Methadone is a drug developed by the nazis. I love the high and am so lucky to have not abused long enough to experience methadone withdrawal. It has a LONG half life, meaning while the active narcotic in Percocets, oxy condone, is out of your system in 6 hours tops, methadone lingers for up to 50 hours. I've heard using methadone for short acting opiates is like trying to kill a fly with a shotgun. It does way more damage than good. What helps is honestly talking to those who care about you, a medical professional, and other addicts through a 12 step program. Using boards like this is a start, but a face to face meeting with a medical professional ( be HONEST), as well as family and friends will have you feeing SO much better. Perc withdrawals are awful, I've been there, but with medical supervision and the support of loved ones AND strangers who have been thru the same thing is a form of therapy that cannot be replaced. As awful as you will feel, the worst should be over in 5 days. Get dependent on methadone, you may not feel any better for months. I had 3 years sober from alcohol before I turned to opiates and benzodiazepines. Methadone addicts, more than heroin addicts, suffer incredibly long. As I sat as these 12 step tables, there was a mix of every kind of addict. Those who kept coming, improved quicker than they'd have ever imagined (ie "I'll NEVER get clean.) everyone thinks this. I don't know of anyone personally who has sucessfully gotten off methadone. Percs, coke, alcohol, heroin, yes. Methadone, no one I knowof personally. Of course it is possible. If it was impossible, it wouldn't be an option. But you don't wanna go that route. Methadone and suboxone can help short term, but most stay on for decades or life. As I said. I had 3 years alcohol and drug free. Then I secretly relapsed on pills. I felt like the biggest scumbag piece of shit. I didn't wanna be judged or disappoint. But everyone already knew. They understood, and they helped me. You need to realize you are suffering an illness. It needs to be treated as such. While I'm still not clean, im sucessfully tapering off klonopin, and rapidly tapering my opiate habit. Something I tried myself for 5 years but got no where. Most addicts need support and can't do it alone. If you get help thru a 12 step program I promise you'll make progress, be accepted and wonder why the hell you ever wanted to do it alone. If you really wanna quit, like I said, tell a doctor, your loved ones, and join a 12 step group. You don't even need to talk at 12 step meetings. Just go, listen, and relate. Introduce yourself. People who recover continue to attend meetings. They're there for people like you... And me. I relapsed cuz I stopped working the 12 steps, stopped going to meetings, and didn't help others near the end. Making friends and helping others, there's no greater high. In AA we have what are called the promises, which if you get a sponsor and do what he did (he'll let you know), you will live in those promises. They include sobriety, friendship, usefulness, hapiness you can't currently imagine. You'll live a life you can't imagine right now. On a lighter note, 12 step ppl are some of the kindest, well meaning, and coolest people you'll ever meet. No matter how old you are, you choose the sober way of life, your best days are yet to come. Good luck.