methadone detox

[Sean920]

Ive been on methadone for just about 4 yrs I recently started detoxing, Im coming down 1 mg a week im only down to 67 mg from 70 but my joints ache so bad, Could my body be in this much pain from just 3 mgs in 3 weeks? I dont feel sick at all.

[gnarly_1]

hey Sean well you very well could be feeling it if you where at a teetering dose of what it takes to hold you over...tapering off methadone needs to be done slowly because of that
I was on 150ml for around 6 1/2yrs and when I started to ween down I remember
feeling it when I hit around 60ml but its different for everyone ...just hang in there if it is withdrawal pain it will go away in a few days...I wouldn't recommend tapering any farther
until your sure it has passed you will only get more uncomfortable...fortunately it usually
passes in a few days....one thing that help me out a lot was the right vitamins methadone robs your body of certain essential vitamins and the withdrawals are worst because of that...go to walmart and pick up a 3 in one calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement it will run you 6 bucks for 250 take 4 in the morning and 4 at dinner this will cut your withdrawals down considerably I dident find out about it till I was at like 25ml but it tured out to be a life saver as for tapering off I can set you up with a really doable taper if you like...it was given to me by a neo/natal nurse and worked really well for me...we no longer post them in the open forum due to the high number of inexperienced people that try to help ...check your e/mail in a few minutes and I can hook ya up
good luck and God bless.....Gnarly        

[stilltrying1965]

Hey bud methadone is one ofthe hardest drugs to kick but you my friend are doing it. Just take it slowly and you can and will do it. I am a heroin addict and iv got 57 plus clean days simular w/ds Good luck. ,,,,,,,,,,,James

[krissy30]

Sean, I don't want to offend you, but it could be that your mind is playing tricks on ya.....you really shouldn't be exp. any symptoms from missing 3mg....I was on 160mg...on that dose I could miss a day and not get severely ill (because methadone has such a high shelf life).  When I got down to about 15mg....that's when it really caught up to me.....just be patient, if it gets too bad, have them stop.  Once you get used to that dose, start tapering again.  I know you are probably anxious to get off of it (which is good, I was on it for 6 years which was way too long).  But, you would rather come off of it slow, then to taper too quickly and then relapse...right?

That's just a thought....but like I said, you really shouldn't be exp any w/d symptoms, could just be that you were expecting to feel bad, so you are.  Like ang said maybe you are just coming down w/something.  Or maybe you are a rare case and are really exp some w/d already, which is very unlikely...But, follow my advice about stopping if you need to....I wish I did it more slowly, I ended up relapsing.  Good luck to you!

[ang_811]

I went 5 mgs every week from 90mgs and went all the way down to 10mgs and that's when I felt my achiness, maybe ur just getting the flu... Have u been around neone whose been sick?