another way

I was a morphine abuser. got on methadone. up to 120 mls. a day. dropped 10 a wek to 40. dropped 5 a week to 20 now going down by 2's. I am at 12. was told about calcium magnesium for the twiching in the legs. works great I take vitamins and 2 cal. mag. in the morn and 2 cal. mags.at lunch and at night. I live in Canada as far as  i know we cant get bup. up here but I dont know if I want it anyways. Has anybody tried any other natural ways to beat the withdrawals. I am planning to get off soon. thanks

[GoingToMakeIt]

Cold turkey is a tried and true method that works. It leaves a lasting memory to help you stay clean.

[mizbit]

Hi there... just thought I'd share the 10 cent version of my story and hope that you can get something from it.  I have some residual issues from a car accident that I was involved in quite a few years ago, and have more recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I too am a morphine addict, and was taking this as well as a slew of other prescribed meds (about 25-30 pills a day) including, but not limited to: Seroquel, prozac, amytriptaline, ritalin, terazadone, flexerol, etc. I realized one night that the symptoms I was having were not in fact RLS as I'd been told, but that I had been overdosing on seratonin... I was pretty well poisioning myself-on Doctor's orders.  I went to my psychiatrist who told me that I should continue to take the meds as I was not addicted, just "dependant" on them (What is the difference?), so I went home, flushed all of the pills and quit cold turkey.  It was a horrible 3 weeks, and I know that I won't soon forget it.  I still crave the Morphs from time to time, but I too remember the withdrawls and that is enough to keep me away.  My doctor was not impressed that I came off of all of these pills all at once and tells me that I am lucky that I didn't have some serious problems-keep in mind that I was on aoubt 8 different types of meds too.  So, coming off all of this stuff was a miserable affair but in the end, I feel a million times better.  I still have Fibro, and I still hurt, but nowhere near as much as when I was taking all of the pills.  I had 2 doctors and 3 different drug coulsellors tell me that I should have gone on Methadone, but I really just wanted it all to be done and overwith; no dragging hte addiction out any more than I had to.  I am proud of you for taking the steps to make yourself better, and I think that you are a strong person for sticking with the Methadone program and weaning yourself off.  Now all that is left is that last step. You can do it.  You have come this far, just KNOW that you can do it!  Best of luck.  BTW, I have not taken any pain killers since June 16, 2007.  Advil is a friend of mine, but no narcotics.

[bullh]

Thank you for a piece of your soul. I have been trying to get off this terrible stuff (methadone) for 4 months now.I am very tired of tieing hot water bottles to me knees so I can get an hours sleep at night.The constant sweating, and the aches and pains are just driving me insane. I am a single father with 2 of my kids still living with me. I think they are going through just as hard a time as I am. If I was by myself and could take 3 weeks or so off my job, I would be tempted to go cold turkey. Your story is certainly a great inspiration for me and I thank you again .Good luck with your travels on this earth.

[johnnykelly]

Yes we can At Camh Centre for addiction and mental health.Its was approved a month or so,i was going on it,but decided on the methadone as im in pain and waiting for a hip replacement.The Subuxoxone is good for pain aswell,but not as strong as the meth. the Sub is better for coming off the opiates,for the addict that doesant suffer from cronic (chronic) pain.