ogtommy I'm so sorry you followed my terrible plan. It was a recipe for disaster. I was being a stubborn fool for not listening to everyone telling me to slow down. I hate that it caused you unnecessary pain. I had never done this before and was taking what my primary dr said for fact. When the truth is he's a bumbling idiot. My plan was working so well until it wasn't. And i do believe I would have ended up in bad shape (or dead) if not for taking the 20mg that day. I couldn't even walk I was passing out every time I tried to get out of bed. I'm not in best health as is. So again, I'm so sorry that my post hurt you,
I don't know much about tapering and detox but if I learned one thing from my expirience it's this...Go slow. My "plan" was to drop every day. That never gave the dose a chance to stabilize. So a 100mg drop hit me all at once I guess. And my comfort meds did nothing for me. The best advice I can give you is listen to what is said in here. TPD, CJ, 10years, Somni & others they know what they're talking about. They all told me what I needed to do in the beginning and I was a stubborn ass and didn't listen. And even so, when shit got bad they still helped me without saying I told you so or judging me. Day 10 of zero methadone was when my body was telling me I can't do this another day. I hadn't had any liquids or food for days and when you don't pee for almost 36 hours somehing bad is going on. So it was either call an ambulance and end up in psych hold or get back on low dose methadone. I did that. Now I'm taking it slow and following advice from expirienced BL'rs.
I do hope everythig works out for you. I feel awful that my post caused someone to do their taper that way. But that doesn't mean I'm not rooting for you. I hope you are able to successfully taper. Without getting all in your business is there any way you could maybe slow down since you tapered down to 18 fairly painlessly. Maybe take it slower from there? I really shouldn't be giving any advice since I screwed myself up so bad. You should post in SL and I know you'll get some solid advice from people who have been thru this and want to see you succeed. I wish I could help you but I'm learning myself the do's and donts. Sounds like you have lots of comfort meds so I'm sure you can do this.
Thank you for cheering me on I def need it. My only support is right here in BL. No one other than my mum knows I'm going thru this. Well dr asshole knows but he doesn't count. Anyway, I'll be rooting for you. And you really should start a post in SL and you'll get tons of solid feedback. Good Luck OGTommy!!
?Barb