something ive been dealing with myself is a methadone addiction ,what was the route you took to get off of methadone, i really want to avoid all of the medication trials ... ive really needed someone to ask this question, since you were in the same boat i am now in...
I did something no one should
EVER do, and I will not recommend it to anyone, for their own safety. I could have easily died.
I quit cold turkey, and endured the horrific withdrawals in my own bed at home. It was pure hell, the worst thing I've ever had to endure in my life. The only help I allowed myself was an Ativan here and there, and cannabis. I was puking a lot, so mostly just cannabis.
good luck on this battle. i am on cannabis myself and is one of the greatest pain managers ive used, but the opiate addiction is and was my cruch for pain for sometime now. i feel as if sitting through the pain makes that clock go very slow so i really give you props for what you've accomplished so far.
Thank you very much. Having two broken feet doesn't help. I'm already starting to taper down my dose of Oxycodone. The pain is getting more tolerable, so I'm taking my Oxycodone dose down to one a day, and using Aleve the rest of the day. Along with cannabis, of course. I happen to have a few grams of hash right now too, and that is also excellent for pain. I also have Lidocaine patches I can use, but they don't stick well to my feet. So, I usually save those for my spine.
i was curious if phenazepam would be a good route to taper off of methadone. if the long half-life of phenazepam combined with a dosing down of methadone would make the journey a little more smother. i just dont want to end up in a trance, as ive heard from many .
Phenazepam is a benzo I don't have access to, so I don't know how it compares to the benzo strength I'm used to, such as Ativan, Valium and Xanax. I did use Ativan a little to help when I was coming off Methadone, but, again, I wouldn't recommend what I did, not even to my worst enemy.
