Methadone and food cravings

[WantMyLifeBack2010]

I've been attending a Methadone Treatment Center  6 months now...In the last 2 months I can have experienced a this "CAN'T GET  ENOUGH of cereal"?? What now another addiction...To CEREAL??? Thank God it's "Special K" and I also drink  Silk Soy Milk  by the Gallons.... I have baffled my husband and myself. I go through a box every other day and a Gallon of Soy milk. Even though The milk is  another Good thing because of what this particular soy milk has in it. ...It's the one called Silk Soy with DHA-Omega 3 &  Extra Calcium... I have it for breakfast and lunch and sometimes dinner...but I know the importance of eating very healthy while taking Methadone (Thanks to you ---> Gnarly_1) But this is CRAZY???

Has anyone else experienced this?? Plus even though I am biking, walking taking my Yoga class I STILL have a Bloated like belly???

Any suggestions/opinions/or personal experience will be appreciated...
Thanks and God Bless!!!!
WantMyLifeBack2010

[karenkay1]

Wow I just thought it was me....I notice I also watch the same tv shows, videos over and over again and its only been since I got back on methadone. When I wasn't on anything I slept through the night like a normal person and didn't eat candy ect.... all night long. I also notice it makes my back hurt laying in bed . I just wanna be done with **** once and for all

[WantMyLifeBack2010]

Not at all sweet-- to me, regular milk is sweeter than plain soy....and WHEN i USED Roxy's Oxy's and Percs that is when I craved sweets like crazy....I am eating other foods like fish, chicken veggies  its just that Im filling up on Cereal.....
But after readingall the posts It sounds like Its a common thing while undergoing treatment with Methadone....I also go to my dentist every 6 months for cleanings and make sure to brush after every "Bowl of cereal" lol  MEAL...and i use mouth rinse as well. I do drink plenty of fluids. so lots of water and green tea's with antioxidents. I did  read allot of articles and the good bad and ugly with methadone before beginning so I knew all about the dry mouth which I do have and and dental problems....
Thanks for all  the feedback it was very helpful and now i know its a Methadone thing..

[Ray420]

And No, the craving for sweets doesn't stop after a year. I was on it 3 years and ate tons of sweets because i literally had no appetite for anything else. This is common knowledge, opiates/opioids make you crave sweets. This will help rott your teeth. Because methadone is already rotting your teeth. Methadone causes dry mouth, and when your fully saturated 24/7 you need to drink water every 20 minutes or acid builds up in your mouth no matter what.

Try getting off methadone, the first year is great walkin on clouds, downhill from there...

[justsaynotodrugs]

   Okk.

[ricart70]

she is still on methadone

[hthrfthr]

I could not STOP eating everything in sight when I was on methadone in detox so you are lucky its special k lol! All of my friends that got clean on the clinic have the same issue. It does cause bloating. I am sure ur just fine though if that is what ur craving girl! And just think of all the benefits of the methadone. Ya you may be bloated but ur not using.

[justsaynotodrugs]

         Most drugs after quiting for some time cause these symptoms.  Eating sweets to get the sugar rush there is stages that you will go through 3 months some craving 6 months same thing and 9 months.  Sounds like you don't want to go back to the drug and thats good after a year the craving will not bother you much at all so hang in there it will get better I assure you.

[ricart70]

I would say that if all that you eat is cereal that is not good.You need all of the food groups not just the cereal group.lol.I know that opiates made me crave specific foods.Those superstar popcicles I would eat by the ton.Also exactly an hour after falling asleep every night I would wake up and literally binge out on zingers or whatever sweets I could find.Also all I drank waswelchs strawberry soda.I don't drink or eat any of this stuff now that I am not on oxys.I also noticed that opiates made me just do repetitive things in general.same tv shows over and over  etc.

[gnarly_1]

usually its a craving for something sweet.....dose the soy milk taste sweet ??
I dont know what it is in methadone but peope go nuts for sweets usually put on the weight also I know I went from a slim 180 on a 6'1' frame all the way to 245 wile on it but I did notice as I came off so did the weight my fix was a big bowl of oatmeal with a ton of brown sugar in it it dident take long to pack on the pounds
whet your eating is healthy and thats good but im just curious if its sweet???