methadone taper

[sassypnksox]

my fiance and i have been together 3 years now.  he is a recovering addict from about 100 or so pills a day(before we met), and has been on methadone for a little over 3 years now.  it's been really tough, becuase i really was kinda prude about addictions, having only done some stupid **** back in highschool.  needless to say i have learned a whole lot in our time together.  unfortunatly he has an EXTREMELY addictive personality (and i don't say that lightly), and has relapsed on me 3, possible 4 times.  for the most part i have learned signs and symptoms of relapsing.  i have stuck by him, even though i am pretty much dead inside from what has gone on.  our relationship has suffered tremendously and it will take me years to trust him again.  we also have two children together.  he is tapering off methadone and is at around 70mg (i believe he was at around 200 or so at his highest).  i really don't get a lot of answers out of people or searches, and i would like to know the "norms" when someone is tapering.  he pretty much falls asleep standing up, doing dishes, acts slightly disoriented, and sometimes his eyes look fisheyed(not focused).  is this normal...what stuff can i expect, and should i be worried?

[wait2long]

it sounds to me that your husband is spending his days/nights working at getting as high and wasted as he can...he isnt tapering...sorry to say...my husband takes methadone 40-50 mgs daily, he works full time (hard physical labor) he has herniated discs in back and neck, 1 knee already operated on, time for other knee to be fixed too, he has scar tissue build up between his ribs...we have 3 children that he spends alot of time with after work, helps me around the house, mows the lawn.  etc...you  get my drift....he does the same thing at night when he finally  sits down to relax, he just zonks out sitting up, but i think that is from actual physically being beat, along with the combination of the methadone, but that is at the end of the day...not all day long, i sincerely think your husband is not tapering and is on a extremely high dose.  there have been times that my husband pulls his back out so the doctor tells him to take a couple of extra methdone, he will do that for about a week70-80 mgs (very high dose), but when his back is better and its time for him to go back to his regular dose, he is cranky, irritable, short tempered, no motivation or ambition from taking less methadone...that usually last for a week or so before his body adjusts to the lower dose again... if your husband was tapering...i would expect to see irritability, crankyness, short tempered, withdrawn, no motivation or ambition to do anything, just plain unhappy and miserable...i know everyone reacts to their meds differently...but what i get from your explanation, is a man who is taking what he can to continue to feel buzzed... if there is anything i can do let me know, or just to have someone to talk to....i will help with what i can...support is what you need....peace and love

[LettinGo]

Tapering is probably slow enough so he is having WD's.

[LettinGo]

Sorry, I meant tapering is probably NOT slow enough.... sorry

[sassypnksox]

so is that what might be causing his behavior?

[hellc@mst]

not likely.spontaneous sleepiness isnt a wd symptom.I dont mean 2 be cynical but i was on mdone for 13 years(i was 18 when i started) and i only eva exhibited behaviour like yr fiance when i was smashed.Incidently im sure Soma is an hypnotic like halcion,nitrazepam or midazolam.Soma mite hav a synergistic or potentiating effect when mixed with mdone producing the symptoms u describe.

[sassypnksox]

should i call his meth clinic and get him testedfor like everything?