Day 2 No Methadone

[blotout]

So feel fine today, taking 1aday vitamin, Super amino acid 700 (6 horse pills), 4 mag/cal/zinc at night and 2 potassium at night, hoping taking all this helps, ive been doing it for the past 5 days leading up to this quitting, i tried dosing 5mgs methaodne every 4 days, when my withdrawals usually hit me, but it wasnt enough to get rid of the withdrawal, didnt really help at all, so i took 10, then planned on going 4 days again, well the next day was horrible took 10 more, then 10 the next, and now im done i cant taper this no more, ive read quitting 20mgs is no different from quitting 1mgs, just depends on the person, im going to try my best to tough it out this time and pull through, which is always easy for me to say when im fine, im sure on day 4 ill be a wreck, if you are considering going to the methadone clinic for a pill habit, please reconsider, its like trading tylenol for herion, and 10 times harder to get off of than the pills in the first place, wish me luck ill need it :)

[VICourageous]

Welcome never seen your post until now. There are a few here that came off the methedone and other substance that we can share our experience with you if you need it to help you understand the w/d sym. The longer we used the longer it will take the brain to heal. Read or see the videos on the "Disease of Addiction" It saved my *****besides the support I get from home, aa/na and my god, and reading the posting here. I am addicted to the post now.....but I think we mellow out with time....
vickie

[VICourageous]

Go Guy I just like you soooo much! Yes I agree I pushed the vit/min on & on forever on here. I get mine from a natual source. I am as you know 152 and I hate to tell you for me and my experience I still get the backache and a small headace now and then. Some days I wake up feeling great and other days I feel like**** crap when is this going to end.....It does get better as the day goes on. What was good for me with the methedone for some reason I did not get the leg thing like I did comming off the hydro/oxy I went to church and held hands to give that away?????Go figure. Did not know that my anxiety was going to go to the moon. (Benzo too does that). I AGREE but do not usually say PLEASE do not get hooked up with the methedone. Heck the girls comming off of herion said they would ********** themselfs if they had to come off of methedone. Leanne is right about all and the baths. Did you get my PM? Just hang in bud you can do it. I know you can. I will help you in any way I can... As you know I went down to 30mg and went c/t but I would highly recommed a taper. Give the pills to someone to hand them out. For me when I would give them to hub or my mom I would stiff them out and find them sooo make sure it is out of the house???
God Bless You HANG IN YOU CAN DO THIS.....
vickie

[tryinsohardtokickit]

You are so righr about methadone for a pill problem. Im going thru it right now methadone or subs is not a good way to get off them. Ive withdrawan from oxys and its nothing!! Compared to withdrawing from methadone and subs. I went to a three day detox for oxys came out feeling like my good ole self. But I relapsed two weeks later only bc i did not get counselling and do meetings as I was advised to after leaving detox. I relapsed for some months then ended up in a methadone clinic spent three months on methadone was up toonly 40mgs then decided to switch to subs they taperd me off methadone in a weeks time and switched me to suboxone. I was on suboxone 8mgdaily for just one week and went off subs bc I Didnt want to be stuck on that stuff forever. Now here I am 18 days clean. Im struggling with no energy and no sleep. The first week I was off everything I was so misrable. I did not physically get sick but I could not lay sit stand move or do anything comfortably. I couldnt sleep and I was so depressed I was wishing for death everyday. I was so unaware of the withdrawal and the no energy could last 3 to 6 months to a year. Ughh Thats alot to take on being a single mom with two kids. But things are slowly improving and I need to thrive on that. It is a tough road to go down. But it is possible and sooo worth it!

[blotout]

thanx leanee the first thing to always hit me the worst is the ungodful back pain, as far as i know its just withdrawals, but im going to put myself through it this time around, i think i can hold out a few days with the back pain hopefully

[LeaAnn807]

I'm so glad to see someone currently withdrawing say this!  It's not a good trade at all and anyone considering it for a pill habit needs to really think long and hard about it.  Especially if the person isn't a chronic relapser!  And even if they are, in my opinion it's still a horrible idea.  

Sounds like you're doing all you can.  Be sure to drink some gatorade and just eat something bland even if you're not hungry.  It will just make it worse to starve your body when it's already going through this.  I tried it.  Trust me, it doesn't work at ALL!  

The cal/mag/zinc will help a lot as will the potassium.  The multi vitamin is good for any nutritional stuff you're missing while wding.  If your legs start to cramp, try some Hyland's Leg Cramps with quinine.  It saved me!  My calves would cramp so bad that I would cry........and I don't cry!!!  I wasn't a big vitamin girl.  I'm still not, but I did break down and try some of the things recommended to me on here, and it did help.  Also, be sure you have some epsom salt to put in the bath for that day that it starts to get bad.  Before that day, see if you can start taking a walk every day.  I promise it will make a difference!

Good luck honey!