GOOBIE1234

[GOOBIE1234]

I need help trying to taper off methodone does anyone have any suggestions on how to this without going in the hospital I am a single mother and cant afford to go in rehab I am going to try to do this by myself. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

[GOOBIE1234]

I have called methodone clinics a few of them all they want to do is get you in there and put you on more meds and you are right it is not the best place to be. I know I can do this if I can beat cancer I can beat this. I am so glad I found this site it is nice talking to people who have been there. Thanks for the advice it helps to know there are other people going through the same thing.

[GOOBIE1234]

I was wondering if anyone has heard of a doctor giving durigisics for w/d from methodone I went to the doc yesterday one last time to see if he would help and that is what he said do put the patch on for 4 days then swap it out for another one leave it on for 4 days and the w/d should be gone they are 25mg by the way i have never heard of this and was wonder if anyone of you have.

[awakan]

Goobie you know if your doctor gives you a script for your methadone why not just take it home then cut your dose in half stay their till you are used to it , you will probably feel sick but not all the way out. then when you are used to that dose cut in half again. till you are almost off then take the last a little slower cut it by maybe a quarter then get off and allow yourself to be sick..Or just quit taking it and be sick all at one time and be done with it..So much of addiction is in the head, don't mis-understand me you will have some real bad withdrawals I know many folks don't agree with cold  quitting but many of those who don't have been tapering themselves down for the last decade it is just tough no matter how you look at it..But you sound like a survivor and that tells me you can access that part of your consciousness that makes these things possible..You have so much going for yourself..u-tu-gi...go-hi-yu-di...a-go-wa-dv-di..(hope-faith-vision)..a-wakan

[fishmeal]

Go to suboxone.com

It is another opiate drug but better than the doan.

[orangefyre]

My advise to you...get it over with. Just go through withdrawals. Easy for me to say, I know...I planned my w/d's over a vacation (Christmas). I did a slight taper, but found I still had mild w/d's, so why torture myself. I couldn't afford to lose my job, and I had seen another person go through it before...It's not pretty. The Thomas Recipe got me through the worst of it, I don't know if it TRULY worked, or if I was just substituting one addiction for a healthier addiction. It gave me hope and something I had control of. Anyway, I haven't taken a Methadone since Christmas. I was up to 160mgs give or take. Stressful situations were my trigger to take more, so I had to re-teach myself how to deal with stress. I'm 36 yo and have 4 children. A sweet and very supportive (I confided in her) 17 yo old daughter, and 3 boys ages 2, 8, and 13. I literally have my hands full. Going through w/d's with my children around, looking back, was the best thing that could've happened to me. They PUSHED me to get out and get moving. Just a little bit each day, and soon I was stronger and it was finally over. I played the "FLU CARD". I had some trouble with my heart during w/d's but it was short lived. It took a good month for me to say, hey I'm doing ok now.
That's my story, and my advise. Don't put your body through those mini w/d's during a taper. Methadone is a different critter, and VERY hard to beat. If it is TRULY what you want, you'll find a way to get through it. My email address is in my profile. If you want to talk to someone who has been there and beat it, write me. I'll do my very best to help you through it. I have faith that you can do this, if you want it. You can beat it.
:-)  Lisa

[serenitysaves]

I would not recomend cutting your dose in half because you are at low dose now.  If you could get a mesurment tool to see exactly how much your comming down and do it yourself.  If you come down to fast in my opion it just brings more pain than is needed.  Methadone is a hard drug to stop, and for the time you've been on what's a few more months?
something that might be helpful as fars as med's when comming down.

alprazolam is a generic for xanax.  a small dose of 0.5MG once or twice daily. (only as needed!!!!)
hydroxyzpam 50MG is a generic for vistaril. take one up to three times a day as needed

OF COURSE!!!!  Talk to your docotor first!!!!
These are what I'm taking right now to help with the w/d's, which at this point are'nt that bad. (very greatful for that)

I know a lot of clinics want people to stay for the long run either for money or the fact that if used and taken the right way it can change an addicts life, which it has for me.
I know your situation is different, but my clinic has been very supportive of my taper to detox.
as long as your not using and taking it as directed there should'nt be a problem, but again that's for the clinics I've been too.
I wish you the best. It really is an awesome thing to hear of a recovery like yours.  My aunt, who was my moms twin and only living realitive because they were adoted in Germany.  She died in 1990 from ovarin cancer.  so it's so great to hear anyone surive the fight of cancer.

Take care, Robin