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Is it possible to literally die from methadone withdrawals? Or have a heart attack?
is it normal to get really severe heartburn when coming down off methadone?

How bad are methadone withdrawals and how long will they last?


What can I do to make methadone withdrawals easier?
I have been on methadone for 6 months, gradually decreasing my dose to get off this stuff.. I was on 5mg about 3 4 days ago, and had to stop because im going on a trip sunday. Im not sick to my stomach but my body feels warm but I am constantly freezing. The restless legs has turned into a restless entire body. Im constantly fatigued and my legs burn just walking up the stairs. Hot showers help a little but is there anything else I can do? Will this get better or worse as the days go on? If it gets any worse, how can I make traveling on a bus tolerable?

Is there a good home remedy for methadone withdrawals?
my friend is not doing well, he is trying his best to kick methadone, is there any home remedys for his illness?

My friend needs help getting over methadone withdrawals, any suggestions besides don't do drugs?
Maybe eating extra protein... or sugars... or green tea? Anything?

Methadone Withdrawal -- scared with no one else to get answers from?
My dr put me on methadone for pain management about 2 years ago. I started out at 5 mg total a day and he eventually got me up to 40 mg total a day . I had major hip surgery hence the methadone. So eventually, about 10 months ago we started to taper my methadone and things weren't a 'walk in the park' but for the most part things were going smoothly and he was easy to communicate with if I had any problems. All of a sudden my dr is gone this past april I had called the clinic for a refill and was told my dr was no longer practicing at the clinic. I was anxious but to work that day on establishing a new internal medicine dr in the same clinic. The office made me an appt for 30 days later may and a day before the appt canceled it. So I tried to reschedule and they decided to schedule me with a different dr this time, which was fine with me. Same thing happened again, the appt was canceled last minute. And... get this... this happened a third time in June. So this whole time my medicine wasn't being tapered... I was at a constant 4 ml. I had to go to the hospital's Patient Advocacy office to finally get an appt that wouldn't be canceled last minute. So now I'm with a dr that has sped up my taper to an incredibly uncomfortable speed. More than twice the speed of the plan w my previous dr whom left his practice. So... my question The day I picked up the my current prescription I told the receptionist that I need to talk to her, my dr, as soon as possible because I was so anxious and fearful about the current taper my dr wanted me at. So now it's 2 weeks later, she called me once and I wasn't at my phone so I'm waiting for another call. I tried for a 2nd time today And at this point I just want to see if I can handle the withdrawal myself. I feel like she invalidates how I tell her I'm feeling. When I tell her about my withdrawal symptoms, I feel like she doesn't believe me. So last Fri 17th Oct I went from 4 ml a day I had been on 4 ml a day for about 17 days. That day I realized that she probably wasn't going to call me back in any timely manner I felt like I was backed up into a corner. So the next day, Saturday the 18th I went to 2 ml a day, Sunday I went to 1 ml a day half AM, half PM and I've been on that dose since Sunday... so 2 and a half days. But tonights 'the big night'... tonight is my last dose and it will be exactly .4 .5 ml. What I m trying desperately to figure out is how bad my withdrawals will be or if they will be bad at all. The last time I went through withdrawals was a long time ago and I was at 10 mg, so I know for a fact that the withdrawals won't be nearly as bad as they were then. But I know this won't be a walk in the park by any means, I just want to be prepared and have some sense of control over what I'm going to be feeling like for the next 2 weeks or however long they last. What's even worse is my mom is leaving in 2 days for a Napa Valley vacation and will be gone for 2 weeks so I'm going to be all by myself and I can honestly say I'm scared shi less.Does anyone out there know what I'm going to be going through, symptoms wise, in the next week or 2 weeks?? Any help, information, suggestions, or piece of mind is greatly appreciated... I have absolutely no one else to talk to about this. Thanks

Methadone Withdrawal -- scared with no one else to get answers from?
My dr put me on methadone for pain management about 2 years ago. I started out at 5 mg total a day and he eventually got me up to 40 mg total a day . I had major hip surgery hence the methadone. So eventually, about 10 months ago we started to taper my methadone and things weren't a 'walk in the park' but for the most part things were going smoothly and he was easy to communicate with if I had any problems. All of a sudden my dr is gone this past april I had called the clinic for a refill and was told my dr was no longer practicing at the clinic. I was anxious but to work that day on establishing a new internal medicine dr in the same clinic. The office made me an appt for 30 days later may and a day before the appt canceled it. So I tried to reschedule and they decided to schedule me with a different dr this time, which was fine with me. Same thing happened again, the appt was canceled last minute. And... get this... this happened a third time in June. So this whole time my medicine wasn't being tapered... I was at a constant 4 ml. I had to go to the hospital's Patient Advocacy office to finally get an appt that wouldn't be canceled last minute. So now I'm with a dr that has sped up my taper to an incredibly uncomfortable speed. More than twice the speed of the plan w my previous dr whom left his practice. So... my question The day I picked up the my current prescription I told the receptionist that I need to talk to her, my dr, as soon as possible because I was so anxious and fearful about the current taper my dr wanted me at. So now it's 2 weeks later, she called me once and I wasn't at my phone so I'm waiting for another call. I tried for a 2nd time today And at this point I just want to see if I can handle the withdrawal myself. I feel like she invalidates how I tell her I'm feeling. When I tell her about my withdrawal symptoms, I feel like she doesn't believe me. So last Fri 17th Oct I went from 4 ml a day I had been on 4 ml a day for about 17 days. That day I realized that she probably wasn't going to call me back in any timely manner I felt like I was backed up into a corner. So the next day, Saturday the 18th I went to 2 ml a day, Sunday I went to 1 ml a day half AM, half PM and I've been on that dose since Sunday... so 2 and a half days. But tonights 'the big night'... tonight is my last dose and it will be exactly .4 .5 ml. What I m trying desperately to figure out is how bad my withdrawals will be or if they will be bad at all. The last time I went through withdrawals was a long time ago and I was at 10 mg, so I know for a fact that the withdrawals won't be nearly as bad as they were then. But I know this won't be a walk in the park by any means, I just want to be prepared and have some sense of control over what I'm going to be feeling like for the next 2 weeks or however long they last. What's even worse is my mom is leaving in 2 days for a Napa Valley vacation and will be gone for 2 weeks so I'm going to be all by myself and I can honestly say I'm scared shi less.Does anyone out there know what I'm going to be going through, symptoms wise, in the next week or 2 weeks?? Any help, information, suggestions, or piece of mind is greatly appreciated... I have absolutely no one else to talk to about this. Thanks For those of you that don't believe Methadone is prescribed for pain management Methadone is prescribed for heroine withdrawal AND pain management. It depends on what state you live in. I was diagnosed with Left Hip Dysplastic And Torn Labrum With Impingement Syndrome and received a Left Osteoplasty Femoral Neck, Repair And Trim Acetabular Labrum, Synovectomy, Iliopsoas Tendon Lengthening. All of this was from being a runner while being underweight. It took me 6 years to get a diagnosis, I was originally going to cal poly in CA and finally moved to Oregon to be with my mom. She found me a dr and the dr got me a diagnosis in 3 months. He was an awesome dr and got me scheduled for surgery right away. My surgery was in Dec. of '06. Two weeks after my surgery my dr wanted to switch me from short term pain meds vicodin to 'long term' pain meds Methadone because it stays in your system for 12 hrs instead of 6. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never agreed to go on Methadone

Methadone withdrawal -- scared with no one else to get answers/help from.?
My dr put me on methadone for pain management about 2 years ago. I started out at 5 mg total a day and he eventually got me up to 40 mg total a day . I had major hip surgery hence the methadone. So eventually, about 10 months ago we started to taper my methadone and things weren't a 'walk in the park' but for the most part things were going smoothly and he was easy to communicate with if I had any problems. All of a sudden my dr is gone this past april I had called the clinic for a refill and was told my dr was no longer practicing at the clinic. I was anxious but to work that day on establishing a new internal medicine dr in the same clinic. The office made me an appt for 30 days later may and a day before the appt canceled it. So I tried to reschedule and they decided to schedule me with a different dr this time, which was fine with me. Same thing happened again, the appt was canceled last minute. And... get this... this happened a third time in June. So this whole time my medicine wasn't being tapered... I was at a constant 4 ml. I had to go to the hospital's Patient Advocacy office to finally get an appt that wouldn't be canceled last minute. So now I'm with a dr that has sped up my taper to an incredibly uncomfortable speed. More than twice the speed of the plan w my previous dr whom left his practice. So... my question The day I picked up the my current prescription I told the receptionist that I need to talk to her, my dr, as soon as possible because I was so anxious and fearful about the current taper my dr wanted me at. So now it's 2 weeks later, she called me once and I wasn't at my phone so I'm waiting for another call. I tried for a 2nd time today And at this point I just want to see if I can handle the withdrawal myself. I feel like she invalidates how I tell her I'm feeling. When I tell her about my withdrawal symptoms, I feel like she doesn't believe me. So last Fri 17th Oct I went from 4 ml a day I had been on 4 ml a day for about 17 days. That day I realized that she probably wasn't going to call me back in any timely manner I felt like I was backed up into a corner. So the next day, Saturday the 18th I went to 2 ml a day, Sunday I went to 1 ml a day half AM, half PM and I've been on that dose since Sunday... so 2 and a half days. But tonights 'the big night'... tonight is my last dose and it will be exactly .4 .5 ml. What I m trying desperately to figure out is how bad my withdrawals will be or if they will be bad at all. The last time I went through withdrawals was a long time ago and I was at 10 mg, so I know for a fact that the withdrawals won't be nearly as bad as they were then. But I know this won't be a walk in the park by any means, I just want to be prepared and have some sense of control over what I'm going to be feeling like for the next 2 weeks or however long they last. What's even worse is my mom is leaving in 2 days for a Napa Valley vacation and will be gone for 2 weeks so I'm going to be all by myself and I can honestly say I'm scared shi less.Does anyone out there know what I'm going to be going through, symptoms wise, in the next week or 2 weeks?? Any help, information, suggestions, or piece of mind is greatly appreciated... I have absolutely no one else to talk to about this. Thanks

How long does it take for methadone withdrawal,140 mg a day,cold turkey.?
I am 125 lbs and was put on way to much methadone wasn'ttreated well and they wouldn't lower my dose ,so I just stopped.It's awful I am taking clonidine.

Help with methadone withdrawal?
I have been taking Methadone for 5 yrs. I am down to 5Mg's a day and today I took my last dose. I do not want to be dependent on it anymore. A friend of mine went to medical detox and they gave her Seroquel to detox. She said it really helped her, Especially with the RLS and just took the edge off in general....Anyway I was wondering if anyone knows how much seroquel do you start with and if I should waite until tomorrow when I haven't took any Methadone or should I go ahead and start today? Please, help if you can and leave off the judgmental comments

Methadone withdrawal, best remedy for insomnia?
I have two friends who are going through withdrawal. ONe can attend a methadone clinic and the other is on her own, what can they do to get to sleep the insomnia is severe.

Can I take Clonodine and Advil together?? Clonodine is for methadone withdrawal; for rapid heart beat.?
My dr prescribed me Clonodine for the rapid heart beat associated with methadone withdrawal. I would like to take a larger dose of advil for some aches and pains, like 600 800mg but I'm unsure if this okay w the Clonodine. The Rx paperwork for Clonodine said to double my dose of Clonodine if I plan on taking Advil or any NSAID's. But I'm wondering if this is correct and if so, is doubling my dose accurate? Right now my regular dose is 1 2 tablet 0.1 mg in the morning and a full tablet 0.1 mg at night. I also take Requip for RLS and Wellbutrin for depression

Methadone Withdrawal?
I had taken Methadone at 170mg for 3 1 2 years and the last 9 months tapered at 5mg a week to 10mg the beginning of may. I got down to 5mg and on the 5th jumped off with the thought of just taking some Lyrica, Neurontin or even weed. Well it's not been too difficult I relapsed a couple of times with some clonazepam, oxy's, ambien and I think, oh yeah some flurazepam. Other than those three days nothing but lyricas, neurontin and weed. I know that the other things are cns depressants but I also know the difference between those and withdrawal feelings. I can barely get out of bed at 42 years old and the only thing I can do is to walk my dog everyday and eat some breakfast lunch & vitamins afterwards then water the rest of the day or maybe even ice cream with peanut butter. You know anything that tastes so good you can eat it even when sick like cheddar cheese perogies. Back to the question it's been 18 days and only cannot sleep well and like 40 % energy at max and it just sucks arseto the max. I feel like I'm dying but it's so slow and just stupyfyingly sp mind numbing. I am not looking for a best answer as much as just maybe how much longer this should be I hear usually 21 days but that might be pushing it and life doesn't stand still for me unfortunately. Is there anything I should do other than what I have been and I wish Ibogaine was legal in the USA so once again a great drug that could help end addiction so much better than the drug companys that run this country with the banks it's all related so fuggettaboutit. Please if your thinking of taking methadone for heroin or painpills don't the withdrawal for those are like 4 days compared to this crap and suboxone is even more evil. Ugh thats it peace out.