^and this
(what cj said)
I've been on both Suboxone and methadone - I illicitly obtained Subs So I wasn't doing it properly I'm sure. So I wasn't getting the full benefits.
I was on Methadone as well. As cj pointed out- I experienced an opiated feeling after dosing that lasted for 3-4 hours.
I get ambitious when buzzed on opiates. So I would accomplish things like cleaning, organzing, etc.
I think it's worth mentioning that some of us need to split-dose. Which is simply.splitting your daily methadone dose and taking a portion in the 2nd half of the day.
I mentioned this because I unneccessarily sufferred. My dose didn't hold me for 24hrs. I would start to feel w/d symptoms at 4pm everyday.
I spent a couple years-yes years lol- restless, anxious, drenched in a cold sweat, difficulty sleeping or not sleeping, etc. A blood test showed I was an aberrant metabolizer. Which means I quickly metabolized my methadone dose.
In fact, my methadone level was so low that I was outright asked if I was really swallowing my dose. I absolutely was. So I was observed even more closely , i.e. watched by nurse even more closely (to the point of being absurd). Made to open my mouth wide, lift my tongue up and down and sideways-made to stay additional time after dosing. It felt like I was I was being punished for having aberrant metabolism.
I digress, it was a horrible way to live that had a very simple solution: Take a majority of my dose in the a.m. and the rest in the late afternoon. I was on 120mg-so I took 80mg in a.m. and 40mg anywhere from 4-6 p.m.
I didn't ever fail urine tests. I came to the clinic everyday. I was a good patient. However, you had to ask for take homes. They didnt offer them. So, if you take this route- you may have to speak up. For some reason they didn't get around to split-dosing me either.
I eventually left the clinic and went to a Dr. That rx'd methadone. At least the clinic referred me to him.