I dose at 120mgs of methadone daily at the local clinic here in Durham, NC. I normally dose very early, say around 7 to 8 am. I always take a nap since I'm not currently working. When I wake up I don't feel my dose as I did prior to the nap. I'm 27 years old and weigh about 200lbs. I was just curious if others have the same problem or is it all in my head?
Can you sleep off your methadone dose?
Question posted by Danielle1984 on 29 April 2012
Last updated on 27 October 2019 by Splante1126
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14 Answers
Splante1126
27 Oct 2019
Just don't nap if you feel that way. The more you believe something is making you sick, it will be a self fullfulling prophecy. But it's physically impossible to have your dose ripped out of your bloodstream just from sleeping. I think the reason why you're feeling that way is due to the fact that you were asleep when you're experiencing the come up the first hour or two is the only time that I feel it when it's kicking in.
Hopekim3
9 Oct 2019
U need a split dose .. you're metabolizing it to fast,and it is coming out of your system to quick..That's why u feel tired and nap..Have your clinic do a peek and troth..It's blood work..They'll take your blood before u dose,in the am Then have u come back 4 hrs. Later and take more blood...
Slye89
15 June 2019
Im 30 and have been on the program for 3 years and ive been at a dose of 74 for a long time. Sometimes after I take a nap I'm sweaty and it feels like I slept it off a little. My opinion, I think your brain is on a schedule. Its use to you waking up and going to get dosed. So when you take a nap your brain automatically thinks its time to go get dosed. If that makes any sense.
ashdubbers
1 Jan 2019
I'd like to think either way I have my dose in me... but i usually don't feel the greatest after napping either...
Whitneyangie
30 July 2018
I dose 100 per day, n now I can't hardly even stay awake, I can't hold my eyes open.i also have health issues , not sure which one is causing me to want to sleep all day. And, no if I go to sleep,i do not even feel my daily dose.ang
Rnbwbl2018
22 June 2018
I have had issues as well with napping as I have also been on the program now for going on 10 years here in St Paul, MN When my kids were young and took naps I would have to grab the sleep when I could and often times when I woke I felt early symptoms of withdrawal starting. After communicating this with my clinic they performed what is called a "peak and trauf" (please excuse if spelled incorrectly. This is done by no matter how many take outs you have earned for 4 consecutive days at the exact same time you need to dose at the clinic. During those 4 days they run tests on your blood to see where your levels are at and assuming the results indicate that tge patient is being truthful with the clinic they may either increase your or in my case prior to a increase they started me on a split dose. Which means they give me 2 bottles per day. I take the first when I wake and another close to dinner time. It worked for me. No more issues and I didn't need an increase.
(Side note of clarification if your dose is 120; the patient would receive two 60mg doses per day NOT two 120mg doses per day.) Hope this helps.
Queene726
24 Sep 2017
I'm so sorry, I said I agree with Danielle, I didn't realize you're Danielle!! Lmao... I just re read everything, and I meant I agree with the anonymous person who had commented lol. Sorry about that confusing bit there! Honestly you will be getting other peoples opinions in here, obviously, but we can't help you like your counselor can. And you don't wanna feel bad for longer than necessary. Your baby needs you at 100 percent!!
laceyd
28 Dec 2014
We have a lot in common. My middle name is danelle (Yes without the I lol) I am 28 and I'm dosing at 110, weigh 200lbs and I am struggling with the same. I've been in the clinic for about 5 years now and mornings are difficult for me to where I vomit have aches and cravings and end up laying down around the house all day neglecting my responsibilities. I'm a manager at a store and work six days a week and starting to go down hill because of this. If anybody has or finds any solutions I'm open to them. I hope things for netted for everyone.
pixie83
29 July 2016
I am on 70mls and have the same problem and work. I split my dose taking 50mls of a morning and 20mls when I get home from work as I don't like to take it in to work with me. It does get me back from my big pupils rough feeling to normal again and i sleep well at night. I hope this helps you.
londomac
20 Nov 2014
Like someone else said,if your dose is right for the amount of physical activity your doing you should be fine to take a nap and feel normal when you get up.
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April5561
26 Feb 2014
At the clinic I go to it's damn near impossible to go over 100 mg with the doc that's there.. I kno exactly what you are saying.. I'm 27 and have been going to the clinic about 17 months and for the longest time now if I dare lay down and take a nap, I wake in pain, stiffness in joints (painful) headache (most times) & just drained feeling until I take my next dose. But to my doc 100mg is HIGH and he's not approving any increase. It's sux to be on this long and can't say I feel stable. Is this wrong of him?
LarsonNolen
23 July 2013
I've been on clinic for 11years. I am currently tapering. I was st 200now I'm at 150. Where I'm from I am on the highest level of take home that is allowed (pickup 2times a month. I've been decreasing 5mg every 2weeks. Yes you can nap away your dose.even when I wasn't tapering I would take a nap and feel like I was detoxing. If I kept going all day this didn't happen. Now I avoid naps
kevin c
4 Feb 2014
Well i myself have a similar problem.i can take naps during the day and wake up fine.the problem is if i do nap during the day then i go to bed at night if i sleep the whole night without waking up for bathroom break then i wake up in complete wwithdrawal but if i wake up a couple time And break up my sleep i wake up fine.i dont understand it?
balbanese
1 May 2012
For me it's more a case of how I perceive what the drug is doing. When I would "sleep it off" as you say it was more in my head, obviously the substance is doing what it does in the body, but how you "feel" at different times or after a change in routine I would say is definitely exactly where most other things are, in our heads. Hope this helps.
Taraantczak
7 Dec 2013
I, myself, have been in the program for 4 1/2 years an have been having this problem from day one. Unless the Tera that stream down my face and the sneezes and hoy and cold sweats are in my head, I would put money on the fact that this does happen to a lot of people. My counselor told me it was in my head too. And I beloved her until all those withdrawal symptoms got worse after my nap. Once I went back to the clinic with tears streaming down my face and sneezing up a storm and my shirt spake with sweat did she start believing me. Still she said There was nothing she could do. Do you have any other advice for those of us that experience these withdrawal symptoms after our naps ( besides not taking a nap or splitting our doses)? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
LarsonNolen
20 Sep 2015
It's not in your head.it happens to me every time I nap.but not when I go without napping and stay busy.i did the same thing you did with my dose and now I'm having problems now that I've tapered lower
Pramataris02
8 Oct 2017
It's not in your head. I have been on the clinic for 10 months I'm new but my dose is 110 every time I take a nap I wake up sick.
Splante1126
27 Oct 2019
Just don't nap if you feel that way. The more you believe something is making you sick, it will be a self fullfulling prophecy. But it's physically impossible to have your dose ripped out of your bloodstream just from sleeping. I think the reason why you're feeling that way is due to the fact that you were asleep when you're experiencing the come up the first hour or two is the only time that I feel it when it's kicking in.
kendraxis
30 April 2012
I think I know how you feel. I've been on Methadone almost 3 years now. And some days after dosing, I do take a nap, and when I wake up, I'm kind of on "edge". Dont really feel bad, but dont feel good either. Is that kind of what you mean?
Danielle1984
1 May 2012
Someone's I feel really sick. But most days its just like u said
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irishjim111
19 July 2013
how much you taking if i sleep at night next morning im on edge so iv to take a diazpam before i can get my next dose
Inactive
29 April 2012
Hi Danielle... first off , let me start by telling you that I have been on the Methadone program for over 9 years now. I live in Maryland, and I take 180mg once a day. My clinic has a "level" system that you have to work to earn each level... it starts with level 0 and goes to level 8. Level 0 is when you first come into the program and you have to come 6 days a week and they give you a take home bottle on saturday for Sunday's dose. I am a level 8... which means I have earned 27 take home bottles and only have to go to the clinic once a month! now saying all of that... I have to ask you... why do you want to "FEEL" your dose? You should not "FEEL" your dose... with methadone , you should feel "NORMAL' as in how you felt BEFORE you ever started taking drugs! I am not judging you... I am just trying to help you...
if you are on Methadone to feel the effects of the drug, then you are on it for the wrong reason! the methadone program is not another means to get high... you should not have any "high" effects from the methadone once you are on a steady dose for a few weeks and if you are looking to feel "high" off of it then you are on it for the wrong reasons. You are not supposed to "FEEL" your dose once you are on a stable dose. and BTW... I dose at 5am and all that I feel from my dose is "NORMAL" ... I don't know if what I said helps you at all but I am here to help and listen of you want... good luck!
Danielle1984
29 April 2012
I wasn't very accurate with my question and statement. Im currious as to weather or not you can sleep off my "normal" feeling. When I take a nap and wake up I feel like I'm withdrawing slightly. What I'm wondering is am I sleeping my methadone off or do I need an increase. Reason being I should be able to take a nap, wake up and feel fine "normal". I've been on methadone since I was 16 years old, I'm now 27. I started off on the pills and just this past year started going to the local methadone clinic. I dose at 120mgs. But I recently had a baby and gained a lot of weight. I'm still experiencing the post pardon depression slightly which is why I nap so often. I don't take any other meds such as Xanax, etc. I'm not going to the clinic to get high..LOL. I'm on a positive journey in my life that does not include getting high:) I have a beautiful family that I live for everyday now. I'm just worried about feeling sick when I wake up...
Inactive
29 April 2012
ok, I'm sorry... I misunderstood your question... also, please know tht I was in no way trying to insinuate that you are getting high. I've been on Methadone for 9 years and it saved my life, I have been totally clean for the entire time and am happier than I've ever been! Now , to try to answer your question, lol, If i were you, I would tell whoever you see at your clinic that your dose is not holding you and request to have it increased! Sometimes your chemistry changes and you need a higher or an lower dose. but as far as I know you can't sleep off your methadone . I take naps sometimes too and I never wake up sick, the only time that happened was when I first started going to my clinic and wasn't on a high enough dose. Hope this helps some, and once again, sorry that I misunderstood your question.
Danielle1984
1 May 2012
Very helpful. Thank you
irishjim111
19 July 2013
can u tell me how long before you were trusted to take hom your medicine
Taraantczak
7 Dec 2013
I think u misunderstand this person. I think she misspoke, although I do agree that u should not want to "feel" ur dose. That being said, on the weekends if I can take a nap I do and the same thing happens to me. I start to have withdrawal symptoms. Although they are mild they are very annoying and should not be happening. I talked to my counselor and they said it's all in my head. Let me tell you that IT IS NOT. I know quite a few people that this happens too as well. I'm just trying to find out why this happens and how to make it stop. I have take home bottles myself (13. The max my clinic allows) and I have been splitting my dose. Half in the morning and half after my nap. It works ok for now, but my problem is that I want to be weened off very soon and I don't know what to do in that situation. If you have any advice being a long time member as well I would love your ( or anyone else who reads this' ) input. Thanks!
nobodycares32
17 Dec 2014
I've been in the clinic for three months now and I am on 110mgs.and I always take a nap cause right after I get dosed I eat and get sleepy to were I can't keep my eyes open anyway when I wake up I feel sick at first I thought it was only me cause they told me you couldn't sleep it off so then why do I feel like that then I try not to fall asleep but I just can't help it.
Pramataris02
8 Oct 2017
What are the points?
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