20 mg methadone "wall"

So as many know I have been tapering methadone for a year or so. Came down from 90 mg to now I'm at about 20. I say about because I actually am prescribed 30 mg a day because my clinic wont let me drop any lower so I break up the pills. Part of the problem is having more pills than I need so its hard not to take more each day. Anyways I have heard people talk about the 20 mg wall and I thought it would be no issue...but I CANT get lower than 20 mg. If I take 18 mg I have no energy and feel $#itty .what is this? Why was 25-20 no big deal but 20-18 is not doable?  

[gnarly_1]

hey dude youll get past it you just got to stick it outit took me 6 friggin weeks to brak threw that wall it happens to lots of people you just got to hang in there you will go threw several days of feeling like crap but you will get past it dont bring your dose back up you dont want to train your bosy to scream and get what it wants turst me on this on I have been there and its very frustrating yremember this is a race one by the tortus not the hare you can do this but it takes pacents and remember ....you just got to be ok without being ok for a wile.'' its times like these im talking about hang in ther you will get past it message me if you need help.......Gnarly

[Hollaatme]

Thanks man. A month or so til I see the addiction psychiatrist. No idea what he will recommend but I'm sooo ready to be off the cuffs...

[Ray420]

I had the same thing, I was on 100mg daily for 3 years.  Then I tapered for 6 months down to 25mg got stuck for 3 months then finally had the courage to finish it. At 25mg I went down 2mg every 3 days. Once I was on 4mg for 2 days, I stopped taking methadone.

Start taking meds for sleep like serequel, clonidine when your jittery, etc...
Try to keep your sleeping pattern normal, you will sleep less but make sure to sleep 6 hours per night. Don't take naps if you can resist. I did it this way and I've been sleeping 6+ hours every night  through the taper and even after stopping the methadone. Once my methadone withdrawals are mostly gone it'll be alot easier for my body to sleep without any meds.

There's no way your clinic can force you to take a certain ammount, especially not MORE than what you want to take. If you have to you can complain to the authorities, but I'm sure the clinic will comply. Make sure you don't get more than you're taper allows. Having them around would make the withdrawals 10x worse. When I started tapering from 25mg I asked to pick up my dose daily. ***** going in every day but it really helped me. Now I never have to go again!

[Ballgame]

Amazing it takes a year to taper off something

[gnarly_1]

this stuff has its own set of rules Ballgame and there tuff to play by I tapered myself off using 2 week take homes and did it in 8 1/2 mo that was 1/2 the time they told me it was going to take....then your sick for 90 days after your off this is trully a brutal drug to come off of.......Gnarly