Getting off methadone naturally
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The difference is detoxing is very quick and tapering is a more slow and comfortable way of getting off Methadone! Before u decide to start u need to make sure u r mentally and physically ready! Don't let anyone tell u how fast to go down. U also have alot going on that i have never dealt with and let me say, i am so sorry u r going thru all of this! I am going to do some checkin and get back to u. I promise.
i was on 300mg a day, and what they did was formulate a dose of methadone to match the oxycontin, and slowly took me off the methadone day by day. you cant go cold turkey off methadone. it`s approximately 3x the strength of methadone. so if you were on 40mg a day, you would need around 120mg of oxycontin a day to break even. taking that much, to get you off the methadone, it would take time, and by then you;d be addicted to oxycontin instead of methadone.
i have been on methadone for 12 yrs started at 19 am 30 now tried 4 times getting off it tried going down 5 a month tried cold turkey tried clonidine every tranquilizer known to man i had a seizure almost died last time i tried coming off i am fearful i will never get off it because my withdrawls are so bad i wouldnt even wish it on hitler please someone help me i am scared for myself
A pregnant woman asked me how to get off oxy's without having to take methadone. I have no idea but thought I would ask you all so I can tell her. she wants to do something asap so anything you can tell me will help.
I hate seeing people strung out on this stuff but I hate it even more to see people make the foolish mistake of jumping to high....methadone is a powerful drug you will see as you taper....coming off it if you been on it a wile can take a wile to recover if you on it a short time recovery is quicker we can get into this after you answer the questions I will look for you post later on......
Just talking to other addicts and looking at all of the post for a long time on this site, I believe strongly that Sub is much better way to come off of the Oxy than Methadone --- Almost all of the methadone users tell nightmare stories of trying to come off of it, whereas Sub seemed to be easier to W/D from.
I have been where you're at.I jumped off of methadone at 25 mgs over a year ago.At week 3,although I was feeling better then I did at week 1 and 2,I was still struggling.You will have some descent days followed by some rough ones,thats normal.It took me about 6 weeks to finally turn the corner.Just hang in there.It just takes time.Exercise helps alot.Look up the amino acid protocol in the health pages,top right.Congrats on 3 weeks,thats great!!!! Keep posting...All the best...
my main reason for looking info up was to see if subutex was as bad to withdraw from as methadone. i was on methadone for 51/2 years and started to withdraw which was the worst pain i've ever experienced, ( even worse than child birth cos at least you know it will be over soon), but in day 2 i found out i was pregnant so quickly got onto subutex 4mg. i'm down to 1.2mg and am sick to death of the daily chemist visits and not being able to travel etc.
I am glad you all shared your story and they were all truly inspirational. You all inspire me to keep my head up and continue to trek ahead with getting off methadone. I am now on 75mg from 95mg going down 2mg/ week. I put the order in at the clinic I go to that I want to continue the taper. I stopped the taper at the beginning of June this year because I was transferring to a different clinic due to moving 3 hours away. I just decided to continue the taper.
Hello, I really need to get off oxycontin, but I don't want to use methadone or any other drug. I would use them, but I have several friends on them and they're much worse than they were on oxy. Everytime I see them they're all nodding out, sleeping, etc. Also, they've been on the methadone so long, and I don't want to be dependent on anything. I really can't be nodding out at school, work, during my household responsibilities, etc.
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