I have been on methadone for over 6 years, so i know more about it than most. first, i wish i'd never gotten on the S*#T. but, i am, and i taper to 7.5mg and then i found out i was pregnant. i did not want to risk miscarriage or damage to the baby so i stayed on it; of course, i didn't realize how much i'd have to go up to maintain during the pregnancy (esp. with a pinched nerve/dr-ordered bed rest). when I had my son in July '10 i was at 80mgs. I slowly tapered again starting a few months later, now, in Sept. 2011, I just came down to 5mgs.
but the big thing is: when I was tapering the first time, they let us come down in 2.5mg increments (no liquid at this clinic). NOW, it's 5mg increments only. i just went from 10 to 5 yesterday and i'm hurting more than i thought considering this taper hasn't been very hard at all; i've taken my time with it (and gone back up once when I came down too fast).
what scares me is the jump from 5 to nothing. i'm considering switching to a clinic that has liquid and detoxing 1mg at a time; however, i've been to ALL the clinics in my city and I go to the ONLY decent one. They know me, i have a great counselor, etc. it's relatively convenient, and they are lenient with my payments when i ask, because they know i work and i always get paid.
can anyone advise as to whether it's better to A) stick it out at my current decent clinic and make the jump to 0 [holding out hopefully they'll get liquid, but not holding my breath; the director said they ordered the pumps months ago and still aren't getting it] or B) take these last 5mgs and go to the shady clinic i was at before where i can detox 1mg/time? [when i say shady, i mean it. I like my clinic now because there aren't deals going down in the lot and it's in a better part of town.]