Want to stop with methadone

[chemister]

Hello… I want to taper down my methadone from 150 mg to 0 mg.
Have any people a good tapering-schedule to stop with the Methadone.
I was clean in 5 year before I start with heroin again. After that I tried Methadone but I felt better without Methadone and also Subutex which
I also try.
I stop with methadone when I was at 100 mg a day and I will never get
so ill again. This time I will use long time to taper down the methadone
special when I went down to the last mgs.

Has somebody a good tapering-schedule for methadone from 150 mg to 5mg

[xee78]

i was on 120mg of meth for a few years but iv been stuck on opiets for 9 years,4 months ago being totally sick to death of having that ball n chain meth controlling my life i took it down 10mls or so a week which got me down to 30mls then tried 1 or 2 mls but to be honest i was feeling quite bad so i took a week off work.on the 5th of july i took my last dose at 10am it hasnt been as bad as i thought it would be i think its a state of mind that helps the will power because when iv tried to stop before its been because i couldnt afford or whatever.i read an artical by a docter who was on opiets and he said decreasing from 50mls  or below isnt a good idea just stop it because alltho your decreasing the meth is still controlling your body.the worst thing iv experienced is stomach cramps.gooseboops very tight muscles being very emotional and when iv managed to get a couple of hours sleep now n again having dreams where i can actually think in them which is very surreal and sometimes scary,iv cracked it now and i hope you do,just give stopping it completely a try you might be as suprised as iv been.good luck

[colleen206]

Hi
   I'm New to this Forum, I also amon Methadone, I have been detoxing from 145 mg's, I detox 5 mg's a week, You don't get sick as a matter of fact you feel as if you were on that higher dose I'm on 65 Mg's now, and still working my way down 5 mg's a week, But I know everyone is different, My body ajust to detoxting 5 mg's a week, BUt when you do get to the point of a lower doe's maybe 50 mg's you can detox half of that 5 mg's a week so 2 mg's or 2 1/2 mg's a week, Just take your time, also alot of people get Stacred from hearing those horror detox story's, Those arent true if you detox the way you feel is comfortable for you than I think you will be find, My husband is oof of the methadone, So I got to watch him,now it's my turn, When You get no more methadone I heard that taking Clonidine " Non Addicting High blood presure pill" help's alot but also Ask your doctor what else can help I do have Mucle relaxer's but I'm thinking maybe the Restless leg sydrome may be very helpful, Oh Drink Gatorade n eat, also Coral Calcium has Calcium and "MAGNESIUM" which is very Important to have in yr Body, plus multi vitamins, well if you need any adice or suport I am here for you, Good luck, You can get off methadone, You have to really want to,  Wishing u the best please write back let give me an update if you can I would really appresiate that, Thanks Sincerely Colleen.

[chemister]

Yes I will try 10% drop in dose every 72hr. And maybe take it slowly when I feel
it goes to fast. Normally at the end of the tapering...

I take all info at methadone tapering/detox with great pleasure :)

[gnarly_1]

hey dude welcome to the forum ...I finished a 8 1/2mo taper from 150ml to 1ml  104days ago I used a formula given to me by a neo/natal nurse that brings babys off heroin ,methadone ,oxy ext it worked well for me goes like this ...10% drop in dose every 72hr
it worked well for the most part but there where some times that I had to wait like a week for things to stabilize b/4 going down again...let your body be the final judge when to drop doses...there is a certain amount of discomfort that comes with tapering that is unavoidable and there are certain doses you seam to get stuck at you just have to wait
out till the withdrawals subside then move down again...best thing is to set up a secedual and do your best to stick to it..."you just got to be ok without being ok for a wile sometimes.... tapering requires discipline and perseverance but it is very doable
and in the end so so worth it....you probably want to get some sort of aftercare in place weather it be N/A or a good drug conslor it will help when the tapering gets tuff as well as keep you on track once your clean....I would have crashed and burned if it wasn't for aftercare....good luck to you...if I can be of any help message me...Gnarly    

[dominosarah]

gnarly has some good info on methadone tapering.  He will be on here at some point so keep checking back......sara