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I am 25 have been on methadone for about six years used other drugs on it the 1st year and then stopped.  was at 140 mg most of my time at the clinic and the last year and a half have tapered to 3mg I have been feeling very ill lately since i dropped past 30 and am curious if it is better to stop at three or to go down to 1 and quit does it make a difference at this low of a dose and since i feel like **** anyways well it make me feel worse then i do now. I know its not helping at this dose but for some reason I am nervous to get totally off it.  I have been trying to eat well but am not hungry most of the time and try to exercise regularly but have no energy cant sleep am nauseated, paranoid anxious pretty uncomfortable it seems to get worse at night.  anyways if someone could maybe give me some feedback I would appreciate it. feel kind of hopeless hope this is an apropriate question I have never used a website like this
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HI and welcome to the forum....I detoxed off 150ml of methadone 331 days ago I was also on it for 6 1/2 yrs and tapered off over 8 1/2mo...I tapered all the way down to 1ml but dont recommend it because tapering below 5ml is miserable as you all ready know...and my final withdrawal was no worst then tapering below 5 ml....I always tell people to jump at 5ml because of that....I have helped quite a few people get off this stuff....your at the point of jumping now...expect about 2 weeks of physical withdrawal methadone dosent like to let go of you after that its the energy crash that gets to you...I was sick the rest of the month
when you jump your brain sorta gets stuck on high..you cant shut it off to sleep and life comes at you at 100miles an hour and in tec/na/color methadone may not get you high....persay but it does quit down the world around you...you'll see when you jump off
recovery takes a wile...for me it took a good 90 days to start to feel better...try not5 to get discouraged by the time line you do get better slowly but for most its a 90 day grind to get back into the normal grove....the big problems are sleep and the energy crash
post withdrawals are worst then the actual withdrawal itself but im here to tell you once you get threw it life can become a beautiful place again and it is so so worth it....so keep posting there are others like me that have kicked we have members with 30days 60 day 90 days and everywhere in between to help support you...YOU CAN DO THIS ...I wish you all the luck in the world doing this if you need to talk you can message me I will be here to help you all I can so dont be a stranger post and post often God bless...Gnarly      
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thanks you for your feed back gnarly its good to hear from someone who has done it I do not know too many people who have successfully without going back.
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1 I have been at a clinic for a lil more than  6 years shadow740, at a methadone clinic  they cannot control whether you use drugs on it, or don't.  they do not encourage it they discourage it.  they do not kick you out for using at my clinic.  I eventually stopped taking drugs because of legal/health problems and realized it was a dead end street.  I am stabalized now on psych meds and have 4 years of only methadone and am almost off of it I will not use again because I have wasted too much time and do not want that to be for nothing
2. I told the doctor I wanted to taper and have done a very slow taper over the last year from 140mg to 3mg and have felt really sick pretty much since below 10 and kinda bad the whole time  it just kept getting worse and worse and still *****, hence my post.  I knew it was going to be uncomfortable and know there is no cure or easy answer but thought I would try to talk to people on here that have gone through it or are going through it.  I do not know how to use this web page very well am trying to figure it out
3.  I do not know what street methadone is but I do not get it nor do I abuse my methadone dose I get from a methadone clinic. my drug treatment counselor at the clinic is a good person and has helped me as much as they can.
hope that answers your question
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I have some questions:

1) what doctor allowed you to do other drugs AND methadone?
2) did you tell your doctor that you wanted to taper off?
3) if you are getting street methadone then you need to go see a real specialist because methadone is a synthetic and you will need extra care getting off.

((hugs))

Drug treatment specialists are so "over it" that they aren't judgmental, nothing shocks them, and you will get better care.
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We cannot give out tapering advis and this drug is very stong and you need doctors guidence so you can taper properly.  I know you cannot taper fast or you will be miserable.  Please go see a doctor or find a clinic that can help u,
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