Tryptamite
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I am an opiate addict on MMT. I take 60mg methadone/day. I find slow tapering to be incredibly disruptive to my schedule and have always preferred the idea of cold turkey to gradual reduction.
I want to get on the waiting list for an in-patient detox in a hospital setting. I need to be on 40mg methadone/day or less to qualify for this.
I don’t have the time, space or financial resources to take 2 weeks out of my life to do a cold turkey on my own terms at the moment. Methadone withdrawal for me lasts at least 10 days for the initial hell to subside.
I would however be able to take a hotel on the outskirts of the city for a few nights and stock up on valium, loperamide and other essential medicines and spend 3 or 4 days of withdrawal in a hot bath, watching films and playing xbox to distract myself. This would not be my first time experiencing withdrawals.
I would hope on the morning of the 4th day that my tolerance would be sufficiently lowered that (by titrating a dose upwards from 10mg) I would feel comfortable again at around the 30mg mark, maybe even less.
Does anyone have experience reducing tolerance like this? Is it viable or am I indulging in wishful thinking? Between the price of the hotel and medicine required, not to mention the pain I will be putting myself through I’d hate to do all this only to discover I’d reduced my tolerance by just a few mg.
Opinions much appreciated, thanks.
I want to get on the waiting list for an in-patient detox in a hospital setting. I need to be on 40mg methadone/day or less to qualify for this.
I don’t have the time, space or financial resources to take 2 weeks out of my life to do a cold turkey on my own terms at the moment. Methadone withdrawal for me lasts at least 10 days for the initial hell to subside.
I would however be able to take a hotel on the outskirts of the city for a few nights and stock up on valium, loperamide and other essential medicines and spend 3 or 4 days of withdrawal in a hot bath, watching films and playing xbox to distract myself. This would not be my first time experiencing withdrawals.
I would hope on the morning of the 4th day that my tolerance would be sufficiently lowered that (by titrating a dose upwards from 10mg) I would feel comfortable again at around the 30mg mark, maybe even less.
Does anyone have experience reducing tolerance like this? Is it viable or am I indulging in wishful thinking? Between the price of the hotel and medicine required, not to mention the pain I will be putting myself through I’d hate to do all this only to discover I’d reduced my tolerance by just a few mg.
Opinions much appreciated, thanks.