methadone withdrawal help

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 am just now going into withdrawal from methadone and oxy's and I have one pill for the with drawal symptoms can't remember what its called but suppose to block the opiates or something but also takes symptoms away. My question is when should I take this pill? When I'm heavy in the sweats, shakes etc?Has anyone done this?

basically if he flushes the methadone he has left and quits takin it today would he experience a withdrawal from the methadone?

Withdrawal with methadone will be there no matter what. Someone on this forum tapered over an 8 month period and still felt extreme withdrawls. Methadone individualized. Someone should be a long sbetter answer your question. Until then hang tight. I too am battling the dearth grib of opiates at going cold turkey from 110mgs. Today is day 8.

hi. were you originally on methadone and trying to use subs for withdrawal? one should not be taken when you are on the other. can you give us some more information? are you trying to do this on your own without a doctor?

I found out the doctor I got here runs a pill mill and when I asked questions, he dropped me. Social Security won`t help, welfare won`t help, free clinic won`t help and the doctor that put me on methadone just called and said he won`t take me back. I have never abused my medication and have done everything I`ve been told to do. I can`t even find a doctor to take me because of the methadone. Pain clinics want $450.00 just to walk in the door.

Good Morning Everyone!! My name is genia. This is gonna b kinda long becuz I've never told my story to any1 & need help. I was on Darvocet for 2 yrs & then my dr switched me to methadone once I found out I was pregnant. I was on this meds for chronic pain issues related to gastric bypass (everytime I eat I get very sick). B4 the methadone, I was constantly in & out of the hospital with several surgeries even with the darvocet.

I am now taking 60 mg. of methadone, trying to get off of the methadone to become eligible for other pain treatment. I didn't know where to ask this question. The 1st reason I started taking the methadone was due to heroin abuse, which I started to kill the pain from a car accident. I had dabbled in heroin use prior to my car accident. But have been clean for many years now, thanks to the methadone.

I think the typical withdrawal is 4-5 days of the intense phsyical symptoms. I do not know about methadone. Try wrapping your legs in ace bandage for the rls. It helped me.

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.

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.

How long are you planning to use the methadone? If you only use it a week or 2, you won't have much of a withdrawal from that. The methadone will be out of you system in 5 days, you will likely feel the withdrawal from the other opiates in a day or two. The methadone will help some with the symptoms until monday. Did the rehab tell you what to do until you get there?

the longer and higher the dose the longer the withdrawal and post withdrawal I was up to 150ml and my habbit was 6 1/2yrs long so my withdrawal was long...the physical part was over in about 7 days with some lingering symptoms that lasted 2 weeks...

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.

no offense to anyone but i need to talk to someone that shot up oxycontin for ten years, and has also tried stupid methadone. the methadone is worse than speed or heroine isnt it?

The level of misinfo on here about this subject is sad. Here are some facts: There is an EXTREMELY HIGH risk of miscarriage if you detox from methadone while pregnant. Lowering your dose WILL NOT mitigate neonatal withdrawal symptoms after birth. The fetus absorbs much of the dose, causing mom to be in constant withdrawal if dose is lowered, which is dangerous to the fetus. Federal methadone guidelines now recommend dosage increases during pregnancy. Yes, the baby will go through withdrawal.

I was on methadone for two years. My dose started at 5mg and moved to 100mg daily. Be extremely careful with this powerful drug. When I came quit cold turkey I went through 40 days of horrendous detox. I would not wish that upon anyone, its hell. You however, are on a much lower dose and have not been taking it for too long. If you want to help yourself begin to taper from the methadone. It is much stronger than suboxone and 25mg of methadone is high enough to feel some serious wd. Save...save..

I was taking methadone to get off of pain meds the withdrawal didnt seem as bad as the methadone wd. My ? is what supplements do I need to get to try and get better.

Do you plan on tapering at all? Even though you have only been taking it twice a week, that is a pretty hefty dose. I don't really have any experience with methadone except from what I have read so I don't have the knowledge to answer your question but there are a couple of members that do. Gnarly1 and KC both know a great deal about methadone. They have both tapered off and are clean from methadone and everything else. I'm sure they will be along during the day to help you out.

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!

I came completely off of the methadone for a week(was taking oxy for that week to help with withdrawal) I finally got tired of chasing after pills and went back to the methadone clinic..so I am now up to 40mgs and have my suboxone appt monday @ 1:15..Im wondering if I take my dose tomorrow @ 8am if I will be ok to start suboxone monday afternoon..my dr office has no nurses and the receptionist all say they have never heard of having to be so manys hours into withdrawal before starting suboxone.

Yep right here!!...I swear, & not many people believe me, but my methadone withdrawal was almost like nothing!!...I was on it for 8yrs highest dose about 100mg, & from January to March 24, 2012 I tapered completely off...by myself..no Dr...I was 3months clean & started to have bladder/kidney pain, had some surgeries, got on oxycodone for that & am currently trying to taper off it...let me tell you, it has been beyond WORSE than the methadone!!!...

Also birdie, there is an article in the Health Pages there is a link to get there on the right side of the forum, there is an article i added that was written by a doc that has detoxed hundreds of methadone maintained patients. There are alot of great things in there most of them are OTC. Check it out and see if they can help you. Keep us posted on how you are doing.. I have heard the last couple milligrams are the hardest.

Methadone is a longer detox than most other opiates. He may be feeling it pretty strong for about 3 weeks and then a slow recovery. He hasn't been on it for an extreme amount of time and was a relatively low dose, that will help, though that's a fast drop to 0. I am also surprised he is detoxing before rehab. How long before he goes in? If he is healthy otherwise, there is no danger in detox of opiates, so don't feel anxious.

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