Motoguemse
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Hi a few months ago I posted about how I had run out of my oxycodone rx early. I take them for lifelong headaches and I’ve developed tolerance and have run out early a few times over the past several months. My doctor can’t increase the number of tabs I take because Im already over the states limit on morphine equiv dose per day and will likely have to tapered down to the limit at some time. A few months ago when I ran out early I discovered I had some methadone I used to take and decided to use it to bridge the gap to when I could get my rx filled again. Oxycodone wd isn’t really hard but the cold this time of year is what kills me. I have Lyrica, clonidine and Valium if needed. Everything went fine with resuming my oxycodone rx when it could be filled again. I had limited my daily dose of methadone to 20mg so it wasn’t messing me up or anything.
This month I ran out early again. I have around a week until it can be refilled and it is still cold here. Yesterday I took 10mg methadone in the am and 10mg in the pm. Overnight I changed my mind and decided I don’t want to do this. Will these two doses doom me to 10 weeks of withdrawal? Obviously I get the oxycodone refilled in a week so I’d be ok then, but is this entire week going to be wrecked if I stop this now? I’ve gone thru methadone wd before and it was the worst experience of my life other than the deaths of family members. I suppose if its going to be awful ill continue taking as small a dose as possible until my refill date.
I am going to take Lyrica and clonidine today and see how it goes, but wanted to know if anyone knew the answer. Whether I end up stopping or continuing until my next refill, I am going to dispose of these methadone tabs bc even though I hate how they make me feel, they beat the cold that creeps up my legs even after the three or four days of acute oxycodone withdrawal are over.
Edit: i just made a quick spreadsheet and assuming I took the doses 12 hours apart, and 24 hour half life, and 12 hr 3/4 life, I’ll still have roughly .5mg in my system on Wednesday PM, and I only took it twice. Imagine if I took it for 3 or more days, all the stacked up half lives. All opinions welcome, but I suspect a week or more of misery. It might be wisest to just take as low an amount as possible until my refill date but all opinions welcome.
Thanks
This month I ran out early again. I have around a week until it can be refilled and it is still cold here. Yesterday I took 10mg methadone in the am and 10mg in the pm. Overnight I changed my mind and decided I don’t want to do this. Will these two doses doom me to 10 weeks of withdrawal? Obviously I get the oxycodone refilled in a week so I’d be ok then, but is this entire week going to be wrecked if I stop this now? I’ve gone thru methadone wd before and it was the worst experience of my life other than the deaths of family members. I suppose if its going to be awful ill continue taking as small a dose as possible until my refill date.
I am going to take Lyrica and clonidine today and see how it goes, but wanted to know if anyone knew the answer. Whether I end up stopping or continuing until my next refill, I am going to dispose of these methadone tabs bc even though I hate how they make me feel, they beat the cold that creeps up my legs even after the three or four days of acute oxycodone withdrawal are over.
Edit: i just made a quick spreadsheet and assuming I took the doses 12 hours apart, and 24 hour half life, and 12 hr 3/4 life, I’ll still have roughly .5mg in my system on Wednesday PM, and I only took it twice. Imagine if I took it for 3 or more days, all the stacked up half lives. All opinions welcome, but I suspect a week or more of misery. It might be wisest to just take as low an amount as possible until my refill date but all opinions welcome.
Thanks
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