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MEGA MERGED METHADONE THREAD...All methadone clinic talk in here

I am on 75mgs a day. Right now I'm on maintenance status. I don't plan on tapering until at least a year from now. That's the plan.
 
Been at methadone clinic for 2.5 years. Went in at 30mg (should of just stayed there and let me body stabilize), but ended up going up to 90mg, which i believe i was over medicated at that dose. I fucked around for the first year or more not staying clean, or taking my recovery seriously, and wanted to keep going up because...well, my thinking was all fucked up from years of addiction.

For the past year I have been tapering down slowly, from 90 to 15mg. I would decrease 2-3mg a week at the higher doses, once i got to about 30mg, i started to go 1mg maybe 2mg a week. I did it myself at the dosing window so the amount i decreased by really depended on how i felt that week. it was painless until i got to 30mg. From 30-15 i had very very minor symptoms, easily managed with OTC meds.

For circumstances i wont go into, I decided to leave the clinic this past Thursday at 15mg. I took 5mg on Friday of my take home stash i had saved for going out of town on days i didnt get take homes, or for times like this. I'm now nearly 3 days in and it hasn't been as bad as i thought it would be. Clonidine has been the main thing that has controlled the WD symptoms. It takes away the chills, sweats, the general creepy crawly restless feeling, and even helps with the RLS. Ive also taken a daily vitamin with Potassium and Magnesium for the RLS, and Ativan for anxiety and to potentiate the clonidine and vis-vera.

FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THEIR CLINIC, A SLOW AND STEADY TAPER OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WILL GET YOU OUT OF THERE WITH VERY LITTLE PAIN. We all need to pay the piper at some point, but it really was not as bad as I worked it up to be in my head, or nearly as bad as I've read on these forums here.
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY THE PEOPLE WHO QUIT METHADONE HIGH DOSE COLD TURKEY...taper is the way to go.

Good luck to anyone thinking about doing something similar.
 
Sometimes - not always - I experience difficulties getting an erection due to my methadone. Have anyone ever spoken to their doctor about viagra and gotten a script despite being young and that it is of cause the methadone that is causing the problems?

I consider asking my doctor if it is possible. Do you think that is stupid or have you seen it done before?
 
Burlington, VT

The waiting lists fluctuate from time to time, but the wait list for a Methadone/Buprenorphine program in the Burlington area (we have one clinic) is generally 12 - 18 months from sign-up to when you receive your first dose. If you think I'm full of shit, try me. I had to turn on my secret "Jew-Charms" to get into my current program in 4 months. This was considered a major favor to me by everyone involved. People can't just "get on" the clinic here in my area.

Also, I don't know if anyone can relate to this sentiment, but my clinic is attended daily by some of the most prime examples of white trash, inbred, high-functioningingly retarded individuals on God's Earth.

Favorite Quotes from Clinic Denizens

"I don't know how Benzodiazepines ended up in my piss. Your test is fucking stupid yo."

"I'm not drunk. I had a beer last night, maybe, your test is fucking stupid yo."

"It's cause I eat, like, mad poppyseeds yo."

"You can't cut my dose. I'm suing your ass. I totally have a lawyer."

"My dude, was getting it straight off the boat from Afghanistan. 98% pure."
 
On day 7 of detoxing from this. 40ml no taper on it for 3 years. Not at a clinic get it through a friend. Went on a vacay left no choice. Hot baths have been key and Ive probably walked over 75k on the trip. Stopped tracking after 46k. The fact that I have access to nothing is probably a big factor in the process. I head home tomorrow, probably munch perks at night when I get back so I can sleep. (I have a script) I will say it's definately harder than opiates but not too bad all in all. Then again at day 7 I hear it can get worse but its only dissapated not gotten worse.
 
I'm not sure where to ask this, so I guess I'll ask it here?

It seems like if I drink any more than two-three drinks at night, the next morning I throw up. Happens every damn time! And it sucks! I had a few drinks with co workers last night and even though I ate and drank a ton of water, I still ended up drunk and this morning when I dosed, I threw up about 20-30 min afterwards.

My main question is: Did I throw up my dose? Or did I absorb in my system in that amount of time? I have to work today and I really don't want to take my Sunday takehome if I still have my dose in my system, because I'm not looking to get high or overmedicated from it, but I will if I need to. I don't have to work on Sunday so I'd rather be ill on a day off.
 
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Surely you'll know. Just hold off until you feel you need to drink the take home.
Know you're over indulging with booze ....and knowing is half of the battle.
 
I go to the clinic Monday Wednesday and Friday get take homes in between, I'm 26 yr old on 90 mg. Been going for 1year and a half would like to detox out one day but for right now im getting my life together, just take my dose every morning, and it keeps me straight all day.
 
Well I'm super late posting - sorry!
I've been a member for years but I forgot my password lol. Whoops!

Anyway, I was in MMT in 2006, and luckily I weened down and jumped off at 30 mg (I was on 120mg).

Fast forward to 2016, I called on Tuesday and there is a local MMT place in my town, they waived the intake fee AND I got to start on Wednesday. I'm on 20mg, and I sure feel wd's coming on by around 5-7pm. I'm gonna have to go up a few mgs and see how it does me. I don't wanna go too high. Cause I wanna come off of this sooner or later.

And btw, I'm in the D.C. (Washington DC) area.
 
Hope everyone is doing well!
I have tapered down to 96mg from a peak of 125mg. Been on the program for 1.5 years (this is my second round MMT).
Doing great other then RLS that wont go away.
Good luck to everyone on MMT!
 
Alright if I rant? I'm bored...why do I ask?

The methadone clinic...it's better than no clinic but why it didn't work for me...

A) I ran into people from the past who were not getting clean and I put myself into tempting situations.
B) The dose cost me $14 no matter what. I tapered from 130mg down to 10mg and said screw this I'll get it off the street cheaper. This put me in more tempting situations with more money in my pocket.
C) I never went higher than 130mg but it didn't block H. I never got take homes, people noticed, see example A.
D) I don't have a lot of experience at completely kicking opiates but my attempt at methadone was brutal, I caved. Fentanyl is the only thing that pops to mind as being worse. Granted I was at doses that were going to take willpower that I didn't have.

Don't get me wrong, if this is your only option it's a lot better than chasing H! I just wanted to share some potential roadblocks that you MIGHT face.

I was never serious about quitting, but achieving that mindset is tough in that environment. I lost track of just about every old face that I ran into, but I know a few that made it through the program successfully.
 
Hi guys, i started on methadone right before xmas, started around 30mg and now im up to 105mg. I get drowsy the first few days after my increase then back to normal. The problem is i still have bad cravings for heroin, it just sucks. I been avoiding all my triggers the best i can but there are so many times i want to use. I only failed once and that was about a month in. did a little H but barely felt it. Now im up to 105mg. I still get intense craving for H. its just been a huge part of my daily routine for 2 years and im trying to find things to fill the void.. Its rough. I wanna go up to at least 120mg we can go up 5mg every week but after 120 they have do some workup on you. I just want this craving to go away. Thanks for listening. im going to a pay clinic and its 90 a week but you only meet with your counseler once a ,month or more if requested, no groups to go to every other day etc. Im trying to get back to a normal life. xo
 
I started on MMT just a week ago and I'm on a small 20mg dose and it has changed my life completely foe the better. I don't pay anything for it and it's only a 5 minute drive to the clinic. I think I need to go up to 30 or 35mg but I'm so much happier on it than trying to find other pills and always be broke. It's saving my life
 
Methadone saved me as well. Before I got on MMT I was getting Suboxone, but burprenorphin did not remove my cravings in any way and I constantly wanted to take drugs. After 6 months on Suboxone I changed to Methadtone. I was amazing. For the first time since I became an addict I stayed clean for months (staying clean meaning taking nothing but what is prescribed to me). The difference between Suboxone and Methadone was unimaginable big for me.

To be honest I think Methadone is the reason I have a job today, and that I am somewhat happy for the first time in....10 years. In the first months Methadone removed my cravings completely and I ended on 80 mg Methadone/day - here I had to physhical WDs and the psycholohical WDs was completely gone. It is actually two years since I started on Methadone in September. After one year, I decreased my dose with 5 mg each month until I reached 60 mg Methadone/day. That is what I get now. However, I have had a harder time controlling my cravings the last 6 months and (as you might know) I have used other things like Ketobemidone, Morphine, Oxycodone, Cocaine etc. Therefore I am considering asking if I can increase the dose back to 80 mg or maybe 100 mg due to the amount of Ketobemidone I have been taking. It is the wrong way but I have had the thought that this might be for life.
 
I haven't been on 'done for very long, but no longer having to deal with dopesickness so often has already changed my life for the better as well for sure! 120-140mg (currently on 120mg) is holding me fine I think, though perhaps I may need to increase it a bit further, if my doctor agrees. I do still get cravings for short acting opiates. (And still see my GP monthly for my oxy script cause it's so tempting, infact monday it's oxytime again :))

It's an absolute godsend for people unable to give up opiates. It makes it possible to function again. Suboxone never worked as well for me as methadone.
 
I like Ignio I was on subutex for two years and couldn't get sleep at night and it didn't help my nerve damage at all I was in pain most the time m. But it did keep me clean from oxy and or any other opiate. My doc told me I had to taper down to 8mg before he would switch me over to methadone. So I did and got switched first it was 40mg a day now it's 50mg. I ended up doing morphine and oxy but it was to have some fun she to being ckeangor over two years. The 50 doesn't hold me cuz of course I like being high or feeling something. But my doc and I agreed won't go higher then 60mg. So he prescribed Gabapentin 600mg twice a day started slow and then this morning I took 600 an hour after my methadone. They work well especially for my nerve damage my pain was gone all day and I slept way better they I have been :)

Pill2Chill where is the new how high am I today forum so I can keep up with everyone? The other says closed thread
Thanks and methadone kicks ass!

Joe bean
 
I've been on MMT for almost two years now and life has improved drastically before MMT I didn't have a life all my exsistance was feeding my minds opioid receptors to avoid withdrawal and in addition to fucking my finances HARD and causing much turmoil in my family and other interpersonal relationships

I'm finally on a stable footing mentally which I've not had in my 10 year run with Rx opioid & heroin addiction and even thought I'm planning to stay on MMT for the foreseeable future and if it is my whole life I'm totally fine with that
 
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