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[Shamefulmum]

My dose got upto 150 and I made a snap decision to quit drugs and instead of increasing my dose I started to lower it. Im now on 95mg and yawning alot and watery eyes and feeling down. People around me say 5mg a week is too fast. But I see people here decreasing more. IS DROPPING 5mg A WEEK TOO FAST? I believe I should be suffering somewhat.

[Shamefulmum]

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[Shamefulmum]

Correction- the best Australian iron suppliment is Ferro Grad C ..... Im sure there a other good ones available overseas but be careful, if you are actually lacking in and needing iron then please check, compare and ask your health care professional which are the stronger ones and which are for maintenance. For Aussies the Ferro Grad series are fantastic.

[Shamefulmum]

(I just checked)MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM & ZINC SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN IN EXCESS , taking more than NORMALLY recommended is disproven to help with withdrawals... the idea of taking larger than normal doses is pushed by the church of scientology. I just bought a good muli vitamin, fish oil, C, garlic, mega B complex and calcium, the calcium is because the multi vitamin has a bit less than the maximum recommended dose.  I went all out with vitamins because I had forgotten how much they help. A few years ago my blood test showed me low on iron, vitaminB and folate. My then doctor was not a believer in vitamins. (there's only 1 good iron supplement which is 'fero gradC' available in Australia) so I took only vitsmins for iron, B and folic acid..... 4 weeks later my blood test was normal.

[Shamefulmum]

No clinic. My script now says decrease when patient wants . Then I collect at chemist.

[Shamefulmum]

Are you saying to take more than the usual recommended dose of those vitamins? No walmart in melb Australia. Thanks *hug*

[Shamefulmum]

Thanks . Sorry im typing while busy.

[Shamefulmum]

Yep I feel vitamins will help. Thankyou. My story is I got pregnant at 60mg .. my heroin got worse (hence my name) and by birth my dose got to 150 with pot smoking too. I had a painfull footing breach undetected till the last weeks (no excuse). Luckily I have a very healthy 14 week old boy :-) ..after meeting my son I quit including the weed. As soon as I quit I started the taper too, NOT RECOMMENDED but I did it... now on 95mg methadone and 12mg valium. . I am about to go chemist and bring it down to 90. I dont feel sick or sore but I yawn alot and eyes feel strange and im tired. I believe I should be suffering somewhat. I know I can do it and my aim is to be off in 7months from today... I will buy a stack of vitsmins on my way home! GNARLY YOU SOUND SWEET and strong. I know I can do this even if it gets hard... my main question is - is the yawning and other symptoms I described methadone withdrawal? ?  My doctor said if I withdraw it will feel like heroin craving/withdrawal but it doesn't feel that way so im left wondering.

[gnarly_1]

HI welcome to the forum it sounds to me that your on methadone at a clinic...I know some people3 say to detox at a certain level but we are not aloud to say much about tapering it is agents the rules I tapered off 150mg ant it took me 8 1/2 moths to do it the best rule of thumb is to let your body be the deciding factor if your experiencing withdrawl symptom hold off for a wile it is all about serim levels you body has to adjust each time you drop and remember methadone has a 36hr half life so you usually do not feel the drop in dose for 3 days one thing I found to be very helpful is a 3 in 1 vitamin  pick it up a walmart it is calcium/magnesium/zinc start off with 4 every morning and 4 with dinner in a few days this will cut your withdrawals in half I only wish I would have found it sooner then I did but what a difference it made also it is not uncommon for some one to experience withdrawals wile tapering just know it is so worth it...Keep posting for support..............................Gnarly

[Ladykonnie]

What are you taking? What was your dose before?

[Sweetness91]

What is it that you take? A taper all depends on how YOU feel! If you still feel somewhat ok, then you're doing the right thing.