Methadone withdrals

[ponco]

Hi happy new years. Ive been on methadone since aug 22 2012 im starting to detox. i was at 80mg last wk. i decreased 5mgs then. today i decreased 5mg and 5mg every wk. from now on. i have high blood pressure im goin on 60 yrs. old feb . 1st. im scared . i want to get off this drug so bad. im worried about the withdrals. some one get back with me asap to please tell me if i can decrease any faster. thank you . and good luck to every one going with the same prob..

[ponco]

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[ponco]

hi hows you doing. ya my folks are paying for my clinic right now there 86yrs. old. they cant afford to help me anymore. so i got till Mar 25th to get off the methadone. so i figure 5 mgs a week. that would put me into april so anyways, i lost my job in this past november. i have know insurence. so i guess im not alone. I feel bad for demonthdone. I told him by law the clinic has to dose him for another week. told him to check it out to call a lawyer. I hope your doing fine.john

[atthebeach]

john did i read on another thread that you only have one month to taper?
in that case you should taper much faster.

[Jenelle2020]

Hi ponco, I tried sending you a personal message but it would not go through, don't know why. Anyway, since we are not allowed to give tapering advice, the best thing I can say to you is to just keep doing what  you are doing, I highly doubt you are in withdrawal at the rate you are tapering. Maybe you need to separate your BP medication from your methadone?  Your symptoms are not typical of withdrawal, I would keep talking to the doctor about your BP medication.

[DEMONTHADONE]

Praying for u!! N keep at it. Is ppl like u n othrs on this site that keep me focus on the prize.

[atthebeach]

hi john, i am trying to send you a message. it wont go through. can you send me one and i will try to respond to it.
thanks
debbie

[ponco]

Hi my doc. swictch me on my metoprolol to a slow realease one. metoprolol that didnt work. so she put me back on reg. metoprolol. tarate. and im on hydralazine 25mg 3 times a day. i was on hydrochlorthiazide she just took me off of that one.and i take nifediac cc the issues im haveing today is every time i go to the clinic to dose im getting more drousy for some reason. and nausea ,cold you would think comeing dowd from 80mgs to 71mgs you wouldnt be drousy? my blood pressure is not high. actully i think its to low. 117/60 pulse63 my doctor says thats not to low. but i keep checking it. so i dont know if im withdrawling? im at 71mgs right now. i was wondering if i went down 5mgs a week would i withbdrawl? instead of them takeing 2mgs a week? could you get back with me ASAP thank you very much John

[ponco]

HI how are you doing hopefully your not block. well i will try to get this letter out. hopefully your doing ok .well anyways im haveing some issues. maybe you can help. i get up 400am every day to drive 40 miles round trip to drive to the clinic. to be there at 545am. i get my dose 71mgs then i take my blood pressure meds. i have been on 80mgs thats the highest ive ever been. but at 71mgs im getting more drowsy every day that shouldnt be? and i getlightheaded,cold,nausea. my bloodpressure is norm not high. am i withdrawling? can i decrease 5mgs every week instead of 2mgs every wk. or will i withdrawl? im deacreasing at 2mgs now. 5mg i dont know. could you please get back with me ASAP thank you John

[Jenelle2020]

Hey ponco, you can send gnarly_1 a private message, as he may not be reading these posts. Just click on his name and you will see a box to your right, in the box you will see "send a message" , just click on that and start writing away, I am sure he will respond to you via email.

[ponco]

whats up how are you doing i been trying to get a hold of you. i put some post up for you to read and questions but i havent heard from you. ponco.

[atthebeach]

hi john, how are you feeling? it is probably more than likely a change in the bp medicene that is causing your symptoms. you shouldnt be feeling withdrawal from the drop in your methadone. have you tried taking the bp meds at a different time than the methadone? why did you stop taking the metoprolol?
how long ago was your bp medicene changed? you might need more than one bp med. my husband takes  metoprolol and hydrochlorothiazide.
how did you feel before when you were taking the metoprolol? did you get dizzy?

[BarbRTR]

Oh, I am having syncope too. A pulse of 128 is ok though! Don't let it scare you! But do what you're doing and keep monitoring.
Go to ER if pulse gets really high or erratic. Same with BP. Really low or high.

Deep breathe. I can't tell if you are saying they just changed your BP meds, but that alone needs monitered if they did.

It took 4 months to get my metoprolol dose correct. But as long as your vitals are ok, deep breathe though it. Go straight to ER if erratic change! Good luck!

[ponco]

Hows it going good i hope. i havent talk to you in a while. im haveing all these issues, i dont know if im withdrawling or my blood pressure is messing with me. ihad the doc. take me off one of  my blood pressure meds. so i dont think that worked out to good. so i was put back on my metopropol. but a differnt one the other one was the same drug. this one is slow realase. at one a day 25mgs. the other was 25mgs 2 times a day. any ways the prob. im haveing is i dont know if its withdrawls or not. but ive been getting dizzy light headed, my pulse starts to go up . the other day when i stopped takeing my blood pressure med, the metopropol the next day is when prob. started. dizzy, pule went up to 128 the blood pressure wasnt real high , but the pulse was. it scared the crap out of me. i had prob. breathing, like i was running. so it happen again today. not as bad. it did pass. i dont know if its withdrawls or blood pressure meds. i took my methadone today take home. and took my blood pressure meds. it happen about 2hrs. after i dosed and took my bp meds. i figure maybe you might know. i cant get any answers from my doc. the methadone clinic has it in for me for calling them to much. they warn me to stop calling. they said im bothering them to much. and my cons. told me the same thing. so i cant find out anything from that clinic. i have to watch it there or else they will fast detox me . then im screwed. so any input you can give me i would b really grateful. also can i detox faster than 2mgs a week without withdrals? im at 73mgs now from 80mgs. tommarrow they bring me down 2mgs every monday. I will be at 71mgs tomarrow. can i drop 5mgs a week or is that to fast. i have been at the clinic for 5 months i dont know if that makes a differnts? thank you.

[weaver71]

I think the blood pressure is normal for a lot of us. Good news is, it's not dangerous, if you are healthy otherwise. In my first 100 days, I would try to jog for 1/4 mile. My BP made me feel like I was in full detox again. I would have to sleep an hr to recover from 5 minutes of running. I was at high doses for much longer, but I know how you feel. Good nutrition, exercise, and time, that's all it takes.That's it. Your slow taper will help it not be so bad, so don't get in too much of a hurry. Back when I had used methadone less than a year, I could get down to .5mg for a week and quit. If I remember right, I was doing much better in about a week. In two weeks, I would get to confident and take more. Here I am, years later, still waiting to feel GOOD, and it's been almost 6 months. Glad you're getting out now. You'll get where you want to be, just never forget why you decided to stop.

[ponco]

Thanks they both know. I decrease tommarow, by 2mgs
,every mon. i go down 2mgs. I wish i can go down more than 2mgs a week , but im scared i will go into withdrals. And right now im haveing issues with my blood pressure. I dont think its withdrals, but im not sure.ill talk to you latter stay well John.

[atthebeach]

Does both your prescribing doctor for your BP med and the clinic doctor know you are taking both drugs? Have you told them how you feel?
When are you supposed to drop your dose again?
I am doing great thank you

[ponco]

HI how are you doing ok i hope . im just wondering im down on my methadone from 80mg to 73mgs. im always drowsy. i dont know why. it worrys me i dont think im od ing . i was on 80mgs for about a month. the only thing i take is my blood pressure meds. there is one interaction on one of my bp meds with the methadone. hydrochlorothiazide its a diurectic it causes dizzyness and lightheadness. with the methadone. anyways i hope every thing is well with you all.

[ponco]

hi iwas on numb. 10 norcos. i never did anything but pain meds.i should have nevergone that high of a dose . thanks.

[atthebeach]

thats great that you havent experienced any w/d. that is why slow and steady is good. why did they drop to 2mg's from 5 this week? most times it is ok to come down 5mgs a week in the higher numbers. you have only been on methadone since august that is a very short time. my husband only detoxed from methadone 3 years ago after being on it for 10 years. he was 56 when he detoxed. he has a very rough time,he was at 100mgs and tapered down to 20mgs, when cold turkey from there along with going ct from high doses of xanax. he was very sick for months.
you will be ok. start the vitamins and protein shakes. keep yourself busy, exercise. dont let fear in. ask the LORD to help you and to give you peace. HE is able to do great and mighty things which we know not.
stay positive. what were you taking before you started on the methadone?
keep the faith..
sending prayers,
debbie

[ponco]

I want to thank you so much for your reply . i did ask jesus to please help me hes all everyboby has. hes the only answer. so far im not sick. my blood pressure is messing with me. Im keeping and i on it . im checking it like every half hour. I have bp meds. i see my doc. reg. if it gets to high i will go to the er. please keep in touch we will make it. GODS WILL NOT OURS. thank you so much. and good luck.

[ponco]

I appreciate you takeing the time out to talk to me. as im so scared. my age is against me i will be 60 in feb. but anyways im detoxing from the clinic. iI was at 80mg. i decreased to 75mg. im now at 73mg. im decreaseing 2mg per wk. iI do get take homes i dont know if i do 5mg a wk. if i will start withdrawling?

[hayls0324]

I'm on day 7 right now from methadone. I got up to 80 then went to 70 and then to 35 and then 5mls a week until I got to 5 and then I went down 1ml a week until I got to 1ml and then I stopped. It's awful, I'm not going to say its easy because it's not but if you have a good segue doctor then he can prescribe you things to help, I live in Canada, so I'm not sure what it's like anywhere else but my doc has me on a low dose of clonodine and that helps my panic attacks and somewhat with withdrawals (it's lowers your heart rate). I don't know if I would've been able to quit without having my kids as my motivation, just looking at them, my gorgeous little boys, I HAVE to get off. I just switched my brain to HAVE TO and not WANT. I know the person I want to be and I don't want my boys growing up and seeing me like this, they're young. But what I'm saying is if you have something like that that motivates you, hold on to it and don't let it go. And just go down on your methadone however you feel comfortable, if your not ready then your not ready. But you need to ask the lords help to be able to tell the difference between not ready and not willing. I'm here if you need.

[atthebeach]

how are you feeling today?
it could take up to 72 hours. how did you feel from your first drop?
try to build yourself up physically. exercise, drink protein shakes, take vitamins. prepare yourself mentally,physically and spiritually for your taper.
is the clinic giving you the taper of 5mgs a week or are you doing it on your own? do you get take homes?
please make sure you monitor your bp closely during your detox. elevated bp is a very common sign of withdrawal. another reason you need to go slow with your high bp already in place.
definitely dont take xanax with methadone, both are respiratory depressants.
keep the faith... you can do this.
debbie

[ponco]

its been 24hrs. since i went down 2mg. can i still go into withdrals from that. and also a wk. ago i went down 5mg from 80mg. the thing i cant understand is the drousyness i have. after i take my blood pressure meds. but i have always been drousy on the meth.i keep worrying im od on it. i dont take anything but the done and blood pressure meds.