Methadone addiction

Question

Can anyone help me with some supliments that would help ease the pain of coming off of methadone I started at 120mg and now im at 8mg and need a boost to help me get through my daily functions any advise is greatly appreciated

gnarly_1 · Accepted Answer

HI....well your done a great job getting down to 8mg and I agree with you the last 20 are the hardest to do go up to walmart and pick up a 3 in one vitamin calcium/magnesium/zinc
take 4 in the morning and 4 with dinner in a couple of days this will ez your withdrawals
I only wish I found out about this sooner....I tapered off 150mg in 8 1/2 mo and got 515 days clean now you only got a few more weeks of tapering to go hang in there if you need to talk or just vent I have helped a lot of people off this stuff and I will help you just message me your doing great try some of the amino acids they have helped alot of our members good luck and God bless......Gnarly

JenniferLutt · Answer

The only reason I went with the clonidine is b/c it is non-addictive. And I had saw on several other posts it is the best thing since white bread, so to speak lol. Plus I had watched a special on TLC that a girl had been going to meth clinic and was preg. and they used clonidine to get the baby off of the methadone. It worked well for the first 2 days now it doesnt seem to faze me. So I have been sticking with vit. and ensure shakes.

celticpride1957 · Answer

My wife is named Kathy and her username is celticpride1957 (she is Irish) and I am not that great at computers... I think I am accidently posting under her name...Big Mark

celticpride1957 · Answer

thanks for your kind words...My wife and I are christians too. We have twin boys that are 18yrs old whom we named James and John after the two brothers that were Jesus's disciples  (sons of thunder). I was sharing with someone else...first comes the test...THEN THE TESTIMONY !! You are right about helping others...GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU...I believe the opposite is true also, take and it will be taken from you. I'm going to get some vitamins and other stuff from GNC and start exercising . My wife is 54 and I'm 57...and we have 5 kids...we do have alot in common. Pray for us and we will do same....(pray for snooky and the situation, they need to get sober too !!) and they are from your state too !! lol talk to you soon and tell your husband hi.... Big Mark

atthebeach · Answer

i forgot to comment on the post from jennifer. i wouldnt recommend any clonidine. dont need to open another can of worms. just tough out the sleep issues. try sleepy time tea and add valerian root drops.just saying........
debbie

atthebeach · Answer

hey mark congrats on the long taper. my husband was on meth for 10 years the highest was 100mg. his taper took 8 months and he went cold turkey from 20 mg and also xanax. he was very sick for three months. when we went to the clinic and asked for a taper. we got the same response, "nobody comes of  methadone" that is our government at work. very, very sad state.i think all the meth clinics are from the pits of hell. meth addiction is worse than any opiate addiction. my husband is also one of the five. he has now been clean for 11 months and doing great. he starting exercising slowly and began to build his strength up. day by day, week by week, month by month. he is now in the best shape of his life at 57. we also have 5 children.
please get involved with some counseling, na/aa, church groups. my husband volunteers at a christian drug and alcohol program for men. it is really helping him and he in turn is helping other. it is more blessed to give than receive. yes, thank God each and every day for your blessing of a clean life.
God bless you and your family
debbie

JenniferLutt · Answer

I agree with you on that statement ANewLife4Me. I was under the idea that methadone was suposed to be easier to get off of then hydros. But the truth of the matter it is just the oppisite. I am only a few hours shy of 48 hours whithout methadone and it hasnt been easy so far. And from what I hear the worst is to come. I do highly recommend that if you can get your hands on some clonidine it will help alot. I took a 1/2 of a 0.1mg clonidine and I felt normal again for at least 2 hours. If nothing else this will help with sleep. Last night I took a hole one and slept 15hours straight. I am going to try this again tonight and see if I get the same result. I will keep you updated on what has worked for me that way maybe you will not go thru the same things I had to. I also heard if you drink ensure or whey protien (both from walmart) that it will help however it may cause weight gain.

sudie58 · Answer

hi, and welcome, i think i agree with you, i dont think methadone is good for coming off sometimes, i hope your doing ok, and trying some of the things recommended, god bless, sudie

BigMark1953 · Answer

Thanks for your kind response, I'm new here and was wondering if anyone was going to answer ....its been a year of detox and the last 20 miligrams seem to be the worst! I'm a father of 5, been married 38 yrs., and COUNT GOD'S BLESSINGS day by day. What really upsets me is what the methadone clinic doesn't tell people EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE FACTS. After 10 yrs of going to the same clinic some honest counselors finally admitted what I already knew, that 95% of their clients NEVER get off!! I believe I am one of the LUCKY FIVE. When I see all these young kids signing up daily cuz of oxy or vicadin problems it makes me furious, THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE SIGNING UP FOR !! Anyway I am getting off and going to spend the rest of my life helping people cope WITHOUT methadone, God bless you and keep up the GOOD FIGHT....

ANewLife4Me · Answer

Hi,
You can check out the health pages down at the bottom right hand corner of this page where they have the Thomas Recipe and Amino Acid Protocol listed, they have some supplements in there that can help.  I'm sure it's not comfortable to say the least going from 120 to 8 mg, you must be tapering for a while now.  Good luck to you!