methadone detox

[crazyblonde]

is anyone on line who has went through methadone detox on their own?

[Demandie]

From one crazy blonde to another--Methadone Detox *****.  
I was going to a clinic and decided to get off methadone.  They of course did not want me too, in my opinion they wanted me to stick around for their 13.00 a day.  Any way, I went from 45 mg down to 2mg and it took a long time to get them to do it for me.  I think they would only take me down 5mg a week.
Once I got down to 5mg, I went down 1mg a day.  Once I got to 2mg, I jsut quit going all together.
It was absolutely one of the most horrific detoxes ever.  I felt pain in my knees, my lower back and felt like I had the flu for a week.
I did not sleep right for more than a month.
But, it did not last forever.  I did not follow through and go to mtgs, or reach out and ask for help, so eventually I relapsed on Hydro and now am on suboxone.  But this does nothave to be  your story.  You can do this.  I had to quit my job to detox though.  My regular dr. (not knowing much abour addiction or detox) only wrote me off of work for one week.  He said I'd be fine in a week.  (I'd only taken Meth for 5 months).
I WAS NOT FINE IN A WEEK!!  So, if you can afford to, and if you have others to support you, try to plan your detox.  If you've got kids, see if someone can keep them a couple of days.  I needed a couple of days in bed.
After about 10 days, I could take walks, start cleaning up the house and some small things.  I had to make sure I didn't get overwhelmed with stuff though, sometimes only doing a half a load of laundry just to make it seem that it wasn't all that much.
You can do this blondy!! It can be done.  Just get the support that you need.  Ask for help and try to get to meetings.  You do not want to do this twice!
Good luck.
Contact me if you want.  I'll help if I can
Mandie

[genix]

I think crazyblone has walked, so it will probably just be me your talking to ( you can read above, what my plan is ), i will start my real detox today, i have no methadone left and will start on the oxazepam today, i would really appreciate talking to you through this, im a little scared at this point. Im not going back to taking any opiate ( apart from codeine ).

[TwoEye]

i was in a rapid detox clinic on the weekend and the docs told me methadone was the worst opiate to come off they literally told me the week before to stop and start using herion because the rapid detox would be easier, im not sure if your in the position for rapid detox (finacially in aust you can pay it off over 10 years :) ) then they stuff you full of naltrexone to block your receptors of any opiates for 6 months, fingers crossed here for you and me  cant wait to get my life back

[genix]

well im oficially into 48 hours detox and you know what, i feel pretty good all things considered , i do however feel like i have a 100 kg weigh attached to me, i can hardly move, but the oxeazepam had taken away all the leg shaking, i highly recommend using
valium cerapax or some benzodiazepine and a bed. The benzos take away all the muscle cramps and anxiety, however you just want to lie down. All in all i feel pretty good. PS twoeye are you in australia? im in melbourne.

[genix]

starting to sweat a little too, still this is heaven compared to not using benzo's, usually i would just be dragging myself to the chemist ( clinic) to get my done, but with cerapax i just want to go to bed, yay for that, even though i feel weighted i feel more alive, i can actually FEEL something.

[genix]

im like 51 hours in with no methadone ( dropped called from 40mg) and i have had a couple of cerapax and some phenergan and although i feel like im carrying lead weight, i feel pretty damn good.