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I personally... from my experience, would go the oxy route.. then Sub.. because it will take you a while to come off of methadone.. and once you got down to 20mgs of it you have to maintain that for 2 weeks before switching over anyway. The clinic usually won't let you come down faster than 2mgs a week or 5 mgs a month which would take forever. You will have to do the oxy for longer than a week, you will have to do it until there is no trace of methadone in your body.
If you go the oxy route. you will have to wait 24-48 hours after your last oxy before taking your first dose of Sub because it has a long half life you can make yourself sick if you take it too soon.
considering you all ready feel like sh#t wouldn't be recommended way to fast
methadone has a 36hr 1/2 life so your not going to be methadone free for
a few days then switching back to your DOC "oxy" might send you where you dont want to go ive just got done with an 8 1/2 mo taper on methadone and
was using a formula a neo/natal nurse that brings babys off heroin uses it
goes like this.....10% every 72hr it was ruff at times but doable might not be
a bad way to go for you, im one day methadone free working my way thew day 2 now I dont feel great but the withdrawals are bearable as far as sub goes
i heard its an SOB just like methadone to quit so trading one demon for a nother dosent seam like a rational thing to do.....my advise...give your body
a chance to get use to your methadone dose...it will eventualy then and
only then start tapering off ....I know it sux to taper slowly I couldent wait
to get off methadone but its a slow prossess and I always wanted to rush it
and did rush it according to the dr"s but you will eventually will get free
of it and again thinking of it....it takes a wile to get addicted so it going to
take a wile to get free of it best of luck on whatever you choose..Gnarly
Women tend to retain water when on even lower doses of methodone, and that can be very uncomfortable. This will cause muscle aches (I know, I had to take a diuretic to get rid of the excess water). Does the clinic have a doctor you can speak with -- perhaps he can prescribe a diuretic? Can you visibly see the swelling, especially around your ankles? If so, you will be very uncomfortable -- no doubt about it. They do make natural diuretics, but you really should see a doctor and let him prescribe one. I was so uncomfortable from the swelling that I thought my skin was going to split. I also dropped my dose because they had dosed me too high, but the diuretics made a big difference as far as my overall comfort went.
Once you are comfortable, then you can start detoxing. 5mg a day is too fast -- your body needs 2-3 days to adjust to each drop and once you get lower (for me it was at 25mg, for others it seems to be around 40mg -- everyone is different) you will have to taper more slowly.
But get yourself comfortable first. Address the swelling -- it may be causing you a lot more aggravation than you realize. Hang in there and please keep us informed. Best of luck to you.
Oh, If you decide to try an herbal diuretic until you can see a doctor, make sure you get one without caffeine. And don't even think of Sub now -- it may be for you in the future, but you need to get yourself comfortable before making big decisions like that. God Bless...