[blackcherrysky]

i've been taking methadone for about 2 or 3 years now. it was recreationally in the beginning, taking 10 mg pieces on the weekend to get high. i really started to favor it and began taking it daily.

my boyfriend was buying it from a friend who goes to the clinic. i could only get so much of it so i started taking 5 mg's and saving half of the pieces my bf was giving me so i could take some everyday. it was making my craving for recreational use of morphine, lortab, percocet, oxy's go away. i've had problems with addiction in the past and was happy to find something that gave me a small buzz but at the same time kept me from getting back into those things.

it was getting harder and harder to get wafers off of our friend because his clinic was getting strict. so i tapered down to take 2.5-5 mg's (once a day) and have been doing so for a year now.

our friend has decided he can no longer spare any methadone and i took my last 3 mg's yesterday. half of it around lunch time and the other half around 7 pm.

i know the amount i have been taking is very low but i've heard so many scary things about methadone withdrawal and i'm really nervous. i have an anxiety disorder too so i'm really worried. i have a 5 mg lortab or a 10 mg percocet that i've been saving in case this day should come.

my question is how bad do you think withdrawal would be from the tiny amount i've been taking? will taking half of a percocet or lortab make the transition easier or help me not experience much of a withdrawal?

someone please give me some advice ASAP as i'm starting to freak myself out from reading so many methadone withdrawal horror stories online!

[Cats Meow]

Methadone is the hardest drug to quit, it's not going to be easy and w/d's will last longer then other opioids, you're not on an extremely high dose so it shouldn't be that severe, but you can expect the typical 7 days of hell of w/d, and a little longer getting back to 100%, how long, Idk, but you should be able to function after a week, but don't expect to feel so hot for at least two weeks. Your Lortab/Percs will help make you feel better once you're in full blown w/d, but realize if you take them you're going to risk further relapse because you're going to feel like getting more somewhere, more opes are a cure for w/d, and taking them will prolong the duration of w/d, so you're really best off not taking them at all.
I congratulate you for coming to the decision to stop, be strong, know what to expect, don't cave in and you will succeed. You sound like you're young, you have that going for you, you're going to bounce back faster then someone 30+. Get tough, and don't let the horror stories deter you from stopping.
Good luck
Cats

[gammakat]

I was taking methadone when oxys quit working. 1- 10 does nothing for pain and 2-10s get me high in a way I choose not to be. I guess I am blessed I have been on high doses of pain killers for a few years. I did take a few months break from them about 5 years ago and I am afraid of withdrawl but so far I have been blessed with maybe a day of feeling bad physically.For me its the mental withdrawl that is tough.