Methadone withdrawal- mental and physical problems

zenstorm wrote:

<quoted text>Hay JJ, How are you? We miss you hear especially lately, a little slow, but one in need same as a million...You look good, working out? I see you have our packers tics, throw back jersey, man , packers should've been in the bowl, the best team didnt win! going to get me some shut eye! It will be great having you back, even if just a bit! xoxosuse!

Hey Zen, Thanks for your kind words sister! I'm trying to get back into good shape...not working out for ten years can really make a guy soft :) The Packers had no defense and got farther than they should have! I see not alot changed around here. 38 days till spring, hang in there, I'll be around. Take care...pEaCe, jj xo

hey i have been clean & sober for 2 yrs, 6 months ..the first year was hell.. but now my life is getting better yes their are highs and lowes but today their are much less bottoms thank god ...now its time to come down from 16 mgs of meth..the last 1 mg .from 17 mgs.. was nuts voices ,paronia thinking , etc . etc ,,,why do i do this to my mind, and body ...why . why .. why ..

Hi everyone, glad to see so many positive posts. Congrats to each day of sobriety.

Well my husband lost his job of 10 yrs. He has still not been medically released for work so they had to discharge him. One good thing has come from all this, he has been clean of M since 12/23/11, yah!

He is doing much better but still a daily struggle. Unfortunately since dr not released him to work, he can't get unemployment. Crazy! So he went ahead and applied for disability but will be at least 3-4 months before we here back, if we're lucky. He did get approved for state assisted insurance and the other good thing is his doctor has agreed to accept the insurance so he can continue treating his bipolar disorder. God has a plan and trusting in Him keeps us going one day at a time!

PS... thanks to all of your positive posts. Ya'll made me feel like Wonder Woman when i had been feeling like Worn out Wife, lol. Ya'll are awesome

Hey Worried Wife, Great hearing from you again and so proud of your husband. Sorry to hear he lost his job but you are getting some assistance that is wonderful.Good of the doctor to continue treating him as a patient as I'm sure you know his Bi Polar can not go untreated.Hope your son is doing well, also. You still are Wonder Woman to us...keep us updated, please. XXOO

HI I am also a methadone user I have been on predcription pain meds since spring of 08. I started out on morphine tabs 50 mgs one in the morning and one at night with of course short acting pain meds for breakthrough pain which was percocet. I had 3 back surgeries since then and now I have little pain at all unless I do to much. Before the final back surgery I was up to 120 mgs a day of methadone my docs kept changing my long acting med. Over this past summer he put me on 120 mgs of oxycotin and 60 mgs of roxicodone per day. As of right now I have managed myself not my doctors to get down to 5 mgs in the morning of methadone and 5 at night. Well of course I have ran out my doctor isn't in for a refill and I am sick and tired of having these meds run my life I have ran out before I know what withdrawal is but Am I strong enough to be able to handle the withdrawal? I have never had anything rule me and now this stupid little white pill and his friend are putting me through HELL All I want is my life back!!!!How long will the withdrawal symptoms last?

Hey jules im 21 and have been to rehab twice been on everything roxy methadone oxy oxymorphone coke and xanax. Ive had and seen enough to tell you that u got between 3-15 days.. Most people dont know how to kick drugs believe it or not the physicall pain ur in for withdrawl is nothing compared to mental anguish because as addicts we enjoy suffering thats why we poisen ourself for pleasure what u need to do is focus all that obsessive negative focus and turn it completely positive..i kno that is much easyier said that done. But im living proof its poss. I JUST came off 100 mg of methadone weaned very fast to 30 then poured my last dose out on 12/29/11 for me and by no wayyyyyy am i recomending this but i took xanax bars between 4-10 a day to get me off then continued to take threw tge withdrawl and didnt stop that till 6 days ago. I will tell you this it is a battle everyday. One thing you can look forward to is not having dark eyes and bad skin...i look really good since quitting meth. U will to that stuff makes ppl ugly but one more thing xanax to me was HARDER to kick than meth so if ur planning on taking a benzo make it valium becuz in my opinion that last longer has less of a high and is not as addictive.

What happened, I can't get this thing to go to the last page , where " I " posted last. I wish to see where someone answered my post.

I saw my post, posted, hope it isn't lost !

Its been almost 7 weeks off M for me now. Wow, I can't believe I made it. The mental part of my addiction has given me a few bad days, alittle depressed, but other than that, feeling pretty good! Started dieting and getting in some exercise finally. Sleep has become easier, although I still wake up at 5 or 6, but its just an early start to the day. At least when I go to bed, I'm not tossing and turning anymore! The lack of sleep was killing me! I feel like I have more energy again which is great because I have a toddler. I must say, it took awhile for the chills to stop. Also the sweaty palms. The physical part took awhile to end but the mental part just about did me in a couple of times, but I tried to remain as busy and as positive as possible and I am still sober. Good luck to everyone going thru this! Its a battle, but it can be won! Be strong! God Bless..

I too am in the prawsess of kicking methadone. It's my 3 attempt and I'm almost done! I too have an overwhelming mental addiction... Once I start to sweat and get nausios I can't stop it! I start to mentally get myself completely sick! I have learned this time that for me it is better to drop 20mgs at a time. I know this sounds a little crazy but if you're on a high dose to begin with it helps to see the finish line within months instead of years. I've gone from 250mgs to 40mgs this way.

Dax wrote:

I too am in the prawsess of kicking methadone. It's my 3 attempt and I'm almost done! I too have an overwhelming mental addiction... Once I start to sweat and get nausios I can't stop it! I start to mentally get myself completely sick! I have learned this time that for me it is better to drop 20mgs at a time. I know this sounds a little crazy but if you're on a high dose to begin with it helps to see the finish line within months instead of years. I've gone from 250mgs to 40mgs this way.

Glad you're having luck with that. Probably not everyone would though, ya know. You might need to drop a little less in the future too.

Not at all surprising that 20 mg drops didn't bother you much when you where at 250 mgs, but below 100 mgs it is surprising.

Try and remember that getting off isn't a race. I'm only saying so because getting off only means something if you manage to stay off. Not saying YOU will or won't, but a lot off people relapse if they go to fast.

Good luck, AB

hey guys am 8 days clean, the first 7 days were horrible just intell yesterday i started to fell a tiny bit better my lower back doesnt feel like a vacuum full of pain anymore, just wanted to get my spine streached. i took 40 millg of methadone for two years. ive been wanting to quit forever now, and i found a wierd but kinda simple way of quiting, antin-diareal stuff, that idmodium stuff the active ingredeant is lypromide. i take 12 or 18 two times a day with advil pm it works try it for your self your gonna be constipated but its better than WD

http://youtu.be/ksfAyW5FCww bump,unless ya'll LIKE seeing drugs for sale above this thread!!! feels like a "sea of heartbreak!!"..

davidanthonyo92 wrote:

hey guys am 8 days clean, the first 7 days were horrible just intell yesterday i started to fell a tiny bit better my lower back doesnt feel like a vacuum full of pain anymore, just wanted to get my spine streached. i took 40 millg of methadone for two years. ive been wanting to quit forever now, and i found a wierd but kinda simple way of quiting, antin-diareal stuff, that idmodium stuff the active ingredeant is lypromide. i take 12 or 18 two times a day with advil pm it works try it for your self your gonna be constipated but its better than WD

..yo Dave welcome to the best damm little meeting place in the world!! For your back,been dealin with mine since 1988 with 3herniated discs now fused into one huge gorrilla disc. Have you tried water walking? What it does is elongate the spine decompresses the discs and gets the inner core stronger. I have been doing this since 1994,had acro-med screws and plates installed in April of 93 removed March of 95 and the best thing for me has been water!! Zero impact on joints only resistance is how hard we pull or push through the water. Water good for drinking good to turn into steam for said steam room,good for fish for where else would they fuck? Humor don't hurt niether when kickin this beasts ass nor do music. Every day YOU are getting stronger both mind and body,way to do it!!!.. http://youtu.be/kt5wnvnQ3bc you on a great run!!!

Like any water aerobic exercise, water walking is easy on the joints.“The water’s buoyancy supports the body’s weight, which reduces stress on the joints and minimizes pain,” says Jones.“And it’s still a great workout: Water provides 12 times the resistance of air, so as you walk, you’re really strengthening and building muscle.” Water exercise is not weight-bearing, however, so you’ll still need to add some bone-building workouts to your routine.

You can walk in either the shallow end of the pool or the deep end, using a flotation belt. The deeper the water, the more strenuous your workout. And if you fall in love with walking
http://www.arthritis.org/walk-in-water-fit.ph...

Dax wrote:

I too am in the prawsess of kicking methadone. It's my 3 attempt and I'm almost done! I too have an overwhelming mental addiction... Once I start to sweat and get nausios I can't stop it! I start to mentally get myself completely sick! I have learned this time that for me it is better to drop 20mgs at a time. I know this sounds a little crazy but if you're on a high dose to begin with it helps to see the finish line within months instead of years. I've gone from 250mgs to 40mgs this way.

..not at all crazy,crazy would to do nothing!! You have a plan and now the mindset needs to be worked on. I also had the same same,thought I stopped and did not,took an extra three weeks to NOT take that fiver!! Well back on March3rd 2009 I THOUGHT I had stopped,butt noooo I had to go three days felt like fish outta water,popped a five...stopped the shakey jakeies...went three mo days..till March 21st when I did take my last five mils of megadeath,methdrown,methamyhea dup!!! It can be done,after I had stopped, I see a cat here all of 62 years old ex nam vet did smack twenty years did methadrown 18 years,and the cat quit!!! Ya wanna talk inspired,I was and I am...SARGE ya done did good!!! Bottem line my brother,we do what need be done,period! Some here will tewll all that you have to do this their way or it will not work,pure bullshit!! Any mothafuckinway to stop your riding the drone train,ya do!!! Ya never allow anyone to "rent space in YOUR head" totaly taboo..it be your head and aint no room for anyone else to be in there!! So fill the head with positives fill the head whith what can and will be..in other words.. http://youtu.be/QhPnQZ3Whcc MINDSET..keep it positive....

Rebecca wrote:

Its been almost 7 weeks off M for me now. Wow, I can't believe I made it. The mental part of my addiction has given me a few bad days, alittle depressed, but other than that, feeling pretty good! Started dieting and getting in some exercise finally. Sleep has become easier, although I still wake up at 5 or 6, but its just an early start to the day. At least when I go to bed, I'm not tossing and turning anymore! The lack of sleep was killing me! I feel like I have more energy again which is great because I have a toddler. I must say, it took awhile for the chills to stop. Also the sweaty palms. The physical part took awhile to end but the mental part just about did me in a couple of times, but I tried to remain as busy and as positive as possible and I am still sober. Good luck to everyone going thru this! Its a battle, but it can be won! Be strong! God Bless..

...ya man..that be PENNSY PRIDE!!!! One more to PROVE this drone train can be slain...rightious sweet and damm fine!!!... ya went and replaced "her" with methadone..and ya told her no no no...way to go go go!!!...cause lets face it..methadone is not.. http://youtu.be/_XDuujK2vd0 no it aint!!!!...

..opps..Becky this makes more sense...should have had it posted above..ya went and told "her" to go go said no no...way to go and kick butt and take names!!.. http://youtu.be/27uvVtCTiWc your love belongs to you!!! not some man made pillage....

..yea man.a true V kinda day...or is that a "Y"..matters not when ya be one of these.. http://youtu.be/vl5CiPqhAeI oh yes there is life and loving OFF the dammed drone train!!!...

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