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Misc Methadone withdrawl help

jeng1128

Bluelighter
Joined
Nov 2, 2012
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Location
Ct, United States
It fucking sucks. I'm doing it right now(tapering,but use weed, and benzos) or I'd probably kill myself. I dropped 5mgs Tues &,it hit me hard. Down to 30mgs. I know it's not 5 mgs but I'm Damn proud of myself. Been up ALL WEEK ALL NIGHT(waiting for the clinic to open, count .the. hours. It's 5:30,open @ 630 on sat's so not much longer. I almost lost it yesterday wanting to do dope with every Inch of my being. Told my bf, obviously not happy considering I haven't used dope in years. I know he's right, and he's doing it because he cares but I found it a little hypocritical yesterday. We got in a horrible car accident in November (22.) Since he's on subs, I had my surgery done that day 2 hours after the accident. Since he broke 4 ribs, his color bone and a stage 4 tear that desperately needed surgery. The Dr's wouldn't do it until he came off the subs. So I wake up from surgery & my parents say
y he left. I called him & asked why & he said I can do more for myself then them(they did give him 80 8mg dillaudid )(?) But of course he's gonna over do them. He shot all 80 8's in 2 days. He got more powerful opiates (360 roxi 30's, feytanal patches,more dillaudid ) but of course it didn't come bat the pain *eyeroll*. So it went to a 2b/day habit. He said it was only gonna be a week to two after surgery & back on the subs. Everyday after that 2 weeks it was tomorrow. He ended up doing it(after 6 weeks & $5,000 spent) I begged him to let me do it, I was @ my breaking point. Some people will have the argument (no doubt) that 30mgs is easy. Well it's not so easy when uve been on 180mgs(2 years) down to 120 for the next 3. I was screaming @ him like wtf, & hes likept no. Since we got sideswiped by a tracer trailer on the highway(his fault totally) & it's a really big trucking Co. They give us our lost wages(since were both not clear to work) he had the $ to get away with it. And I can definitely afford it, it was no. So I told him he's the biggesst hypocrite & basically accused him of not letting me do it because he can't (being back on the subs.) Were at the point of not speaking, ignoring each other(which is really awkward. ) So I got thru last night by using a ton of cannabis, and Imodium. I broke down @ the nurses window this am, I tend to get emotional in wd situations. She asked if I relapsed , I told her no but I had used cannabis & Imodium. She flipped on the Imodium thing & told me NOT to do it tonight, if I want she'll call the Dr(sun) & get me a dose increase. It's not hard to tell, I'm usually well I try to take pride in how I look, well (I know it's gross) but haven't taken a shower, have been wearing the same clothes because I just don't have the motivation in me to do my whole routine. She's like well you haven't had a dirty in a year. I guess my? For u experienced MMT patients is should I go back up(this would cause a huge problem in my relationship because hes the one crazy about me detoxing(even though he's on subs.) Should I try & wait it out until tomorrow or do what I really want & get some kind of opiate(& I hate to say this but it'd most likely be heroin. My bf is like what would that accomplish, you'd still be sick tomorrow & I told him it'd accomplish relief & sleep.
 
If you truly want to detox and come off methadone, then stick to it. If you don't though and aren't ready, which it really sounds like you aren't, then don't.. and get on a stable dose again and come down even slower over time, or just wait until you are mentally prepared. Definitely do not detox because your boyfriend is telling you to. That is retarded. You seem to have some serious relationship issues, like his being incredibly controlling and you listening. Telling you when to detox, that you can't use, that you can't do this, that is really unhealthy. The whole relationship is and you are never going to get sober with a guy like that around, using around you and shit.

You have to want this for yourself, nobody else, or it's not going to work and you wont have the strength to do it.
 
Tell him to go fuck himself and never look at the dumbass eevr again. So its okay for him to spend all this money on un nessary pain meds and use suboxone (a very potent opiate stronger than methadone) but if you use methadone for cravings then he flips on you. That makes no sense the fact that you would even consider getting off it for him shows you've got some serious problems with your self esteem. I can't imagine any drug addled user judging me for all the shit ive done then telling me to stop my matinence drug use and get clean while they get high in front of you daily :p
That's bullshit he's an ass who should be shot if you want my opinion
 
Obviously I'm NOT ready to get off methadone. I am not perfect I smoke weed and take Benzos occasionally. And I'll admit to no doubly using heroin Thur night, if possible. Last night was slightly better(I smoked a ton of weed.) After I got back from the clinic this am I felt a lot better but around 2 hot/cold flashes but nothing unbearable. I'm going to tell the nurse tomorrow to call the Dr (although I do like the fact I lost like 30#'s, no doubt from the Meth because I was ALWAYS super small(even before drugs-that made me disgusting looking weighing 82#'s @ 5' 4", my bf @ the time actually broke up w me over it, he was like Jen seriously you're too skinny,either gain weight or I'm gone, and he left which was best for all parties involved anyway. But after that I went on suboxone (2005-had just come out) but that didn't really stop me from using hard drugs(coke, doing the skip the sub do dope/pain meds thing-but I definitely wasn't ready @ all.) Then I just got sick of being sick,lying,doing things I wouldn't normally do & came home(to my parents, I had moved to Flashes from Ct) and tried methadone & it worked. I stopped using,gained my weight back, my parents were back in my life(when I lived in Fl for 2 years, 2005-7 I called them maybe once every three months(I'm extremely close w my family,always have been) but they didn't even recognize me @ the airport. Sad really but I moved back in got clean and I finally have their trust back. My dad thinks it's like a miracle drug, because I kept relapsing over & over & we all know
is. But I wonder if it'd be worth it to try subs, it's a scary chance to take.

As for my relationship I know it's extremely u healthy. I have to move on. It's not like I'm 20, being part of of the problem. But no doubt I do i ever wanna wanna get divorced and it'd probably makes it hard. I realize how unhealthy it is.
 
Yah I plan on it. Feeling like shit sucks, & I figured (hopefully ) the Dr will put me up 10mgs tomorrow, so I stick out the night. All I've got is Klonopin (but it's my bfs & I'd like to try to not have to wake him up because I need him, but if it gets bad enough I probably will, and loperaminde, ran outta weed which sucks but it's 1:11, so just trying to distract myself, and wait it out.
 
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