methadone question

[jimgreg]

this past winter i was on methadone,.i did a tapper..the thing is im on it for cronic lower lumbar and facet,and knees..im at 2.5 mgs been here 2 monthes..i take it even though its a very low dose at days it helps but today its not in sevre back pain..and its been this way for a week or more..i do exercise..i made a appt to go see pain mangement..but on the other hand i dont want to add to this..if i was to drop the methadone dose im on now would i go threw major withdralws?? i need to gt off this..and be put on something not as strong and something like perks that it doesnt stay with ya all night..im sevre sleep apnea on o2 at nights only..im also hypoxia at sleep meaning my o2 Sat's drop even with the o2 added at some nights..this and pooping blood everyday is why i detoxed it for..kinda dam id i do or dam if i dont..pleae  explain what i can do???  AND WHAT WITHDRAWAL  FROM 2.5 MGS?????  THANK YOU!!

[kc156]

At 2.5 of methadone, you may get more mental troubles than physical ones if you stop.I am down to 9ml a day and will jump off at 4 or 5 like Gnarly says.
Starting to take perks to get off methadone,that sounds like it would start a whole mess of new problems .At 9 I feel mild W/D and maybe that is what you feel too.
Try stopping and you will have your answer to W/D. You are SO close to being clean,please give it a try.                                          kc

[gnarly_1]

hey dude was wondering what happened with you...as for your detox its hard to say
I went down to 1ml and mine lasted about a 7 day week for the physical part...the mental takes a wile to get over but jumping off at 2.5 ml should be very doable ...if I had to do it over I would jump at 5ml because the withdrawals tapering below 5 were miserable for me..so go ahead and jump off and get it over with...you might find out like I did you pain can be managed by 800mg ibuprofin and you can do pritty well on that after the rebound pain subsides it takes a little wile but your pain clock sorta resets itself after your off the narcotics for a wile...good luck and God bless...keep us posted on how your doing...Gnarly