badbarbiedolly
Bluelighter
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- Mar 21, 2015
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I'm doing pretty good. It's day 11 of no methadone. Every day gets a little easier. I'm still dealing with the terrible insomnia and all the mental/emotional stuff. But for the most part, I'm ok.
If I've learned anything from this taper it's this...the slower you go the better. When I first started tapering I went from 100mg to zero in about 10 days. And I never really got sick. Until I did. It was around day 3 of no methadone went things went really bad. Day 10 of nothing I ended up taking I think 20mg and slowly tapering from there. And I can tell a huge difference in how much better this second taper was. I mean, I still got sick but it wasn't close to death sick like before. And I am getting closer to my goals every day. I'm thinking in about a month I'll be able to go see my surgeon and tell him I'm off the methadone and begin the process of healing physically. And I couldn't have made it this far without everyone here.
?Barb
Also forgot to add that I had to quit taking the morphine. Even with the benedryl the rash got worse. Every time I took a pill the rash spread. It ended up all over my body and face. And I was eating too many benedryl so I assume I'm allergic. I'm now just taking one or two a day of the oxy I had saved up from before. I'm mostly using them to help with my pain until I see my dr again. Hopefully he will get my referral to pain management in next visit.
If I've learned anything from this taper it's this...the slower you go the better. When I first started tapering I went from 100mg to zero in about 10 days. And I never really got sick. Until I did. It was around day 3 of no methadone went things went really bad. Day 10 of nothing I ended up taking I think 20mg and slowly tapering from there. And I can tell a huge difference in how much better this second taper was. I mean, I still got sick but it wasn't close to death sick like before. And I am getting closer to my goals every day. I'm thinking in about a month I'll be able to go see my surgeon and tell him I'm off the methadone and begin the process of healing physically. And I couldn't have made it this far without everyone here.
?Barb
Also forgot to add that I had to quit taking the morphine. Even with the benedryl the rash got worse. Every time I took a pill the rash spread. It ended up all over my body and face. And I was eating too many benedryl so I assume I'm allergic. I'm now just taking one or two a day of the oxy I had saved up from before. I'm mostly using them to help with my pain until I see my dr again. Hopefully he will get my referral to pain management in next visit.
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