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My Methadone Detox Journal

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MethaContin

MethaContin

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:) :) Hi everybody, I just wanted to let you all know that it is day 1 and i went DOWN from 150mg's to 130mg's............. i Will keep you ALL UPDATED AS I GO ALONG..............:)

Day 1: Surprisingly iam not feeling too bad, Although i dont expect bad feelings until tommorow or the Next day..................:)
 
i recently went from mon mrning to thursday night without my dose it takes quite some time for any adjustment to impact if you are going to be takeing
20mg steps down you are most likely going to be pretty uncomfortable

i hope its not to late to change your mind about doing a detox from methadone this fast unless you are ready to jump back on heroin or whatever your drug of choice is
 
I really think you should detox way slower than this. When you get detoxed at my clinic they recomend going down just 2 mg a day. 20mg a day is very drastic.
 
This is probably for journal and should be there.... anyways ... 20 mgs a day is a very fast detox but it sounds like you've made your mind up. Good luck, and remember... immodium, ibuprofen, and valium are your friends.
 
^ugh. Alcohol is great when you're just starting to get sick, makes you feel wonderful for a few hours. Then the pain(made worse by the alcohol, IMO), starts. Fucking hell does it start.....
 
melange said:
nice thread title


why don't you put it in your journal


obvious?
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No one reads journals. This also is a very important topic that many Blers need to deal with and need advice on. I agree with the OP that this needs to be in OD rather than journal. Good post, make sure and continue to update. Why are you reducing dosage so quickly?
 
Good luck mate! If you make it through this you will crush some ego here.

I jump from 120mg's a day down to 10mgs then tried to go cold turkey. The first 3 days weren't to bad but around day 6 - 14 was horrid. I slept maybe 6 hours in the entire time frame, and not a good sleep, those bad wd sleeps where you're having bad dreams and your mind never rests. I was weak and couldn't handle it so I went out and bought 180mgs and downed them, waited the 2hours for them to kick in and felt amazing.

I hope it works for you, just try and remember all the pain you have put into it and if you have access to benzos take them to try and sleep through some of it and kill that "crawling out of your skin" feeling. But don't take to many, don't want to go from one habit to another.
 
What is your detox schedule? I'm guessing you arent going down 20mg a day, that would be awful. 20mg a week wouldnt be bad until you got down to about 50mg, and from there I would suggest going down maybe 2mg every other day or 5mg once a week.

About a year ago I, when I had a much smaller tolerance than I have now, I got on 60mg of methadone. After 3 months of maintenance, I started a detox. I did a very gradual one, 2mg every monday. I made it down to 20mg and it really wasn't bad at all. Really the only thing that affected me was the psychological aspect, I kept telling myself that I was sick and that icould tell the difference. Anyways, at 15mg I ended leaving the clinic and hopping back on the train, but if I were to do it again, I think Iwould tell my counselor to do 4-5mg per week, and not tell me the day that the decrease would happen each week.

Anyways, good luck dude and let us know how it goes, also provide more info about your detox schedule and if you are doing anything else during this process (attending IOP, acupuncture, going to NA)
 
SPUNK said:
What is your detox schedule? I'm guessing you arent going down 20mg a day, that would be awful. 20mg a week wouldnt be bad until you got down to about 50mg, and from there I would suggest going down maybe 2mg every other day or 5mg once a week.

About a year ago I, when I had a much smaller tolerance than I have now, I got on 60mg of methadone. After 3 months of maintenance, I started a detox. I did a very gradual one, 2mg every monday. I made it down to 20mg and it really wasn't bad at all. Really the only thing that affected me was the psychological aspect, I kept telling myself that I was sick and that icould tell the difference. Anyways, at 15mg I ended leaving the clinic and hopping back on the train, but if I were to do it again, I think Iwould tell my counselor to do 4-5mg per week, and not tell me the day that the decrease would happen each week.

Anyways, good luck dude and let us know how it goes, also provide more info about your detox schedule and if you are doing anything else during this process (attending IOP, acupuncture, going to NA)
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my6 Detox schedule is to Come down from 150mgs by going DOWN 20mgs EVERY OTHER DAY.......... No meetings no NOTHING..... JUST ME AND MY SELF WILL
 
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HEY EVERYBODY

Day 2- i just got home from dosing 130mgs for the 2nd day at the clinic, which means tommorow they are dropping ME ANOTHER 20mgs.........

Its Day 2 and HONESTLY I really dont feel too bad, BUT ITS THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, I WILL KEEP ALL OF YOU GUYS UPDATED...... :)

Also PS- I took 1mg of Klonopin BEFORE leaving for the clinic and I took a 2mg xanax bar RIGHT AFTER i dosed......
 
johnnyb420 said:
i recently went from mon mrning to thursday night without my dose it takes quite some time for any adjustment to impact if you are going to be takeing
20mg steps down you are most likely going to be pretty uncomfortable

i hope its not to late to change your mind about doing a detox from methadone this fast unless you are ready to jump back on heroin or whatever your drug of choice is
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yeah man, iAM GOING BACK TO OXYCODONE....................:)
 
^^^

Seriously? You sure thats wise.

Long acting opiates are a bitch to WD from thats for sure.
 
phactor said:
^^^

Seriously? You sure thats wise.

Long acting opiates are a bitch to WD from thats for sure.
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well Iam prescribed them now......... its not like Iam chasing dealers Trying to pay them $10 a pill like the old days......... i have MY OWN PRESCRIPTION NOW, I DIDNT BEFORE I JOINED THE MMT PROGRAM................
 
mikemikemike said:
No one reads journals. This also is a very important topic that many Blers need to deal with and need advice on. I agree with the OP that this needs to be in OD rather than journal. Good post, make sure and continue to update. Why are you reducing dosage so quickly?
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because i hate my clinic AND EVERY COUNSELOR THERE AND EVEN THE LADY WHO RUNS THE PLACE, They twell me one thing one day, than one thing the next day AND ITS ALL FUCKING LIES.................... FUCK THEM IAM NOT PAYING THEIR SALARIES ANJYMORE, I KNOW AT LKEAST 20 PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING THERE TOO.

The place is a bullshit HELLHOLE, WITH A BUNCH OF LYING FUCKS WORKING THERE AS 'COUNSELORS'

I was so pissed on thursday WHEN THEY HAD ME WAIT 4 HOURS TO SEE THE DOCTOR ONLY TO SAY I DONT NEED TO TALK TO HIM AND THEY SENT ME HOME, RIGHT THEN I DID MY MSW SHEETS TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF THAT STUPID PLACE............. My counselor tells me one thing than the program director twells me another thing than the nurses TELL ME SOMTHING FUCKING DIFFERENT FROM BOTH.

I actually picked up my cell phone and Told my friend to bring me a few OxyContin and Fentanyl Lollipops RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY COUNSELOR WHO I WAS PISSED AT He SAID " You cant have these conversations in the clinic" and I said 'Okay' I was still STAYING on the phone and i saiod " You know where to leave them and THANK YOU SO MUCH" than I said " Will they be there in an hour when I get home???" and he said 'yeah' So I said RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY LYING BASTARD OF A COUNSELOR "Thanks for bringing by the oxy's and the Lollipops , They will make me feel ALOT better when Iam home" "Peace man" Talk to you later" and HUNG UP LOL.
 
Great, you're going back on opiates ... you are the reason why methadone treatment will never work and has never worked in society. More people use it as a safety net than anything. My Mom used to go to the clinic and the people you see there, they get out of the clinic and what do they do? Look to score some dope. They can't get dope? No big deal, going to the clinic anyway.

Don't get me wrong, if you go in there with an honest desire to quit then it is possible, but even then I still think suboxone is the answer as it actually DOES have naloxone in a 1:4 ratio to keep people from banging other shit. Not only that, but going to the clinic every day and waiting around with a bunch of junkies is not the best environment for someone who is trying to quit; it is a lot easier to stay away from that lifestyle if you go home with a script of suboxone and not have to be around those people. I've never met someone who has successfully quit at a methadone clinic - they end up right back even if they finish. Maybe that is why they are called maintenance centers too, because that's all it does for most peoples addictions. But you need to want help in order to be helped - that is truly what it comes down to.

And MC, don't you think that is a little shady to do to your friend if he could actually supply you with that? I would be PISSED if I knew you did that in front of your counselor. At first I thought it was cool that you were going to get off that junk so quick and I was interested to how this would pan out for you but it seems like you are just sending yourself back to the pit. And seeing enough of this shit first hand I don't try to preach, but that script of oxy's aint gunna be enough sooner than later.
 
nickatina, i respect your opinion about mmt, but for some people who use the treatment centers as they were meant to be used, methadone has allowed them to get their lives back. i had been using regularly for 7 years and had tried cold turkey, detoxing at hospitals, at home, suboxone program, etc... i always went back to using within two weeks. i have been attending a methadone treatment center for 13 months and haven't used opiates in 7 months. i understand that there are many people who abuse the clinic and just want the methadone to get high, but for some of us, methadone has allowed us to lead (semi)-normal lives...
 
Nickatina said:
Great, you're going back on opiates ... you are the reason why methadone treatment will never work and has never worked in society. More people use it as a safety net than anything. My Mom used to go to the clinic and the people you see there, they get out of the clinic and what do they do? Look to score some dope. They can't get dope? No big deal, going to the clinic anyway.

Don't get me wrong, if you go in there with an honest desire to quit then it is possible, but even then I still think suboxone is the answer as it actually DOES have naloxone in a 1:4 ratio to keep people from banging other shit. Not only that, but going to the clinic every day and waiting around with a bunch of junkies is not the best environment for someone who is trying to quit; it is a lot easier to stay away from that lifestyle if you go home with a script of suboxone and not have to be around those people. I've never met someone who has successfully quit at a methadone clinic - they end up right back even if they finish. Maybe that is why they are called maintenance centers too, because that's all it does for most peoples addictions. But you need to want help in order to be helped - that is truly what it comes down to.

And MC, don't you think that is a little shady to do to your friend if he could actually supply you with that? I would be PISSED if I knew you did that in front of your counselor. At first I thought it was cool that you were going to get off that junk so quick and I was interested to how this would pan out for you but it seems like you are just sending yourself back to the pit. And seeing enough of this shit first hand I don't try to preach, but that script of oxy's aint gunna be enough sooner than later.
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i TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU BRO, But ITS WAY BETTER THAN BEING STUCK ON 150mgs OF METHADONE...................................................
 
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