Please Help Me With Methadone Questions & Withdrawl (Page 6)

I have been on methadone for 9 months... I was up to 80 mg but have managed to get down to 20 mg over the past 5 months or so. I am wanting to get off it all together but I am so scared because I don't want to feel miserable from the wd. Since I have been on it less than a year, will the wd still be horrible? Should I go from the methadone to suboxone to make it any easier or just keep going down on the methadone? How long will the wd's last once I am off everything? I go to the clinic so I am not doing it on my own, it is medically supervised. Can anyone PLEASE help me with some good advice??

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Susan...why do you feel like a hypocrite?? Because you are on methadone?? If it is working for you and keeping you clean from other sustances, then why the bad feelings? I never ever ever thought I would be on methadone one day, but then again, I never dreamed I would be sticking needles in my arms either. We get so down on ourselves...we all beat ourselves up so bad. Being sober for 20 years is amazing and I know you are mad at yourself for relapsing. You are not the only one. Shoot, in the past 10 years I have relapsed at least 15-20 times. Anyway, it's not like you can't do it again. You don't have to be on methadone for the rest of your life...I don't know your story or if you have chronic pain...Personally, I set goals for myself which is something I never have really done. I have been on Methadone for a year and am down to 2 mg. Soon I will be done...I know I have a lot of work to do to stay clean but I am ready and willing. Hang in there. If I can do it, Anyone can do it...

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Yes, make the switch to subutex, rather than suboxen, even though Docs don't like to write for it?? Then add key Nutrients like DLPA, almost 3000 mg, GABA, the same amount and get clonipine to help you rest. Always be gentle with yourself, it will be a slow processe. be patients for sure.

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Keep tapering down off the methadone, don't get on Suboxone. When you see your doctor ask him for Clonazapam for anxiety, trazadone for sleep, gabapentin for cold sweats and RLS and depression and aBP med like clonodine all to help ease your withdrawal symptoms and help you move on. And no, your symptoms should not be as severe as someone who has been on it for a decade or more. Good luck!!

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