Re: Methadone withdrawal
From: anonymous (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Thu May 2 17:42:10 2002
At Thu, 2 May 2002, joanne Thorpe wrote:
>
>I see many have written on Mehtadone. I have been on it for 4 years now
>and tried to detox once last summer. It was really awful as I went from
>6 pills per day to 1 and 1/4. I had to lie around all summer (after my
>last surgery with Dr. Korell) and felt as though I had a severe flu.
>What surprised me is the lack of help that I was offered by my health
>plan. There simply wasn't any and I was treated like someone who used
>it for heroin withdrawal. They actually suggested that I go to one of
>those clinics with the drug addicts. Needless to say the nerve
>regenerated and the pills slowly crept up to 3 per day but now I am
>about to do it again and this time I know how to do it. You can only go
>down by 1/4 pill per week and if the skin burns too much, Clonidine
>works well. For the agitation, Valium works wonders. And that is all
>there is out there for help with the exception of an inpatient treatment
>center in which they bring you down quickly by putting you in a coma
>like state for 4 to 5 days. It is 1,500 per day. No thanks. Wish me
>luck, please. Love, Joanne
>
>--
>Joanne
I have chosen to remain anonymous for a reason pertaining to answering
this message. I can perfectly understand why you have needed to be on
Methadone for so long, regarding your pain. I feel for you, as I was on
many different narcotics and opioids for 3 years myself, Methadone being
one of them. I was never made to feel like I was a Heroin Addict ...but
then again, I did become addicted to pain meds over the use and abuse of
them. I too have suffered greatly from adhesions in the past and I know
that to be in pain and suffer needlessly is horrible, however, for me, I
didn't know the difference after my last surgery if I still had
adhesions, or if I was truly in pain and in need of the meds. I did go
to, as you called it "ONE OF THOSE DRUG REHABS" for alcoholics and drug
addicts !! And you know what? It was the best thing I could have ever
done in my life. I am now facing surgery again soon, and I do have all
those fears of pain meds again, but I am ready to take the right steps
and have the tools to handle my life differently. God Bless you and
keep you...but a Drug or Alcohol Rehab isn't what people think it is! I
was in one of the Nation's Top Rehabs, founded by a man who has 40 years
of sobriety!
Why don't you wish me well, and for that I do remain anonymous.
>
|
