Day 3 and found Methdones

[HelpMe305]

Day three n I find six methadones. Ughhh. I know, I know flush them. I'm just aggravated.  What are the long term effects of being clean from opiates? I read how this is a life long battle and it frustrates me. I don't want to spend the rest of my life waiting for it to creep on me. I don't want to be depressed once the physical symptoms are over. I only used for two years, will I ever be Normal????

[gnarly_1]

HI flush the methadone all you will be doing with that much is prolonging your withdrawal +methadone is a lot harder to withdrawal from if you continue to use it your already at day 3 in another day or 2 your going to feel a lot better then give it a few weeks and life will be looking pritty good agian methaodone is ment for hardcore addicts and is ment  to be used in a program over time to put your addiction on hold to give you a chance to get out of the cycle of addiction and into recovery its never been ment to be a ..''get out of jail free card''' dont use it listen to Vicki and the others we have been there I was on methadone for 6 1/2yr and it just about killed me comning off off it flush them so there not an option trust me you dont want to go down that road your almost threw this thing good luck and God bless.....Gnarly  

[vicki595]

Hey there- What's going on? How can we help?

Day 3 has to be one of the worst!  The good news is the time: it passes. You WILL feel better and it will be a lot sooner than you think...

Try not to focus on how rotten you feel but more on what you're doing to improve your life and your health!   Embrace this time...you're getting cleaner and cleaner and you'll feel better and better. I know you can't imagine that right now but that's just the nature of the beast. Part of your brain wants you to fail because it wants those pills!  You need to do everything you can to make yourself feel better and be more comfortable.

So, hot baths,comfy clothes,tea and toast. Wash your hair. Put clean sheets on your bed and get in it! You can baby yourself; it's part of the process.

Do not underestimate the value of vitamins; you need them right now. Take a good multi vit with some extra C. B vits are great for your brain so take them as well.

Tomorrow will be better and a week from now you'll be laughing again!

[Bkitty]

~Its ok to not be OK sometimes (another mbr told me this),,it does get better,,I promise. Hang in there,,if you wake up tonite come here and post someone is always listening. and pleasehelpme thank you too. I didnt mean to make ya cry though,,it was just how I was feeling at the moment.~Bkitty

[HelpMe305]

Tomo has to be a beter day. I'm losing it.

[pleasehelpme115]

I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT  METHS BUT I WOULD SAY DONT EVEN DO IT BECAUSE MY DAD WAS A CHRONIC HEROIN USER FOR YEARS AND THATS WHAT HE TOOK WHEN HE TRIED GETTING CLEAN BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. LISTEN TO RICART70 and bama because they know what they r talking about and they have given me great advice. ohh and congrats on putting the opiates down. i know its hard but just stay close to the forum and u will get all the support that u need. i love these guys, bkitty. gnarly. bama. and ricart. thanks for all of your support. bkitty i did read your journals and i cried.

[Bkitty]

~I dont know what the long term effects of being opiate free are yet,,Im in Day 18. I do know that to be sober,,Im having to change everything in my life. When my kitty found a bottle of pills under my bed on Day 4 I wanted to kill him (not really),,I couldnt look  at him. I had a choice,,,I chose me and the hope from all the other members out there with significant sobriety that it does get it better. Thats all I am hanging on too,,,but I chose Me for once and not the pills,,,flush the pills. Chose You ~Bkitty

[ricart70]

It amazes me that you guys find all of this stuff after quitting.I never found one little scrap of a pill.I guess I was just a very efficient user.lol.  

Don't take those meths...

[luckynags]

DO NOT TAKE METHADONE!!!! If you think your withdrawals are bad or hard now, trust me...Methadone withdrawals are 10 x worse and last 10x longer...... If I could take it all back, I would have stopped the opiates and never went on methadone..... After being clean for 6 weeks, I can tell you that it does get better, a whole lot better....... As for fighting your addiction for the rest of your life...well yes that's true but you need to understand that it will be a whole lot harder if you wait for the urge to happen to try to fight it.....instead you will find it a lot easier if you eliminate all your options to get the drug before the urge... tell your doctor about your addiction, erase all the phone numbers of all the people who will sell or give you the drug..... you need to cut off all contacts that have the drug or tell them now that if they care about you then they will not give you the drug no matter what..... Soon before you know it, you will have new friends, new attitude and a new life and you will be a better person because of it.... Don't hesitate to ask for help on this site, you will find great people who will stop at nothing to help you succeed!!!!! Good Luck and keep us updated!!!

[HelpMe305]

I appreciate the story. No domes are not anything I've ever abused, I just know they will take the pain away. My DOC are definatly Roxy 30s. I've been on them for almost the last two years. I remember the old me, I just don't know how I would get back to that. I hate the day I was offered my first one. To this day I don't even smoke pot. I watched my older brother do heroin, my mom has smoked weed our whole lives.  I have constantly been exposed, but I never touched.  I'm not sure what made me start, I think it just felt good and here I am.

[bama88]

Day three is the b*** of all.days for me. That's my physically sickist. What are you detoxing from? Is it funny what we find when we stop. What are you wanting to gain? I mean what benefit come from taking one? I'll share a story about an ex friend of mine on done. I promise this isn't me. She was a great person who had a serious problem. She went to the methadone clinic. I think several.at a time. She had pills from her doctor and still went to the clinic.  She drank done all.day at work. A SIP here and there. Shed also buy and or beg for any pills. Her favorite was xanax with done. She couldn't even clock in on time and.would come to work early. Shed just nod out. I tried and tried to reach out begging her to slow.down. one day she drank 200mg of done then ate three xanax bars and fell asleep. One a call. She was busted. Management asked her if she had a problem and of course she denied. They wanted to help her. If she would have confessed they would have sent her to rehab and would have paid her. We have killer benefits. She lost her job her house everything. I know I'm rambling but I'm trying to show the dangers of methadone. Flush them. It's truly a drug that's even more stronger than oxies. I'll be praying for you. Don't cave you've got three days

[bama88]

Hi and welcome. I just read your post and I'm confused. Were you taking dones along