bromazepan and methadone

[constantne]

Hi all. I am supposed to be starting methadone next tuesday but am currently  (given to me by the Doc) on the benzo bromazepan (durazanil). He has said nothng about tapering off it and Im wondering can I go just directly to the methadone without taperng form the benzo ? I have been on 6mg for about almost 2 weeks now.

Thanks

[kim715]

Please take the advice penelope and wait2long gave you.I too believed in the beginning that methodone was the answer for me.Tommorow will be 30 days free of the methodone and every day I still struggle because of how difficult the withdrawl from that drug is.Some of us tapered slowly and some of us went cold turkey .The one thing that almost all of us have in common though is dealing with the prolonged horrible withdrawl you go through once you finally make the decision to free yourself from the grips of methodone.I know your scared and noone here is trying to put more fear into you.We only want for you to be well informed about your decision.There are much better alternatives out there.Please stick around and read some peoples stories,ask alot of questions,be well informed about your decision so you know what your getting yourself into.I wish you all the best.My thoughts and prayers are with you.Please keep posting.Peace.

[constantne]

Hell...well...thats just it...im scared...I asked the doctor about the benzo and the meth...I asked if I could just go from one to another...he said yes...but im hearing all kinds of horror stories about the non taering effect...in fact I stopped taking them last tuesday for about 12 hours and felt like I was gonna die...so esumed...methadone...dont have a lot of alternatives right now...was best solution...im just really concerned on how Im suppose to start meth on tueday if im still on the 6mg of benzo...very confused

[wait2long]

listen to penelope hun and she is a very strong lady......i have been through the methadone nightmare as well, its not fun and you WILL suffer, there is NO way out of that.
but when it comes to the benzos, at that dose, you really should not just stop taking them, the risks of abruptly stopping benzos are seizure, stroke, coma and even death.  benzos MUST be tapered off and at a slow rate, this is serious, please do not just stop taking benzos...a dear friend of mine will be suffering for the rest of hr life due to a stroke from a rapid taper off benzos...it is  not worth the risk.  go very slow with a taper from benzos under a doctors care.
and run away from the methadone if you can...maybe look into suboxone as an alternative...it has taken some over a year to taper off at a slow rate and they still suffered.  i couldnt hack the withdrawals from methadone, 11 days was my limit, so this is why i chose long term suboxone...
good luck to you!

[Penelope14]

I personally wouldnt take any benzos for at least 3-4 days before taking methadone. & Can I give ya a bit of advise? Run! Please dont get caught up in methadone, theirs got to be another way? Do some research on methadone withdrawals & the drug itself, trust me, theirs a few of us including myself who were just like you, thinking methadone was the way to go, doctors will tell you that its safe, & if you taper off of it slow you may have mild withdrawals, this is not true, I tapered off very slow & its been a living hell, & it takes many weeks to even feel halfway normal again! I jumped off at 1mg, & I,ll tell you what your in store for when you try to go off of it- no sleep, lack of energy, sweats, chills,goosebumps constantly, anxiety like you have never seen felt or ever want to feel, shakes, heavy depression, rapid heartbeat, feeling like your skin is crawling, I may have missed a few but I think you get my point? Its not fun & if I had this forum or any knowledge of just how ugly this drug really was, I would be in a much better place,instead of feeling as if Im rotting in my own body, please, please try a different approach, if not, you will be sorry.   Penelope