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2nd day of Methadone treatment

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trav688

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Hey guys, new to the forums.

I'm in my 2nd day of Methadone treatment after about a year and a half of abusing Percocet, about 70-75 mg's a day.

I was just wondering is it normal to slip up and do a couple percs the first few days of treatment until they get my dosing up to par to where it will hold me?
 
K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
Yes, that is normal. I knew someone who still took his codeine all the way up until he was up to 70mg. This is not a good idea though.
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yea iuts quite dumb you know and im talking to the poster that youll NEVER get better if you use ontop....trust me i know from experience and im sure mr k does tooo
 
Yeah, its a bad idea. Once your above 60mg you don't even feel any other opiates anyway so its stupid. I remember on 130mg me and my friend were trying to shoot dope and popping OC's. We didn't even feel anything but we kept doing it. Eventually I relapsed. Went cold turkey from done and experienced the worst withdrawals of my life.
 
Well I'm on the entrance dose of 30 mg's, wasn't planning on continuing when I get to higher doses.

But thanks for the input guys, I know it's not the best idea. But that's part of my addiction, I gave in and did one perc, haven't done one since.....hopefully I can go the rest of the time without doing one.
 
Also how long will this shit make me feel bad?

I haven't popped any percs today with it, but this stuff is making me feel pretty awful.
 
You'll feel bad until you get upped to the right dose. Nobody can tell what the will be. Hopefully they are moving you up at least 10mg every few days. I don't remember how quick it is that they move you up, I know its 10mg within a week I believe. But not all Methadone clinics work the same when it comes to dosing. Your at a small dose so feeling bad will be expected for awhile. Sorry
 
Well they do it so you can move up every fourth day, so I can dose up tomorrow if I want to.

I think it's pretty obvious that I need to, hopefully that will help a little.
 
You should need to, most people I know go above or well above 70mg. I was on 130mg but I don't think I needed to go that high. Its best to keep as low as possible. I don't think you'll need more than 70mg if you were abusing just 70mg of oxycodone. Not downgrading your habit, just saying that Methadone is more potent than oxycodone.
 
I appreciate the info.

I was beginning to wonder if I'd always feel like shit on the Methadone. Looking forward to seeing what 40 mg's does for me tomorrow.

And I want to note that I'm not looking to get fucked up, just want it to where I feel normal.
 
trav688 said:
I appreciate the info.

I was beginning to wonder if I'd always feel like shit on the Methadone. Looking forward to seeing what 40 mg's does for me tomorrow.

And I want to note that I'm not looking to get fucked up, just want it to where I feel normal.
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hey buddy you will never feel quite right until youre stable. I thought I was stable at 70mgs, and then a week passed and I just started feeling fucking awful again, it was always sedating for me but it felt like it just started exiting my body sooner and sooner each day so I had to go up past 100. TRY to keep it below 90 though man, I'm telling you it will be a bitch going down even with small tapers. I was sick when I went fown from 115 to 110 for about 2 weeks, wasn't puking but my stomach was def not feeling right and I sweated my ass off that first few days
 
K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
I doubt 40mg will be much better. Still a low dose.
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why would they only up doses by 10mgs? my clinic starts you out with 30 next day if you aint feelin right ups you 20mgs, then you wait a day or 2 and up 20 more mgs then its 10mgs after that until you reach 80 then its either 5 or 10 depending on your reasoning.
 
BananasAndOranges said:
why would they only up doses by 10mgs? my clinic starts you out with 30 next day if you aint feelin right ups you 20mgs, then you wait a day or 2 and up 20 more mgs then its 10mgs after that until you reach 80 then its either 5 or 10 depending on your reasoning.
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I forgot how the upped me the next day but I remember after 80 they did the same by upping either 5 or 10mg.
 
40 was a little better.

And I don't know why they only go up by 10 mg's and only let you do it every 4th day, seems like in the beginning you should be able to dose up daily until you reach a happy medium.
 
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