Methadone Taper Advice

[MissTaken_Identity]

Ok here it goes... Been addicted to opiates and various other pills for the last 4 years or so... Finally found a methadone detox program in my town. I have been on done for 3 months of a 6 month program. I started at 60mg and now my taper is down to 30mg today. I am starting to feel the withdrawals now, being sick to my stomach is my major complaint.... When i was at 60mg i never even thought about using. Now, its all i can think about. I am so scared to get off the done because of how well it has worked for me in the last 3 months. Any advice or maybe share your methadone management or tapering experience would be great!

 

[alasdairm]

homeless -> od

alasdair

 

[tokenname]

are you seeing a counselor also?
you need to be telling the ppl that run the detox program
how you're feeling..and be 100% w/them.
i know ppl are gonna come along with advice you'd rather hear..
but the truth is that..at some point..you're gonna have to face your fear..
and cravings/using thoughts..if you truly wanna be clean.
right now you still have 3 months of help to do so.
when all is said and done..it's on you to change your life.
good luck

 

[mikeavelli]

Look in to going onto M.M.T. (Methadone Maintenance). I have been on M.M.T. for 5 1/2 years & am still on it & let me tell you getting on Maintenance probably saved my life, or saved me from being in Prison right now, or something else very bad!!! My highest Dose was 140 milligrams, but I've been Tapering for the last year & am now on 60 milligrams. I pay $220 dollars a Month & I feel it is worth every Penny!!! Look in to M.M.T. please.

 

[punkboi26]

I am also on MMT and have been for almost 8 years. Only in the past year and a half have I tried tapering to get off. I was on 190mg a day at my peak but then spent a few years on 140mg. I had take homes and voluntarily halved my dose (without the knowledge of my counselor) but because I knew the other half was put away I didn't have the crazy anxiety. It was really shitty but tolerable. From there I went down 10mg per month until I ended up at 20mg a day. I've been stuck at 20mg for about 6 months and just have got to where I'm not totally sleepless and nauseated 6 hours after taking my dose. It takes a while for some people, like me, to taper down. Granted I am on a few other things that are helping with WD symptoms. I pay $63 a week here (Western NC). The MMTs that get government funding will absolutely not stand for dirty piss tests. The one I go to is militant about any dirty drug screen and this includes OTC like diphenhydramine and DXM. One thing I can say is MMT saved my life. I'd be dead right now or in prison if I hadn't got in the program.