09-04-2009, 01:53 AM
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| Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: queens, ny
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Hiya Barbara, OK, I am not gonna lie to you even though its not the best thing for you to hear. But fear is whats kept me on this long. I'm 60 freaking years old. I have diabetes and I have COPD and other lung problems from a lifetime of smoking (which I finally quit). I can give good advice to the younger people on here... Don't start high, definitely DONT stay on too long, follow the taper plan, etc. but I havent quite followed it myself. I've been on sub for a little over a year - that's how much the fear has gripped me. If I remember correctly I started at 16 mgs, very quickly dropped to 2, then 1, now I fluctuate between .75 and .50. I think my very long time opiate history makes it a little trickier. The same goes for Purpledog.... But I will tell you this. I feel absolutely no worse on less than 1 than I did on 8, 6, 4 or 2 or 1. I feel exactly the same which is fine. The scary thing is the final leap. There is a poster around sometimes who was a long time methadone user on very high doses of it who switched to sub, tapered off and is now clean for about 45 days. I look to him for inspiration but you did catch me, I'm scared (doesn't make it right though).... My prayers are with you Barb... We have the age thing in common so we should watch each other and see how things go. I'm gonna follow your thread from now on. You can also email me if you like.
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