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Opioids methadone taper 90mg to 3.5 so far

BH34 said:
Day @ 3.5 Yesterday was a long day at work tierd all day, then i get home shower eat and fell fine. I got some muscle spasms in my lower back didnt last to long. I made it through the day. THE BIGGEST THING THAT KEEPS ME GOING IS I DONT EVER HAVE TO FELL THIS WAY AGAIN. i did this to my self .
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I wouldn't quite say that. You did choose to start using but no one thinks when they do their first few doses of whatever drug that they will end up with a dependence on it. Once dependent, it kinda controls you IMO.

I think it's great you have tapered this long, shows a strong will to truly change as most do a short pussy ass taper and jump off because they they can't handle or don't want to wait, and they pay dearly usually. I'm on suboxone myself, have been for 4-5 years minus a 8 month period of relapse, and I plan to do a long taper with it as well since it's similar to methadone in half-life, though I heard methadone is worse overall to come off of (which is why I chose a long time ago to never fuck with it).
 
BH34 said:
Thank you 4 the reply and good job. Did you sleep at all during your bout with insomnia? This is my bigest fear no sleep. I plan stopping no matter what, it all depends what mg I stop at. during your taper was stopping at 3mg same withdrawal as tappering below 5mg? That what i have heard.
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at 5mg was when the symptoms started but were very mild and easily bearable... at 3mg it started to suck at nights and once i jumped it just sucked.... the first 4 days i barely got any sleep at all and then after that i would get 3 hours sleep here and there.. basically this lasted about 60 days total but i do have to say that after the first 10 days even though i would only get 4-5 hours sleep at a time i wouldnt be tired or fatigued... this biggest issue then is boredom... sitting up at 3am watching my GF and my dog snore away was very annoying...
 
Thanks I did subs yrs ago got 1/4 of 8mg stoped with no withdral granted it was onley 4 mounths
 
Thanks for the info about ur taper and WD not knowing is the worst but that part gets beter the closer i get to being done so thanks again
 
Thank you again to everyone for all the support it really helps.
 
Day 1@ 3mg ) Yesterday was ok it was warm out so made me want be outside workin. Sleep good last nite woke up once to plss then cat wakes me up to eat 530. I I like to get up early but at this point i can use the sleep when i can get it. All in all this hasnt been as bad as a lot of stories I read on the internet,
 
Day 2@ 3mg yesterday was good day till i went to bed. i didnt get muxh sleep. Iam so tierd right now dont want to work had day off and told a freind i would help hlm. I find if i lay around and do nothing then i realy feel the aches and pains
 
Gonna wait to take my dose this morning i dont feel to bad right now. Had trouble fallen asleep last nite did get some sleep. God bless america BOSTON STRONG 617
 
yesterday took 3mg waited till 1030 to take my dose. still had trouble fallen asleep my feet were tingeiing and twitching
 
Today I took 2mg this morning i will take the rest if i cant sleep to nite. I would like to speed it up a bit then slow it back down at 1mg. Know matter what i do i will be methadone free . Thans again for the support
 
The last few days been on 3mg but been taking 2mg in morning and 1mg at nite and seems to be working better. I will update onley a couple times a week or if things get worse. The last couple days i have felt good not great but its better then feelin like shit. Will drop my daily dose tomorrow to 2.5
 
Yeah people often find "split dosing" to help once they're down to a low dose. You are doing really well! Consider yourself lucky, it's not that the horror stories about tapering methadone you read aren't true, it's just different for everyone. Good job on sticking with your taper, you are almost done :)
 
Swimmingdancer said:
Yeah people often find "split dosing" to help once they're down to a low dose. You are doing really well! Consider yourself lucky, it's not that the horror stories about tapering methadone you read aren't true, it's just different for everyone. Good job on sticking with your taper, you are almost done :)
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Yeah, once I got below 5mg's, split dosing helped me tremendously.
 
Thanks to both of you today was ok my back was stiff and sore and the muscles keep tightening up. Is this normal during a methadone detox ? Other then that day wasnt to bad .
 
Hello friend. First I'd like to congratulate you. Methadone is one of the hardest opioids to get off, we both know that. What you're doing is something that will make you proud in the near future. I went through the same phase myself a while ago but it was different for me. I'd usually take it twice a week and take gigantic doses, (over 250mgs at a time) but instead of tapering in dose I decided to "taper" in time. So from twice a week I went once a week then I quit cold turkey using a short half-life substitute like Fentany. I was highly motivated because I gained over 30 pounds since I started MMT not even a year ago, and it was attributed to the 'done. Now I'm almost day 20 free of methadone but I keep using the Fent in a steady manner... until a few days later when I'm gonna tapper down to zero using the Fent. I can find solace in the fact that Fent patch withdrawals will never be as intense AND long as a 'done withdrawal. It will just be a few aching and depressing days and that's it! I've already started to lose a lot of weight and that feels quite good. So find your motivation and go through with it... it's for the best. Good luck.

P.S. These first few days keep using Paracetamol/Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and/or ibuprofen (Advil) extensively. It will definitely help at least 20% in my opinion. Also take loperamide when needed. A benzo would be ideal too but that's a whole new topic altogether...
 
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Thanks ive been on 2,5mg the last couple days 1.5mg morning and 1mg night. I feel ok only issue is falling asleep. I am getting maybe 5hrs at the most last couple nights which isnt my normal sleep bur better then nothing.
 
2.5mg still haven trouble fallen asleep. Other then felt good today
 
2mg today took 1mg this morning then will take the other 1mg tonight feel fine so far. Last week was not to bad at 2.5mg onley had one restless night but it was hot that day was 83 out and was in the sun all day at work.
 
Hey BH34, congratulations on sticking to your taper! Most people I've seen do it too quickly or jump off at too high a dose. At this point, I would drop even slower, and keep splitting your dose at 1mg and less (1mg for 2 weeks, 500mcg for 2, 250 mcg for 2, 125 mcg for 2). It's hard to eyeball that small a dose; I basically mashed a 10mg pill and cut it into as many small lines as possible (not for insufflation, just wet my finger and placed it on a line, then ate it) during the last six weeks of my taper.

Also, consider writing up your original post and replies into a journal or blog, something to be saved, possibly reflected upon if you ever get the urge to use again. You've invested a LOT of time getting clean, I applaud you. Hope you are able to keep that up!
 
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