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Trying To Come Off Methadone. Due For Reduction From 10 Mg To 5 Mg. History Of Difficulty And Severe Pain When Reduced From 20 Mg To 15 Mg. Help
Hi, name is Brenda .. I've been on methadone for almost five years .. and now i'm coming off of the methadone first dose was 20mg a day for 2 months .. then 15 for a month which at first was so painful i could feel everybone in my body but it passed ..now i'm on 13 mg my fisrt week still have one to go .. then i get on 10mg daily for 2 weeks again ..from the 10mg i will jump to 5mg .. now my concern is the jumping from 10mg to 5mg daily within a 2 week span .. i wanna know if will be easier then 20mg to 15mg at the begining ... i'm scared i do not want to use again .. i work so hard to get to this point in my life ... or is this all in my head and everything will be fine ??
Mon, 10 Jun 2013
Hello.
You were using Methadone 20 mg for 5 years. You might have had a genuine reason (pain) to start with - 5 years back.
Now you have no indication and decided to quit. The way you quit is 100% correct. Reducing from 20 mg to 15 mg then to 10 mg was almost easy for you. You are afraid of reducing it from 10mg to 5 mg.
You know very well the initial pain while you were reducing from 20mg to 15 mg, later disappeared. Similarly if you get pain in future it will also disappear, because the pain is a false pain.
Here's what you need is your will power to tide over this small problem. Understand that once you reach the 5 mg level, it will be very easy to give up altogether. You have worked so hard in your life to achieve this success. You are at the vantage point. Take a strong pace to accomplish the goal.
Life throws so many pleasant things which you might not have considered. Come out of it and enjoy the real different world
I pray god for that successful day
All my best wishes
You were using Methadone 20 mg for 5 years. You might have had a genuine reason (pain) to start with - 5 years back.
Now you have no indication and decided to quit. The way you quit is 100% correct. Reducing from 20 mg to 15 mg then to 10 mg was almost easy for you. You are afraid of reducing it from 10mg to 5 mg.
You know very well the initial pain while you were reducing from 20mg to 15 mg, later disappeared. Similarly if you get pain in future it will also disappear, because the pain is a false pain.
Here's what you need is your will power to tide over this small problem. Understand that once you reach the 5 mg level, it will be very easy to give up altogether. You have worked so hard in your life to achieve this success. You are at the vantage point. Take a strong pace to accomplish the goal.
Life throws so many pleasant things which you might not have considered. Come out of it and enjoy the real different world
I pray god for that successful day
All my best wishes
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