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methadone withdrawal / any help?

I* have been on methadone for a while and , well .... quite and I am now very very very very very very very sick . Is there ant thing I can do to help the puking and sick feeling, I have been taking low dosese of vicadin but am worried this will only prolong this sickness ....please help
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I've been on Methadone for 3yrs and am finally ready to stop. I'm weaning myself off slowly on advice of drs. I was told to drop 5 mg every 2-3 weeks. I did not calculate tho when I was down to the last of my pills so i wnt frm 20 to 15mg & 15-10mg in less then a week. 12 days ago i (at 15 mg) started having cramping and nausea /no other withdrawal symptoms. Since i dropped to 10 mg, I'm irritable, muscle pain (altho i have Fibroimyalgia)still cramping and sick. Im curious since my fmly dr has no clue about methadone, why would i be having withdrawal symptoms if its still in my system? i always thot it would be so easy to slowly get off it and wouildnt be nearly as bad as oc withdrawals, im afraid im wrong aftr reading horror stories. I could go back to my dr for "one more" scrip, but then i feel i will never finally stop this awful drug. Other then clonidine, or costly and timley buphrenorphine programs what else can i do before i can get into my psychiatrist (who has been more helpful then the "scrip dr")?? I have exactly 25 mg. left. Im wondering if i should continue taking 5mg then try and break it to 2.5 etc. or just get it over with and finish it in 2 days and accept whats already happening. Any other recipe for withdrawals as well? PLEASE HELP ME!
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it does work....oh boy does it work...thats why im sick now
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my doc put me on methadone today 5mg 4 times a day for my pain and to help me get off of percocet and vicodin. so far today i have taken 2 pills and all i feel are withdrawals. i don't want to get the "high" feeling anymore. I just want to be able to get out of bed and take a shower and go the store without crying in pain. does this stuff take a while to work or am i just s*it out of luck?
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10 mgs pill , like 30 mgs a day for like 5 mouths and im on day 3 or 4 of no meth , i took some  10mg norco's to ease the pain last nit and 2 day at work....just want help.......thank you
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30 mgs a day is a low dose. you shouldnt have too many more days of hell. i can tell you on 90 mgs it took me 10 days to be able to eat. after 10 days the worst part is over. there are some things you can take for the w/d's. things you can get over the counter, but i dont know what they are but other people on here do. i think a low dose of vicodin is ok to take the edge off. meth is alot stronger so it shouldnt be a problem. can you post a question ask if anyone has the recipe for withdrawal symptoms.
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first of all, how long were you on it and how long have you been off of it? and are you on the 10 mg pills, diskettes, or liquid? how many milligrams a day?
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