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Methadone detox for Hydrocodone (2)
by DeezNuts, Jul 06, 2007 12:00AM
I got some methadone. The last time I tried quit the hydro I took 70mg of methadone over the course of 7 days. 10mg a day. I felt so clear and now I hope it works again.
My first day of work at a high class restaurant is tomorrow. I felt that ignoring my withdrawel would not be an option. I'm so relieved to have this sort of alternative. Although, am still fully aware of the EXTREME problems that come with methadone addiction.
On a different subject...How about that hydro high? wow, i must say it is something else. Growing up all always felt outside of the picture. Like I wasn't social. According to my peers I was always "cool" in may ways...Snowboarder, Wakeboarder, Frequenting rock concerts, very knowledgable. This isn't about me being above anyone, but the lack of interest I had in just talking and having fun with people.
When I had my first real supply of hydro 70 10/325's I would take two, wait 20 mins. and go cruise the mall. WOW! I was the man, talking here smiling there. I would strike convos with EVERYONE. Music was great. It was like I was in a movie. Pure bliss, euphoria, what I felt was LIFE for the first time every. hmm....yeah i didn't want to stop. my only thought was, why stop?
Of course I knew, I knew. people don't quit drugs, drugs quit people. The drug stops working as well, Dr. doesn't want to prescribe any more. This I couldn't handle. I'm seriously stopping this time. I'm done. I love my girlfriend, my parents, and hopefully myself too much to continue medicating my mind. Because my physical pain isn't enough for opiates anymore. That 40mg hydro high as a newbie is something else. Like a damn swim in a pool of sweet warm cream, and when you get out u are completely dry and clean. lol, i don't know, but it was great. rarely does society understand why people like drugs, why people enjoy them. It takes a certain individual of course to actually aquire a taste for habitual opiate use. I've never tried any sort of stimulant and don't plan to. I like to be sedated. And I'm sure many of you do too. That is why I wrote this. To actually come in contact with people who might know what I really mean. The pain of quitting and the pain of not being able to dose just one more time...
My first day of work at a high class restaurant is tomorrow. I felt that ignoring my withdrawel would not be an option. I'm so relieved to have this sort of alternative. Although, am still fully aware of the EXTREME problems that come with methadone addiction.
On a different subject...How about that hydro high? wow, i must say it is something else. Growing up all always felt outside of the picture. Like I wasn't social. According to my peers I was always "cool" in may ways...Snowboarder, Wakeboarder, Frequenting rock concerts, very knowledgable. This isn't about me being above anyone, but the lack of interest I had in just talking and having fun with people.
When I had my first real supply of hydro 70 10/325's I would take two, wait 20 mins. and go cruise the mall. WOW! I was the man, talking here smiling there. I would strike convos with EVERYONE. Music was great. It was like I was in a movie. Pure bliss, euphoria, what I felt was LIFE for the first time every. hmm....yeah i didn't want to stop. my only thought was, why stop?
Of course I knew, I knew. people don't quit drugs, drugs quit people. The drug stops working as well, Dr. doesn't want to prescribe any more. This I couldn't handle. I'm seriously stopping this time. I'm done. I love my girlfriend, my parents, and hopefully myself too much to continue medicating my mind. Because my physical pain isn't enough for opiates anymore. That 40mg hydro high as a newbie is something else. Like a damn swim in a pool of sweet warm cream, and when you get out u are completely dry and clean. lol, i don't know, but it was great. rarely does society understand why people like drugs, why people enjoy them. It takes a certain individual of course to actually aquire a taste for habitual opiate use. I've never tried any sort of stimulant and don't plan to. I like to be sedated. And I'm sure many of you do too. That is why I wrote this. To actually come in contact with people who might know what I really mean. The pain of quitting and the pain of not being able to dose just one more time...
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I understand where you are coming from about the "feeling" of opiates... I was a heroin addict 8 years ago... finally quit had almost 6 years.. used opiates after surgery.. and BAM!!! I guess my addict mind thought this was a way to get a fix without all the track marks and stealing.. seemed like I could function and still live my life.. in the beginning anyway..
XOXO
Stephanie
Opiates are just it for me. In high school I would take 2 norcos, sit in geometry class and love geometry. How interesting it was. How much the teacher enjoyed my enthusiasm. hehe. but it has come to an end. and a new beginning will arise, with the help of everyone here my transition will be much easier.
THANKS!
But, my biggest problem in quitting is that I love the damn things sooo much. Yes, they are bad for me. Yes, they are expensive, and illegal once I run out of my script and start getting them "off the streets".
But, damn, I do so love the euphoria, that initial rush. Like you said, I can perform my job(s) with so much more ease, and am so much more outgoing, actually look forward to getting up and out. When I don't have them, it's the exact opposite. Hate work, hate getting out, dread talking to peeps.
That's the #1 reason I am scared to quit. Not so much the withdrawals as I can always get a few methadone. But, knowing how much more I like life while on the pills, and how much I dislike when I'm off. That's my biggest hurdle.
To those of you who have quit, and who felt this same way, and what is giving you that "euphoric" feeling now?
One day I had a very stressful day at work and thought "I'll take a hydro to take the edge off the situation." IT WORKED! Now I'm addicted to those darn things and having a heck of a time quiting. They changed the person I used to be.
I work out in my garage every morning and my wife has pictures on a fridge we keep out there. One of the pics is of us on the beach in Cancun..smiling faces..having a great time. That was 4 years ago before hydros began to rule my life. I thought "I want that feeling back." The feeling of being natural and whole.
I do still have chronic pain and want a lortab so bad right now I can taste it. Actually just went and picked up a script of 30 oxys the doc gave me Tuesday...had a kidney stone. Those hurt like a bitc*.
You can see my problem. I do love the way they make me feel but also know that once this script runs out then what? Where do I get more? That thought alone is enough to keep me clean.
I hope we all continue the good fight and understand that we are above this....WE CAN WIN! This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do but know that now, at day 3, if I take a pill I have to start all over again.
STAY TUFF!
i guess my question is the same of how do you get that feeling after the drug is gone??? i know i once had it , then sometimes i wonder "DID I"??
I agree we are all here for the same reason and love each and every one of you..Doesn't matter if we disagree, or don't like the other ones opinion!!!
R2R
That is a very lame way to match the opiate high. There is only one way to get somewhere near the immiate rush or surge of euphoria. Once you can working out is the key. If you have ever had a "runners" high or had a high from working out you will know what i'm talking about.
Also, allow yourself to do your drug of choice every once in a while. That way you aren't killing yourself once you finally relapse and go full force getting that feeling to conquer life unnaturally. It is a hard, but it can be done. I recently have been blessed with a wonderful, beautiful girlfriend and she won't let me lose this addiction. She won't leave my side either. she is amazing. Having relationships and letting people care for you is another great way to feel better.
ween myself of them right now, i always think just one more or 2. i have done it before, i know that feeling of total
depression when there gone, emptyness, i can't beleive hydros can control me so much. I have been clean in my life before, i'm 39, and i have a beautiful family. I HAVE to quit
being selfish. i feel afraid with this crazy cycle. it is gonna kill me one day if i don't deal with it. reading this forum
has really given me hope, in hearing your stories.
The way I achieve euphoria, w/out pills is threw the gym,
beleive it or not, once clean, you can obtain the best feeling
from working out, i am not saying you feel this way all the time
but it helps.Doing what is right always feels good....
Thankyou to all! rinehart!
It was wierd. During those three years after I stopped the vicoden thing, I was still able to take one lortab for a hangover if my friend happened to have one and that would be it. It was like I was never addicted and had no interest in lortabs. No longer was it appealing. I knew it would make me feel good. I knew that could smoothen the edges off a rough day, but it wasn't like that. It was like me taking an aspirin.
But thats no longer the case. It started a few months ago and has snowballed. I've been taking methadone for about a week. First because I couldn't get lortabs. But while on it I thought maybe this is my chance--using methadone to get off lortabs. Does it help?
And I can identify with what everyone here has said...about the good times and the bad. I never knew there were websites like this but I am glad I found it. And DeezNuts, you sound like you are so full of life. The part of swimming in a pool of sweet warm cream, LOL--very funny.