i took my last dose of methadone 10mg on a sunday to but 12 days ago sunday. i've found threw experience with methadone 4yrs , researching on it and threw this website... it really depends on your body, how much you were taking and how long.it seems the longer your on methadone ,the longer the withdrawal.i was scared ******** on day 4 & 5 but honestly it was nothing i couldn't handle i thought it was gonna be worse or get worse and it didn't.i tapered down to 10mgs and stayed on it for about 2 months though. a couple years back when i was on a high dose daily i had to suffer not being able to go to the clinic for about 7 days and it sucked!!! i had the worse withdrawls ever and by day 7 i wanted to die it was so uncomfortable. this time though now that i've chosen to get off methadone at my discretion and i was able to SLOWLY taper down it wasn't that bad. on day 4 i think it was i woke up in the morning and had an erg to go out and take a walk despite or cold buffalo weather here. gnarly gave me some good advice on taking multi vitamins they helped a lot. threw day 1 & 10 i would have good days or hours and some not so great, it seemed to come and go.day 11 i woke up feeling like my old self again accept my mind is still a bit ummm i guess i would call it hazy. whatever your going threw today is most likely going to be the worst you'll feel but i can't tell you how many more days you will feel like that.my issue was mainly the back pain and restless legs. keep telling yourself tomorrow will be better i just gotta get there. & you will.youre already 5 days in the worst will be over soon enough and you"ll be proud! this sight is very helpful and supportive stick around. good luck and god bless. p.s. if you need someone to talk to shoot me a msg.
methadone detox is similarto most narcotics sweats chills stomach cramping leg crampng the runs and a host of other side effects the most complained abot is the lack of sleep
that can go on for several months when I quit I went from 150 to 1 in 8 1/2 mo but dident get well for 90 dats you got to be in this for the long haul and stay clean or you justt set yourself back keep posting we can talk good luck and God bless......Gnarly
hello and welcome. methadone has a longer half life so the withdrawal symptoms dont usually start until after 72 hours. how much were your taking and for how long were you on it?