Can u use methadone tabz like suboxone???

[giveuptheghost]

Aim for a little more than 5 days. You'll feel like you sort of have a minor flu during the acute W/D stage; that's it! It's NOTHING compared to benzo withdrawal. And then after the acute stage, you'll be a little bummed out for up to a month or so. STAY BUSY DURING THAT TIME and eventually you won't even think about it/ NO cravings. It's easier than you think.

If you don't really want to quit, you won't.

 

[tyson101]

@ Morgan
Thanks for a very informative reply ,I'm aware of everything u said ,I should've mentioned that in my first post, also my ROA has always been oral, maybe% 20 snorted, I'm prepared to feel some discomfort rather than faceing methadone w/d.

@giveupthegost
And yah benzo w/d suck ass bro , n it won't be as bad I'm hoping.
And planning to go back to training once I'm able to man .

 

[tyson101]

Well today is day one and dosed 20 mg in the am n was feeling a bit crap till late afternoon wen I started feeling better it's almost 9 pm and just had another 5 mg, feeling ok so far , it's been more than 24 hours n normaly I'm sick as a dog by now , so yeah day 1 and only done 25mg of methadone to hold me, hopefully il sleep good tonight and wake up ok tomorrow, if that's the case I won't dose till tomorrow night ..
Technically it's the beginning of day 2 lol

 

[anythingbutsober]

Well today is day one and dosed 20 mg in the am n was feeling a bit crap till late afternoon wen I started feeling better it's almost 9 pm and just had another 5 mg, feeling ok so far , it's been more than 24 hours n normaly I'm sick as a dog by now , so yeah day 1 and only done 25mg of methadone to hold me, hopefully il sleep good tonight and wake up ok tomorrow, if that's the case I won't dose till tomorrow night ..
Technically it's the beginning of day 2 lol

good to hear! & no worries about the mixup, i just wanted to let you know lol

sleep well! you're doing great & we're all here for you!

 

[Bad Bulldog]

If you're doing that much Oxy every single day then Methadone will actually work better than Suboxone for withdrawal and to taper. I've been addicted to heroin since I was 18 and opiate pain pills since 15. I've been to detox a few times. One of the places used Suboxone for opiate addicts and start with 16 mg and split the dose in half every day until you're down to nothing and then you're allowed to go home. The Suboxone detox was super pain both physically and mentally. A different detox I went to (which was at a behavioral/mental health hospital) uses Methadone for opiate addicts and that was actually a lot more comfortable. That detox started with Methadone, the first day (or once you start showing withdrawal symptoms) gives 5-10 mg (depending on how bad your withdrawal symptoms are) every 4 hours up to 35 mg in 24 hours. Then the next day they give you the entire dose in the morning and you just get that one dose that day. The third day they give you 5 mg less than the day before and every day after that you it goes down 5 mg until you're completely off it and then you leave the detox. So basically if you have 10 mg Methadone pills, try cutting a few in half so you have some 5mg pills and try 5-10mg every 4 hours but don't take more than 35-40mg within 24 hours. It won't be fun and you won't be comfortable but it will be manageable. Then continue the second day taking the dose all at once, not every 4 hours. Then go down 5 mg every day if you can. Within 2-3 days you should feel fine again so you might not even need to continue to taper all the way down to 0. I know I left the detox after 3 days because I was feeling OK on the third day after I got my dose of 30 mg and I was fine after that. But like I said, even with Methadone or Suboxone, no detox is going to be easy. Get some anti-diarrhea pills (such as Immodium or loperamide or Pepto Bismol), some NSAIDs like Tylenol (acetaminophen) or Ibuprofen, and Benadryl to take at night if you have sleeping problems. Although it won't be comfortable, you can get through it and once you make it through the first few days of detox, it will slowly get better each day that goes by.

 

[tyson101]

Thanks mate, yeah it hasn't been easy but doable definitely better than cold turky kept waking up every 2 hours or so but was able to go back to sleep, today only had 10 mg again was feeling a bit crap in the morning now mid afternoon it's not too bad at all so technically another few hours and day 2 will be over , 48 hours. I really hope it doesn't get any worse and that it's down hill from Here,tomorrow I'm planning my last 5 mg dose will see wat happens, wats the peak hour of withdrawal anyway ?

 

[sunshinesometimes]

if you have enuf methadone to taper yourself another day or two dont beat yourself up and go ahead and do it. i wish i would have seen this post a ouple days ago because i feel you taperd a little to fast.

i would have started at 25-30 mgs, which it looks like thats what you did, and go down 5 mgs every day, u dont want to go down too fast and get too uncomfortable and give up. but your sticking through it which is fucking awesome! your alot stronger than me when i was going thru it i was a big cry baby lol. i didnt handle the mental aspect of it very well but i got thru it too.

i just did a methadone taper at a rehab got out march28th.. they did it for 7 days and i came down 5 everyday. im not going to lie i was kind of sick my last two doses and for about three to four days after taking nothing, but it was bareable! it wasnt the cold turkey withdrawls at all. just having to use the bathroom alot, bubble guts ya know. that was probly the worst part of it. but compared to body aches n restlessness ill take the bubble guts anyday. and i did have some trouble sleeping and would wake up coverd in sweat, but if you take the benzos at night that should help.

im not sure what the peak hour is but methadone has a long half life, so whatever you took today, about half will still be in your system tomorrow, atleast thats how they explained it to me. the withdrawl from methadone lasts longer because of that but because we was on such low doses of it it will not last as long as say someone on 80 mgs for the last year. to be honest it was about five days after my last dose before i felt really good. i dont want to scare you but i dont want to sugar coat it either.. you might feel low energy and what not for a few days after your done. and it was a good week before i got a full nights sleep and didnt wake up drenched. but everyones body is different, i seen people up there feel alot better in three days, and some still felt like crap 8 days after their last dose.

i think alot has to do with your attitude too. just try to keep busy , walk around, dont sit still for too long. the more i moved and walked around the better i felt. sorry i think i repeatd myself alot. im just really happy to hear that your doing this and your so close i dont want you to get discouraged and have to start all over from scratch!

it should not get worse from here but your not going to feel 100% either. just dont get discouraged and give up. it will get better i promise. its going to get a little better everyday and by day five or so you should feel really really good! you have come so far and are so close to getting over this! just stick thru it a couple more days.

 

[tyson101]

Lol yeah bubble guts alright congratulations on ur recovery , I didn't wanna risk the methadone w/d that's y iKept it so low n fast,if i feel i need to stretch it out to 5 days I will ,it al depends on how I'm feeling, I wanna say thanks to everyone for the support. It's def not over yet I know I have stay mentally strong all the way, I used to be a cage fighter befor my injury 10,0 undefeated so I need that state of mind to help me go all the way ...