Methadone withdrawal cold turkey
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I've been taking hydrocodone/methadone combo on/off for almost 6 years. Lately, I've cut the methadone out completely. It's been a month since I've taken any. I've still been taking at least 10 mg; at most 30-40 mg of hydrocodone a day for the past month if not 2 months, I can't remember. I have started attending NA meetings and I want to quit completely. In patient rehab isn't an option bc I have a great job and don't want to lose it.
anybody do both and have any opinions.....ive done cold turkey before and it was hell i really dont want to go thru that again....but i heard its a lil easier to take the medicine all at once so to speak than to have the long dragged out sub withdrawls.
i'll also be alone this time last time i wasnt so thats a lil scary to not to sound like a baby but i couldnt even move last time and my habit is worse this time....plus i would have to miss work maybe take med leave for a month IDK...
I just recently found out I was pregnant. I was already struggling with a 1-3 30mg a day roxy habit. I tried to quit cold turkey but started having cramps on day 2 and after a lot of researching I learned that going cold turkey runs a high risk of miscarriage in the 1st trimester. I wanted to come off safely so I took 10mg of methadone daily for 5 days. I started to feel withdrawals again and got scared so I got 6 more 10mg a few days later and did one a day.
That's exactly why I hate insurance companies, It sounds like he's got some decent meds for what he's going through. Although comming off Xanax will be hard as well. Chlonidine should keep his blood pressure in check and Seroquil is pretty common these days for sleep. I just came off Methadone cold turkey so I totally understand what he's going through. I did it with virtually no meds, but if he's nearly 60 it's gonna be harder on him than me.
well I have been on methadone for about 16months and been tapering since may 2009. I got myself down to 3mls and decided to say screw it and go cold turkey for the rest. Today marks day one for me however I just found out minutes ago that I am pregnant. I'm not sure if I should just ride it out or go back to my doc and taper the rest as i was. Is there a risk of miscarriage if I do stick it out cold turkey?
I am 16, and my dad recently quit taking methadone cold turkey. He was at 20mg, and had been slowly coming off from 120mg. He had to quit cold turkey bc he couldnt afford it. He is.completely broke and will be for another week. We currently have no car, and its just me and him living in the house. Theres little to no food here as well. Im worried that he wont recover without food and other medications to help him along. He used to have seizures, and Im worried about that too.
He plans on quitting cold turkey. Aware of all the side effects, my husband is very stubborn and is tired of the liquid handcuffs. So far so good... though today he is sleeping most of the time he seems to be ok. I went out and bought some multi vitamins and boost drinks to help him a bit.
is there anyone else who has done this cold turkey before and if so can you help me as to what to expect?
nt know about methadone clinics. I thought there was no help. I tried so many times cold turkey like you and failed. I know my time on methadone is coming near,but I'm so scared to even think about it. Well you just take things a day at a time and keep up the good work. A lot of people cant do what your doing. So keep on being strong.
I am on day 11, of a 35ml a day cold turkey withdrawl from methadone , and speeking from firsthand understanding of opiate detox, i have quit a 1 to 2.5gram aday herion habit and a 80 to 120mg a day dilaudid habit. and methadone is by far the hardest thing i have ever atempted to quit. now to the point, iwas hoping someone could give me a rough idea or timeline as to when ican exspect to start feeling better. i know thats a very openended question but this draging on much longer then exspected.
severe methadone withdrawal,day3 miserable night last night,had a few beers this a.m.am I doing myself more harm than cold turkey alone?
i have quit and started back enough to know how much hell it is to do it cold turkey. i am on my first day again. i found a few methadone 10mg to help me through the next 4 to 5 days then i should be good. i hope! methadone withdrawal is worse then anything i've ever tried to quit so be careful. i try to do no more then 25mg a day for 4-5 days and that's it. i was in a clinic for 2 years and was on 100mg of methadone a day. quiting that was the most brutal thing i've ever done.
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 am on day 11, of a 35ml a day cold turkey withdrawl from methadone , and speeking from firsthand understanding of opiate detox, i have quit a 1 to 2.5gram aday herion habit and a 80 to 120mg a day dilaudid habit. and methadone is by far the hardest thing i have ever atempted to quit. now to the point, iwas hoping someone could give me a rough idea or timeline as to when ican exspect to start feeling better. i know thats a very openended question but this draging on much longer then exspected.
And am not really sure I want to go this route. However, I have quit cold turkey Lorcet 3-4 times and of course relapsed. So that's why I decided to try suboxone. Anyways, I am considering quiting the Suboxone all together and the Lorcet of course. Will that send me back into severe w/d's like when I started the Sub.? I am not sure what to do. I just want to be drug free all together! Thank You all sooo very much!
My husband was on methadone for 5 months (constant this time) and went cold turkey on 25mg 4 days ago. I'm wondering how long the symptoms will last for him. We're doing the Thomas recipe or something with all the vitamins and such and also he basically lives in a hot jet bath tub. I just want to know how long it'll last and if there's anything else I can do to help?
How much methadone were you taking and for how long? Do you plan on quitting these drugs cold turkey or by tapering. Tapering will make your withdrawals less than if you didn't taper. I believe that the heroin detox is harsh but is over with much faster than methdadone detox. So we really need some more information from you.
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