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Posted: August 14, 2015, 7:46 PM
Hey I am on day 4 off methadone now of course I tapered course and that helped me but as I tapered for 6 weeks I went through withdrawals but if I can do it you can too. The liquid handcuffs are gone!!!
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Posted: August 15, 2015, 12:40 AM
Good for you! what a miracle you are! Please keep us posted so we can celebrate and gather strength from your journey.
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Posted: August 15, 2015, 8:27 AM
Thank you very much and I finally had a great nights sleep so I am going to the golf course then hitting the gym.
Look if anyone is reading this I had to taper because I own my business and need to be at the office everyday but the last 2 months has been hard. But I can tell you this has all beeb worth it you have to take it one day at a time and have a good support group. My wife has been great and I know she is a true gift from God. | ||
Posted: August 15, 2015, 10:43 AM
dude i came of methadone 18 days ago and i feel pretty good except the paws is now set in, but to me that is positive because i know my body is healing itself. you will go through some pain maybe but if you do try and take some imodium and tagamet it really is an opiates addicts dream. take like 10 or 15 at a time, i did and really help me a lot. i know 2 other people that came off methadone and now still off for over 5 and 3 years. you get to 16 days you can get to 17 and then you will start feeling better. i was on methadone for 10 years and norcos another 5. I could be a little off on the time but about 15 years of my life my body has not had to produce endorphins. if i can make it anyone can. the only reason i got off is because i wanted to get off it so badly, not for any other reason. I was sick of waking up and going to my bottle and not being able to go to china or Europe because of it. i went to china for a month last year and it was a real pain in the butt to bring an extra 3 days along with me. i had to get approved by the state, but since i past all the criteria with flying colors they gave it to me. then when i got to china i was so worried i loose my methadone or someone steal it or the cops would take it away. so now i want to take another trip and be able to experience it without the ball and chain. also watch a lot of youtube videos because they do help pass the time
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Posted: August 16, 2015, 7:13 AM
My worst thing is the no sleep I only sleep 1 in every 3 nights. I hope that gets better soon.
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Posted: August 16, 2015, 9:48 AM
yea i am on day 19 i think and i have only slept maybe 8 hours in the past 4 day, i am getting very cranky towards my family. I am really thankful that my family understands what i am going through. when you get off methadone or suboxone or heroin, or norcos it all the same except the dang methadone w/d last 2 or 3 times as long. Also you need to prepare your family and educate them on what w/d are going to be like, a realistic time period and the effects of it. I feel good today but just tired. the last two days i slept about 2 hours in the early morning, from like 4 to 6am and i feel terrible when i wake up but as the day goes on i start to feel better. i also never been a morning person. I forgot to add that the xanax or valuim work very well with rest, at least a couple hours at a time, but for me when i take the xanax i would really feel like crap when i woke up, its almost better to stay awake through it and then one day on maybe day 10 and 14 you get a couple house of sleep and wake up to find that some of the symptoms have gone a little, and then as the day goes on you might start to feel happy again a little. tell you the truth on day 14 I cried like a damn baby for an hour, i was so depressed and i felt that i have let the universe collapse on me, but then in almost an instant i started to feel better and better. I feel like a knew man today, i can go out and do anything i want. mind over matter, watch a lot of youtube videos and movies and listen to music because they really do help pass the time, and talk on message boards. Also try to do little things like suck on chocolate and walk up and down some stairs. I also have been taking a lot of multivitamins, oh and also imodium is your friend, go to walmart and get some also tagemt, keep me updated. good luck
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Posted: August 16, 2015, 10:35 AM
ya it's just lack of sleep that gets to me but even though I didn't sleep I just went for a 25 min walk. Everything I have read is that the father you can build endorphins then the better off I am. I love to exercise so that helps a lot.
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Posted: August 16, 2015, 10:59 AM
yes you are correct, thats why you eat chocolate and listen to music, and watch emotional movies because these all will help produce edorphins
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Posted: August 16, 2015, 3:33 PM
So I guess I am stuck with no much sleep for a few weeks??
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Posted: August 16, 2015, 5:45 PM
yea it seems that way, i sleep and wake up after 4 hours and really feel bad afterwards but then start to feel better as the day goes on, but lack of energy and irritability gets to you also because of the lack of sleep
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Posted: August 17, 2015, 7:16 AM
By the way I slept great last night and it's officially day 7 off this stuff.
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Posted: August 17, 2015, 8:37 AM
wow it is amazing that you slept well, i am glad to hear that. i am on day 20 now and it seems to be the same as days 16-19. i was a took while for me to finally get some rest, but it seemed like my mind was resting but not my body. I guess it is true that everyone bodies are different. i know when i get like two hours of sleep and wake up i am very sore. I also know that i do not vomit at all and get no soft stool, but i have not went 2 in like 2 weeks, weird. I think the imodium had a lot to do with that though.
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Posted: August 17, 2015, 1:05 PM
ya that is what I read everyone is different I know that some days I don't feel like going to the gym but I need so I go. As far as being sore I have a hot tub in the back yard so I soak in it all the time and it's hot where I live so it makes me sweat. And everyone I have talked to the more you can sweat the faster the toxins get out of your body.
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Posted: August 18, 2015, 8:54 AM
lol thats funny, it is also hot here and i also have a hot tub which helps a lot also. last night is the first night i actually slept over 6 hours and feel a little sore in my neck but at least i am not like a zombie. i think the first week of paws is almost as mentally hard to get through as it was physically hard to get through the first week of the main w/d. good luck today
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Posted: August 18, 2015, 10:44 AM
Thanks it has now been day 8 and I have slept the last 2 nights and people are correct each day gets a little bit better. Now it is not where I want to be but I will take it.
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Posted: August 19, 2015, 7:38 AM
i wish i was getting better, it seems like i am getting worst, i am on day 22 and i feel like i am on day 3 again. yesterday and today have been terrible for me, i really feel like giving up. i have methadone still and i also have norco's sitting right by me. I told my wife if i am not feeling better i am going to start taking norco's again. I cant function this way, i need to work and earn money for my family and been off work now for almost a month now. I just cant stand the way my body feels. anyone have any advice?
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Posted: August 19, 2015, 12:37 PM
Hang in there last night was no sleep and I pay for it the next day.
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Posted: August 19, 2015, 11:04 PM
Awwww..... sleep..... its funny how we take it for granted until it alludes us!!!!
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Posted: August 20, 2015, 2:00 AM
Play4pain, have you been on unpaid/paid leave? If you can look into disability of some sort..physical,mental,stress,ANYTHING) yeah having stuff in house, I did same...don't know why..got rid of to people though eventually. Is It lack of sleep, the way you physically feel..combination?
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Posted: August 27, 2015, 4:30 PM
this message is for playforthepain I just read that your on day 22 and your about to give up. Please do not give up. I myself have been on vicodins, norcos and Percocet for about 14 years I was taking at least 20 pills daily 10 mg. I been on methadone since 2011 and I want to be free of that I am so tired of having to schedule my life around the methadone I currently take 20 mg of methadone a day and I started taking 15 mg just yesterday and I feel horrible. I got addicted to the painkillers in 1999 from an accident and have chronic back pain the doctors at that time prescribed me 60 vicodins with 6 refills I had no idea what my life would become from the first day I took the Vicodin. I never heard of painkillers before that so I was unaware of how addictive these pills are. Since 1999 I have been off of painkillers for four months due to incarceration caused by my dependence of these pain killers. When I got out of jail in 2011 I started methadone as I was starting right back where I had left off with the painkillers. I talked to my Doctor and he prescribed me methadone to get off the painkillers. I was always skeptical about taking methadone but I did take the methadone and I thought how great it was that I can only take two 10 mg methadone so day and work and actually feel like things were going great. Now I'm 4 years into taking methadone and now realize that maybe I should not of started the methadone. I am currently unemployed but do have a job starting on September 3. I am trying to ween myself off 5 mg at a time but on the second day it's already feeling like a struggle. Does anyone have any suggestions to make this any easier?
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