im on day 6 of being off methadone...

Question

does anyone know when ill start feeling 100 % ,its like one day ,day 5 ,i was bad in the morning but throught out the day i got better,now day 6 i feel like crap;;;;;

gnarly_1 · Accepted Answer

HI welcome to the forum....Methadone detox is ruff as you can see it is very cyclic one ray your not to bas the next your down again....the next thing your going to get hit with is the energy crash witch in itself can be debilitating...I came off 150 mg on a 6 1/2 yr habit your recovery has a lot based on how long and hard your habit was if you where on it over a yr and over 100mg the recovery is slow it will take a month just to start to see progress the second month has some improvement but the energy thing is still a problem...it was around 90 days that I turned the corner and started to get well...I often say it not so much the withdrawal but the post withdrawal that makes methadone so ruff to come off of....now everybody is different but I have helped others and this is a realistic goal its not that you dont get better it just a gradual process one thing that helps speed things up are whey protein shakes....I only wish I found these sooner you can pick up a 2 lb can up at walmart for 15bucks the chocolate flavor is good it contains vitamins essential amino acids along with the protein all of witch the brain needs to heal drink 2  a day exercise is important I know you probably dont think you have the strength but force yourself...start with walks around the block and work your way up from there....it helps get the residual methadone out of your system....I wish you all the best in your recovery good luck and God bless....Gnarly

UniQ07 · Answer

I'm on day 6 off methadone. I was on a 105mg and I cut cold turkey...well at least no more methadone!...I've been taking a few perks the withdrawals got too extreme...today I woke up with thoughts of suicide:/ I've been extremely emotional...trouble breathing and sleeping...I've been feeling nauseous I've thrown up and had a few bowls (something that I only did about once a month) I have a very fast metabolism...I just want this to be over...I don't want to get high...what I did before just to have fun and get high before has led me where I am today. I was addicted to Percocet and wanted to recover from my addiction and that's when I took advice from a friend neither of us knew about the dangers of methadone or anything else other then it could be used to help my addiction with Percocet...I swear methadone is the demon...I would've never checked into a methadone program if I knew then what I know today about methadone...when I called my counselor at the methadone program she told me to come back...that I can't do it without them...but I'm on day 6...how crazy would it be for me to go back!!?? I'm at the end of my rope...I feel helpless and scared...but what am I to do? I won't go back...but these withdrawals are not easy...I've gotten out of my house walked around...I would like some advice. Also I would like to say for the rest of the people out there who are fighting....keep on!!! I try and tell myself this but...well you know the rest...

jrizzy303 · Answer

Oh and It took til about second week for me

jrizzy303 · Answer

Well my brother was on methadone. Methadone and suboxone seem to be a longer detox. I was never officially on meth but I just came off suboxone and I feel about 100%. But remember you got to put in work like all kinds of vitamins, I take B complex, lysene, multi vitamin, protein shakes and just started working out, for starters start walking. And try to force yourself to eat good stuff and drink fluids to rid those toxins. Substitute the bad for goood. Hang in there you half way if not more through this horrible detox.