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My father, age 58 is trying to kick methadone. He started taking percosets illegally and did so for about 2 years. Then he wanted to kick percs and a 'friend' gave him methadone. He only did it for 6 months and was only at the most doing 20mg per day. It was only to feel " normal" from not taking percs anymore. He seriously didnt know how bad methadone was when he started it. He is currently detoxing at home, with help from me and mom. This is the 3rd day without. He was much worse yesterday, seemed better today with help of xanax and a little pot. My dad never ever was into drugs and he sadly kind of fell into this. He is VERY concerned that he's going to get worse before he gets better because that is what so many internet articles are saying. We're thinking MAYBE it wont be as bad due to the short duration and the low dose. Any idea how long this all could take until he starts feeling better? Any hopeful encouraging words to offer for him?Thanks to the advice from those who responded. I'm really amazed how well he's doing. I just saw him a few minutes ago. He's tired, not really eating much, and very moody, swings back and forth between happy and depressed. He's also very weepy at times and Ive never seen him so loving towards my mother...he just keeps hugging her and saying how glad he is that she's there. He's really doing MUCH better than a few days ago. He's still worried about the recovery duration because he's jumping of 20mg's to NOTHING, but he's doing it w o the crutch of another drug and I'm really proud of him He's gonna make it and if you're dealing with the same thing, YOU WILL TOO Dont trade one addiction for another. If you're on smack, quit the smack w o meth If you're on meth, taper down and then quit w o suboxone or something else you'll get hooked to. Smoke weed, look up natural remedies, have family or friend support, butch up and just DO IT Big Pharma just wants you hooked Thanks again.And yes, he's taking xanax to help so I guess its a bit of a crutch, but to be honest, the guy probably needs it anyway even if he wasnt fighting addiction. He's pretty high strung.