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Opioids On Methadone 2 Wks Want OFF! Help

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Hi all! I have chroic pain from a neuro issue and am RX'd 30- OC ER 80s, 30- Opana ER 40's and 120- OC IR 30s for pain. This has been going on for about 2 years. I realized my body was dependent and I wanted to "help" myself, so 2 weeks ago exactly I started at a methadone clinic- BIG mistake! I hate it, don't want it and want to go back to my regimign. I don't bump, plug or anything like that, (don't know how and I'm a scardy cat)just reg. use. I do have a very high tolerance if that matters. 2 weeks ago I started at 30mg daily of methadone and now I'm up to 55mg. Today is Saturday, I woke up late, so no methadone for me today or tomorrow so I'm looking at Monday till I can dose again. I figured oh well! Didn't wanna go there anyways. So my question is, will it be any easier for me to get off the methadone since I'm at a fairly low dose for a short time? Also, when can I expect to feel withdrawls? I do want to try to just use the Opanas and lower my use, but will the opanas help me see the withdrawls through? I hope someone will respond:)
 
Well the 55mg of methadone is definitely less than your normal regimen, equivalency wise. I am kind of confused though. Is your goal to obtain full sobriety from opiates? Or just go back to your normal pills?

If you have to wait a few days before you can get your methadone again, taking opana will certainly help, if not fully eliminate the methadone withdrawals. You have only been on it for two weeks. i would highly reocmmend NOT staying on methadone for prolonged period of time. I've been on it for 15 months or so at now 70mg and am so sick of it.
 
BrokedownPalace said:
I am kind of confused though. Is your goal to obtain full sobriety from opiates? Or just go back to your normal pills?
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I just want to go back to my normal pills, then taper down from there.
I don't want to go back to the methadone clinic EVER again if I don't have to. I'm just scared since I have started on it that I can't go back to my regular pills without withdrawls from the meth. Do you think I will have withdrawls? It's been 27 hours since my last dose of methadone. Can I dose now w/ my reg meds or should I wait? Thanks for the advise!!! Leah
 
Yes you can certainly dose your regular pills. I am on methadone ( for 15 months or so) and many meth users continue to use heroin or pills on top of it. On the odd days I did not have any methadone I would use my drug of choice to keep withdrawals at bay.

You're good to go with your regular pills. Just take it slow at first, since the meth is still in your system, and chance for respiratory and CNS depression is greater. Good luck.
 
With scripts like that fuk methadone. It will just spiral your tolerance out of control. Or you'llend up using both dones and other opiates like so many I know.
 
If she doesn't go back to the methadone clinic, she won't have the option of taking both. They drug test, so, it is one or the other.
 
I agree...from the. Clinic. When one is seeking opiates (methadone) its quite easy to obtain outside the clinic and I bet her doc is not going to test for UA's (pain clinic...yeah maybe). She sounds in the know with those scripts. I know people that are scripted dones and other strong opiates. Done in the AM op's at night? Analgesic effects work little to no buzz. But Pain relief is a very motivating factor almost as strong as addiction. Just a caution , even though OP expressed a disdain for methadone. Great pain reliever she's just wayyy underdosed as mentioned
 
Thanks so much for the advise. I just felt really out of control w/ my pain meds. Especially the OC IR 30s- I was taking 14 (420mg) of them average a day. I was running out before the end of the month and then dealing with pill chasing elsewhere..and withdrawls. So..... I thought I would go to the methadone clinic to "save myself" but I quickly got sick of running up and down the highway, letting them watch me pee and not to mention its $100 a week and I have insurance that covers my meds so; expensive! I think I can control myself now. I just wanna go back to my pills and monitor myself and take less. I can do it! I haven't messed up my tolerance have I?
 
your tolerance should be fine considering you weren't on that high of a dose of methadone. Good Luck trying to manage all those pills effectively.
 
I couldn't manage them at all; that's how I got into trouble the first time. I was able to keep my addiction a secret from my husband, but now I've come clean. He is now in control of the pills...keeper of the crypt so to speak. If I want one, I have to ask him for them first. I don't even know where they are stashed. So he will keep in in check:) I LOVE this forum! I could read for DAYS. I welcome any other comments.
 
i suggest you taper down as low and as fast as possible and then use a low dose suboxone taper of around 5-10 days to get clean completely.

suboxone has so many benefits over methadone, no daily drives to the clinic, much milder w/ds etc.
 
I understand. I could never keep my oxy ir (roxi) use in check. Those other meds are just not as fun to use. Maybe talk to thje doc about cutting your roxi dose down to just 2-4 per day and only use for breakthru's from the time release?.......sounds kinda tough...need some serious willpower. If you didn't like methadone I don't think you'll like subs. They are not good for pain management (not compared to what you have anyways) and I agree that you shouldn't have messed with you're tolerance yet.
 
your stuck in a rut cause of the pain so you need to take something but l would give the methadone a miss.lv been on methadone for 10 years now 80mls daily am soooo sick of it.am scared to come off it due to the horific w/d.
lv started to come down a couple of mls a week a think that would be ok for me to deal with l think you should see a pain specilist. l wish you well but stay away from the green juice lol x
 
cazamac said:
.lv been on methadone for 10 years now 80mls daily am soooo sick of it.am scared to come off it due to the horific w/d.x
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That's a place I'm trying to avoid going to. Have u thought about tapering down to like 30mg then hop over to Kratom or to a 10 day detox? I haven't read much about meth to Kratom like I have other opiates but it seems to work w e/t else. Btw-it's been almost 48 hours since my last methadone dose and I've taken my Opana ER 40s to stave off withdrawals....so far so good. If I start to feel the slightest w/d symptom, I have a ton of Kratom I will try including uei. I'll keep reporting back to let y'all know how it goes!! Wish me luck!
 
you won't have w/ds switching from methadone to opana your fears are unfounded
 
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