Kristine715
Greenlighter
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- Oct 10, 2018
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Hey guys and gals. I've been on methadone about a year and a half. Before that I was a very heavy daily iv heroin user. My methadone dose right now is 290mgs. I've been at this dose idk, maybe 6 months or so.
For reasons that are irrelevant, I just went a week without methadone and...it was BAD. I won't go into detail about my withdrawal symptoms just cuz it too is irrelevant.
But because I just went through that, and I have also been having thoughts about not wanting to be on methadone forever but at the same time being scared that I'll go back to using if I stop methadone, I've been considering tapering off. So my question is, can someone please give me a detailed experience of being tapered off? Did you still go through withdrawal? What was your original dose and how long did it take to be done?
For reasons that are irrelevant, I just went a week without methadone and...it was BAD. I won't go into detail about my withdrawal symptoms just cuz it too is irrelevant.
But because I just went through that, and I have also been having thoughts about not wanting to be on methadone forever but at the same time being scared that I'll go back to using if I stop methadone, I've been considering tapering off. So my question is, can someone please give me a detailed experience of being tapered off? Did you still go through withdrawal? What was your original dose and how long did it take to be done?