This is my first time ever posting here. So forgive any newbie ignorance on my part.
I've been battling heroin addiction for ten plus years and I've dabbled with Methadone for the past 6 years on and off. Currently I'm on maintenance and clean of any recreational drug use 2+ years.
As much as I want to be happy and proud of myself, my dependency on methadone is impossible to ignore and the looming fact that one day I'm going to have to deal with tapering off and suffer weeks to months of horrible withdrawals ruins any ambition or hope towards accomplishing goals and building a successful life for myself.
My point is I would give anything to have your current position drug wise. 6 months clean of everything. 6 months without waking up in agony and needing to take something to survive the day. 6 months free of any binding chains holding you hostage.
If I were you I'd stay the hell away from ruining what you accomplished so far.
If you have to do it then easy does it. Like everyone has mentioned methadone is potent and can be dangerous especially for a recovering addict with a completely new tolerance and response system as compared to 6 months prior.
And all the dangerous threats aside, you're just going to delay your recovery process. It can take a long time to feel normal again after 2 years of heroin use. It takes a while for the brain to function as it did before you started using, and every day you finish without turning to any narcotics to get by is another day your closer to being 100% all on your own. For me 6 months clean of everything still has me feeling incredibly tired and without energy at times, it's a big part of why I always relapsed. The physical would be over but I'd have days of feeling lifeless and depressed and lethargic. But what I wouldn't give to have 6 months clean of everything even with those shitty days. Because it'll pass eventually. And in another 6 months you'll brand new.
I'm sorry. I wrote a book here and selfishly persued discouraging you from the methadone verses sharing my thoughts and personal advice on how you should go about using the methadone, what you asked for.
I would start off low and like others mentioned wait for the peak to start kicking in. I'm on 90 and it takes about 2 hours for me to feel complete. I'm not educated on how it metabolizes etc but wait at least an hour or two to see how you feel. And I would avoid messing around with it beyond 2 consecutive days every week. I find for me anything past 2 days in a row leaves me feeling the wd's no matter how slight. And I always counteract the 2 days with at least 3 days off.
Good luck either way.
And try and hold on to those 6 months. That's a huge deal, no small victory there.