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Opioids to those on MMT: how do you sleep?

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Greenlighter
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I am currently physically dependent on opioids; considering methadone as a way out.

I have always been hardcore insomniac. For those of you on methadone, how has it affected your sleep long-term? Did the sleep benefits last? I'm interested in hearing from as many people as possible.
 
It has lasted for me im at 72.5mg not as much as when I first started 10 long years ago but still sleep well. But have had periods of insomnia due to alprazolam abuse. Stay away from the benzo's if you get on the done & good luck with it.
 
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my girl is on 90 mg/day having come from maybe 4-6 bags/day IV dope. it was a little tough for her at first until she got her dose where she needed it to be at (she supplemented with street dope while having her dose titrated up), but now that she's been stable for three or four weeks she has no problem sleeping whatsoever (though she also takes a little etiz before bed every night). she doses once daily usually between nine and ten in the morning and it holds her pretty well for > 24 hours. if sub won't do the trick for you or is otherwise unavailable i encourage you to give methadone a try, it doesn't deserve the stigma, it was a real help for my girl.
 
I too suffered from insomnia since the age of 5, (29 now) and I've been on 140mg/day MMT for 1.5 years now after 11 years of oxy/heroin addiction and I sleep better than I ever have before. I'm tired at night and fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.

Sure, some nights I'm not very tired, but even then, if I lay down eyes closed in a dark room, I'm asleep in 30 minutes which is incredible for a true insomniac. Mind you, at the time I got on methadone, I was doing 1,200mgs of oxy per day (80mg OP x 15 per day) or 40-50 bags of nyc dope per day when no oxy was around so its not as if my opi tolerance is why I'm sleeping so well on the 'done...its just a groggy, sedating ass chemical.

HOWEVER, I'd suggest getting on Bupe/suboxone instead. I'd been ddicted to opi's for bout 8 years when I went on bupe, and it was great. It didn't make me groggy at all, but I felt normal which was what I wanted. I got injured, had to go on painkillers, relapsed, ended back up on oxy/dope for a while, then had to go on 'done b/c couldn't afford to detox from the OP's before starting the bupe, but I wish I had. I'd rather be on bupe any day of the week. Sure 'done let's me sleep at night, but I'm also falling asleep during the day from the stuff. On bupe I'd be fully functional, and just smoked some pot to sleep at night. Now I'm tethered to the stuff..

Just mt 0.02, good luck either way
 
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