) who should really know better.   Actually I was no stranger to recreational drugsChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension...pot and Coke but the Coke did get out of control.   One morning I was getting ready for work (about 10 years ago) and I had some very old John Denver Vinyls on the stereo.   There is a song on that that is entitled "Some Days are Diamonds"... a verse that goes.... "there's a faceFace pain I see in the mirror, more and more is a stranger to me...more and more I can see there is a danger of becoming what I never thought I'd be"  while that verse was playing on the stereo..I was brushing my teethBroken or knocked out tooth
Dental care - adult
Dental x-rays
Development of baby teeth
Development of permanent teeth
Plaque and tartar on teeth
Teething
Teething symptoms
Toothaches.   That day, I broke up w/my "live-in" at the time, quit my job, and put my house up for sale.  ALL IN ONE DAY... I knew I had to get out of the whirlwind "however much fun I was having" I had to get out while there was still hope of getting out.   So I did.   I moved 60 miles away and started all over again.   I have never touched CocaineDrug abuse again, and have never smoked another jointJoint fluid gram stain
Joint pain
Joint swelling
Osteoarthritis.  At this point I'd have to say....I was maintaining I was a weekend warrior.   But that wouldn't have lasted.   Whatever made me take some of those steps that day totally behooves me...but it's part of my story.   I do Surgeon to PatientKidney diet - dialysis patients Marketing for specialty surgeriesAbdominal wall surgery
Before and after corneal surgery
Brain surgery
Carotid artery surgery
Carotid artery surgery - series
Cataract removal
Cataract surgery - series
Cervical cryosurgery
Cervix treatment - cryosurgery
Congenital heart defect corrective surgery
Corneal surgery.... I moved and have been doing very well... 'til that bowelBowel incontinence
Bowel transit time
Constipation
Crohn's disease
Diarrhea
Ileus - x-ray of bowel distension
Ileus - x-ray of distended bowel and stomach
Inflammatory bowel disease
Intestinal obstruction
Irritable bowel syndrome
Large bowel resection resectionEye muscle repair
Large bowel resection
Large bowel resection - series
Prostate removal
Small bowel resection
Small bowel resection - series and my terrible bouts with arthritisAcute gouty arthritis
Arthritis
Arthritis - resources
Arthritis in hip
Cervical spondylosis
Gout - chronic
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis vs. rheumatoid arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis
Reactive arthritis.   Two pills a day went to three pills a day... to 6 pills a day ... to 8 pills a day.  Of VicodinsVicodin
Vicodin tuss.    I've an 84 year old mother to take care of...a 3200 sq ft house ... I'm not married I'm a widow, so there is a lot on my shoulders shoulders intensive treatment
Shoulder arthroscopy
Shoulder pain.  I needed to keep going ... IN THE BEGINNING the hydrosHydro par
Hydro-pc ii
Hydro-tussin dhc
Hydro-tussin exp keep me moving...but during the last year... things have changed... not only was I doing more.... I was getting less done... going through bouts of anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety that were unbearable....so the Dr. just gave me an RX for Zanax... ewwwwwwww... they are horrible.   Truthfully I'm still using them 2x's a day to help with some of these withdawal symptoms...but I stopped them a couple weeks ago cold turkey as well.   I figured 1 mg a day to get off of will be a piece of cake once I start to feel better.



Last Wed 3pm was my last 15mg dose of HydrocodoneHydrocodone cp
Hydrocodone hd
Hydrocodone-ibuprofen
Hydrocodone-phenylephrine.   I wasn't prepared for how awful I'm feeling, although, I have to say I feel somewhat (SOMEWHAT HUMANHcg in urine
Hiv infection
Human bites
Human papillomavirus vaccine) TODAY....I called the Dr. for some Lamotil for the runs.... that's the worst expecially at night my stomachAbdominal pain
Abdominal pain diagnosis
Esophagus and stomach anatomy
Feeding tube insertion - gastrostomy
Gastric cancer
Gastric suction
Gastric ulcer
Ileus - x-ray of distended bowel and stomach
Nausea and vomiting
Roux-en-y stomach surgery for weight loss
Stomach crampsAbdominal pain
Leg pain
Muscle cramps
Painful menstrual periods
Relief of menstrual cramps are over the top.   I bet I haven't eaten 6 ozs of food since last Wed., and my belly is all swollenSwollen glands looks like I'm preggers.    I'm skinny enough, I didn't need to lose weightDifferent types of weight gain
Exercise and weight loss
Height and weight chart
Height/weight chart
Losing weight
Roux-en-y stomach surgery for weight loss
Weight gain - unintentional
Weight loss
Weight loss - unintentional
Weight loss and age, but I imagine this is just temporary.   I wear a size 4 .... yesterday a pair of jeans just hung off my hipsHip joint replacement
Hip pain.    I'm going to have so much fun gaining backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment weightDifferent types of weight gain
Exercise and weight loss
Height and weight chart
Height/weight chart
Losing weight
Roux-en-y stomach surgery for weight loss
Weight gain - unintentional
Weight loss
Weight loss - unintentional
Weight loss and age when I can actually get my taste backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment for food.



I looked at my scenario 2 ways.... I could continue on the path I was on knowing full well I was becoming more and more dysfunctionalDysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub)...or I could try to straighten out what was wrong.



I actually feel like doo-doo... I'm into this for 5 days...We all have choices to make.   Not one of us here are better than the other....not one drugChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension is less than the other....AddictionDrug abuse and dependence and dysfunctionBasal ganglia dysfunction
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Causes of sexual dysfunction
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (dub)
Ear barotrauma
Erection problems
Female sexual dysfunction
Femoral nerve dysfunction
Orgasmic dysfunction
Sciatica DUE to addictionDrug abuse and dependence to ANYTHING puts us all in the same boat.



I'm drinking water, taking Zinc, Vit C, a MultiMulti symptom cough and cold
Multi vita bets and fluoride and iron, B-StressArds (acute respiratory distress syndrome)
Broken bone
Exercise stress test
Fetal heart monitoring
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Respiratory distress syndrome (rds) in infants
Stress and anxiety
Stress echocardiography
Stress formula with iron
Stress gastritis
Stress incontinence complex and eatingAnorexia nervosa
Binge eating
Bulimia
Eating disorders - resources
Necrotizing soft tissue infection
Sweating
Sweating - absent what I can.   I'm going to go to the Vit Shop to look for the superSuper calcium enegery stuff I read in Someone description of "someting" cocktail.   I have no energy.   Was I prepared for "it" to be this bad... NOPE....   This will certainly be a Xmas to remember.  And I'm going to.



Good Luck to you....I hope this helps you a little.   I've never had methadone....I was really afraid to go that route.   It may have made this a bit easier... but then I would have had to taper from that as well.  



I wish you well sweetie... if you have the chance to get out of whatever it is your are into at the moment... go for it.   Life is way to short and this cripples anyone of us who is affected by it.



XoXo

Gip

oh man i am so tired.  i'm taking every vitaminPernicious anemia
Schilling test
Scurvy
Vitamin a
Vitamin b-12
Vitamin b12 level
Vitamin b3 source
Vitamin b6 benefit
Vitamin c benefit
Vitamin d source
Vitamin e known to man, and trying to eat right and exerciseAerobic exercise
Aging and exercise
Asthma
Benefit of regular exercise
Bone-building exercise
Diabetes and exercise
Exercise - a powerful tool
Exercise - dress appropriately
Exercise and age
Exercise and weight loss
Exercise can lower blood pressure, but my eyesAmblyopia
Blepharitis
Bloodshot eyes
Cataract - close-up of the eye
Color vision test
Conjunctivitis
Contact lens electrode on eye
Crossed eyes
Dry eyes
External and internal eye anatomy
Eye are always so heavy.  what energy cocktail are you talking about?  tell me if it works.  i have a really high tolerance for caffeineCaffeine
Caffeine-ergotamine, but i've been trying to go easy on it for the last few days.  also i hate to take naps, b/c sleepingSleeping difficulty at night is so hit or miss.... as you know.

I need help! This Christmas was a slap in the faceFace pain for me. I am an addict. I do not use methadone for painAbdominal pain
Abdominal pain diagnosis
Acupuncture and pain
Ankle pain
Anterior knee pain
Back pain - low
Bone pain or tenderness
Breast pain
Causes of painful intercourse
Chest pain
Chronic pain - resources, I use it for the high. It started when I was in an abusive relationship that I am no longer in. That's the last hold he has on me. I want it gone. I am quitting cold turkey and have the jitters today. I cannot believe this forum is here! I am pleasantly surprised that I am not alone, cause I sure do feel that way right now. I am a single mom of a 16 yo daughter, and we have a dog. Just so you know a little about me.

I took my last wafer Saturday night, and I refuse to buy any more. My dealer calls himself my friend, but would a friend get me started on this ****? no! Anyway I have seen a couple of things that were written that help with withdraw symptoms. Can u tell me what they are?

I'm sorry if I don't do or say something the right way, this is my firstFirst progesterone mc10
First progesterone mc5
First-progesterone vgs 200
First-progesterone vgs 400 time and Im not sure how this works. Any help would be appreciated.

:-)

I know it's the day after Christmas, but isn't there anyone out there...

wow, so saturday was the last time you had methadone?  what are you feeling so far?  i went backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment to some things from 2001 on here.  i don't exactly remember how i got there, but this guy thomas gives a straight-up recipe for cold-turkey methadone withdrawalDelirium tremens.  

this is my firstFirst progesterone mc10
First progesterone mc5
First-progesterone vgs 200
First-progesterone vgs 400 time on here too.  i wish i could tell you more.  how much methadone were you taking?  is it possible for you to in-patientKidney diet - dialysis patients detox?  does your childChild neglect and psychological abuse
Child safety seats
Child tylenol cold multi-symptom plus cough
School age child development know anything?  it just seems like its going to be very hard for you w/o someone who support you.  

either way, i've been on methadone for about 6 mos.  i am on day 8 and feeling much better.  just tire easily and have weird sneezy-fits.  i also feel unsure of myself.  and uncomfortable alone w/my 2-year old.