Methadone Withdrawals!!! Help

Yeah skippy meg is right and i dont even know her but i know her fruit and her fruit comes from the living word of GOD! and that is the only way that i know. i lost my twinn brother back in 98 and a year later i lost both of my grandparents and 2 be honest with you that took a lot out of me  i started back drinking using drugs to help cope with the lost.but that was only temporay becouse as soon as i came down from that high i felt the same all over again! now it took me from 98 to 2008 to really get back focused on christ. and to start putting him 1st in my life and when i started doing that now i realize who i am again and that is a man of GOD who is sent on a mission to win souls n2 the kingdom of heaven and 2 share my life testimony 2 others so that they too can change. now you dont know me from a lump on a log lol! but i love you and so does christ that is why he died on the cross 4 our sins and it is not by luck that he sent me and meg to you.GOD has a purpose 4 ur life and that is to be a testimony to others about ur situation whether you know it or not. and you say you dont know who you are anymore the devil is a liar you are a child of the most high! GOD bless you and stay encouraged

What's your situation like? Are you getting your stuff on the street or through a doctor (from what you're saying, sounds like street). Are you well informed on the whole withdrawal process (...I mean, beyond going through a week of pure hell when you run out. :)  )  

I know where you are (have been there, was on oxy, then, heroin, then methadone...finally got it under control and have tapered down to the 3 milligrams I'm on now.) and the hardest thing is getting just a few days/weeks in a row where you can take a breather and figure out what the hell you're going to do.

The FIRST thing you need to do is take a totalling of your "assets". I mean what you have, what you can do, and what you have access to. The third is crucial and it's best to do this with someone who's gone through what you're going through. Usually, they'll have info you DON'T have that can give you the options you need. Do you have anyone or place you can go to to do this?

Yes...on the street. I buy 100mg and then water it down to make it last for 4 days. so I really do not know exactly how much I take each day. I am not feeling too bad at the moment, the thing that is getting me is the fear of what's coming. I know far too well what is in store for me for the next 3-4 weeks at least the next 5 days. I have went 2 weeks before without it but I have forgotten what the second week was like.  I live with my fiance' and this is the best place for me to be. Very supportive atmosphere.

methadone is the hardest one...how much are you taking eaching day?....I know right now you feel like everything is chaotic, you cant make sense of anything, but the most important thing right now is to take the first step in reclaiming your life and that is going through the first phase of withdrawal. You need to have support and committment. Then, when uneasiness has subsided alittle you need to make a plan...but you need to know this is a process, and when the acute withdrawal symptoms are gone you will feel other waves of uneasiness and thoughts of confusion and disarray...You have to keep focused ...you can do it...you just have to know that your life is on the other side of this battle, and your going to feel hopeless and wonder who you are....everyone does....One step at a time...patience....and you'll beat this....
josh

I am also detoxing from methadone - tomorrow I will take 35 mg., going down 2 mg. daily.  In my journal, I have posted a few things that are natural remedies that might help you...and I am not sure if this is correct, but I want to say it is avisg(sp?) that has milligram info for the vitamins in her journal.  Search the Thomas recipe too.  This can be done - you are in the riight place to make it happen.  
Once my father passed away in 2001...I just changed...drastically and unintentionally...now I realize all of that was meant to be...that was the path here...I am so excited to get beyond this addiction...
I agree with meg in the aspect of faith making it easier - I also believe it is important to connect with the higher power...it is also important to remember that it is all right.
If I can help you at all...please let me know...I am sending good energy to you!!!!  To all of you (and me!)
There are a few people detoxing from methadone, we will keep up with each other.

You're buying street methadone in liquid form? We call that colored water around here. :) Well... that's a huge problem right there. Detoxing (especially with liquid street methadone) is almost impossible. Something always goes wrong and screws it up. I'd tell you to try to save a portion of your dose from each time, but it's almost a guarantee that after a few weeks your dealer will flake or something similar will happen and you'll be stuck going through your stored stuff. You need to have a few weeks were you aren't frantically focused on when/how you'll get your next bottle so you can just keep getting by (what I meant about what you're doing in the next few days/weeks. I meant beyond just doing this over and over).

You're in indiana? Shoot, I wish I knew something about the state's policy on drugs...I take it you don't have insurance? Are you working? If they're similar to NY, then if you have no obvious income, generally you can get on state insurance. Do they have a clinic system there, or is that one of the states methadone is illegal?

The bottles are unopened and sealed when I get them. Yes there is a clinic here. I don't know anything about the state insurance stuff. No I am not working. It is legal in this state. Feeling bad......

savas you really need to research before telling someone to go get insurance to get more drugs. IT IS possible to get off of the liquid ,  after shooting the liquid for 4 years my brother is now clean for 2 mths. was he sick ? definately,did he have pain?? yes ,he was confused . depressed, emotional and sick . but we prayed, bought imodium and  some natural vitamins to help him sleep.and with the depression and he is feeling better each day . Is he 100 percent ? no way , this drug strips EVERYTHING from you emotionally,psycially and ,finacinally. It takes time to heal all . so hang in there. It can be done research and find out what can help you. you can be a strong , healthy person again.It is not easy I know personally I am a recovering IV meth addict .I now have 11 years clean

i too have kicked it.100mg.liquid a day for 10 yrs.got about 5 mos.down and it is still very hard.the initial w/ds are bad but dont last that long,2-3weeks depending on how much u were taking.the part that gets me is the post acute w/ds.the symptoms of depression,no motivation,ambition,no interest in anything really,but i will have a decent day here and there.so i know that one day i should be back to normal.post acute w/ds ive read and talked with others say it can last for 6 to 18 mos.   i know that sounds long and it is,believe me,5 mos. is long.but we will have our life back,our feelings back,our appearance back.b/c i know that when im taking it my face gets really pale-i dont see it but everyone tells me so.anyway,i hope this helps you.think about how long we have been doing drugs.that little bit of time will be worth in the end.

im 26 days clean off methadone i was on it for 9 months at 70mg then went down to 10mg and then cold turkey.  
the worst is behind be but im depressed, cant sleep, think about the drug all the time, no motivation.  Im so tied of feeling this way. How will i every fuction in life like this. My family wants me to get a job.  I cant even make it through the day at home sometimes. IM SO AFRAID!!!!

Tina

Just keep it up!!  This sickness is only temporary.  I took my last dose on 5-23-08 after being on methadone for 3 1/2 years.  My husband did the same.  I still feel like **** but it has gotten so much easier.  Looking at the span of our lives this will be such a short time.  I feel like I wasted all my time taking meth and it robbed me of my focus on so many important things.  I can't wait to see all of the extra money we will have too.  We spent $9600 a year on the junk for over 3.5 years.  To wake up and not have to be dependent on some medication to function every day will be such a blessing.  I forget who I am too.  It will all come back to us though.  I have been thru this before other drugs and it always gets better.  Time heals all things.  We just got married in September of 07 and my little sister died in 3-07.  So much has happened that I wish my head was clear for.  But....it's never too late to start new.    Good luck and God Bless!

Hi all. I know my problem may anger a few as my addiction revolves around trying to come off of 5mg of methadone a day though sometimes I did take up to 30mg/day on occasion. This is my second time trying to come clean, the first time being EXACTLY like what is being described but it was cold turkey and I was taking 30-50mg/day. After 8 days of taking nothing I was in terrible shape, I don't think anyone here needs me to explain. That was almost a year ago.

My real question is...how much longer do I have to endure these nagging withdrawals, again, I have extreme empathy for those of you coming off of much higher doses.

I have taken less than (or around) a quarter of a half of a 10mg pill for the past five days. In other words, about 2.5mg a day. I have read that tapering off this devils tool is best outside of seeking professional help. I have searched extensively on the phases or duration of methadone withdrawal on the internet but have been unable to find any information I am looking for.

I have the joint pain, lower back stiffness, some sneezing, runny nose, headaches, IRRITABILITY, mood swings, and extreme sweating. I have brief moments when I feel like I may be coming around but they are brief and are followed by depression, anxeity, followed by a need to sleep a while.

I take the smallest amount I can to avoid going through even worse withdrawals. But I know that even taking 2.5mg/day will need to cease and my personal withdrawals may become worse.

My question, how long are the withdrawals coming off such a low dose? Please remember, I have already weened myself off of a steady 5mg-10mg/day regiment for a 6 month period. I guess I'm looking for someone who knows, been through, or is currently going through what I am now. Is there anything I can take, drink, or eat that can help with the uneasiness or do I have to just endure it?

Finally, my heart and prayers go out to those who are trying their best to beat your demon. I can relate to coming off - cold turkey- from much higher doses and I only had to go a little over a week before I was able to ease the pain by taking a little more methadone. I'm done, no drug will control me.

Anyone493

You have described just about exactly where I am in my attempt to wd at home and this was my third time to try to taper from 20mg a day to finally 2.5mg.  Wd is not much different if you're wd from 20mg or 2.5mg or so I have exp.   I'm 8 days in cold turkey, from 2.5mg a day.  This is like hell.  Well, you know all of the symptoms.  The worst is the depression, anxiety and just the absurd thoughts that death is an answer.  If God can't help me.  He'll have to take me home.  I  will not give up if every devil in hell comes down on me.  One of these days I am going to use my experience to tell people the truth about one of the devils' most powerful tools to destroy people today.  I used to work in the medical field and was truly ignorant about the horrors of methadone.  Today to be honest, I'd have to say it's been a bad day.  I feel like I'd have to get better to die.  Yesterday was better.  Hang in there and pray, pray, pray, even when you don't want to.  God has a plan for us we just veered off course.  Prayers to all!!

is anyone on here

hi i am on oxycone 15 mg and oxycotin 5 mg i have been on pain pills of one sort or onther for the last 2 years  i right now have fibroynalga thats why im taking oxys right im running short this month and have had to take 2or 3 a day when im use to taking 12 so im having withdrawls your mabey asking why so many well im suppose to take 4 oxycodine and one oxycodone at bed time i have a big tolance to pain pills so most the time i have to take more then im suppose to to help my pain so what im asking is what can i do to help my withdrawls not be so bad i have to work and im scared to death how sick im going to get  is there someone out there that cantell me a home remity to help me with my withdrawls untill i can get my prescision .filled

there are meth clinic in indianapolis, how close are you. the first visit is like $120, then 40 each visit after, I did'nt use them but heard for the first week you have to go either every day or every other day . also look  in the phone book for meth clinic they have them, or pain clinic's in your area that will take you with out a dr referral, then they will help you with detox, help with the cold chills, bugs crawling under your skin, you know all of them. Or if you are close to Anderson Indiana go to The Anderson Health Clinic at the hospital they will help you as an outpatient, and you only pay what you can. if you are not close to them., check some of your local hospitals. hope this helps.

by zeezy,

I have been on methadone for 7 years.  I went from 40mg to 7mg over a long period of time.i told my doctor i wanted to go off the stuff completely because i felt i was losing myself- he told me i needed to go on hydromorphone first and withdraw from that- and i was also put on clonidine. still the worst is my muscle pain, stomach cramps, depression, all over pain and sleepiness.- and I'm still taking 2.5 methadone at end of day.  has anyone one else heard of doing this or went through something similair?

I came to this site three weeks after my living hell with withdrawals.  After oxycontin abuse I made the biggest mistake of going to the methedone clinic where I continued the journey for five years.  Once I made the decision to free myself from this drug, I truly had no idea how bad the withdrawals would be - and truly believe if I had known the hell I was going to put my family and children through, I'm not sure I would have gone off.  Going off Methedone is the hardest thing anyone can do.  BUT YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!   After the torturous physical withdrawals, I became depressed, fatigued and scarred to death I would never be able to function as a normal person without the daily boost of Methedone.  I'm so happy to say now that I have survived - and I am now in week four.  I am getting stronger everyday.  I'm taking multi-vitimans, eating heathly and trying to exercise - which is still difficult.   My depression has lifted and now I'm just working on getting my strength back.  I just want anyone out there who is having such a hard time and wondering if they can physically and mentally make it --  YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!  I wanted to die at one point, but looking back now I'm so happy to see how far I have come.  Please don't give up.  It will be very hard, but you can do it........    

I have been on methadone for a year now and it's time I quit wasting my life on this garbage.  August 6th I will begin a self-detox off methadone.  I have been "talking" with Dr. Dave and I have got my various vitamins and supplements ready. I have done a week before and felt like hell so i know this is going to be very, veryhard to do but the price is worth every pain.  I want my life back

This is for everyone that is coming off or has run out to early or what have you. I was the latter about 3 days ago. No one should quit cold turkey, not only is it dangerous you are just torturing yourself. I know everyone is paranoid about going to the ER because they'll just label us addicts right? Let me tell you any Dr. that calls himself a doctor is not going to let you suffer through Methadone withdrawal. I explained me situation to the ER God bless his soul (which by the way I begged the almighty for his intervention). I explained to the Doc that I no longer had transportation to my out of town pain doc and was starting Methadone withdrawals. Despite having a history of opiate abuse on file at the ER he scripted me 40 Methadone 10's and Ativan to boot, God bless his soul! The morale of this story is don't torture yourself, seek professional help, at the very least goto the ER. You never know who might be on shift, maybe an angel?

That should read I explained my situation to the ER doctor. I think we all know how loopy we can get on this stuff, am I right?

I am on 6mg daily methadone with a Dr assisted taper. I have gone down 5mg weekly from 58mg. I was doing GREAT, little to no w/d symptoms! I plan on walking off the methadone at 6mg, planning for this to be my last week... I am not sure if I am just freaking myself out or what? I feel like I haven't had a good nights sleep in a week! I toss and turn, my thighs feel tight and agitated. I tried tylenol PM to no avail. Sadly, I tried drinking wine before bed, no go!
Please give me some ideas to curb the w/d!!! I am determined to walk off at the 6mg. I can't see paying $200 a month for less than 6mg. ( I go to a clinic)
I was using heroin, smoking it, daily for about a year when I entered the methadone treatment program. I am not worried about relapse from heroin, but am worried that I may never get off the methadone.
Anyone> ugghhhh

Can someone answer this?  I've been trying for the past month to get off of methadone completely.  It's difficult, to say the least.  I was only taking about 25 mgs for the past year (more before that) and for the past couple of months have been hovering between 7 and 10 mgs daily.  The past few days, I've gotten down to 3 mgs and then stopped altogether.  I'm generally a very motivated person, owned many large enterprises and always working on new and fun projects but my motivation is stripped, gone, dead and that is the worst.  Not to mention the anxiety and weakness, all wrapped up in one big ball of FUN!  So, any ideas, help would be very much appreciated!  Thanks...

i HAVE BEEN ON METHEDONE 15 YEARS (AND HAVE HAD 3 CHILDREN WHILE ON IT,)I AM ON 75MGS DAILY,I WENT TO PRISON 10 YEARS AGO AND CAME OFF 10 MILS A DAY,I THOUGHT IT WAS GOUING TO KILL ME.I COULD NOT SLEEP,EAT,DRINK AS I DRY REACHED,HAD LOOSE BOWEL MOTIONS (BADLY)DID NOT SLEEP FOR DAYS....,IT WAS 8 WEEKS AFTER MY LAST DOSE THAT I STARTED TO COME RIGHT,IT WAS THE SUISIDE THOUGHTS AND THE DEPRESSION THAT WAS RTHE WORST,ALSO BEING FREEZING COLD AND GOOSE BUMPS OVER THE ENTIRE PART OF YOUR BODY,THIS IS THE WORST DRUG TO WITHDRAWL FROM,AS METHEDONE SEEPS INTO YOUR BONES,IT TAKES SO LONG TO COME OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM,BUT IF YOU GET THROUGH THAT YOU HAVE TO SORT OUT THE THOUGHTS IN YOUR BRAIN OF THINKING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.ITS OKAY FOR YOU BODY TO BE FREE FROM METHEDONE BUT YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR BRAIN FREE FROM IT,WHICH IS HARDER,AS SOON AS I GOT OUT I WENT BACK ON IT AS PAROLE BOARD ORDERED IT.
I AM NOW ON 40MGS AND HAVE HAD 2 CHILDREN SINCE THEN,MY CHILDREN WERE BORN WHEN I WAS ON 30MGS,THEY SHOWED SLIGHT WITHDRAWLS BUT NEVER WENT ON ANY WITHDRAWLING MEDICATION,I HONESTLY CAN NOT SEE MYSELF COMING OFF IT AGAIN....

hi, i have been using drugs off the street for about 7 years straight, detoxed off pills many times, but then i found out about a methadone clinic which was the worst mistake, u don't realize it until u come off of it, im current in the second round of coming off the ****, first time went 7 days detoxing at 1mg a day increments until done, i could not bear it, 7th day i went back, this time i got my mind straight, and mental thoughts together and went down 5mg a day, this was acually easier, with the help of nerve pills and smoking some weed made all the difference, i about 9 days in from being away from the clinic, the worst of withdrawals symptoms r gone, getting off the done is a big sucess even if ur taking other things, done is the worst, it changes brain chemistry and everything and has the longest half life then any other opiate, my point is, if u can just get the methadone out of ur system, thats a sucess, u can come off anything, the subsitutes i took arent even a quarter as bad as methadone, my first time detoxing i was under a lot of stress, that does not mix, this time was no stress, took my vitamins, lots of vit c and b6, make mini routines to keep yourself moving, and u will know when ur on the upside of it, and in my situation the subsituting for another drug, well those only take about 3 days of hell, which is y i wish there was no meth clinic, i was better off before, and the whole time i was on done for a year and 9 months, i felt like s***, so ur damed if ur on it, better off without it. well 4 anybody reading this, i've been straight up so hope this helps, and hope to persuade some people not to go to clinic if there serious about getting off drugs. its easier to get off the stuff u were on before.