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Well it does start to get better each day eventually. It builds up, getting worse every day for a little while until it peaks, usually on day 3-4, then gets a little better for the next couple days.. then often reaches a plateau phase where you feel basically the same level of shitty everyday for another week or two, then it finally begins to get better every day.
It's certainly a real bitch.. ha. If it was easy, there wouldn't be so many dependent people out there. Fear of going through withdrawal and not being able to endure to the end, is the main reason people sight as to why they continue using.
I wish my wds peaked after 3-4 days, I have went thru methadone wd so many times in the past 11 years, Im surprised Im still alive...I can honestly say heroin wds are a walk in the park compared to methadone wd.
For me, usually the first 2-3 days of wd from methadone are not that bad, I can still get full nights sleep, dont feel great, but not in bedridden condition yet either....but then on about the 3 or 4th day, the wds start to kick in heavy, not sleeping much, aches all over, horrible headaches, nasty sickening 'smell' I notice wherever I am at, body temp going crazy, nasty sweaty feeling, sneezing and yawning fits, stomach all cramped up...NOTHING seems to work to ease these wds, Ive tried smoking pot, getting drunk in the past, but ultimately, that just makes the wds worse in my opinion.
During this time is when I cant resist the urge to pick up my phone and text my guy, its almost impossible not to...Ive tried, but I keep thinking, their number is just sitting in my phone and I know the dope is just a text away, My mouth starts watering when I think about it, during this time period, time itself seems to stop! LOL
For me I experience the above for up to 12 days, but it probably is longer, 12 days is the longest Ive EVER went going thru wds, and for me, (Ive heard methadone wds can go on for months), they did not peak, it was worse and worse by each day, to get thru it,a person has to REALLY want to stop using and be a VERY strong willed person as well, I am neither of those, I enjoy opiates and am not strong willed, if I have the money, (sometimes even if I dont), I still ALWAYs give in and make the call. I cant count how many times in the past I have called friends/family making up some sob story about having something come up, some bill, or car repair, etc, which I dont have the money and ask to borrow a few hundred bucks, and usually 90% go straight to dope right after I get the cash in hand!
I truly think the ONLY way I could get thru wds would be if I had ZERO connections, ZERO money, and no chance of getting any, not even $20, but Im not sure what I MAY do in such a time either,Ive never been in that desperate of a spot before.