withdrawal painful??

[starbelly]

k so my husband told me that he had stopped taking his methadone cold turkey... he was at 60 mg and had his last drink on friday. Today is thursday and to be honest i'm wondering if he's lying to me?

he has not thrown up once, he seems to have no problem sleeping, he even been eating some food and says he's hungry. he says his body is sore but he's able to get up and do things (with the occasional moan) Now maybe i'm para  but for some reason i think he should be in more of a bad situation... unless he's lucky but common? 60mg one day and 6 days later only an achy body??

i decided to get rid of all his empty bottles that were lying around and just so happened to find one that was full.... Now he did tell me he dumped all but one just incase... but it was only yesterday that he told me he threw the last out... please help me i don't want to be that bitchy wife would is accusing him of something if in fact he is doing as he says.... would you be suspecious too?

[sky537]

I also am going down on methadone I was at 140mgs 3 months ago I'm at 65mgs now. Well yesterday i missed a drink today I felt so weak I could barely get dressed to go to the clinic, IF your husband went cold turkey from 65mgs he would be very ill probably about day 2-3 he would experience flu like symptons, He would have very achey bones and probably would have trouble eating, I think you should be a little concerned he might be using another drug or the one he used before methadone sounds kind of funny! I hope you find your answers.sky537

[Katya456]

I ried to get of methadone to try to get off oxys and methadone worked for a while, but I got sick of going to the chemist everyday and I had to pay for it so I went off it and did the cold turkey. It was horrible. I was a mess for about two weeks and went back to oxys cos I had to have some narcotic in my system. Am now trying to get of oxy and that is like going to hell for a while. I still cant get out of bed some days and I am taking neurontin now to help with the withdrawals

[sadinmichigan]

honey..I would go with your gut instinct..What is it telling you?  we are here for you..please keep posting..

[starbelly]

well i just want to say thanks for all the concerns... the fact is i did see the toothpaste thing and its really sad to say that he really is that much of a lazy pig and i was not surprised when he said that!

As for the wd symptoms... today they were very apparent! he's not working nor has he been  all week... in fact he's been laying in bed... he barley get out to do anything

I think i'm more pissed off now cause he decided to do this on his own. There was no talk about it no prep time for me... now i have to not only take care of our 5 year old but take care of him? i get annoyed that now EVERYTHING is MY responsibility and he lays in bed watching movies ALL day! i just rather see him be physically ill cause then i'd know for sure this is what he says... i guess i'm fearful that this is his way of getting out of life for a few days.

honestly guys... i don't know anymore

One person asked if he had a history lying... and fact is he does. I too am a recovering addict, i've been clean for 2 years now so i know all about the hiding places and all that jazz... i think cause i know how a junkies mind thinks, i'm affraid he's thinking that way... am i the stupid one? jeeze this ***** big balls!!!!

thanx again

[sadinmichigan]

the more I have been thinking about this I just want to throw this out there...I think he did that to throw you off. none of us wants to think that our spouse is lying to us but I do think that something is way wrong about that. It makes no sense at all. Even if he was running late for work why would he not spit the toothpaste in the sink? lets even say he had an empty bottle in his pocket on his way to work and pulled it out and spit into it??? why not just spit on the ground...and then to put the bottle back?? but you said you found it in hie drawer..why would he out it back? I'm sorry hun..this is a huge red flag. I am amazed that he could even go to work. I know that not everyone suffers the same comming off methadone but suffer you will to some degree especially off that dose. Even a girl on here that weaned down to 1 mg still had w/d symptoms. I believe that he is handling it well because he simpy isn't in w/d...My heart goes out to you and I hope that he will level with you. As I said above..I would certainly not blame him for not being able to handle the w/ds especially having to work etc..maybe he is ashamed because he couldn't do it..either way ..please keep posting and I hope it works out..

[Xandria]

I agree with all the other posters....everything I have learned about methadone, well...scary withdrawal worse than heroin.  While a lot of withdrawal is mind over matter, the physical symptoms are impossible to hide...cold/hot sweats, trembles, shakes, pale/gray skin color.  I was just on oxy, and still on day 3 everyone who saw me thought I was dying, probably would today too.

[BoboR]

I agree with the above post...the toothpaste thing doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. Being dependent on methadone myself, I know what lengths some users will go to in order to hide their stuff. My first thought when I started reading your beginning post was "He's stashed a bottle of colored water as a diversionary tactic." Sorry, but that was my first thought. I've stashed my junk all over the house trying to hide it. Addicts will go to great lengths to "hide" things, and I'm not just talking about the drugs.

If your husband is CT off 60mg of methadone for a week, and he's having little or no withdrawal symptoms, he's either one extremely fortunate individual, or he's lying to you. Of course, everyone is different, but nearly everyone that detoxes from methadone has some wd's. I've never known anyone who *didn't* have some pretty bad wd's from going CT.

If he's functioning the same now as he was when he was using, I'd be suspicious that he has more methadone stashed somewhere.

[sadinmichigan]

well all I can say is he must be very very strong..and I mean like 1/2% of people in history that can manitain during cold turkey from 60 mg of methadone,, In all due respect the toothpaste story doesn't make a whole lot of sense. As worried said give it some time..

[worried878]

u know...the major part of this whole thing is upstairs....we have control over alot of how we feel...strong guy but if he is honest i would have to respect him...that is alot to take on and not show....but who kows....he may be telling the truth..u know him...we do not...does he have a history of being manipulative and lying?....he did not have to choose to go ct but he did so i guess he is just mentally ready or very good acotr...keep ur eyes open if this a repeated event over and over...otherwise be grateful

[starbelly]

thanks guys!

I told him that i found the other bottle and he asked if i opened it yet... which i didn't at that point... he started to laugh and said to open it. So i did and i dumped it down the sink... just to find this bottle full of dirty mouth wash!

He said he was running late for work one day and was brushing his teeth and eneded up spitting the toothpaste water into an old empty he had in his dresser!

So now i feel like an idiot!

but needless to say... He still seems to be taking this "withdrawal" pretty freaking well!

Today after my post i confronted him on my suspisons and he says that he feels like **** but is trying really hard to keep on the positive side and tough this through so i and our son don't see him suffer. I still don't know though... maybe i'm just nervous for him

this whole cold turkey thing was so out of the blue and i fear he may not be ready for it.... i will definatly keep posting here!

All you guys have helped me so far in the last week!

thanks again everyone!

ttyl

[worried878]

well...if now u know they are all gone and he is not getting more...give it 3 more days....if he still doesnt feel utterly awful, then he is a lucky son of a gun

[kim715]

I have to agree with everyone else.I went c/t off of 25 mgs and I couldn't get out of bed by myself for the first 2 weeks.I felt like I was dying ,many nights prayed for the good Lord to just take me.I agree with Lisa.Although some do handle it better then others,his symptoms are more then the exception.Something certainly doesn't sound right there.Peace...Kim

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

The stuff is awful and there doesnt seem to be any way that I can see ( and I have been there ) that you could stop a historical dose of 60mg per day with no noticeable affect.............

[NautyOne]

Very good advice on the above Post........

Nauty..........

[sadinmichigan]

I just wanted to add that I wouldn't blame him if he had a hard time doing this..it's a horrible thing to go through..but lying about, not good..maybe you could just confront him and tell him just that..you know that it is so hard and most don't succeed the first time. But there is no need to lie..

[NautyOne]

I think he might be pullin a wooly.......I hear people dyin when going off much less than that.......something is not right.......I'm sorry.

Luv,
nauty............

[sadinmichigan]

Hmmm thats hard to say for sure but I highly doubt he is going to feel as good as he does..I guess i would be a bit suspicious as well. I went cold turkey of 65mg..I didn't throw up unless I tried to eat and I was awake 231/2 hrs a day..I couldn't function at all..My guess is somethings up..i wish I had some better answers but that is hard to believe..he would be more than the exception. i hope it's true but you will soon know the truth one way or the other...good luck

[liscamdave]

Well, I am not positive, but I am pretty sure that Methadone packs a good punch. And 60mgs is a lot. I took it for a couple weeks and was only taking 10mgs a day and my w.d was UNREAL. I was addicted extremely high amount of Oxy Contin and to this day, my worst w.d was from Methadone. Either he has been tapering down to very minimal, or he is still taking some. There is no way he just bypassed w.d. At least I am pretty sure, And if he did, then he is extremely lucky. You should throw away the rest of it and see what happens. I almost sure he is still taking a little, if not alot. Sorry. This is my opinion. I'm not a professional...