Detox and Tapering off methadone ONLY....

[pain patient]

I started this thread because Methadone-Topix has many threads. I am hoping this thread will be used for what it says its for....and nothing else. Detox and tapering is very important and should be done the correct way. If you are on methadone and are detoxing off the drug at this time please know that if you go cold turkey, it WILL be a painful experience no matter the dose. Decreasing no more than 10% of your dose at anytime is what most do on a slow taper. Then people have stayed there for at least 2-3 weeks and decreased again once they stabilized at this dose. No taper or detox is going to be absolutely withdrawal free but there is no reason you need to kill yourself with going down fast. Also COLD TURKEY is very dangerous. Dont let anyone tell you different. Especially if your on a high dose. A slow taper is the best way to go. Any peron taking methadone will tell you that. If you feel you have to go cold turkey there are others here who have done that and I am sure they will give you their experiences. Methadone withdrawl-mental physical thread also has some detox and taper experiences in it.

I hope you find what your looking for here and I hope this thread stays this way.

[Crazie Canuck]

Today, I am going from 2mg to 1mg (a high of 220).

ds

[pain patient]

Good for you CC, how long did it take you to get to this point? Is a long taper pretty easy to do ? I know no withdrawal is "easy" but from what I have read it sounds as if its the best and only way to go when coming off methadone.

[djharg]

I am 46 male + addicted to methadone amps + mixture, 150mg per day for a long time.
Will this be doing me any damage as I muscle the amps now as no veins left to use.
I would like to get off this but I am terrified of stopping the amps(WEAK)
If I would I be able to get a decent ammount of ativan for my bad nerves I think one addiction for a less stigmatized one would benefit me.
Has anyone stopped ampoules 2x50 a day + 50mg mixture? I would be very interested to know please.

[danzy]

I have been a methadone clinic patient for a year and a half and just now I'm starting to feel that primal urge to flee the necessity to go six days a week (if you follow the rules you don't have to go as often) but I feel so much better than I did two years ago. I feel like a real person again. This concept of tapering down a couple of milligrams at a time sounds like something I could do! Big numbers like 5 or 10 mgs are psychologically scary to me.

[EX-PPT]

djharg wrote:

I am 46 male + addicted to methadone amps + mixture, 150mg per day for a long time.
Will this be doing me any damage as I muscle the amps now as no veins left to use.
I would like to get off this but I am terrified of stopping the amps(WEAK)
If I would I be able to get a decent ammount of ativan for my bad nerves I think one addiction for a less stigmatized one would benefit me.
Has anyone stopped ampoules 2x50 a day + 50mg mixture? I would be very interested to know please.

Hi Dj, I wont lie to you but your taper is going to be much harder imo becuase of muscle and the amps you use. Ask your doctor to set up a slow, long taper and give you clonidine and klonopin, the two work amazingly well coming off methadone. At least it did for me. I came off Roxicodone 120mgs and 60mgs of methadone and it took me alsmmot 9 months. My taper that is.

[EX-PPT]

danzy wrote:

I have been a methadone clinic patient for a year and a half and just now I'm starting to feel that primal urge to flee the necessity to go six days a week (if you follow the rules you don't have to go as often) but I feel so much better than I did two years ago. I feel like a real person again. This concept of tapering down a couple of milligrams at a time sounds like something I could do! Big numbers like 5 or 10 mgs are psychologically scary to me.

As you taper, you will get to a point of 5mg or 10mg eventually. I feel you need to make the decision to get off it and not let the mgs bother you at all...keep saying to yourself....I CAN AND WILL DO THIS. If you obsess about it, it will be all that much harder on you psychologically and may cause a relapse of your DOC which got you on methadone in the first place.

[hrblockgirl]

i am on 110 mg of methodone i want to detox so bad what will happen if i just go cold turkey what would happen to me.has anyone ever tryed to go cold turkey

[taz]

I was on done for 8 years until on the 14/3/2008
I jumped off at 60mg cold turky all tho it was not the best way I could have done it the lesson
I learnd in the first 21 days after the jump made me determent not to ever touch opids ever again.
now after a year and ahalf I am free from all forms of opid based drugs I only take the val which I
only take 2.5mg three times a day but I aim to get off of them to.

[taz]

hrblockgirl wrote:

i am on 110 mg of methodone i want to detox so bad what will happen if i just go cold turkey what would happen to me.has anyone ever tryed to go cold turkey

I wouldnt try it on such a high dose 60mg was quite a effort and it took 10days of withdral before I started to improve but the choice is up to you.

[simon]

that is mad you will not make it 2 day's i drop from 50 to 15mgs in 2 week then got on zubby and valley's for 5 day to get the mef out my system that's when you no you have stared it then a stared on the anfettmin its been 5 day 6 tomorrow but dont feel that bad but got to come down that's will be hard but ave dun it before on it and its the best way for me you dont feel most off the pain and let's face it is not like you can get to sleep when you get off

[jawibo56]

..I quit cold turkey at 45mgs. I had very few symptoms.Some people experiance horrable withdrawls,while the oppisite is also true,some people do not suffer to badly.I still have issues with sleep even at 3 months clean.There are some who have been clean for over a year who still experiance some symptoms,so this drug is vial,and overtakes you mind,body and soul. Tapering is one way of quitting,but there is nothing wrong with cold turkey either.It is extremly rare for someone to die from withdrawls according to Doctor Arneson,who specialises in withdrawls.You can write him and he will answer you back for free.Just tell him what is going on with you and he will get back within a few days. E-mail him at [e-mail] This man really helped me when I decided to quit..James..

[mmLA]

hrblockgirl wrote:

i am on 110 mg of methodone i want to detox so bad what will happen if i just go cold turkey what would happen to me.has anyone ever tryed to go cold turkey

I have alot of personal history on heroin and methadone. I have been on it for many years and I have kicked it in jail many times. It always took me 2 to 3 months in jail cold turkey to get over it. And those 2 to 3 months felt like 2 to 3 years. If you are in your early twenties and have been on it for less than 6 months then you might want to go for it. You can do it. But you must not use dope once. Or you might try for as long as you can and then go back on the clinic on a lower dose. If you are working and can't be sick then you can go down 5mgs every one or two weeks and then cut it down to 3mgs and then 2 and 1mgs on the lower doses. Best thing is to get into a real detox and change your life. All that will happen is you will get older with the same problems as before. Please get clean and die a clean person when you leave this life and go on to the next one.

[bigsteve]

Hey, I was going to a methadone clinic for 1 year (started at 60mgs. After 6 months of going down 2mgs a week, I finally got down to 3mgs then just quit. Yes, it was rough and it's been two weeks and I am still not all together. I know it could ( DT's) last up to a month or more.

[Collin 5]

Crazie Canuck wrote:

Today, I am going from 2mg to 1mg (a high of 220).
ds

Congrats!! How did you do it? I am currently on 220 mg... and have been for the past 3 years. I am ready to detox and I'm debating if I should do a medical detox at the hospital... or a slower detox with my clinic.
Any advice?

[Collin 5]

I need advice. I've been going to a methadone clinic for the past 3 years. I'm on 220 mg and I am debating if I should go to a medical detox in the hospital... or a slower detox at the methadone clinic. Any advise.
?

[MR MUSIC]

Collin 5 wrote:

I need advice. I've been going to a methadone clinic for the past 3 years. I'm on 220 mg and I am debating if I should go to a medical detox in the hospital... or a slower detox at the methadone clinic. Any advise.
?

That all depends on just how fast you want or need to come off.If you can do the slow bell,like 20ml drop every three weeks,and start an exercise program,sweat as much as you can,drink bookoo water and flush as much as you can,and hit the methadone physical and mental thread,,,best wishes on beatin the beast....peace in the street..

[DtB24]

I jumped down from 110 to 80 today i feel alright so far i want to go cold turkey

[wilson]

DtB24 wrote:

I jumped down from 110 to 80 today i feel alright so far i want to go cold turkey

I went cold turkey off 80 mg on August 6th. I do suggest you look up Dr. Dave and buy his phase 1 and 2 if you have the money to do so. It's a morning and night packet of vitamins that include fish oil, amino acids, and other minerals your receptors and neurotransmitters need to become normal again. I really didn't go through a living hell physically like some people do but I think the vitamin packets helped that part a lot. If you're strong enough mentally and you're ready than I do suggest cold turkey because any other way is just delaying the inevitable! I haven't touched methadone in 3 months, I did take perc 10's and some suboxone off and on for about a month and I wish I didn't do that but I haven't touched any of that since Oct. 15th. I'm now starting to feel normal again except sleeping is unreal! I'm not in discomfort just can't sleep? But again I think some of that was because of my little slip up with perc 10's, so don't do anything like that and you should be fine. Exercise, sweat, eat as well as you can, if you're not eating well supplement your diet with a good protein powder drink. If you're mentally ready like I was and still am than nothing is in your way! Good luck and any questions keep posting and asking.

[NEWCOMER]

hello ive been GOING TO THE CLINIC FOR ALMOST 5 TO6 MONTHS, I AM FEELING GREAT, ACTUALLY HAD SOMEONE DO SOME DOPE IN FRONT OF ME AND I PASSED IT UP!:) SO HAPPY FOR THAT! I GO TO A CLINC CLOSE BY IM LUCKY ITS ONLY ABOUT 20 MINS FROM ME, MOST PEOPLE DRIVE OVER A HR OR SO. ITS CRAZY. I CANT SAY I WOULDNT,. SO ANYWAY IM DOING GREAT NOW AND I FEEL LIKE A NEW MOMMY AND A BETTER MOM, EVEN THOUGH I ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF MY BABY!! ALWAYS. SO MY THOUGHT IS, CAN I JUST STOP BC THE CLINIC WONT LET ME GO DOWN UNTIL IM STABLE WHICH I THINK I AM? IDO SMOKE MARIJUANA AT NIGHT TO SLEEPAND TAKE A CLONEPEN FOR SLEEP WHICH IS PRESCRIBED TO ME! SO IVE BEEN DOING WELL, ANYWAY I KNOW I DOULD STOP BUT I LL HAVE THOSE CRAVINGS, BUT I DONT WANT TO GO THROUGH A HORRIBLE DETOX,IF I WAIT LONGER BUT STAY AT 60? IVE BEEN ON THE 60 FOR A MONTH OR SO. STARTED AT 30 WENT TO 73 THAT WAS TO HIGH SO I DROPPED TO THE 60 BC I MISSED MORE THAN 3 DAYS SO IM GLAD THEY CUT ME.AT FIRST I JUST WANTED TO NOD NO MORE AT ALL IM DONE WITH JSUT WANTIN TO GET HIGH, I WANT TO WORK IT NOT LET IT WORK ME! 100%. SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL, GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN. AND THE WISDOM TO TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. AMEN.:)