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cold turkey from 220mg methadone habit advice

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foolishly i got tired of being a methadone slave. fairly sure dextermeth did this same exact thing iam at day 5 right now i have plenty of xanax and clonodine for sleeping and of course imodium for the shittting every hour or some. tried to find phreex otc guide to withdrawels and would like to know of any other things that would help. jacuzzi tub does wonders too. but thanks for any advise and exactly how long should i exspect the wd's to last i was thinking around 3 weeks. thank
 
you have the bases pretty well covered...xanax and clonidine work great for restless legs, insomnia, and general discomfort. How are the muscle pains? It sucks the only thing that could help are nsaids or maybe tramadol... Jacuzzi tub is an excellent idea... Drinking enough water really is key as well. Drink at least 8 glasses a day, and try to get some healthy meals in. The sooner you are able to get out and excersise, the better. Building your own endorphins again is what will make you feel normal again.

I am on day 4 of withdrawals, not as steep as your habit but I have been there before many times. I am lucky enough to have a caring girlfriend, and when I am past the worst of it, sex really really helps to feel better mentally and physically. I have not been lucky enough to have xanax and clonidine before and sex/excersise is my only chance at getting sleep.

Well hope my advice helps, you seem to have a pretty good plan... Just keep a healthy active lifestyle as soon as you can and you will be feeling good sooner. Best of luck, kudos to you
 
Coming off of 220mgs of methadone must be rough as hell. I'm shuddering just thinking about it. Good luck.

Oh, and besides what you got there isn't anything out there besides opiates that'll help.
 
JESUS!!!! Be careful man, It may take 3-5 days to FULLY experience the WD's/ Iam on Methadone right now too so I know what it's like, although Iam only on 100mg's a day (for now, I go up 10 mgs every week). Good Luck and Stay strong!

Why couldnt you go to the clinic and get a MSW??? (Medically Supervised Withdrawal)
 
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have plenty of xanax and clonodine for sleeping and of course imodium for the shittting every hour or some. tried to find phreex otc guide to withdrawels and would like to know of any other things that would help.
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Xanax
Clonidine
Immodium
these are the basics

I think Phreex suggested Naproxen (OTC anti-inflammatory) in case of joint pain.
I would also add a muscle-relaxant to the Xanax, this really helps with the pain and especially with the restless leg syndrome. Maybe Methocarbamol is OTC where you live? It would be a good choice.
 
Since jasoncrest is suggesting another Muscle Relaxant with your regimine, I recommend SOMA.

If not use Valium, But since your on one benzo already (xanax) you might not want to be on 2.
 
Iam going to recommend this to you, it helped my Oxycodone addiction whenever i had days when i couldnt get it , and had to have Withdrawal's.

I recommend a Cough Syrup that contains DEXTROMETHORPHAN, or DXM. It is a Semi-Synthetic narcotic and it used to help me IMMENSLY with the cramps and aches in my legs and body when I would take it, of course you have to take more than the recommended dose, take like 2 of the little cups FULL that the bottle comes with, and MAKE SURE you buy the extra strength stuff because you want the MOST DXM you can get, and try to get a DXM ONLY formula.
 
MethaContin said:
JESUS!!!! Be careful man, It may take 3-5 days to FULLY experience the WD's/ Iam on Methadone right now too so I know what it's like, although Iam only on 100mg's a day (for now, I go up 10 mgs every week). Good Luck and Stay strong!

Why couldnt you go to the clinic and get a MSW??? (Medically Supervised Withdrawal)
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that would just have drawn out goiing to that fucking clininc for anohter 4 months to taper i have grown sick of that place the ppl i figured i was man enough to get on the shit then i could own up and foolishly come off it too. thanks all and the leg jumps i got yesterday i ussually just eat 2 xanax bars drink 3 strong margaritas and that ussually layes my ass out. and as other dude posted about having a very caring girlfriend, i got one who has been 100% positive and that for the mentality factor is a must but sex while dope sick i do not plan on at any time. is 3 weeks enough time to give for symptoms to go away? luckily i dont have a job so missing work is not a problem
 
There's this stuff called -Batherapy- that gave a boost to my spa/bathtime in WD.
It's a bunch of different salts that are similar to those found in natural hot springs and such. It works as kind of a muscle relaxer and it smells good too. It really did make a difference for me. I still use it when my back is all stiff or sore. Made by Queen Helene/Para Laboratories.
 
this has all the good OTC meds to help withdrawals

http://www.thatspoppycock.com/addiction/otc_comfort_meds.htm

also get some tagamet and take it in the morning, also dont be afraid of imodium, It doesnt just help with shit, it binds to opioid reseptors in the GI track and does provide relief, Ive gone from a 500mg/a day oxy habbit to cold turkey, by day 2 i was in HELL, I took 800mgs tagamet and 50mgs imodium and almost all the withdrawal symptoms were gone, Ive read 50 other posts where people say the same thing, along with xanax and clonodine as well as some of the other OTC drugs i posted above you should feel no physical W/D, mabye some mental cravings though.
 
My advice is to not go cold turkey from 220mg per day. That seems like way too much to bear. Force yourself to taper and get down to 50mg per day or less, then go cold turkey. If you can't force yourself taper, you aren't really capable of quitting anyway IMO. You would probably end up relapsing.
 
Yeah that is hardcore. Good luck and hang in there. I hope to god I never get to doses that high.
 
Soon I will be joining you having been there before, albeit starting from 160. Why not simply taper it down instead of just dropping it like that? I will have between 20 and 30 bottles with me when I do it and will try my best to taper and can always take the ferry to Indonesia for some very cheap Hbut still, ?I wish you luck.
 
naproxen is awesome for joint pain and general pain during withdrawals. However, it IS harsh on the stomache, and usually in withdrawal the stomache doesn't get filled too often. A "normal" dose of naproxen is 440mg I think, which would be 2 over the counter Aleve pills. You're going to need more than that when your in withdrawal, to combate joint pain and headaches (I tend to get tension headaches in w/d), but any more than 440mg at once you risk horrible stomache cramps, which are potentiated by the stomache cramps that come with withdrawal!!! ...

so in short, if you want to take naproxen, eat some food (!!!) and start with no more than 3 "aleves" about 45 minutes after

naproxen is the best OTC NSAID/analgesic during withdrawals. Way better than ibuprofren or APAP.
 
even doing a monster jump down to 40mg a day would leave you hurting much, but your withdrawls would only be 30% of what they are now. I would also recommend not just cold turkeying a habit like that, but if you can, go for it. Even cutting down by 150mg to 50mg in one day would be like 500% easier than what you are doing now.


But dear god, you must be some kind of super human. Don't let me talk you outta it, keep it up.
 
its days 6 now, i really dont feel to bad. doing the clonodine xanax route works well. been sleeping 8 hrs nightly. my legs get rather achy walking around of periods of time. i take this vitamin supplement every morning that call royal greens and i believe this stuff seems to do alot considering all the shit it has in it. basically 1 week down. tapering i wish i would have done and even 2 days ago was strongly considering the suboxone route but didnt wanna be stuck in htat situation.
 
For methadone withdrawal, the worst of the physical part is over after about 7 days. After that, the psychological w/ds kick into high gear (the hard part IMO)

220mgs/daily? That is an awfully high dose to kick cold turkey. Try to save as many benzos as you can (i.e. try to heavily moderate) for the next few days of discomfort, which are going to be the worst.
 
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