I was on 80ml of Methadone for 5 or 6 years and stopped it c/t 15 months ago.
When I first stopped I found it very difficult to sleep for more than an hour or two a night and I was constantly thinking I needed to be back on the stuff during the day. The first two or three months were by far the worst and the RLS did not seem to ever get better.
Also stopped 30mg diazepam c/t after being on varying doses for a few years as well as different benzos for anxiety and insomnia ncluding lorazepam, nitrazepam, temazepam and the z drug zopiclone.
I had been prescribed benzos almost constantly from the age of 19 until 37 so it was extremely difficult stopping these c/t too and I would not recommend it as I had seizures and was sectioned under the mental health act 2 or 3 times due to them thinking I was psychotic when infact I fully believe it was the extreme intense withdrawal causing me to seem this way.
The Methadone c/t seemed milder than the benzo c/t but its difficult to know the w/d diffiferences as I stopped them as the same time. The most annoying thing about the methadone w/d long term I find is the restless legs and agitation or is the agitation part of benzo withdrawal?
When I first stopped I found it very difficult to sleep for more than an hour or two a night and I was constantly thinking I needed to be back on the stuff during the day. The first two or three months were by far the worst and the RLS did not seem to ever get better.
Also stopped 30mg diazepam c/t after being on varying doses for a few years as well as different benzos for anxiety and insomnia ncluding lorazepam, nitrazepam, temazepam and the z drug zopiclone.
I had been prescribed benzos almost constantly from the age of 19 until 37 so it was extremely difficult stopping these c/t too and I would not recommend it as I had seizures and was sectioned under the mental health act 2 or 3 times due to them thinking I was psychotic when infact I fully believe it was the extreme intense withdrawal causing me to seem this way.
The Methadone c/t seemed milder than the benzo c/t but its difficult to know the w/d diffiferences as I stopped them as the same time. The most annoying thing about the methadone w/d long term I find is the restless legs and agitation or is the agitation part of benzo withdrawal?