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quiting oxys with methadone.....

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DRILLBIT TAYLOR

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has anyone suceeded on their own without a doc..if yes what did u do ? also is anyone out there under a doc supervision and currently takeing methadone ..and if yes what dose are you on and how long etc.?
 
also has anyone noticed marijuana has a different effect on u when on methadone??? Also is it safe to smoke when takeing methadone??????
 
I can't succeed without doctors, I've tried and it doesn't work. I just always end up going back. I was on Methadone and I relapsed. After about a year I started using heroin again while on the Methadone. I was taking 135mg.

Second question:
Yes, it is safe to smoke tobacco and marijuana on Methadone. There are no interactions. I never noticed any changes.
 
ive been on the methadone clinic since september and its the best thing an addict can do in my opinion im on 90mg....ur never dope sick and can always sleep well without waking up hurting....the only bad thing is ur tolerance will go through the roof and if you do wanna get high it takes a lot....and for ur other question i love blowen dutches on methadone it makes me sleepy though lol
 
ronthedon said:
ive been on the methadone clinic since september and its the best thing an addict can do in my opinion im on 90mg....ur never dope sick and can always sleep well without waking up hurting....the only bad thing is ur tolerance will go through the roof and if you do wanna get high it takes a lot....and for ur other question i love blowen dutches on methadone it makes me sleepy though lol
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It will raise your tolerance when using Methadone. I only used 5mg of Methadone & 2 days later when I went to take my usual 2 Norcos, they didnt work as well as they did the previous weeks. Im assuming since Methadone high lasts so long, it makes your tolerance go up.
 
K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
Its not the duration that increases your tolerance, its the potency of the drug. Methadone is powerful so when going back to your usual dose it won't feel as strong after haven taken it.
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Yeah man, I hated myself for taking Methadone because it has affected my tolerance. Even when I would take Oxys, I could go back to Norcos & I could still feel them like before but not with Methadone, grr......:!
 
thanks everyone for your input...ronthedon ..if i might ask- why is your dose so high? is that what they started u with ? K'd - i agree with ronthedon- so far it has been the best thing we could have done...7th day of being oxy free! My thinking is clearer my sense of smell is back ....im looking forward to all the positive changes in our lives
 
DRILLBIT TAYLOR said:
thanks everyone for your input...ronthedon ..if i might ask- why is your dose so high? is that what they started u with ? K'd - i agree with ronthedon- so far it has been the best thing we could have done...7th day of being oxy free! My thinking is clearer my sense of smell is back ....im looking forward to all the positive changes in our lives
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7 days is great. Everyone thinks Methadone is great at first because it gets rid of your withdrawals. I thought Methadone was amazing and everything the first six months but eventually its not a cure all. Things change once you've been on your dose for a long time. You'll eventually get cravings again and its easy to give in. Some have better will power than others. Hopefully you won't be one of the people that relapse because many do. They may not go back onto using but many people will give in and take a bottle of oxycodone, then go back on the done. You'll read a lot of people on here that ask things like, "I have some oxycodone and want to go off my methadone until its gone, how much should I take, etc."
 
i went from 90mg to 0mg in about 4 months which was pretty easy, there were no mad withdrawl symptoms, however i relapsed 5 months later, the docs didn't want me off methadone maintenance coz they had antici^pated a high risk of relapse

now i'm back on 100mg methadone
 
phatass said:
i went from 90mg to 0mg in about 4 months which was pretty easy, there were no mad withdrawl symptoms, however i relapsed 5 months later, the docs didn't want me off methadone maintenance coz they had antici^pated a high risk of relapse

now i'm back on 100mg methadone
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Its good that only 100mg holds you. I had to go all the way up to 135mg. I don't know if I really needed to be that high but that is how high I went and stayed on. Going down would just make me feel shitty.
 
DRILLBIT TAYLOR said:
has anyone suceeded on their own without a doc..if yes what did u do ? also is anyone out there under a doc supervision and currently takeing methadone ..and if yes what dose are you on and how long etc.?
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I did not use Methadone to quit, but I use a similar method to quit, and yes it can work. I had a 4 month OC and then 2 month Heroin habit consecutively. I tapered the Heroin down to about a bag a day (0.1 g) and then used vicodins for the next couple days in a tapering schedule. I was able to get out of addiction, and stay out of it, just takes alot of discipline. Please note I did stay sober for a couple months to start off with, and sine then have used in moderation. I use on like Friday or Saturday every other weekend, that's it. I had made that plan with myself so I could not be addicted, but still get to enjoy myself occasionally, as opiates are the only drug I like. I realize I did not use methadone as you mentioned, but most any drug can be used the way I utilized vicodins, in order to taper. Here are my bet tips:

> Re locate for the detox if possible. I moved in with my dad three hours from my home town to avoid relapsing while cleaning up.

> Only use Methadone/Suboxone/Vicodin/Anything else for about five days maximum to avoid switching addictions. If you need to stay on them for a while due to severe addiction, start decreasing your taper drugs after five days. Some people have to stay on maintenance, but most people can quit if they have the right mindset and environment.

> Take only the necessary amount of your taper drug to hold you over, do not use it to chase the high.

>Force yourself to exercise to replenish your endorphins.
 
K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
Did you enjoy the Methadone?
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Well, its a definitely a different kind of high. Would give me spurts of energy at times but at the same time, I was sedated most of the time I was high which was like 12 hours. Its not the kind of high I want to be on every day even tho I enjoyed the Methadone high, I dont think I would like to do it every day.
 
90mg isnt that high at all theres people on my clinic who are over 200...with my clinic you can decide when you want to detox and also how slow you want to go...theres people on 200mg who go down 2mg a week and id bet my life they feel no withdrawl...but my clinic started me on 30mg and to be honest it held me fine and i had a 120mg a day oxy habit but u can go up 10mg every 2 days and i wanted to get high off it so i went up until i reached 90mg.....but K'D OUT is right after about 2-3 months you stop feeling the so called high from methadone and then its just like ur never sick.....i love methadone i feel 95% normal and sober like before i even did oxys and all i do is smoke weed cuz my clinic is marijuana friendly but like i said my tolerance is through the roof i get high maybe once every 2 weeks and ill blow 2 30s and be high for maybe 30min....the only thing that still makes me feel a good opiate high is smoken the FENTANYL patches off foil
 
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