I had the same problem. I learned the hard way that too many Benadryls actually worked opposite it-kept me wide awake. Alot of times I would take Methadone inbetween getting my H, and if I took it too late it kept me awake, or worse it kept making me wake myself up just so I could nod off. Thats what my body wanted. If I tried to sleep I would just keep waking myself back up. Have a smoke, take a toke, and nod off. If I took about 30 MGS (3 pills) earlier in the day, I could function, as well as sleep that night. A few specifics: I was iving the H, and the Methadones. Dont know if, or how that makes a difference, but there it is. Just FYI: the post above about the guy taking 257 MGs of Methadone a day is insanely high, but I know the clinics do dose this high. Crazy thing is a patient I know at a pain clinic is on 50 MGs a day of Methadone and the prescribing nurse is always talking about how high a dose they are on, and how bad it is for them. This patient gets told to try to cut down every 3 months. They already took away 10 MGs. Now we are talking about a patient with documented osteoporsis, degenerative disk disease, facet disease, and has something wrong with L4 and L5 vertibre. Complete with MRIs to back it up. Not to mention this person had colorectal cancer surgery removing part of their intestine just a little over a year ago.
Just nuts how drs vs clinics are. This is only my opinion, but H took longer to get off then Methadones, but Methadones were harder to get off. The withdrawl was worse. The state of mind a person has while on either one seems to be close to the same. Who that person is when they are balanced. When they have enough: not too much, not too little. The junkie lifestyle is different then the junkie state of mind, and is obvious in the H user because of the nature of aquiring the drug, and the legalities surrounding it. The social outlook on H vs Methadone is another factor. Fluxuating tolerances based on H's quality, the quanity the individual can afford, as well as the short life span of the high. Other contributing factors such as the scheduling or routine of taking the H: is the user just maintaining or is the user a nodder. ROA also contributes although some might not agree. The Methadone lifestyle is different in that Methadone is long lasting. You dont wake up sick and thus unable to control any other thought besides getting well. Methadone is routinely administered so the body can find its tolerance level and its balance (assisted by a dr of coarse) without all the ups and downs of varying potentcy. This coupled with educational and positive reinforcement gives the user the knowledge of how to recognize and deal with mental or physical situations that could lead them back to using. That junkie state of mind is still there though. They are just a controlled junkie now. NOT in any way is that a bad thing though. I would much rather see folks get into a Methadone program rather then use H. Now if H was prescibe-ably legal and could be controlled like Methadone is-in a program, well then......
I got a Subutex dr now who gives me 12 MGs a day. I choose to iv it as my ROA. I do 8 MGs everyday, I do the other 4 MGs later in the day, but only 2-3 days alternated through the week. I have a quesion posted in the Bupe megathread regarding the fact that I might be doing too much. I will say this: I didnt like the Subutex at first. It would keep me from being sick, and let me function, but that was it. It took over 2 weeks before I started to like it. Now, I wont go back to H. Im good. That lifestyle was literaly killing me, and that is what keeps me on Subutex. I like Subutex enough that coupled with the memorys of that world I was in, I am able to stay away from H. I still love H more then anything else. Im an addict, but until I can get from a dr (never going to happen) in H what I am getting with the Subutex, I wont change my mind. I sleep great now every night. Wow I really went on a rant. I didnt mean it. Meant to convey my thoghts on the subject is all. If you are still with me, another thing I learned that worked to get me to sleep was Trazadone which I found were easy to get prescribed or easy to find around. A fan blowing on me became a regular event to help me sleep when I didnt have H. Try it. Anyway I hope this helps you. Helps someone else maybe. heck-helps anyone. If not its just another long posting most will skip over in a forum anyway.
