Methadone withdrawal sleep
Common Questions and Answers about Methadone withdrawal sleep
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I'm not sure what day you're on in withdrawal but sleep will return soon. It sounds like right now you'll only catch some sleep here and there in bits and pieces. What I think you should do right now is soak in a tub of hot water and Epsom if you have some. Make it as hot as u can stand it. Soak as long as you can stand it. This will calm things down. What I did was sleep in a recliner in front of the TV. Don't fight it. Don't expect normal for awhile.
She still had awful withdrawal the first 24 hours even on methadone. And some mild withdrawal after the methadone tapper had ended. Irritable, shakey, low grade fever and lethargy.
Thanks for your advice, I am just scared that I am taking the methadone for a few days to help with the vic/perc withdrawal, only to experience withdrawal from the methadone! I hope not. But at the same time, if I am only taking 5mg-10mg of methadone per day, I am hoping that is unlikely after only a few days.
GoingTo MakeIt is correct it can be mild or severe, from my own personal experience during my detox from methadone, it was bad during the first two weeks, but I still functioned, as best as I could anyway, I tapered down from 90mgs down to 2mgs then stopped, my symtoms were like many who stop methadone, no energy, depression, bad anxiety, couldnt sleep, sneezing, etc. It has been 2 1/2 months since being off methadone & I am back to my pre-methadone days, & very happy about my success!!!
I returned to methadone as was best option during pregnancy.(fortunately baby had no withdrawal symptoms). Haven't used heroin for about 5 years but so scared of withdrawal, thought i would be on one of the above for life. Baby now 19mths & have been withdrawing slowly so can still fulfill parental (single). I am currently on 4mg and have conflicting info regarding what to do next.
I'm on week 5 of detoxing from only 60mgs of methadone (prior heavy IV heroin addict) and everyone keeps telling me it's going to get better. I feel like I have a body of a 80 year old women and I'm 33. I would rather withdrawal from heroin than methadone. It's the hardest thing I have ever had to do.
my personal sub doc (VERY EXPENSIVE BY THE WAY) assured me it was giving me my life back.... easy to say when you are not going thru methadone withdrawal and want to quit hurting. but in reality its the toughest 2 weeks of your life. I have a very physical job (I move furniture) and fell hook line sinker for that lie. I went thru 4 days of hell making sure I didnt get PRECIPITED WITHDRAWALnow I am struggiling with 7 days clean. I have slept a grand total of 12 hrs sleep.
i am a reasonably healthy 46yo female & spent 18 years on methadone before being involuntarily withdrawn from 75mg methadone over an 8 week period. Last 20mg I came off at 1mg per day. I am now taking (not prescribed) 5-20mg methadone per day as I couldn't cope with some withdrawal symptoms. Suboxone is not available to me in New Zealand & my GP prescribed zopiclone 7.5mg for sleep.
basically if he flushes the methadone he has left and quits takin it today would he experience a withdrawal from the methadone?
hi guys, i was just searching the internet for things that might make methadone withdrawal a little better. i know inevitably its going to be awful, and theres not much i can do to make it better, but there might be some things. im tired of being attached to these liquid handcuffs. ive been taking 20 mls now for about 6 months and just cant seem to taper down anymore than that. i took my last dose today. Does anyone have any advice, or anything that made them feel a little better?
hi, your partner will get back to normal but it does take a good amount of time, if he was on it for ten years, 8 weeks isnt such a long time, if you think of his body and mind being reliant on it for such a long time, please dont give up, get all the information you can ,
read the health pages, top right hand corner of this page, it has "detox and nutrition"with methadone withdrawal, and lots of other help and advice for you, i really wish him well, take care and god bless.
my daughter is 33yrs old and was arrest on 8/27/08. At the time of her arrest she was on daily methadone (110mg). since they don't give methadone in jail she was forced into cold turkey withdrawal. Last thur4day she was sent to a mental health faciltiy because she is seeing things and hears voices. Please can anyone tell me is this somtimes part of the withdrawal or has she possible lost her mind.
I believe everyone is different. I was on klonopin for 2 years and became pregnant and had to ween off of it. This was not hard. However I was unable to ween off subutex (not recommended because opiate withdrawal can be very dangerous for an unborn baby) and switched to methadone for my pregnancy which is the most studied and safest drug to take while pregnant.
I know as a mother that it is not easy to see your child suffer, but understand, this is all part of recovery, your daughters body is undergoing many changes due to having little or no methadone, it will get better, but only if she stays off methadone. The symtoms of methadone withdrawals vary from person to person, mine were like riding a roller coaster, some days were good, then the next day Id feel as if I were back on my first day of detoxing, so shes gonna have good days & bad.
Hi. I know that some people take benzos for a few weeks to help with the anxiety and sleeplessness, but you can also become addicted to them too. Melatonin can help with sleep, L-Tyrosine (I think that is what its called) helps give energy. And red meat is to be avoided apparently because it causes pain receptors to go wacky.
There are a few members that will be along shortly that are experts in methadone withdrawal....Gnarly is kind of the resident expert on methadone withdrawal....He taught me a lot when I went through my withdrawal.....I honestly tell trusted friends that I would not wish methadone withdrawal on my worst enemy......BUT....It is beatable....I am sure you were not even getting close to being high from the methadone and it was more of a maintenance thing.....Keep going.....You can do this!
my GP put me on zopiclone almost two weeks ago after involuntary methadone withdrawal (75mg to zero in 8 weeks). It does get me to sleep but am now concerned with the possible addictiveness of it. Am struggling horribly with withdrawal for the 1st time in 46yrs & been on methadone 18 years & used opiates the previous 7 years. Opiates addicts since 17. if anyone can help me I'd be so grateful.
a good hot bath right b/4 bed helped me with sleep...but sleep is on of the last things to return to normal when detoxing off methadone you can try some valarian root to help with sleep its 4 bucks at walmart..I pop 6 of them a night...also theres a calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement you can get there also it cost 6 bucks but it will cut down on your withdrawals quite a bit I take 4 in the morning and 4 at dinner...that was a life saver for me...
Hi and welcom to the forum as for sleep on methadone it can take a wile it took me 90 days to get a restful sleep without waking yp at 3 in the morning just plug into aftercare it will help with the mental part of the withdrawal Keep posting for support you can do this and it is so so worth it.....................................Gnarly.................................................
I was addicted to methadone for 5 yrs!! It's a hard drug to get off of! At one point I thought I was dying. I've been clean of methadone since may 06-2009!!!! I've been an opiate addicted for ten yrs and I'm only 29! I've been clean off of lortabs foe 14 days. I still take Xanax for anxiety and sleep. Please don't geet on the methadone I've been there and it's no good!!!!!!
Jake, go ahead and start a new thread with your question. As for 'addicted 73', I have strong opinions from my own experiences with addiction and from what I see with patients.... opinions that you may resist hearing.
I would be very surprised if a person taking a couple hundred of OC per day could leave the addiction behind.
hi Megan....well your going threw a typical methadone withdrawal and that is normal....sleep was all but impossible for me so I know how it is to be laying there but it is like your brain wont shut off....the next faze will be dreaming....I got dreams in tec/na/color and they came at me at 100 mile a hour....it was the only way that I new I was getting any sleep at all....you just have to get by on cat naps.........try rolling up in a blanket on the sofa with some really soft music playing.....
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