dr wanted me to have a "drug holiday"
The doctor is wrong -- I haven't slept properly for over three years since stopping methadone. Many others have had the same problem with reported sleep disturbance for 6 months or more.
Were you rotated to another opioid analgesic? Why was the methadone stopped?
Before trying other opiates, please post this on the substance abuse forum. (And not because I think you're an addict.) There ae many people who've gone through this. The symptoms you're having are from the methadone. They can give you lotsmof ways to deal with what you're going through. Good luck.