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Should I drop the Methadone taper

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So i have been thinking these past couple of days, should I just drop my taper (I am now down to 6mg) after I see the clinic doctor on Monday to try and get him to prescribe some real medication (Why the US is so hard on giving my some type of benzo for anxiety coming off this hard core opiate addiction is just mean when they give it out like candy to middle aged women, but that is another discussion in all itself.) I am asking what neversick told me to ask for, but I have been thinking, am I just drawing out a little bit of pain and eventually I am still going to go through some pretty bad withdrawals. Why wait? I am still going to have to work through this pain (my job is in sells/construction). So I wish I had some wonder drug to make me right. Lord knows how tired I am of this opiate addiction. Unfortunately I have to wait till Monday to ask this doctor for some prescriptions to help. Everyday for the past few weeks, I have the diarrhea (sorry to share that), knee pain, sometimes problems of sleeping, and anxiety (heart feels like it will jump out of my chest). Maybe it's already too late to ask this question and the answer is already yes, get off this shit and work the best I can without the boss noticing I am dope sick (Flu?, in late summer). I don't know, maybe some people have other ideas, and I guess this is kind of like my last post about loperamide (I cannot spell, so Imodium).
 
I would jump at 6mg as it sounds like you're already going through some of the withdrawals I experienced. I jumped 2 months ago at 4mgs and should have jumped sooner but make sure you have a support system in place before getting off methadone. If you are having cravings though, I suggest finishing out your taper to 0 to prevent a possible relapse. I don't suggest using benzo's because it's very easy to trade one addiction for another. How quickly are you dropping?
 
I would be done the 25th. But I went 2mgs every 4 dyas from 40mgs here, but I think I will just ask the doc for somethings that are supposed to help and whatnots. I just got a really full plate of work, but maybe it will me take my mind off it, hehe.
 
i would just stop i ct off 90mg cause i was sick going down 10mg a week from 160 so i said fuck it but i didn't have to worry about work but 6mg is about as easy as it'll get
 
Finish the taper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dude your so close the withdrawal is gonna last a good long while. Tapering works man let it do its course.
 
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seconded , the only painless way to come of opiates in my experience is slow ... slow methadone taper.


oh and i know post opiate-use anxiety can be crippling but try to go out and face your fears. Benzo addiction or just plain rebound anxiety is a big damper on "recoverly" living sober etc. for me. I know easier said than done but just my 2 cents. Maybe try to get into exercise/lifting weights it helps!
 
Thanks for the input. Waiting on the doc now. Things are kind of ass backwards to what I am used to. Different state, different part of the country, conservative state, how ever you want to put it, but they sure do things the hard way.
 
Don't let them bully you or tell you things you know to be untrue. Addiction doctor are used to dealing with idiots show him you know whats up and your results might change
 
Here's an update. Went back up a bit to 16mgs going to go down 2 a week and got clonidine, nurotin, and Wellbutrin (dopamine is low doc said). So I hope this makes it more bearable. I sure cant wait to get off this stuff but I also don't want it to effect my work as much as it has. Now to move one and hopefully this works better.
 
Good job man. I think going back up was a wise decision theres no rush or need to torture yourself. I know clonidine works I don't know much about the others
 
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