Withdrawals have officially begun

[spackle]

I weaned down from 50mg methadone to 40 in two months with no problem. Since I hit 40 two days ago I have been having trouble sleeping along with nightmares. Tonight I have a headache, chills, my legs ache down to the bone, GI problems and I am getting waves of anxiety. I know these are mild. I can only imagine what full blown WD is like. I think it would break the toughest Jihadi. Man does this suck.

[ladyboop]

If you can go with the 2.5mgs taper, I also think that is the way to go. You are dropping to much to fast. You will have w/d's. Try the 2.5mgs, see how that works..

Good luck,

Lady

[Penelope14]

In my experience in tapering off methadone, I found that most of the worst symtoms of detoxing off methadone came when I got under 5mgs, I discovered that while I was at a lower dose was when I felt worse then when I was at 0mgs, maybe it was a mental thing, I dont know? Regardless, it was horrible. I agree with welldigger, give yourself 6 weeks, maybe more maybe less, but 4 to 6 weeks seems to be the norm for methadone patients to recover? Im 2 months free from methadone & finally Im about 90% back to my oldself again, which is good considering I was on methadone for 5 years. The hardest part for me was the anxiety & lack of energy I felt, this stuff passed a while ago & now I am full of energy & the anxiety is gone. I,ve detoxed off of oxicotin several times before & must say, while oxy withdrawals were for me more severe, methadone withdrawals seemed like they would never go away, its a lengthy detox. Good Luck Penelope

[welldigger]

I went from 40 mg to 0. It was horrible. But if I can do it, so can you. I am still dealing with alot of fatigue. I am not myself. I went into treatment on 5.9.08. That was the last time I took methadone. Just give yourself 6 weeks. If it were me, I'd go off it all together. If you are already having withdrawls ( I did too on 40 mg ). Of course they were nothing like being totally off the drug, but I am so glad I did it. I no longer wake up every morning knowing I can't function without the drug. I hated that.  Good luck to you. I don't mean to be negative, but when I was going through it, I wanted to know exactly what to expect and this website helped me alot.

[spackle]

I have six years under my belt. First time detoxing. 2.5 Every two weeks is what I have been doing. I too am detoxing down from 50mg. My doc gave me a clonidine patch but I havent used it yet because I still get a buzz from 40mg. When you say GABA do you mean Neurontin? I was on that for years and came off recently and am loathe to go back on it but I may need to.

[JonDavid]

I have 9 years of experience with Methadone. I am prescibed Methadone by a doctor. I am going to start my detox Wednesday from 50mgs. with that said, I have withdrawn from this medication about 16 times. I want to tell you that their is not a lot of difference in going down 10mgs and going down to 0mgs. The only way to tamper Methadone is very very slowly. I would suggest 2.5 mgs every two weeks max. If you are going to make a 10mg cut you will feel the same wd's as cutting your dose in half. So I would go in half and then ween down 2.5mgs every two weeks. Or I would bite the bullet and get it over with, asking your doctor for Clonidine to help. The withdrawls from going all the way to 0mgs will only be 25% more than you are experiencing now. Also the withdrawls from your recent 10mg cut will continue to increase until the 7th day and last through day 10. Then they will gradually subside. Ofcourse this is my personal experiences and thoughts from all of my experience. Good Luck !!! & Take Care. Also GABA works wonders 500mg - 1000mgs twice a day. Also passion flower is a good supplement to mix with the GABA. Taking more than 5grams of GABA a day will just turn into human growth hromone in your system so no more than 2grams per day is beneficial.  - JonDavid

[vegasdoner]

I have detoxed from 80mg. to 56mg. in 4 mos. You can do it. It ***** but you can do it.
I have slowed down to two mg. a week. Hopefully it will work. good luck

[gg222]

Wow...crazy how only 10 mgs of a change can still make you feel so crappy, isn't it?...good luck my friend. =)