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Do Benzos work well for methodone WD?

Has anyone experienced a detox off of methadone by taking benzos only?  I have a detox here in Colorado that only uses benzos for detox.........not sure about this, so any input would be appreciated.  Thanks!
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When I detoxed from Methadone back in 2002, I believe God smiled on me becauase I really didn't have any physical withdrawal (except for muscle aches and diarrhea); the anxiety was unlike any type of anxiety I've ever experienced though. And it really seemed to hit me and it came on hard when I returned home. I don't know if it was because I was home alone or if they didn't keep me any longer than 21 days. At that time, I had been on Methadone for 7 months and now I've been on since May 2002 and I am terrible afraid to begin tapering.  For me, it's the anxiety and depression that I fear the most!
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That is what I was afraid of......the benzos not working for the physical symptoms.  What good is it then right?  THat is the part I fear the MOST!  God, if I had known then what I know now about methadone I would have never began taking it.  It is an awful drug to detox off of.  Just awful!!!  I guess I wont waste the money then on this detox clinic if it doesnt help with the physical symptoms.  Thanks for the crucial input!
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it will help with your anxiety...but you will still have every withdrawal symptom in the book...VERY SICK FOR 30+ DAYS...benzos are used for anxiety and panic attacks, it will do NOTHING for your physical withdrawals from methadone...
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I forgot to mention that besides remaining on Klonopin during my methadone detox, I was also given something for muscle aches (Robaxin) and they gave me Remeron (sp?) which I believe is an anti-depressant and it made me very sleepy the next morning too, so I didn't take it except for a couple of times when I couldn't get to sleep after trying for a while. I was also given Immodium for diarahea. There really isn't any escaping some discomfort but I think everyone deserves a humane detox without unnecessarily suffering when possible.
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If they only use Benzo's what stopt the physical W/Ds?
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I am back on methadone now but I did detox off it back in 2002 at a rehab facility where they allowed me to remain on Klonopin. The doctor told me he actually believed my detox then went as well as it did because they allowed me to remain on the Klonopin. Unfortunately, I didn't learn my lesson and I relapsed just as soon as my withdrawal symptoms had completely lifted. I have panic disorder and I personally don't mind taking Klonopin for as long as needed because I don't abuse it. I abused narcotics like Vicodin, Lortab and that's what lead me to Methadone which is much harder to detox from but at the time I did not know that.
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If it's a supervised detox, the it will be pretty safe. I wouldn't wanna try benzos very much with methadone detox at home. Meth is hard enough to kick without picking up a benzo addiction as well. Supervised inpatient detox is another story, though...I'm sure it works very well. Benzos can be very useful for opiate detox.
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