Methadone Detox..please Help...help..please!!!!!!!!

[TJNRS5321]

I know that I maybe should of searched for the info and I will give the Boards a real good look over after I write this, but right now I am just in need of some help, information, advice, anything really to help me, help my fiance geth thru this METHADONE detox....Here is the real short short short version, From OC to the Methadone, from the frying pan to the fire????? Who knows, but it did allow him to pull it together and finish school and he is now a proud owner of a BA degree in Criminology, and we are staying on the agreed plan..Off everything when school is done............He was on 120mg for about 6months, he then titrated down to 50mg in about 2months, then down to 30ishMG, and then over about a weeks time down to 14mg and now off..His last dose was 5 days ago and he was on Methadone a total of about a year in a half, thru a legal place and I know I have read about all kinds of things to help with detox, so if anyone could point me to a link or give me any info....I know they said something about Clonidine??? We do have something for anxiety, but, not really helping, no sleep...pretty much the same thing as everybody else, please help......any info will do..THANKS........

[spark-o-cet]

if he has already made it 5 days,then i would tell him to just ride it on out from here if he doesnt have to go to work during this man made hell.a person cant work goin thru this,trust me i have tried so many times and not made it.if he had a family doc,go to him and tell him what is goin on and he will most likely give him some clonidine,and yes it will help somewhat with the w/ds.read the home detox sticky at the top of the board and try that as well.other than that there is nothin else that will make it any easier other than plain old time.what does he have in place to keep this from happening again once the jones are over with?this is the main thing DO NOT RELAPSE AT ALL COSTS.good luck-spark

[skych]

Hello there,

I detoxed off Methadone and I did a taper and then at the end I could not drag it out any longer.

I want to say the very end was the worst and I actually and very thankful that I was guided through the process by a pin management Doc. There are many things out there to help. I did take Clonidine while detoxing and I also took something called Baclofen, it is an anti spasmodic for the jitteres and funky jerky movements. Both of those drug if taken for a semi long period of time have to be decreased as well but there is no WD from them.

I was prescribed Valium as well becasue in the end I just could not control my movements. The nausea and vommitting got to the pint that I became very dehydrated and had to go to the ER because I could not eat or drink or take any of the meds to aid in detox.

It is very important to drink as much water and try to stay hydrated. If it gets to the point that you can not eat or drink go to the ER.

The nausea stayed with me for several weeks after stopping so I had a prescription to help with that.

It does get better!! Everyones body is different and there is no exact way to treat everyone. This is only my experience.

Hang in there and jsut remember it wont be forever. There are many posts that I made about that journey so and there are many other detox stories on this board. It is important to have a plan and to stick to it.
Anyway keep us posted....Chrissy

[TJNRS5321]

Thanks so much for the info, I know time is hard to come by, so yours was greatly appreaciated. I will look into the info on detox sticks and will look for the other posts by you guys. It is a hard to feel helpless when someone is feeling like sh**. He went from a certain habit to the methadone to come off the first on. I can see where many people feel like you are trading one addiction for another, but for some people, not all, but methadone can help some people, just like with anything you have to want it. Living drug free does not come easy to an addict and once you make that decision in your head to get clean, it sometime takes an army to get the rest to follow and going on methadone was a great decison for him, as it allowed him to get clean from his DOC, and free up his mind to focus on finishing school without felling sick or worried and now that, that goal is accomplished he has the time to rid his body of this, with the tools he found when he was on MMT, and he has a huge future ahead of him with his BA degree. A life that will be lived one day at a time, and a huge lesson....My 2 cents about methadone is, you may be trading one addiction for another, but thats your own fault....You must have a plan, and sometimes people have to get there head clear and focused off of the ways and means to get more drugs in order to move on the next step in life, so thank you guys for helping me with this problem. I will look into the Baclofen, that is one medication that has a whole lot of different useages, but I do remeber hearing on the HBO special they had a few months back that Baclofen was one of the drugs they were looking into to use in detox, so thanks for the reminder, and he is drinking so much water he is about to float away, but oh well, we are in FL and even if your not detoxing you have stay hydrated down here, so wish us luck and any more info is welcome....