Methadone withdrawal

[Lilly1955]

This is still very hard

[weaver71]

Yep, you are right on schedule. at 14-21 days, you should start to feel quite a bit better, not great, but the waves of bad times will get further apart and the healing will feel more distinct. Just hang in there and keep posting. It's a long ride, many, including me talk about the acute detox, it feels like it takes forever. Just keep remembering that this feels like longer than it is. You will look back and say, "That was the longest few weeks I ever lived through," but time will speed up and you will realize it is a small amount of time in relation to the rest of your life. You are healing, just give it the time you need to heal.

[motye51]

Depression is totally normal at 12/13 days. Your brain should be in a bit of a fog. I was told from the beginning, the physical part is hard, but the mental part is even harder. This is where aftercare comes in to help. Aftercare is what helps with the depression, anxiety, panic, etc...comes in. It took me roughly 3 weeks for the "waves" to start coming less and less, but it sure aint no picnic! Ive heard numerous people use the valerian root to calm the anxiety. Keep taking the vitamins and keep moving forward! U dont want to start this **** all over again, right????

[Ejm7263]

Sorry I had tried to sleep. After tossing for hours back on. I'm taking the suggestions from this site:
Mag/calcium/zinc, 4 before breakfast & 4 before dinner
Multi vitamin, I take flinstones chewable, great absorption
L-lysine, 500 mg, 1 in morning, 1 in afternoon on empty stomach
Epsom salt baths for the crawling skin & leg pain, only works while in the tub

I'm going to a meeting every day which is a big deal for me since I've been sitting on my couch for over a year. I'm not going to lie this is hard but the reward has to be better than sitting waiting to die.
Hang in there, stay connected, don't give up before you see the incredible  benefits we have to look forward to.
I'm praying for you.  

[Lilly1955]

The anxiety came back pretty bad plus the nausea. These symptoms keeps happening in waves. How is it for you? Are you taking anything for symptoms?

[Lilly1955]

12days

[Ejm7263]

Hang in there. I'm on day 4. How long do you have?
Keep on keeping on. We can all do this if we stick together.

[Lilly1955]

This horrible depression just set in. Is this normal?

[RRivers]

It is hard, but the rewards are worth the effort.  Not being addicted to something that controls you is a feeling you will only remember once you have done it.  Once you have done it, and walked away from it, you will feel a deep deep satisfaction in your accomplishment that you will never forget.

  

[motye51]

I think this is one of the best and most honest posts ive seen and i applaud u because your right...this is not easy. If i read correctly, you were on methadone of which ive always heard its like suboxone w/d which is what i did.  It sucked ***, too put it mildly. But at 21 days i would think you should be starting to come out of the full physical part..im sure theres still some, but not as bad as those first 2 weeks. Thinking back, i still had not ret'd to work and still wasnt doing much of anything except going to meetings. Keep your head up and remember, it will get better! I swear to you, it wont be overnight, but it will happen!

[VICourageous]

I Ditto Weaver.
Almost 2 years ago I had already 3 months in. I still was going threw so many new stages as i healed. I thought it would NEVER End. I kept very close to Weaver as we both compared notes. He was a few months ahead and we both went into somewhat the same stages.
Just hang tight. It is one med that does not let go to easy. The physical is over sooner then the mental. Just make sure you have all the support you can get to help keep you on the right track.
I wish you the best!!!
Bless

[weaver71]

It really is exhausting, I still remember my first 21 days like it was yesterday. Hang in there, time will start speeding up and it will be obvious that a few weeks is so worth having the rest of your life free of methadone. You have been a trooper, you are doing great, though I know it doesn't feel so great.

[bama88]

Yes it is.....if it was easy there wouldn't be addicts lol

Just keep keeping on.....I'm sorry I don't have any first hand knowledge about methadone. It always scared my socks off.... But I do know how hard it is getting and staying clean in the beginning.

I promise it will get better....