Need help forming a taper plan!!!

[lovemissile66]

Good Morning All,
I will try to keep this short. Try is the operative word. I have a 17 year relationship with heroin. My first introduction to the drug was via I.V, and after a year or so of recreational use....I was off
to the races. I had a two year span of time when I was completely drug-free, courtesy of the Dept. of Corrections. Needless to say, once released it was only a matter of days before I was using
again. Fast forward to my recent usage-about a year ago I decided (after getting one too many abscesses) to quit with the rigs and just sniff. I figured in the long run it would help when I was
really ready to quit. So here I am today, I want off this shite. I have 20 methadone pills (10mg) and 6 Xanax bars. Because the Xanax is not my DOC, a quarter of a pill can knock me out. Oh, I have
been steadily using between a half gram and a gram of heroin a day, depending on quality. I lost my significant other two years ago to an overdose. We had been together for 25 years. And while
the dope kept some of that pain away, it really isn't working anymore. I want to spend however many days I have left on this planet, clean. Can someone advise on whether I have enough in this arsenal to get me over the worst of any withdrawal? Appreciate any replies.

 

[Tombs]

I've never tried methadone. I have a plug for the 180mg liquid but I was too scared to start another habit. I heard from her that methadone withdrawals can be worse than the H so I never bothered.

You're going to have to experiment a little bit. What's the HL of methadone, like 24hrs? See if one 10mg in the morning can get you through the day. If not, then start with two, move down to 1.5, then 1 when you feel comfortable.

If I were you, I would definitely order some Red Bali Kratom. I haven't done dope in a long time but I have an unlimited prescription for percocet and dilaudid and I'm constantly fucking up my doses, leading to a taper and eventual abstinence until I get my tolerance down to a reasonable level. I can't be taking 30 percocet a day, period. I actually had to give my girl my bottles and she has been giving my my PRESCRIBED dose daily. The kratom helped me get through the worst of the wds in relative comfort and I experienced no observable WDs from the Kratom. I was skeptical but I started reading Papasomni's and Krazikat's threads and I convinced myself to pick some up. Great move.

I also have a script for xanax and unlike others, it actually makes not using/tapering more difficult for me. Not on the day I take it but it snowballs because I always have hangovers from xanax, even if I take a quarter bar like you do. The hangovers give me anxiety, so I have to take more xanax, so on and so on.

Good luck and keep us all posted.

 

[lovemissile66]

thank you for responding. I want to do this in a week or less. That way I hopefully run less of a risk of becoming dependent on the methadone. I'm obviously trying to
dodge withdrawal in general!! I mean, who wouldn't? But I know there will be pain of some sort, so I have to accept it. The psychological is what's going to undermine me.
But I need to do this. I'm too old to continue this way and I bust my ass at work to just hand my pay over to the dope man. Anyway, thank you!

 

[KraziKat]

Like Tombs suggests, kratom may be a viable option for you. It's worth a shot.