I’ve been documenting my methadone detox. I was on 160mgs daily and am now 2 years methadone free. I’m sending healing vibes to you all!!! Stay strong warriors!! 💪💪💪✌️✌️❤️
How'd you do it? I'm down to taking small sips daily about 5-10 MG a day down from 70 and it's been a very long detox and I'm about out of doses and I'm worried sick.
@@becky2235 no I detoxed myself, I was getting two weeks take homes and just eventually got to half my dose and saved the rest, and then left the clinic, had enough methadone to last me til just yesterday, so now I'm going to try and get into a clinic again and just try another detox! I haven't successfully gotten off yet tho
I was on heroin and metherdon for over 33 years i did my own detox it was the same for me it kept me normal with my mental helth im now nealy a year clean best of luck everyone
If heroin keeps you normal, functional, safe, etc, that is what really matters. If you can prop up that addiction and balance your life while doing so, I say do your thing man. As long as your not hurting anyone doing it, then I think your good
Heroin on its own is not bad at all in my experience??? It’s when the crack gets involved with it mixing them together. That’s when it ruined me. Heroin alone is very mild and I always had money and took care of my hygiene, never got sick or hangover etc. It’s the crack that was the real bad one for me. Combined with it.
It’s not crazy. It’s called dependence and addiction. I used to think I felt normal to. But in reality, it just made me comfortable with destroying my life and my body. Makes you numb to your own destruction of self. Methadone got me off of fentanyl. Now I’m trying to get off the methadone. Was at 100 mg. And now I’m at 25mg. Going down 2mg a week. Methadone has really taken a toll on my health and kidneys. Can’t wait to be completely free. I hope any of you dealing with addiction find the help and answers u need.
It's 5 years today since Jesus delivered me from a 27 year heroin and methadone addiction. Hallelujah 🙏 🥰 Praise Jesus!! He can set you free , please seek Him today 🙏
Wow Victoria that’s incredible! How long were you on methadone? I’m on 13 years and having it really destroy my health now.. I’m really stuck and scared because i have medical issues both from it and possibly being exasperated by it. Can you tell me how you did it and the procedure
@@pastypatsy7515 how much are you? I've come off it 3 times in total. Id highly suggest going to a detox. But detoxes only accept you at a lowish amount. Like its 40ml where I'm from. You could start tapering 5 ml a month or faster if you are ready
Personally, methadone saved my life and has given me back everything heroin/pills took from me. I was on heavy opiates before I was even a toddler due to a disability and the constant surgeries & physical therapy I needed. Plus, just the pain of my handicap. But it my teens I was told about something else that could take "all of the pain away." The high, being pain free and feeling normal for the first time was really addictive and I let it take over my life. I got on methadone 12 years ago and it helps with pain AND blocks opiate receivers so I got absolutely no high the one time I relapsed. So I have no reason to use. It keeps me clean and functional. I think a lot of people make the mistake of taking too little or too much. It is a balance. I wish it worked for everyone. It makes me sad to see so many people in the comments who don't have the same positive experience and I hope you all find your peace. 💕
I'm going in for 1st time treatment. I'm scared to death, but so ready my question to you is, did you go through any withdrawal period when getting off heroin and taking metadone. My fear is that I will relapse if I have to go thru any withdrawal symptoms? The nurse told me they would give me other meds to ease any withdrawal issues. I guess I want to know what to expect my first week of switching over.
@@Ioioio2013 While I can only speak for myself and a handful of others I've spoken to about the beginning, there was nothing serious. For me I barely noticed anything physically. What I did feel was NOTHING compared to what I usually felt when not using. The cravings were almost non existent, which really helped me deal with the slight discomfort. The biggest issue was I had some trouble sleeping the first couple of weeks. Everyone I have spoken to (6 in total), had give or take a little pretty much the same experience. Except one...they no problems other than runny nose. Overall, it wasn't an issue. Especially because they upped my dose every 2/3 days that I asked. Until you get past 100mg and then the doctor has to approve where I go - I have been at 93mg after going down from 97 because I was starting to nod off during the day. I was completely comfortable by a month. I understand being scared. We all are. I really hope you find the same success. What is most difficult at first is the habit to want to go back, especially with those who have completely turned their lives upside down to the point there is no one to support them. Most clinics have programs or can refer you somewhere for help from others in your position or that have already had success. It hurts to be doing well but having those around you (understandably) think this just more lip service. Other than that I found the transition to be so much easier than expected. Here's to hoping you do too. Sorry to ramble lmao If you have any questions or struggle during your transition...I'm happy to help or just be here. Good luck. Just don't be afraid to speak to your nurses about any issues or withdrawal symptoms. They can (where I have been) up you a little more based on them.
Yes it is actually ridiculous! Who says you are not going to pour it into a different container in front of the buyer and then keep the empty bottle for return? 🙄
Being on Methadone has saved my life. If it weren't for Methadone I'd be dead or in prison tring to kill myself. It's hard to get unless you live close to a clinic, that's the hard part. Family Prac. Docs should be able to give this life saving med. Bup. is not an option for some of us. I've been it by a van, learned to walk again, etc... Thus, I suffer with pain. The Methadone helps with the pain but Bup. does NOT. So Methadone is saving my life, and giving me a MUCH better quality of life.
Methadone never slowed my use done one bit. I was on the program multiple times throughout my life probably 8-9 years in total. I used the entire time. Finally finally I got off it…I couldn’t wait. I hated every second of goin to the clinic everyday, blowing in the breathalyzer everyday, meeting with my counselor weekly, group meetings weekly. I could barely have a normal life. It makes working difficult cause of the clinic hours and getting to a job on time. Methadone is its own little nightmare. So when I hear younger kids who barely have a habit say they want to get on the clinic I just cringe.
@@wittle5788 I’m sure it does, I just didn’t happen to be one of them. Just sharing my personal experience. Hours were 5am-11am. You wouldn’t think those hours would be an issue but they always were. Get there at 5am and the parking lot is swarming with people waiting to get in, then had an hour of travel time to work. Glad I don’t have to deal with it anymore.
It worked well for me almost completely stopped my heroin habit with only a few mistakes here and there But in Australia we don’t have to go to counselling etc instead just pick it up from a pharmacy
they dispense methadone from normal chemists here and I have been on it since I was in my 20s , I'm now in 54 . There is no silly return bottle's rule s here either its just like any other prescription
Bless you Sir. So sorry for all that you been through. My family member is on methodone and drinks at least 2 shot a day. My Mother lets him drive the car and totaled it. She is getting ready to get another car i said Mom You drive only oh no your brother is fine. I said if you are gonna put his life or someone else ' s i can no longer have any relationship with you have a good life she said you too. She is the most gullible person on this planet.
@@selenasanchez7336 She is just a Mother my friend my story is like yours but a woman gives life and she can’t or won’t let anyone interfere with her creation. I wish you peace best of Irish luck to you ☘️✊.
that's the biggest CT I've ever heard anyone kick, i was on 200mg and went 3 days and was hell, i jumped at 20 and it was still hell but more bearable, finally i jumped at 5mg and I'm on day 18 doing good. i cant imagine the hell you went through.
Yea that's what everyone says if you get locked up you're fucked I heard it goes in your bones and hurts and I tried getting off of fetty with Suboxone and I was in hell the 2nd day and my back was in excruciating pain and couldn't take it, so I picked up with my weak cold body and told myself I'll wean myself off with a half and go to the clinic after
@@pigeonsil240sxhow are you doing now? I’m down to 8, considering jumping or wondering if I should get down a lil lower. Idk if it would make much difference? I have to drive 6 days a week an hour both ways to dose and it’s just no longer feasible 😢
I use to be on 188. Got sober 2016. Spent 2 years going from 188 to 17. And kicked 17 cold turkey. No sleep for 2 weeks. But you will fine in a year. Dont give up
user-yo9ntee2b: what was the worst withdraw symptoms you had quitting cold turkey at 17mgs? i am currently at 29 and dropping 3mgs every two weeks. Think i could cold turkey from 29?
@ryancameron-iv7fj you can do it but 17 kicked my butt. Worst was the back pain from 12am to 6am. No sleep for 2 weeks. Cold chills for a year but it's kinda more melow than h kick just way longer
If you really want it, it should not matter if it takes a year. Just do it. Besides, that's just the goosebumps that finally go away. The worst part will be over in a month.
Police have targeted clinics to bust patients that may have warrants… I’ve dealt with this. My father drove me there as soon as we left we got stopped and the cop went to my window stating I wasnt buckled up. Ran my info and I went to jail we’re in this city or county, you weren’t allowed to take methadone… on a 4 day holiday weekend to.. 5 days! Later
Yeah I been in the clinic for 20 years. Back when I was new and getting out of street life, I got pulled over by and undercover when I pulled out. He said , "Sorry, wrong guy." My heart sank because, Yes, I did some dirt that hasn't been paid for. But I have been clean since Feb 16, 2011. And Methadone does work. How can they harass him when the bottle shows the dates? That sounds like some propaganda that's not true, but what do I know?
Been on methadone 14 years. It has saved my life as well. Went to jail a couple times and detoxed. That was fun! Also quit twice cold turkeyon my own during my first few years. It was easier in jail. Im at 120mg. and I dont want to die taking methadone.
I’m on 190mgs of methadone but sometimes I need more so at the end of the week I have none left so comes the horrible hot flashes, sweats, stomach issues, tremors and insomnia I hate it. The first time I was put on methadone I dropped to quick and from 100mg to 20mg then off cold turkey OMG thought I was gona die! Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Jumping off almost 200mgs would definitely kill me. Always sick and in pain it’s horrible.
YESSS! How long have you been on it brother? I find myself in the same boat I always feel in a state of feeling like garbage on it. I did a taper and somehow was able to get down to 16mgs and then he to absolutely brutal circumstances not caused by me that caused ptsd I relapsed after many many many years and the crap out there today is all fent and who knows what else and I ended up to 75mgs and I am still feeling sick. I never feel 100% good on this stuff .. never pain free and able to enjoy life.. my joints and muscles ache and bother me bad as well as either being tired or in pain.
@@pastypatsy7515 sorry to hear this! i have damn ptsd as well. Been on and off methadone since 2010. I am stuck on it probably for life unless and this could help you out too because your on a low enough dose. Its buprenorphine injection. But i have doubts about it. Some people swear by it. My problem is what if it doesn't hold me, what if it's not enough?. Its an injection into your stomach but i think its only once a fortnight or once a month. That's what worries me what if it wears off in a week then what for three to four weeks lol. Anyways best of luck my friend!. I hope you can beat this horrible addiction. My question is why does the government allow people with a lesser addiction such as heroin or morphine they put you on a much more potent drug 'Methadone' which is four times as rough to get off than any others.
190 is high as fuck. I'm on 90 and I was doing 3-4g of iv fentynyl a day. You did it to yourself by continuing to go up instead if fighting thru yhe withdrawal for a couple days.
@@jodyjohnstein Fighting thru the withdrawal for a couple of days. Lol first of all it takes like a year of withdrawals on methadone shit not a couple of days. Second yes I did do it to my self but harsh man you do not no my circumstances.
@Velora 17 no I'm saying instead of taking a little discomfort when you switched from whatever opioid you were on to methadone you decided to keep taking more and more and more. I started on 40mg went up to 70 over next 3 days, them went up 10mg a week until I hit 110 stayed on that for a bit and then I came down 10mg 2 weeks in a row , I've been on 90mg for like 3 months and I'll go down until I find what the lowest dose I can function on js over the next 6 months and then when I get a manager position or get off of the roof(I'm a solar jnstaller) I'll ween all the way off.... I was going harder than anyone short of celebrities. 2-300 a day iv. Idc what your circumstances are you don't need 190. You might as well have stayed on dope I'd you were gonna keep going uo till they wouldn't let you anymore.
I was on methadone for 33 yrs. destroyed my life. Now 14 mth clean. Reduced at 3/5mgs a month. We all can do it. WDR. Kp trying to now chair out N. a. Weekly meeting. 🙏ODAT.
I use to get High in those gowanus projects where he’s from. Hella drugs over there and there’s a methadone clinic right over there in gowanus as well. Clean 14 months now
A few nights ago I was too wasted to get up for a piss........so I pissed in the closest thing to me.....which was an empty bottle of methadone.........well, the problem is, it wasnt empty....and I need the methadone......so I now have to drink methadone mixed with my own piss.
No. Being OFF of methadone is the hell on earth once you are on it. I was on 240mg and got kicked off cold turkey (for dumb reasons) plus I was using heroin most days in my addiction. The withdrawal for me was literally evil and lasted 9 days until I had to get back on 60mg of methadone in rehab. Methadone saved my life for many reasons (including pain relief) but almost took my life once I got off of it. I would probably not wish the withdrawal of it on my worst enemy. I am thankful to be on it again via a better clinic and it has made everything better. Edit was only for a couple of typos.
I heard the withdrawal can have remnants up to 6 months, too. My suggestion is if you can stay sober without getting on it, do that - but for a person such as myself in constant physical agony from chronic pain and opiate cravings, I could not live without this medication. It saved my life but the downside is I can never get off it without being so very monitored and cautious if I even wanted to.
I was doing 85 mg of methadone and using 2g white China per day ,I spent in just 3 years almost one million...in canada 300$a g So I get pulled over, arrested...cold Turkey... I didn't sleep for a month the first 2 weeks ....I cant described what I suffered the pain ....this was November 24 2004 .....I will never forget it He is crying why do they want a empty bottle? Ridiculous
drop a half mg every week. you can chip away at it slow and not suffer. iwas on 200mg for 13 years then i tapered over the course of 4 years and leaped off at 5mg, I have a extreme fear of withdrawal yet when I leaped off the symtoms were not near as bad as expected. todays day 18 off methadone for me and my gf, GL
That's a good observation. I did not notice that. I sponsor a guy on methadone, and he seems like he's just posing all the time. Do you have any experience working the 12 Steps program with guys on methadone ?
Haha I go to a clinic that used to be a nightmare, two hour wait every single day but they had a line for disabled and so many people used to try and pull that crap, you'd see them limping in actin like they could barely walk them as soon as they got out the door they be skipping and jumping around like a kid after Sunday school, or the famous broken ankle that never seemed to heal until you'd see them later in the day walking around with no cast and boot lol smh used to cause a lot of fights.
Now on 70mg i feel better here then at 100+ unless your on fettynal I feel like 50mg is plenty the time flies on mat as well but you need take advantage of the pain free if it works for U when u can . As long as u feel good and no pain it gives u life back but u must be willing to be done if ur still selling still in the cutt stil trapping still homeless even it’s hard hard even seeing the people at my clinic some excel like I do but it is rare 😮 yes I bring back 13 bottles they trust me but I worked hard to g
It's a Big Price To Pay for Making One Mistake in your life 50 year's Go. What a waste of life to this day I don't know why and How it All Happened But l know My Environment was my biggest enemy l know this know But it's too late choose your friends wisely Because this world Can be very Hellish my friends❤❤
You’d think. Maybe they just harassing him and taking him downtown. Shaking him down, interrogating him, to scare him from walking the streets. Whatever it is going on? dude obviously has a degree of some fear of them.
He did not get arrested for possessing his medication. You’re not allowed to remove the label. If you’re going to take your meds outside of your house, you should have the bottle. Don’t wanna carry meds? I don’t blame ya. Keep last months bottle with just what you need. Still a valid script, & it won’t mess with your count. It’s common sense. What’s not common sense is the difference between getting “arrested” vs convicted. One can be arrested for anything, at any time. Doesn’t mean a damn thing. Inconvenience, sure. If you still end up walking out with no criminal record, or jail time because you were indeed following the laws, & the court finds that you’re innocent. Arrest’s don’t mean a damn thing. The only people that ask “have you been arrested” are generally the ones that have no idea how the court system works. Someone that knows, or actually wants to know what somebody’s record is like will say do you have any convictions. Cases, paperwork, pulling a bid, C, S, or F time? Stay in suburbia.
At 13 y/o I moved in with my mother who was on methadone. She would nod off ALL day, sometimes with cigarettes. There were about 5,000 burn holes from her cigs around the house. Sometimes her blanket that she was using would almost catch on fire and I would have to run to put it out while she still basically slept. That’s methadone.
What the hell does COPD have to do with methadone? Edit: Maybe there is a communication issue here, I'm from Ontario Canada and COPD means chronic obstructive pulminary disease. It's a breathing issue.
@John G getting on methadone is like stepping into a bear trap. Recent research indicates it may cause irreversible brain damage... or damage to the brain is a little gentler. Methadone poison is very dangerous and most cannot get off it...that is telling.
While methadone is not a perfect solution it's still better than having all the same people who are on it running the streets and living that junkie lifestyle.
Why would they arrest you for having a empty bottle if it's required to have your own prescription and name on the bottle? Now if your buying others medication then that's a different story.
I wouldn't want to be harassed for having my empty bottles either that's one step away from those away from going to jail for some bullshit ain't much difference.
@@JohnSmith-fq7hj that's what I'm saying bro I've been pulled over with my back pack ful ofl empty bottles and they don't fuck with us here we'll at least not yet there's always that one cop that has something to prove.
I've been on it 13 years jumped off three times by going lower I'm on 18 mg im in the states it works it's just difficult though but it's a better alternative than being addicted to heroin
@ree7557 it certainly is . Since I took my methadone script seriously. I was on it for about 20 years just to supplement my Heroin habits to stop getting sick. I won't ever go back to that shit life . I still got a 30 year diazepam and klonopin addiction that I can't see me getting off ever. Mind u I said that about Heroin.
He need to go all the way to Brook from the brinz they got methdone clinic is Bronx and Manhattan which is way closer then going to Brooklyn especially if your having withdrawals
Dude I came here because I deliver drugs to pharmacies for a living. I know the methadone patients, some even by name. I will tell you that they are always there like clockwork waiting for the store to open. Methadone patients are sadly otherwise not exactly "hard workers" or "early risers" and all of the ones i know are unemployed. Such is the way with alot of addicts. But this drug is clearly worth waking up early for. They are more reliable and show up on time to a specific location than most employed people i know. One of them gets driven in a cab. Hes never late. If i am early, he will push past the door and tell me that hes allowed in. (Hes not really but they tolerate him). Hes not malicious but definitely peculiar and not mentally all there. But i can tell he used to be sharper. Hes an older guy, has the same walk, the exact same voice, the same type of fatness, even speaks the same way. I am obviously now intrigued. My theory is that he either 1. suffered some kind of permanent brain damage from an OD or serious, prolonged, heavy use. 2. Got this way from methadone abuse I know theres something up with methadone. Theres suprisingly little real information out there about its effects. And any doctor you speak to about it will only tell you the same bs that the public believes "It just stops them from being able to get high" "Its psychoactive effects are very minimal" Ironically, ive had conversations with pharmacists who say its some of the nastiest stuff humans have invented, and that whether its "better" for them than heroin or pain pills is "eh, kinda i guess"
I have the utmost respect for anyone who had managed to taper off methadone!!!!! It is so damn unimaginably hard, ppl just don’t realize the pain and torment and sickness thoughts of just dying.. its no joke and hardly anyone has any kind of understanding when it comes to a 8yr methadone addict.. just pure hell and nothing helps, nothing relieves the pain and torture.. pure nightmare and nothing I would wish on my worst enemy, i swear on everything I love!!!!!
@@bekahe4433 I know it’s not easy but you are doing great, my original dose was 120mg and im down to 70mg, ive just hit this wall, ive went cold turkey before and thats where it really gets bad.. keep up the good work, i’ll say a prayer for you..
When you follow the laws, & do things legally, you don’t get the opportunity to scream victim at anything that happens to ya. Just like 9.999/10 videos of “police brutality” are always with a speech that says something like “they weren’t resisting”, even though the video clearly shows otherwise. “Driving reckless, & running from a cop doesn’t warrant death”. Even though driving reckless puts others at risk all for the multiple stupid choices made back to back, & that running from the cops is indeed a felony more often than not which gives the right, & need for the perpetrator to be stopped by any, & all means necessary. The sooner people figure out that it’s actually the judge you want to talk too, & the jury you want your side, a good lawyer who understands laws along with the local circuit, & that fighting the police on site is just as dumb as running a motorcycle into the rear end of a semi truck. You’ll never win. Your family might win off those back to back shitty choices, but those consequences are going to be paid in full sooner or later.
Methadone is a mood booster too. I wonder if they have done any studies on using Methadone for PTSD or depression or any mental illnesses that would tend to usher in unaliving thoughts. Great point!!!
You fail to realize 90% of US hates addicts.Big pharma cant make $ unless they are making new ineffective drugs.Lobbyists in DC will never allow for opiates to be legalized.LE,rehabs,judicial system cant make big $ if effective common sense drugs are sold.
Its america mate wat more can u say the place has cancer, thank f i live in the lucky country n if ya dont no where that is just google 'were is the lucky country n google will let u no pmsl true story eh.
So he has a legal prescription to methadone from an MD who is authorized to write that script, and the police mess with him for having a bottle with his name on it. I think there are some holes the size of Texas in this guy's story. Like there are in 95% of drug addicts stories. I'm an alcoholic and a kratom user. Alcohol I'm doing SO SO in that recovery. Kratom I use on a daily basis because it is legal and cheap and doesn't make my life unmanageable. It's a $1.50 a day addiction. People who go to Star-bucks have a 6-12 dollar a day habit. Numbers speak louder than opinions. Sorry if you disagree
That's not what I was asking,over this part of the world it's called methadone also but the stuff in bottle is called PINADONE DTF that's the stuff they take in our part of the world it's green, not pink like what I see them getting in the states. That's all I meant,thanks
@@RD85010 sorry I have no idea why I wrote that but at mine we get liquid methadose mixed with disgusting cherry syrup, I believe some states actually still offer the big orange wafers tho wish mine did.
It's called methadose, it's cherry flavored liquid methadone. It tastes just like cherry cough syrup, I'm on 90 mg a day, and it has been a life saver for me honestly.. it comes in a few different forms tho, they have what's called wafers, and just regular pill form as well, I've got a buddy who is prescribed the 10 mg pills for muscular dystrophy, he is prescribed a pretty high dose, methadone is also a pain medication, not just for addicts.
My mom is on methadone now and making my dad, my two sisters and I miserable. It’s hard seeing my mom like this. She’s deteriorating infront of my eyes it’s so hard to watch. Her face and eyes are sunk in and she hallucinates constantly it’s so scary. Someone help me for fucks sake I’m trying to stay sober myself and she’s too far gone I fear
She's doing other drugs if she's having hallucinations and her appearance is drastically different. Either dose is too low and she's clucking without knowing it (or maybe too high?) .
If she is hallucinating,it has Nothing to do with methadone.What is her dose?Anything over 120 mgs is very high.I take 140 for years and I feel allright.People need different dosages,depending on weight,severity of pain...If you think she needs to get off it,go slowly.Only go down 1 or 2 mgs a week otherwise it will be painful and fail.God bless.
Isn't the methadone, you RETARDED ignorant fool's, READ about what is methadone, and that will save your mother live, when she decided to stop using drugs from a street corner.
Can someone tell me is methadone more harmful Thn Meth? My brother use Meth but when he takes methadone he sleeps more and don't do Meth for days. Why is that? Can he live a life on methadone
I have been on methadone for 10 years and I am living a completely normal life! Just because it is called methodone doesn't mean it is like meth! It is nothing like meth! So please don't confuse the names!
Also meth will ruin your body, where as methadone will not! I got addicted to opioids after I broke my back and the Doctor kept prescribed me oxycontin, and I had no idea it was addictive until it was too late! So now I'm on the methadone program and will slowly get off of it to the point where I don't have to take anything more.🙂
Because it's demonic. Jesus can set you free. He set me free from a 27 year heroin and methadone addiction. No withdrawal, the desire to use removed. It's been 5 years !
#1 the clinics & doctors tend to not want the patients to. It's a money maker. My Daddy was on it for 15 years. #2 A lot of people just need it to live a normal life without buying Cocaine or Heroin or whatever off the streets. With this surge in street drugs being laced with fentanyl and many dying it's safer to get the legal Methadone from a clinic too. #3 Many don't want to get off of it, some can't because they can't afford the time off work to go through the withdrawal process. They adopt a 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' attitude. It's working so why should they risk relapsing trying to get off of it.
There isn't. BUT the clinics in my area have some sort of checks that based on trust & your history. Like you have the chance to "level up" every 3 months - you have to pass 1-3 random UAs a month (that also check the levels of methadone in your system), do x amount of groups/personal therapy a month based on your level. And the first level is going to clinic every day, the next is weekends take home, then is mon/wed/fri + weekends, then one week and then two weeks. Plus they can call you up randomly where you have to go within 24 hours where they check all of your bottles (including the seal for openings or even needle punctures) and UA you again. If you miss or mess up you either start over or if you've done well on them for awhile before, you get 30 days at level one plus extra random call ins for the next year. If your methadone levels in the UA are off what they normally are, they understand sometimes you might get sick and throw up or something, but they will UA you more after for a while and if you have take homes they'll call you in more. If it happens repeatedly, its back to one. Failing UAs for something like alcohol gets you to 30 days at one but something serious makes you start over. And all UAs are supervised. Also your therapy sets goals you have to prove you've kept up with or are working on. Such as employment, school, mental health, etc. So it isn't perfect by any means, but it is pretty effective. Sorry this was long, but there isn't really a way to explain the overview process without detail lmaooo
I wish id never gone on methadone but now im being forced off in 10ml drops. Im being threatened with having to cold.turkey off 60ml.. Im sick half of each day as ive come sown somfast has anyone got any advice please? Thsnks you God bless
Threatened? Bro SAVE yourself now if your only on 60ml . I cold turkeyed of fentanyl for 2 weeks n didn’t die and I’m a 20 year old male 140 pounds try to think of it as u can do it I did it
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If you take methadone daily, you are still in active addiction!
Methadone is the fuckin devil. You switch from being dependant on heroin to being dependant on methadone. And it's 10x harder to get off methadone. If I knew this when I was on the dope I would have quit the dope.
I’ve been documenting my methadone detox. I was on 160mgs daily and am now 2 years methadone free. I’m sending healing vibes to you all!!! Stay strong warriors!! 💪💪💪✌️✌️❤️
How'd you do it? I'm down to taking small sips daily about 5-10 MG a day down from 70 and it's been a very long detox and I'm about out of doses and I'm worried sick.
@@Beans_blades_VMOGrouphi,are the clinic detoxing you? I'm going through the same. It's frightening I know
@@becky2235 no I detoxed myself, I was getting two weeks take homes and just eventually got to half my dose and saved the rest, and then left the clinic, had enough methadone to last me til just yesterday, so now I'm going to try and get into a clinic again and just try another detox! I haven't successfully gotten off yet tho
@@becky2235 what MG are you on currently? And are you on detox thru clinic?
May i ask you how long it tooks for you from 160 mg to free?
I was on heroin and metherdon for over 33 years i did my own detox it was the same for me it kept me normal with my mental helth im now nealy a year clean best of luck everyone
How do you feel now?
Same. 33 yr. 14 mth clean. Life changing. WDR. ODAT🙏
“Heroin keeps me normal”
I relate to this even tho it ruins my life. Crazy how I think…
Get on methadone it saved me
If heroin keeps you normal, functional, safe, etc, that is what really matters. If you can prop up that addiction and balance your life while doing so, I say do your thing man. As long as your not hurting anyone doing it, then I think your good
Heroin on its own is not bad at all in my experience??? It’s when the crack gets involved with it mixing them together. That’s when it ruined me. Heroin alone is very mild and I always had money and took care of my hygiene, never got sick or hangover etc.
It’s the crack that was the real bad one for me. Combined with it.
It’s not crazy. It’s called dependence and addiction. I used to think I felt normal to. But in reality, it just made me comfortable with destroying my life and my body. Makes you numb to your own destruction of self. Methadone got me off of fentanyl. Now I’m trying to get off the methadone. Was at 100 mg. And now I’m at 25mg. Going down 2mg a week. Methadone has really taken a toll on my health and kidneys. Can’t wait to be completely free. I hope any of you dealing with addiction find the help and answers u need.
@@mackcarlo delusion, do heroin daily and come back to this post when your physically dependent on it
It's 5 years today since Jesus delivered me from a 27 year heroin and methadone addiction.
Hallelujah 🙏 🥰
Praise Jesus!!
He can set you free , please seek Him today 🙏
Amazing Victoria. Gives hope to the rest of us that it can be done x
Wow Victoria that’s incredible! How long were you on methadone? I’m on 13 years and having it really destroy my health now.. I’m really stuck and scared because i have medical issues both from it and possibly being exasperated by it. Can you tell me how you did it and the procedure
@@pastypatsy7515 how much are you? I've come off it 3 times in total. Id highly suggest going to a detox. But detoxes only accept you at a lowish amount. Like its 40ml where I'm from.
You could start tapering 5 ml a month or faster if you are ready
Congratulations, believe in the lord,and his love defeats all evil,glad to hear your success story 😊
🎉congratulations. I pray this for my spouse . We are at a methadone clinic for the 1st time trying to get him off dope and fetty.
Personally, methadone saved my life and has given me back everything heroin/pills took from me. I was on heavy opiates before I was even a toddler due to a disability and the constant surgeries & physical therapy I needed. Plus, just the pain of my handicap. But it my teens I was told about something else that could take "all of the pain away." The high, being pain free and feeling normal for the first time was really addictive and I let it take over my life.
I got on methadone 12 years ago and it helps with pain AND blocks opiate receivers so I got absolutely no high the one time I relapsed. So I have no reason to use. It keeps me clean and functional. I think a lot of people make the mistake of taking too little or too much. It is a balance.
I wish it worked for everyone. It makes me sad to see so many people in the comments who don't have the same positive experience and I hope you all find your peace. 💕
I'm going in for 1st time treatment. I'm scared to death, but so ready my question to you is, did you go through any withdrawal period when getting off heroin and taking metadone. My fear is that I will relapse if I have to go thru any withdrawal symptoms? The nurse told me they would give me other meds to ease any withdrawal issues. I guess I want to know what to expect my first week of switching over.
@@Ioioio2013 While I can only speak for myself and a handful of others I've spoken to about the beginning, there was nothing serious. For me I barely noticed anything physically. What I did feel was NOTHING compared to what I usually felt when not using. The cravings were almost non existent, which really helped me deal with the slight discomfort. The biggest issue was I had some trouble sleeping the first couple of weeks. Everyone I have spoken to (6 in total), had give or take a little pretty much the same experience. Except one...they no problems other than runny nose. Overall, it wasn't an issue. Especially because they upped my dose every 2/3 days that I asked. Until you get past 100mg and then the doctor has to approve where I go - I have been at 93mg after going down from 97 because I was starting to nod off during the day. I was completely comfortable by a month.
I understand being scared. We all are. I really hope you find the same success. What is most difficult at first is the habit to want to go back, especially with those who have completely turned their lives upside down to the point there is no one to support them. Most clinics have programs or can refer you somewhere for help from others in your position or that have already had success. It hurts to be doing well but having those around you (understandably) think this just more lip service. Other than that I found the transition to be so much easier than expected. Here's to hoping you do too.
Sorry to ramble lmao If you have any questions or struggle during your transition...I'm happy to help or just be here. Good luck.
Just don't be afraid to speak to your nurses about any issues or withdrawal symptoms. They can (where I have been) up you a little more based on them.
Returning the empty bottle is a fuckin naive way of acertaning whether you've sold the contents inside.
Its Plain stupid
Yes it is actually ridiculous! Who says you are not going to pour it into a different container in front of the buyer and then keep the empty bottle for return? 🙄
Being on Methadone has saved my life. If it weren't for Methadone I'd be dead or in prison tring to kill myself. It's hard to get unless you live close to a clinic, that's the hard part. Family Prac. Docs should be able to give this life saving med. Bup. is not an option for some of us. I've been it by a van, learned to walk again, etc... Thus, I suffer with pain. The Methadone helps with the pain but Bup. does NOT. So Methadone is saving my life, and giving me a MUCH better quality of life.
You should take some Tylenol and Advil. You'll be fine with Suboxone.
Dude buprenorphine is useless if you have a real addiction anyway, four days into detoxing I took a sub and I precipitated just like I had shot narcan
I think the exact same way brother.
Methadone never slowed my use done one bit. I was on the program multiple times throughout my life probably 8-9 years in total. I used the entire time. Finally finally I got off it…I couldn’t wait. I hated every second of goin to the clinic everyday, blowing in the breathalyzer everyday, meeting with my counselor weekly, group meetings weekly. I could barely have a normal life. It makes working difficult cause of the clinic hours and getting to a job on time. Methadone is its own little nightmare. So when I hear younger kids who barely have a habit say they want to get on the clinic I just cringe.
It works great for alot of ppl, and what was the hrs where u are , here the hrs don't get in the way of ppl working
@@wittle5788 I’m sure it does, I just didn’t happen to be one of them. Just sharing my personal experience. Hours were 5am-11am. You wouldn’t think those hours would be an issue but they always were. Get there at 5am and the parking lot is swarming with people waiting to get in, then had an hour of travel time to work. Glad I don’t have to deal with it anymore.
@@wittle5788 what ? They hold you for grups one on one terapy all the bullshit and always something happen to hold the line...
It worked well for me almost completely stopped my heroin habit with only a few mistakes here and there
But in Australia we don’t have to go to counselling etc instead just pick it up from a pharmacy
they dispense methadone from normal chemists here and I have been on it since I was in my 20s , I'm now in 54 . There is no silly return bottle's rule s here either its just like any other prescription
How can the police arrest people on something that is legal?
Bless you Sir. So sorry for all that you been through. My family member is on methodone and drinks at least 2 shot a day. My Mother lets him drive the car and totaled it. She is getting ready to get another car i said Mom You drive only oh no your brother is fine. I said if you are gonna put his life or someone else ' s i can no longer have any relationship with you have a good life she said you too. She is the most gullible person on this planet.
@@selenasanchez7336 She is just a Mother my friend my story is like yours but a woman gives life and she can’t or won’t let anyone interfere with her creation. I wish you peace best of Irish luck to you ☘️✊.
Methadone has saved my life💖and probably the lives of many around me who would be lost without me.
Mine to ❤❤❤
4 people in my family is grate when used properly.
Same here, clean and sober 8 years I get 13 take homes now.. I've been slowly going down on my dose, I don't wanna do it too quick.
mine too babe
Say that when u want free from the methadone. Why replace that
I kicked 280 mgs of methadone locked up by far the worst hell I've ever been threw... 6 months of withdrawal
that's the biggest CT I've ever heard anyone kick, i was on 200mg and went 3 days and was hell, i jumped at 20 and it was still hell but more bearable, finally i jumped at 5mg and I'm on day 18 doing good. i cant imagine the hell you went through.
Oh good lord...
Yea that's what everyone says if you get locked up you're fucked
I heard it goes in your bones and hurts and I tried getting off of fetty with Suboxone and I was in hell the 2nd day and my back was in excruciating pain and couldn't take it, so I picked up with my weak cold body and told myself I'll wean myself off with a half and go to the clinic after
@@RobertAragonIsGhxst taper the fetty, take less and less every few days then jump and switch
@@pigeonsil240sxhow are you doing now? I’m down to 8, considering jumping or wondering if I should get down a lil lower. Idk if it would make much difference? I have to drive 6 days a week an hour both ways to dose and it’s just no longer feasible 😢
I use to be on 188. Got sober 2016. Spent 2 years going from 188 to 17. And kicked 17 cold turkey. No sleep for 2 weeks. But you will fine in a year. Dont give up
user-yo9ntee2b: what was the worst withdraw symptoms you had quitting cold turkey at 17mgs? i am currently at 29 and dropping 3mgs every two weeks. Think i could cold turkey from 29?
@ryancameron-iv7fj you can do it but 17 kicked my butt. Worst was the back pain from 12am to 6am. No sleep for 2 weeks. Cold chills for a year but it's kinda more melow than h kick just way longer
"In a year."
If you really want it, it should not matter if it takes a year. Just do it. Besides, that's just the goosebumps that finally go away. The worst part will be over in a month.
Police have targeted clinics to bust patients that may have warrants… I’ve dealt with this. My father drove me there as soon as we left we got stopped and the cop went to my window stating I wasnt buckled up. Ran my info and I went to jail we’re in this city or county, you weren’t allowed to take methadone… on a 4 day holiday weekend to.. 5 days! Later
Yeah I been in the clinic for 20 years. Back when I was new and getting out of street life, I got pulled over by and undercover when I pulled out. He said , "Sorry, wrong guy." My heart sank because, Yes, I did some dirt that hasn't been paid for. But I have been clean since Feb 16, 2011. And Methadone does work. How can they harass him when the bottle shows the dates? That sounds like some propaganda that's not true, but what do I know?
My heart is with you brother
How can u be arrested if the takeaway has a prescription label on it.
Been on methadone 14 years. It has saved my life as well. Went to jail a couple times and detoxed. That was fun! Also quit twice cold turkeyon my own during my first few years. It was easier in jail. Im at 120mg. and I dont want to die taking methadone.
I’m on 190mgs of methadone but sometimes I need more so at the end of the week I have none left so comes the horrible hot flashes, sweats, stomach issues, tremors and insomnia I hate it. The first time I was put on methadone I dropped to quick and from 100mg to 20mg then off cold turkey OMG thought I was gona die! Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Jumping off almost 200mgs would definitely kill me. Always sick and in pain it’s horrible.
YESSS! How long have you been on it brother? I find myself in the same boat I always feel in a state of feeling like garbage on it. I did a taper and somehow was able to get down to 16mgs and then he to absolutely brutal circumstances not caused by me that caused ptsd I relapsed after many many many years and the crap out there today is all fent and who knows what else and I ended up to 75mgs and I am still feeling sick. I never feel 100% good on this stuff .. never pain free and able to enjoy life.. my joints and muscles ache and bother me bad as well as either being tired or in pain.
@@pastypatsy7515 sorry to hear this! i have damn ptsd as well. Been on and off methadone since 2010. I am stuck on it probably for life unless and this could help you out too because your on a low enough dose. Its buprenorphine injection. But i have doubts about it. Some people swear by it. My problem is what if it doesn't hold me, what if it's not enough?. Its an injection into your stomach but i think its only once a fortnight or once a month. That's what worries me what if it wears off in a week then what for three to four weeks lol. Anyways best of luck my friend!. I hope you can beat this horrible addiction. My question is why does the government allow people with a lesser addiction such as heroin or morphine they put you on a much more potent drug 'Methadone' which is four times as rough to get off than any others.
190 is high as fuck. I'm on 90 and I was doing 3-4g of iv fentynyl a day. You did it to yourself by continuing to go up instead if fighting thru yhe withdrawal for a couple days.
@@jodyjohnstein Fighting thru the withdrawal for a couple of days. Lol first of all it takes like a year of withdrawals on methadone shit not a couple of days. Second yes I did do it to my self but harsh man you do not no my circumstances.
@Velora 17 no I'm saying instead of taking a little discomfort when you switched from whatever opioid you were on to methadone you decided to keep taking more and more and more. I started on 40mg went up to 70 over next 3 days, them went up 10mg a week until I hit 110 stayed on that for a bit and then I came down 10mg 2 weeks in a row , I've been on 90mg for like 3 months and I'll go down until I find what the lowest dose I can function on js over the next 6 months and then when I get a manager position or get off of the roof(I'm a solar jnstaller) I'll ween all the way off....
I was going harder than anyone short of celebrities. 2-300 a day iv. Idc what your circumstances are you don't need 190. You might as well have stayed on dope I'd you were gonna keep going uo till they wouldn't let you anymore.
The Murdock is the best 👌better than heroin waking up sick 😫 as a dog .
the murdock pmsl ya mean the done.or downe same shit just spelt diffrent
It def has its downsides but it's a world better than living that dog food life that shits ruffff lol
I was on methadone for 33 yrs. destroyed my life. Now 14 mth clean. Reduced at 3/5mgs a month. We all can do it. WDR. Kp trying to now chair out N. a. Weekly meeting. 🙏ODAT.
I use to get High in those gowanus projects where he’s from. Hella drugs over there and there’s a methadone clinic right over there in gowanus as well. Clean 14 months now
Pramipexole is great for restlessness legs, good luck to all ❤😊
A few nights ago I was too wasted to get up for a piss........so I pissed in the closest thing to me.....which was an empty bottle of methadone.........well, the problem is, it wasnt empty....and I need the methadone......so I now have to drink methadone mixed with my own piss.
how fucking big r your bottles mate ? haha your a f gronk lol so fucking funny man
😂😂😂😂😂
Dude those bottles literally hold like an ounce of liquid unless you're somehow getting the big boys this is bs
Better than 20 hrs of misery...it ain't no big thing.
@@JohnSmith-fq7hj i call bullshit on this one. I can't see it, not even on my worst run.... 👀
Being on methadone was hell on earth. I've been off over three months and I'm still miserable
@@C.I.A.Retired why would that make you sick?
I'm off it 5 mths and still can't sleep.with restless legs and depression. Wonder will I ever get back to normal
@@C.I.A.Retired it genuinely saved some people’s lives, why does that make you sick?
No. Being OFF of methadone is the hell on earth once you are on it.
I was on 240mg and got kicked off cold turkey (for dumb reasons) plus I was using heroin most days in my addiction.
The withdrawal for me was literally evil and lasted 9 days until I had to get back on 60mg of methadone in rehab.
Methadone saved my life for many reasons (including pain relief) but almost took my life once I got off of it.
I would probably not wish the withdrawal of it on my worst enemy.
I am thankful to be on it again via a better clinic and it has made everything better.
Edit was only for a couple of typos.
I heard the withdrawal can have remnants up to 6 months, too. My suggestion is if you can stay sober without getting on it, do that - but for a person such as myself in constant physical agony from chronic pain and opiate cravings, I could not live without this medication. It saved my life but the downside is I can never get off it without being so very monitored and cautious if I even wanted to.
I was doing 85 mg of methadone and using 2g white China per day ,I spent in just 3 years almost one million...in canada 300$a g
So I get pulled over, arrested...cold Turkey...
I didn't sleep for a month the first 2 weeks ....I cant described what I suffered the pain ....this was November 24 2004 .....I will never forget it
He is crying why do they want a empty bottle? Ridiculous
on 15mg liquid for 8 years now , trying to tapper to 10mg but it turn yoyo, maybe I am lack of decipline
drop a half mg every week. you can chip away at it slow and not suffer. iwas on 200mg for 13 years then i tapered over the course of 4 years and leaped off at 5mg, I have a extreme fear of withdrawal yet when I leaped off the symtoms were not near as bad as expected. todays day 18 off methadone for me and my gf, GL
Rockin the fresh Pumas
Dude walks perfectly fine goes and grabs a walking cane
Yea dudes at my clinc do the same shit.. fakeing it
Idk about fine lol...sorta like stumbling walk
That's a good observation. I did not notice that. I sponsor a guy on methadone, and he seems like he's just posing all the time. Do you have any experience working the 12 Steps program with guys on methadone ?
Haha I go to a clinic that used to be a nightmare, two hour wait every single day but they had a line for disabled and so many people used to try and pull that crap, you'd see them limping in actin like they could barely walk them as soon as they got out the door they be skipping and jumping around like a kid after Sunday school, or the famous broken ankle that never seemed to heal until you'd see them later in the day walking around with no cast and boot lol smh used to cause a lot of fights.
Now on 70mg i feel better here then at 100+ unless your on fettynal I feel like 50mg is plenty the time flies on mat as well but you need take advantage of the pain free if it works for U when u can . As long as u feel good and no pain it gives u life back but u must be willing to be done if ur still selling still in the cutt stil trapping still homeless even it’s hard hard even seeing the people at my clinic some excel like I do but it is rare 😮 yes I bring back 13 bottles they trust me but I worked hard to g
It's a Big Price To Pay for Making One Mistake in your life 50 year's Go. What a waste of life to this day I don't know why and How it All Happened But l know My Environment was my biggest enemy l know this know But it's too late choose your friends wisely Because this world Can be very Hellish my friends❤❤
I don't get it. Is he saying that methadone is illegal?
If its not yours yes
Class A
Not if you follow the program illegal doses are
Methadone is far harder to come off than heroin, far worse
The police shouldn't be able to arrest him his name is on the bottle.
You’d think. Maybe they just harassing him and taking him downtown. Shaking him down, interrogating him, to scare him from walking the streets. Whatever it is going on? dude obviously has a degree of some fear of them.
He did not get arrested for possessing his medication. You’re not allowed to remove the label. If you’re going to take your meds outside of your house, you should have the bottle. Don’t wanna carry meds? I don’t blame ya. Keep last months bottle with just what you need. Still a valid script, & it won’t mess with your count. It’s common sense. What’s not common sense is the difference between getting “arrested” vs convicted. One can be arrested for anything, at any time. Doesn’t mean a damn thing. Inconvenience, sure. If you still end up walking out with no criminal record, or jail time because you were indeed following the laws, & the court finds that you’re innocent. Arrest’s don’t mean a damn thing. The only people that ask “have you been arrested” are generally the ones that have no idea how the court system works. Someone that knows, or actually wants to know what somebody’s record is like will say do you have any convictions. Cases, paperwork, pulling a bid, C, S, or F time? Stay in suburbia.
they only did it because they are klansmen
The guys a bunch of s*** how about that how about that
At 13 y/o I moved in with my mother who was on methadone.
She would nod off ALL day, sometimes with cigarettes. There were about 5,000 burn holes from her cigs around the house.
Sometimes her blanket that she was using would almost catch on fire and I would have to run to put it out while she still basically slept.
That’s methadone.
Methadone is no "treatment" its a heroin substitute!!
In Europe COPD don’t bother with such miner shxt as that.
What the hell does COPD have to do with methadone?
Edit: Maybe there is a communication issue here, I'm from Ontario Canada and COPD means chronic obstructive pulminary disease. It's a breathing issue.
@@Maverickgreen76 Relax I can’t find post but I’m down to ten ml a day but I’m end stage COPD and methadone fxxks up your breathing.
@@Maverickgreen76 Do you understand my confusion now brother I own the blame not you but I want you to understand. ☘️ Irish Pat
The destruction of Methadone is incalculable
????
Right on, Compare that with the destruction caused by fentanyl and heroin. Go get an education.
Yeah if you abuse it sure but it also helps 1000s get their lives together.
@John G getting on methadone is like stepping into a bear trap.
Recent research indicates it may cause irreversible brain damage... or damage to the brain is a little gentler.
Methadone poison is very dangerous and most cannot get off it...that is telling.
While methadone is not a perfect solution it's still better than having all the same people who are on it running the streets and living that junkie lifestyle.
Im on the Gold Standard too
Why would they arrest you for having a empty bottle if it's required to have your own prescription and name on the bottle? Now if your buying others medication then that's a different story.
he didnt say 'arrest' he said harass big difference mate
Yeah this is bs as long as you have what your supposed to have with the label they don't do anything to you.
I wouldn't want to be harassed for having my empty bottles either that's one step away from those away from going to jail for some bullshit ain't much difference.
@@JohnSmith-fq7hj that's what I'm saying bro I've been pulled over with my back pack ful ofl empty bottles and they don't fuck with us here we'll at least not yet there's always that one cop that has something to prove.
i am on methadone program since 2.000 23 years so far im still doing ok im on 65 mmlgrs dose i live in Athens Greece
Yeah? I've bn on quite a bit longer than that. I'm in n.z. I m on 75mgs. Was on 180 for many years. I'm in my 50s now. (& I'm a chick) Hello to you!
@lisasimpson1159 hi there yeah I been on Methadone for 25 years , I'm on 65ml atm. I'm in the UK.
I've been on it 13 years jumped off three times by going lower I'm on 18 mg im in the states it works it's just difficult though but it's a better alternative than being addicted to heroin
@ree7557 it certainly is . Since I took my methadone script seriously. I was on it for about 20 years just to supplement my Heroin habits to stop getting sick. I won't ever go back to that shit life . I still got a 30 year diazepam and klonopin addiction that I can't see me getting off ever. Mind u I said that about Heroin.
I'm on 80mg methadone. Were I live you can get diamorphine (heroin) from a doctor supervised injections. Methadone works for me.
Freedom is being free of the need to be Free,
Because Freedom isn't Free in the first place...
So get educated with the Truth and get to work...
His voice is killing me
DafaqWrongWithThisNegroVoice?
He need to go all the way to Brook from the brinz they got methdone clinic is Bronx and Manhattan which is way closer then going to Brooklyn especially if your having withdrawals
🙏🇨🇦
why is he talking like that
Dude I came here because I deliver drugs to pharmacies for a living. I know the methadone patients, some even by name.
I will tell you that they are always there like clockwork waiting for the store to open. Methadone patients are sadly otherwise not exactly "hard workers" or "early risers" and all of the ones i know are unemployed. Such is the way with alot of addicts. But this drug is clearly worth waking up early for. They are more reliable and show up on time to a specific location than most employed people i know.
One of them gets driven in a cab. Hes never late.
If i am early, he will push past the door and tell me that hes allowed in. (Hes not really but they tolerate him). Hes not malicious but definitely peculiar and not mentally all there. But i can tell he used to be sharper.
Hes an older guy, has the same walk, the exact same voice, the same type of fatness, even speaks the same way.
I am obviously now intrigued.
My theory is that he either
1. suffered some kind of permanent brain damage from an OD or serious, prolonged, heavy use.
2. Got this way from methadone abuse
I know theres something up with methadone. Theres suprisingly little real information out there about its effects. And any doctor you speak to about it will only tell you the same bs that the public believes
"It just stops them from being able to get high"
"Its psychoactive effects are very minimal"
Ironically, ive had conversations with pharmacists who say its some of the nastiest stuff humans have invented, and that whether its "better" for them than heroin or pain pills is "eh, kinda i guess"
This guy is a little delusional no? Perpetual VICTIMHOOD has become so popular...
I have the utmost respect for anyone who had managed to taper off methadone!!!!! It is so damn unimaginably hard, ppl just don’t realize the pain and torment and sickness thoughts of just dying.. its no joke and hardly anyone has any kind of understanding when it comes to a 8yr methadone addict.. just pure hell and nothing helps, nothing relieves the pain and torture.. pure nightmare and nothing I would wish on my worst enemy, i swear on everything I love!!!!!
That suck
I'm tapering right now. I started on 200 and now I'm down to 20...not easy
@@bekahe4433 I know it’s not easy but you are doing great, my original dose was 120mg and im down to 70mg, ive just hit this wall, ive went cold turkey before and thats where it really gets bad.. keep up the good work, i’ll say a prayer for you..
There's absolutely no reason for him to have ripped the label off his bottle and that's the only way The cops could mess with him
When you follow the laws, & do things legally, you don’t get the opportunity to scream victim at anything that happens to ya. Just like 9.999/10 videos of “police brutality” are always with a speech that says something like “they weren’t resisting”, even though the video clearly shows otherwise. “Driving reckless, & running from a cop doesn’t warrant death”. Even though driving reckless puts others at risk all for the multiple stupid choices made back to back, & that running from the cops is indeed a felony more often than not which gives the right, & need for the perpetrator to be stopped by any, & all means necessary. The sooner people figure out that it’s actually the judge you want to talk too, & the jury you want your side, a good lawyer who understands laws along with the local circuit, & that fighting the police on site is just as dumb as running a motorcycle into the rear end of a semi truck. You’ll never win. Your family might win off those back to back shitty choices, but those consequences are going to be paid in full sooner or later.
@@CornPopsDood shut the fuck up dude you would cry too if you mom was raped and killed by a cop you stupid bitch
@@CornPopsDood totally agree
@@CornPopsDood bull shit mate your an opinionated fool, so do u live there where he is mate?
Fuckinjunky
Opioids should be prescribed for emotional pain.
Sure beats someone blowing their brains out to relieve misery.
Using opiods to curb your emotional pain is a fast-track to blowing your brains out.
Imagine if they did
Always thought the same thing!I wish me and you could change these ridiculous laws.
Methadone is a mood booster too. I wonder if they have done any studies on using Methadone for PTSD or depression or any mental illnesses that would tend to usher in unaliving thoughts. Great point!!!
You fail to realize 90% of US hates addicts.Big pharma cant make $ unless they are making new ineffective drugs.Lobbyists in DC will never allow for opiates to be legalized.LE,rehabs,judicial system cant make big $ if effective common sense drugs are sold.
It helps get yourself together for sure its tough kicking it but worth it
The cops should not be doing that to people.
Its america mate wat more can u say the place has cancer, thank f i live in the lucky country n if ya dont no where that is just google 'were is the lucky country n google will let u no pmsl true story eh.
They don’t know what opioid addicts go throw out there meds ,(drug addicted to)
Lots of people die in the jails from sixksss from stopping
They lie. They want everything to be about how they look.
Ya... Cops are lurking in the street waiting for Mr Dinglebauer to not have his Empty Methadone Bottle ... 😂😂😂😂
I'm white and I'm sorry you had to go thru all the racist crap that you shouldn't have had to deal with this.
How does racism have anything to do with this?...STOP drinking the kool-aid.ASAP
Guess what some black cops are racist too FYI
This crap is a bitch to kick! I've been on this for over 6 years now, and I hate it.
What side effects do you have? I just got on it today
get offf now b4 ur in too deep
@@alexw8906 😄 its a little bit 2late 4 that dont u think?
@@owlthepirate5997 2 weeks I guess
I meant for the. guy who said 2 weeks not u
I've need on the done here in Australia nearly 30 years still have all my teeth but it led me to pills which is even worse.
It kills your sex drive.When I got off I could't believe how the er 'sensations' returned.Unbelievable. able
Its a incredible MEDICATION thqt saves lives,
When will Americans understand that Opioid dependence is Not A Moral FAILURE but a HEALTH issue
So he has a legal prescription to methadone from an MD who is authorized to write that script, and the police mess with him for having a bottle with his name on it. I think there are some holes the size of Texas in this guy's story. Like there are in 95% of drug addicts stories. I'm an alcoholic and a kratom user. Alcohol I'm doing SO SO in that recovery. Kratom I use on a daily basis because it is legal and cheap and doesn't make my life unmanageable. It's a $1.50 a day addiction. People who go to Star-bucks have a 6-12 dollar a day habit.
Numbers speak louder than opinions. Sorry if you disagree
They want to claim they're targeted because of their color. They lie to themselves.
No offense wish you interviewed someone who can actually talk lol
So if u want to sell it u just pour it into some other bottle! Ffs 🤣
What the name of the methadone they hand out over there.
Literally every clinic lol
That's not what I was asking,over this part of the world it's called methadone also but the stuff in bottle is called PINADONE DTF that's the stuff they take in our part of the world it's green, not pink like what I see them getting in the states. That's all I meant,thanks
@@RD85010 sorry I have no idea why I wrote that but at mine we get liquid methadose mixed with disgusting cherry syrup, I believe some states actually still offer the big orange wafers tho wish mine did.
It's called methadose, it's cherry flavored liquid methadone. It tastes just like cherry cough syrup, I'm on 90 mg a day, and it has been a life saver for me honestly.. it comes in a few different forms tho, they have what's called wafers, and just regular pill form as well, I've got a buddy who is prescribed the 10 mg pills for muscular dystrophy, he is prescribed a pretty high dose, methadone is also a pain medication, not just for addicts.
@@denverscott37 Thanks man
This really is excellent and heart felt ..
Sublocade is the way.
My mom is on methadone now and making my dad, my two sisters and I miserable. It’s hard seeing my mom like this. She’s deteriorating infront of my eyes it’s so hard to watch. Her face and eyes are sunk in and she hallucinates constantly it’s so scary.
Someone help me for fucks sake I’m trying to stay sober myself and she’s too far gone I fear
Dose is too high. 30 ml is enough
She's doing other drugs if she's having hallucinations and her appearance is drastically different. Either dose is too low and she's clucking without knowing it (or maybe too high?) .
If she is hallucinating,it has Nothing to do with methadone.What is her dose?Anything over 120 mgs is very high.I take 140 for years and I feel allright.People need different dosages,depending on weight,severity of pain...If you think she needs to get off it,go slowly.Only go down 1 or 2 mgs a week otherwise it will be painful and fail.God bless.
@@daviddoch4872 probably not.
Isn't the methadone, you RETARDED ignorant fool's, READ about what is methadone, and that will save your mother live, when she decided to stop using drugs from a street corner.
Can someone tell me is methadone more harmful Thn Meth? My brother use Meth but when he takes methadone he sleeps more and don't do Meth for days. Why is that?
Can he live a life on methadone
I have been on methadone for 10 years and I am living a completely normal life! Just because it is called methodone doesn't mean it is like meth! It is nothing like meth! So please don't confuse the names!
Also meth will ruin your body, where as methadone will not! I got addicted to opioids after I broke my back and the Doctor kept prescribed me oxycontin, and I had no idea it was addictive until it was too late! So now I'm on the methadone program and will slowly get off of it to the point where I don't have to take anything more.🙂
🌵📿🕯☦️🕯🌵
Why can't most people get off methadone????
Takes a long time
@@ellen9925 a red fag, a clue to stay as far away from this money making poison.
Because it's demonic.
Jesus can set you free.
He set me free from a 27 year heroin and methadone addiction. No withdrawal, the desire to use removed.
It's been 5 years !
#1 the clinics & doctors tend to not want the patients to. It's a money maker. My Daddy was on it for 15 years. #2 A lot of people just need it to live a normal life without buying Cocaine or Heroin or whatever off the streets. With this surge in street drugs being laced with fentanyl and many dying it's safer to get the legal Methadone from a clinic too. #3 Many don't want to get off of it, some can't because they can't afford the time off work to go through the withdrawal process. They adopt a 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' attitude. It's working so why should they risk relapsing trying to get off of it.
maybe bc they need it you fool or dont want to like wtf 'why r u jealous mate haha of course u r
I have been on Metadon for 24 years ,first 17 years on 300mg now i use 150mg ..IT has save my like.. No doubt
Methadone saves my life every day,i am so grateful to have "a new chans"at life. Love From Sweden Tess
what's to stop them emptying the bottles and selling it in another bottle ??? these rules that they make just don't standup in the real world
There isn't.
BUT the clinics in my area have some sort of checks that based on trust & your history. Like you have the chance to "level up" every 3 months - you have to pass 1-3 random UAs a month (that also check the levels of methadone in your system), do x amount of groups/personal therapy a month based on your level. And the first level is going to clinic every day, the next is weekends take home, then is mon/wed/fri + weekends, then one week and then two weeks. Plus they can call you up randomly where you have to go within 24 hours where they check all of your bottles (including the seal for openings or even needle punctures) and UA you again. If you miss or mess up you either start over or if you've done well on them for awhile before, you get 30 days at level one plus extra random call ins for the next year. If your methadone levels in the UA are off what they normally are, they understand sometimes you might get sick and throw up or something, but they will UA you more after for a while and if you have take homes they'll call you in more. If it happens repeatedly, its back to one. Failing UAs for something like alcohol gets you to 30 days at one but something serious makes you start over. And all UAs are supervised. Also your therapy sets goals you have to prove you've kept up with or are working on. Such as employment, school, mental health, etc.
So it isn't perfect by any means, but it is pretty effective.
Sorry this was long, but there isn't really a way to explain the overview process without detail lmaooo
I wish id never gone on methadone but now im being forced off in 10ml drops. Im being threatened with having to cold.turkey off 60ml..
Im sick half of each day as ive come sown somfast has anyone got any advice please? Thsnks you God bless
Why? Can you go to a different clinic?
Threatened? Bro SAVE yourself now if your only on 60ml . I cold turkeyed of fentanyl for 2 weeks n didn’t die and I’m a 20 year old male 140 pounds try to think of it as u can do it I did it
If you take methadone daily, you are still in active addiction!
Methadone is the fuckin devil. You switch from being dependant on heroin to being dependant on methadone. And it's 10x harder to get off methadone. If I knew this when I was on the dope I would have quit the dope.