help me with metadone plz

[rezajafari]

i have been using metadone for 9 years, i have tried many times to stop it but i coudnot,from 8 months ago i have beening tapeing down and i am on 10 mill now, i am strugling alot and i have cut down 2 mill evry 2 weeks, even i changed my town since i knew alots drug dealer at that city ,but in this town i donont know nobody and i want to stay like that untill i gave up my metadone,my qustion is, how long am i going to feel like that,logect tells me  that it willnot be for ever but having this feeling i just want to go back to high dose on metadone,plz,can somebody give me encouregment that it isnot going to stay like that for a long time,i need encouregment,plz help me it is importand to me,thanks my friends

[gnarly_1]

hi welcome to the forum....well I have been in your shoes recently ..ive got 14 days
clean as of yesterday I had a 6 1/2 yr ,150mg habit to quit ..its ruff stuff to come off off
especially in the end I tapered 10% every 72 hr with a few bumps that lasted longer
in the end...(last 10 mg) I did 1 mg a week...and it was ruff but very doable..you will
feel the taper drops ...at least i did ,felt like he11 for 4 day just to start to feel better
and have to taper again and start the whole thing over again....and yes I also felt like
going back up just to get the" sick off " but this will screw up your whole taper and all the hard work you put into getting to 10mg DONT DO IT your almost there...your at a point that you could jump or keep tapering...im bi/polar and my phyc dr told me i would have to taper all the way down to 1mg or risk a manic episode...I was at 5mg
and was sick of being sick and went in there to tell her i was jumping at 5mg only
to get a very serious lecture that that wouldent be practical for my situation....so down I went 1 mg a week 4 days of withdrawals each drop...but in the end...I did it
and it is so so worth it...you just need to have a positive attitude and you need to be''ok without beeing ok for a wile the symptoms dont last forever and a few weeks of discomfort are worth a lifetime of beeing free of the liquid handcuffs...if your at 10mg
in my eyes you have done it already  there is very little difference in how you feel now and how your going to feel if you keep tapering...the more you taper the less your
final withdrawal will be...so its kinda like this...you can be moderately uncomfortable for a wile longer or you can jump and get it over with but your withdrawal will be a bit more sever ...mine where no worst then the tapering below 5mg..and after doing it
I think 5 mg would be a good place to jump from...just my 2 cents....Gnarly  

[kim715]

I have been in your shoes.I was on methadone for almost 2 years.I tried to taper twice. Once I got down real low I stayed so sick for so long,I went back up both times.The third time I tapered I got down to 25mgs and I just jumped.Going cold turkey off of it was a personal decision though.For me I just knew it was now or never.I'm not going to lie to you.Coming off of methadone,after being on it for nine years,is not going to be easy.The detox from methadone can be a real beast because of how long they last.Research indicates that there is not a whole lot of difference from coming off of 30mgs or coming off of 3.Sometimes it just feels like you reach a point in your taper that even after 3 or 4 days your body doesn't seem like it's stabilizing,at least it did for me when I did it.It's at that time when a lot of people refer to continuing to taper as just prolonging the agony.Might as well just bite the bullet and get it over with.Many here have successfully tapered all the way down,this is just my personal experience.Perhaps someone will come along who can give you some advice on how to adjust your taper to make it less uncomfortable.The great news is that I am now over 600 days clean and life is wonderful.You're right to tell yourself that what you are feeling right now will not last forever.I know it's rough.I remember it well,but it does get better.Keep posting here.Tons of help and support.Start thinking about aftercare.It's true that the physical part,although no walk in the park,is the easier part.The mental part is tough.All the best to you...Kim