Welcome to the Forum! It seems a lot of people read it for a little while before posting. That may be a good idea since you probably have an idea of who you can relate too. Although I am on methadone maintanence for abusing painAbdominal pain
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Drug-induced hypertension either physically or mentally you start thinking that you don't need AA/NA anymore. This feeling of "normalcy" comes when you reach your stabilizing dose. They usually start you out at 20mgs and go up 5mgs per day until you reach 55 or 60mgs. After that if you need to go up (a lot of people do!) you fill out a increase request slip. You go up by 5mgs evertime you do this until you reach your comfortComfort tears zone. "Blocking" dose is where you are unable to feel any opiate you may try to take. When you realize you cannot feel anything you eventually stop trying. Besides you usually feel good enough at this point to not have any cravings. I hope this helps you. Be careful and make sure this is something YOU want to do. Good Luck!!!!!

I do feel for the position your in right now.That was a time in my where I thought I would spend forever in trying to get out.I put of methadone maintainance 3 times from being put on waiting lists only to lose the money I had saved to blow on my habit.Monday will be 2 years to the day that I entered into MMT..My only complaint is I didn't do it sooner.I have not touched a bag of dope since my firstFirst progesterone mc10
First progesterone mc5
First-progesterone vgs 200
First-progesterone vgs 400 dose.I loved oxie's and beer and I'm happy to say that meth helped me quit drinking also.I don't want to push anything or any way of life on you but IMHO methadone is the only reason I'm alive.I have Hep C and cirrhosisCirrhosis
Cirrhosis of the liver
Liver cirrhosis, ct scan
Primary biliary cirrhosis so now I have the strength and willpower to work on those problems when before I never cared.It's a decision only you can make and I honesly believe when addictionDrug abuse and dependence rules your life it's the only way......Good luck(and this is my firstFirst progesterone mc10
First progesterone mc5
First-progesterone vgs 200
First-progesterone vgs 400 time writing here too so I guess we are both rookies)..peace....Yankee Fan

Hi All, I have been on methadone for over 41/2 years.It has literally saved my life.I went from starting out on LorcetsLorcet 10/650 to doing heroinDrug abuse and everything in between.I was also a very heavy drinker.Since starting on methadone I have been clean of ANY other opiate and have also quit drinking completely.I went backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment to college and got my paralegal degree and am now as happy as ever.I no longer have to worry from day to day where I would get my next fix or pill.IMHO I think it could really help you with your problem.Only you know if you are ready to quit the LorcetsLorcet 10/650. I will definately keep you in my prayers. I am in a methadone organization called ARM.It stands for Advocates for RecoveryRecovery position - series through MedicationAllergic reactions to medication
Drug allergies
Drug-induced hypertension
Getting a prescription filled
Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration.If you have any questions about methadone you can e-mail me at ***@**** and I will try to answer them for you.Hope this helped and best of luck.

                             God Bless & Peace Out..Tim G ARMGA

I have been on opiates off and on for about 25+ years.  Rehabed and then found my way into a supply of prescription meds.  Lots of DilaudidDilaudid
Dilaudid-5
Dilaudid-hp, etc. etc.  Bottles of methadone and before I could wean off of 80 mg a day my supplier was gone.  I went cold turkey with help of Dr. and meds like clonidine, atavan, vistoral, etc.  after 2 months of no meds I still felt weird.  Almost like nerveNerve biopsy
Nerve conduction velocity damage.  Withdrawing off the methadone was far worste than anything ever.  Anyway.  I relapsed backBack pain - low
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Stress and anxiety was so severe.  I had a Dr. wean me off slowely using a Norco solution.  Well I got down to about 3 - 4 norco a day and hit majorMajor tears
Major-con depressionAdolescent depression
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Depression and insomnia
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Depression in children.  I guess my question is this?  Considering the half life and how difficult it is to get off of methadone.  Would I be better staying at the 3-4 Norcos a day longer and wean off of that slower?  I Never want to get on methadone again.  I feel it would be going backward at this point.  Unless of course I found myself increasing the Norco's in an abusive way.  I am at "the wall" at 3-4 of them.  I do not take more and if possible take less.  Being their half life being a lot shorter and for the purpose of getting off all together as soon as possible wouldnt it be easier to regulate than the long term effects of methadone?  The Dr. who has me on the norco wean is one of the best in the country, I researched him thorouly.  He does use methadone when needed but says its more for a permanent solution to painAbdominal pain
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Chronic pain - resources for people who will be on it the rest of there lifes.  If there is anyone out there that is no longer on methadone? how long did it take to get off and how slow did they decrease? and after you got off completely did you feel completly backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment to normal?  My freind did it and is always depressed.  Kinda scares me.  Thats why Id like to hear from someone who got off methadone completely and what your experience was to feel completly normal again.  Also can withdrawing from methadone too quickly cause damage to nervs.  Any advice on antidepressants for this stuff?  Thanks very much.

Hi Shreddi, and welcome to the forum!



You might want to try 5 HTP for the depressionAdolescent depression
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Depression and the menstrual cycle
Depression in children. It is an aminoAmino-opti-c
Amino-opti-e acid, and is the direct precursor to serotoninSerum serotonin level. A lot of us on this board have had great results with it. You can get it in a health food store.  Start with 50mgs twiceTwice-a-day a day, and if that gives you results, stay there. If not, you can safely work up to 100mgs 3 times a day, but best to stay at the lowest dose that works (according to Dr. Ray Sahalian, who wrote a book on it).



keep us posted on how you are doing.



love,

WW

Thanks very much,  I will try it (again).  I have some here in the cabinet and hope its not expired.  I did try it last time I went thru this but maybe not enough.  Im gonna find it now and will let ya know.  Thanks again I appreciate it.

Hobbitz What up! I know how you feel and the people in this forum are extremely helpfull.After a debilitating motorcycle accident I became an opiate abuser starting with Vics 7.5/750 taking 10-20 a day when that know longer worked. My doc put me on Oxy's 40mg time-released tabs, but I would just crushCrush injury them and either snort or mainline. This had to stop before  it destroyed everyone and everything in my life. I checked into RapidRapid shallow breathing Opiate Detox in Seattle,Wa in which they put you under general anesthesia for about 4-6 hours administering  naltrexone which is an opiate antagonist that clings to the receptop sites in your brainAmebic brain abscess
Brain abscess
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Brain surgery
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Metastatic brain tumor
Posterior fossa tumor
Primary brain tumor. After I woke up it felt a little hairyHairy cell leukemia
Hairy cell leukemia - microscopic view because of the residual effects, but for the most part it completely detoxifies your body of all opiates.The doc sent me home with some meds to combat the very mild symptoms I might experience like chlonodine for anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety along with diazepam,anti-diahherial med's  and so on.The bottom line is this it works trust me before I went in I was taking 20-30 of the 40MG of Oxcycontin chasing that down with about 50 vic's 5/500. I don't believe that MMT is the answer because you are just substituting one opiate for another that by the way is even harder to detox from than pills.If you have any questions about this please email me at s.***@**** I know what you are going through the hellish life with opiates sucks big time, but there is help out there for you.

I've been on Oxycotin for about 3 years now, and it seems like I'm getting more and more strung out everyday, and I want to go to the methodone program, but what I was wanting to know is, is it harder to get off methodone than other drugsChemical dependence - resources
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If anyone can give me any information e mail me please.

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Hi all, I'm Jase, and I have been to hell and backBack pain - low
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jase:

welcome to the forum. you will have more luck interacting if you post at the top! It's real easy to get overlooked when you post

in the "basement." hope to hear more from you soon!

Kip, here you are my friend! I was wondering how you were doing. I should have looked in the basement! LOL We've been in a few of them, you and I, haven't we? :-) I figured you were fairing well as I saw IR posting here and there and if something was up, I figured she would have said something. So, how be you Bro? If you get a chance send me an update. Till then, you are in my thoughts and prayers and I'm taking good care of that "Shoulder shoulders intensive treatment
Shoulder arthroscopy
Shoulder pain Angel" Thanks,

Power & Magick 2 U,

Wiz

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You posted on a six year old post and will get over looked. Why dont you ask this on a new post so everyone online will see it and help with your question.

My son is struggling with depressionAdolescent depression
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Drug-induced hypertension for at least 3 yrs. and doesn't feel like even getting up in the mornings. He says he has been staying solely on the Suboxon for a month, but he's 21 years old and is miserable.
I have not the knowledge or experience to direct him. But it seems to me there must be a better way. Any advice is welcomed....

                       Mom

Welcome to the forum...Start a new question...this is an old post and you may not get many responses.
I have no experience w/ methadone or suboxon but i have heard NO to the meth..it is horrible....
REPOST your QUESTION!!!

Methadone is a harm reduction or therapy of last resort. Know one thing, once you get on you may not be able to get off. I have been through the ringer with it. Methadone, there's no future in it!