Getting off Methadone
The first video in a series about detoxing from Methadone and recovery from long term narcotic addiction.One man’s experience getting off Methadone and some things that helped.
Duration : 0:6:53
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Tags: addiction, attitude, changing, chills, clinics, depression, faith, hope, junkie, lethergy, Methadone, methadonian, positive, protracted, readjusting, Recovery, Suboxone, Vicodin, withdrawals
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Thanks for the …
Thanks for the advice!
The serequel I used to take is helping me sleep a bit.I thoiught of getting benzos but changed my mind because of it being habit forming
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I don’t think it’s …
I don’t think it’s dangerous for a healthy person (cold turkey), unless you have been on methadone for many years or are older and in bad health. For most people it is just a long long drag.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
is cold turkey …
is cold turkey dangerous?
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
how is it going so …
how is it going so far?
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
The last time I …
The last time I came off by tapering down to 2.5mg every 2 days I found that Doloxene helped quite a lot.. Not so much for sleep but just generally made me feel much better. Then for sleep you may get away a short reigime of Tamazapam. However, you don’t want to be on these drugs for more than a few days! especially the Tamazapam – like all the valium type drugs they are highly addictive! Forcing yourself into a “normal” routine with the help of these drugs for a short time will help a lot.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Thanks for the …
Thanks for the reply!
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
sleep whats that!!! …
sleep whats that!!! the only way i can deal with it is i want off of this and im willing to pay the price. im 21 days clean but still feel like i sleep but dont rest in bed at 8 pm up at 1 am i know thats early to go to bed but exausted. every day i try to stay active no matterr how bad i feel & force myself to eat atleast 3 small meals a day and remember u didnt get this way over nite good luck from the sunnybeaches of n.c.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Can anyone out …
Can anyone out there who has experienced the not sleeping after coming off methadone tell me how you dealt with it! And tell me how many days or weeks it took until you could sleep normally.Everyday I think about going back on it but am trying real hard to stay off it.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I have been off …
I have been off this evil juice for 11 days now after tapering down to 1 mg over a 2 year period.The worst symptom for me right now is insomnia.I haven’t slept in nearly 2 weeks and want to know when my body will just start to get tired.The restless leg symtom lasted about 4 days.I have been sneezing a lot for some reason and get headaches occasionaly but the restlessness is intense!
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
As I get lower …
As I get lower though, even 1 mg. will be an increasing % of my total dose and I will become less confident. I’m glad these vids got started by one who has been thru it personally. Actually I do blv. the legend that it “soaks into yr bones” is FALSE. It sure feels like it though.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Looks like in UK …
Looks like in UK they give most anyone mthdn pills a week @ a time, send them out to install a dbl.habit. You can’t give active addicts “done, no trtmnt, counseling, help,etc. and expect positive result! What kinda shiite is that? Gone from 110 to 29 by 1mg. every 2 wks. and holding for a cpl. mnths when life required more caution. It takes at least 10dys. to get past the half-life in yr. system. Going faster renders needless discomfort.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
good info.! I agree …
good info.! I agree with you about clinics and their high doses. Most don’t need 100 plus mg and most methadonians on thoses dose and constipated , sweating zombies.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
restless leg …
restless leg syndrome is the worst part of the whole thing. imo. lethargy coming in second…….. a very distant second.
As far as methadone, what concerns me is the clinics using high doses…….. you can stabilise someone on 30mg per day from even intense short-lived agonist addiction.
Worst part about methadone is the information coming out about Long QT Syndrome in the heart. Long QT = ticking time bomb and sudden death. over 100mg has a high propensity for long qt, supposedly.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
The overdose rate …
The overdose rate here has dropped a lot because they stopped making the 40mg available because they young kids would think I can take one pill whats one pill going to do.I have been on it for 10yrs I am a chronic pain disabled adult.Its the people that sell this that we need to focus on methadone has helped millions,and hurt millions they just need to be much more careful who gets it,and how much.I could go on forever but I do agree with you,and stand behind you.Thanks Jamie
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
hi, im from dublin …
hi, im from dublin ireland, on 100mgs, suffer w pain from cfs(dxed) & fibro-(not fully dxed)- i wanna get off the clinic as i do have a history of opiate (h) addiction. I want to be on proper pain meds for my condition- i get a lot of stigma, and am clean from all other street drugs. on it 5 yrs now almost. Thank you for your vids, i an not interested in h anymore- i’ve ‘aged out- been round the block since i was 17. Good luck. going to try 5ml a week @ first-pain drs dont want me atm.THANKS 5*
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
bedank jongen, ik …
bedank jongen, ik probeer nou echt, en mijn habit is steeds kliener en kliener aant woorden, dus ik voel veel beter al, woord wakker zonder gek te zijn, wel knap dat je doet zo goed
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
if you stay off …
if you stay off drugs eventually pain WILL go away, if you relapse you can never go to place where you was, everything becomes much more worst, so if now is hard if you go back, you’re in for . first step cut of all the ties, step two never look back, step three motivate your self trough real friends,music and whatever makes you tick. jij mag nooit afgeven, i’ll think of you ,i’ll pray for you
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
hi dubconor sorry i …
hi dubconor sorry i didn’t react earlier but i’ve just seen it your message. it is difficult because i don’t know your background, however i suppose you’re ed up on some dope. what turned it around for me was wish to turn all my destructivenesses into something positive. i cutted off all the ties and never looked back.i’m 44 so imagine how hard is to start all over when you are almost done. i’m on 1mg and hurts like . send e-mail i was 500 words over the limit i need more space
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
give me some king …
give me some king words man i need it, im a doing this just to up and do it all over again?
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
i’ve been from 300 …
i’ve been from 300 to 100mg for 14 years back to back, this march i started getting off. I was 100mg when i started and yesterday i was first day 1 mg and it’s totally within my grasp now. No one believed in me especially my doctor . You just have to motivate your self and proof to everybody that you’re worth something . Need encouragement? Contact me
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
ive ed around …
ive ed around too much recently, relapsed back to heroin when my nanny died, and then swapped to methadone thinking that thats not what im addicted too, long story short, not a great idea, but i stopped taking it and used heroin again for a week or so maybe longer, and then instead of 30mg a day i took 10mg for 4 days, now im taking nothing feeling chilles and stomach problems, also with my legs, but im feeling way better then withdrawing a few weeks ago, just need to find some benzos
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Ive been on 110mg, …
Ive been on 110mg, for the last 4 years. Im totally afraid to get off this stuff. I also use it for pain medication. I was a 25 year heroin addict, since 16. Of course, there was many years spent in prison. I feel stuck. I was going to the program 2x a month. Then I got wacked with a random breathalizer at 6am! It registered a .04. They gave me half my dose, and took my bottles away! Now I attend daily, with all those that still use, sell their Sunday, the whole 9 yards.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Taper is key factor …
Taper is key factor to a success quit without sever withdrawl symptoms,I was on methadone and benzo for a year just to get high and I did a cold turkey quit and it wasnt as bad as i thought but then i got on again down the road and tapered off and i didnt have withdrawls except for cravings,The benzo withdrawals to me was by far the hardest drug to get off,It took 6 months to taper that junk.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
For some people …
For some people it’s better to stay on methadone treatment for the rest of their life! That’s what i realize about myself! I’ve try to stop methedone at least 4 times and each time i did go back to my drug addiction! So i decided to take it forever and thats what my doctor think too!
August 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I’ve been on …
I’ve been on methadone ( only methadone, no xanax, no cocaine, no alcohol) for 14 years. IMO, it is a LIFESAVER. In the last 14 years, I’ve watched EVERY person in my circle of ‘old friends’ die….including my own sister. None of these people ever got on methadone. Each one died of drug O.D. or drug related issue. I, on the other hand, own my own home, have a very good career, and am in pretty good health for my age.