Methadone has got to be one of the most misunderstood drugs out there. I have done SO MUCH research and reading on it...I suggest that you do the same; because I even misunderstood it when I started at my clinic as a last resort. I’ve done about 3 years worth of research now, and still keep learning more everyday. I have very strong opinions on methadone. It should not be used by everyone. If you have not been an opiate addict for a very long time, and have not exhausted trying to get off the stuff other ways; then you need to try that first. Basically, what opiates do to your body c ...
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We have things in common Karlin. We have had the same addictions...pain killers/heroin. I started the same way...but I had dabbled in drug use before...no addictions, but just recreational use. Then after I broke my back as a gymnast, I became addicted to pain meds; and it went from there.
At any rate; now that I am clean, I don’t feel the same pain. In retrospect, I think that my mind intensified the pain because my mind knew that if my body felt pain then I would be ”rewarded” with drugs. I think I had a lot of pain that was not as severe as I had thought. My mind had a way of dw ...
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When I say genetically predisposed to addiction, I mean more than to just drug/alcohal addiction. I think that some people just can NOT do things that they like in moderation. These can be good or bad things. For example, if I like something, I over do it...I will find a new food I like...right now it is home made tomato soup...so ALL I eat is tomato soup! I will do this for a while until I am sick of it, and don’t ever want to eat it again. I do this with most foods. I think that people can be addicted to religion, work, exercising, etc. I find that I do this with just about everyt ...
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I am rather new to this. I did my first bowel/colon clease about 2 months ago, and feel better than ever! I have now talked my husband into doing one too.
I think he may have a parasite. He had 6 pack abs about 2 years ago, but now has a pot belly (but he is not at all fat--he is 5’11” and 155 lbs.), eats a LOT, and I don’t know if this is relevant, but he radiates a LOT of HEAT at night (so much that I have to turn off the heat and open a window in 20 degree weather!). Does it sound like he has a parasite? I think he should do a parasite cleanse in addition to the bowel cleans; an ...
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I don’t knkow what clinic you went to; but something is notright with that. On an effective methadone dose you can NOT get high...it blocks heroin receptors in the brain! Why do you perpetuate all the stigma’s??? You are talking to a true success story from methadone...and I tried every other possible way to get off heroin...explain that!!! I have not TOUCH another drug ONCE since my first day at the clinic!!! [End]
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The ONLY people that usewhile on methadone are NOTserious about wanting to be clean...methadone is notamiracle, therestill must be the DESIREto want to stop using. How many people are forced into AA/NA and still use??? Twist is however you want to. What is your addition background anyway??? [End]
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Statistics can be twisted to say what you want! I know someone that od’d on methadone and it was completely on purpose. Anyone that OD’s on methadone is because they are not using it properly! The same is true for anything else you don’t use as you should...if you drive a car drunk, you can die; if you use a hair dryer in the bathtub, you can die...follow me here??? What that study doesn’t show is how many heroin addicts die each year from AIDS and from Hep C, and how many are shot on the streets buying the stuff...now find how many of those problems are caused my methadone--that number ...
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That is the biggest problem...detoxing in 21 days is flat out incorrect! A taper is NOT supposed to be that fast! I will explain the exact rate if needed. But the thing that gets over looked is for people with pain issues they will NEVER feel normal and well until the source of the pain is fixed and for many there is not a none fix for pain issues. [End]
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That is the biggest problem...detoxing in 21 days is flat out incorrect! A taper is NOT supposed to be that fast! I will explain the exact rate if needed. But the thing that gets over looked is for people with pain issues they will NEVER feel normal and well until the source of the pain is fixed and for many there is not a none fix for pain issues. [End]
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The problem with that is using short acting opiods (heroin) you will always have a growing tolerance. With methadone, you find your dose, and that is it! The withdrawls are not worse, they are merely longer. This however with propper taper actually makes it easier to get off than heroin. I willexplain more if that doesn’t make sense. [End]
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What you seem to be overlooking is that the CURE for many of opiate addiction would be to be able to go in and FIX the cause of the pain!!! Find a way to make my back the way it was before it got broken and I wouldn’t have a need for methadone...but until that cure is found,I have found something that enables me to have a normal life! [End]
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COMPLETELY AGREE!!! It did the same thing for me! I have a great life now, and if in trade I have to take a few pills everday to make me feel normal (the way that everyone else gets to feel that has not had to suffer extreme pain); then I will take that trade off. I just don’t get it...why continue to torture yourself...try the methadone, if it doesn’t work for you then you know that you tried. I went in with that attitude and AMAZED myself with the positive changes I experience as result. It is a miracle drug! [End]
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Methadone and other opiate addicts are one of the most misunderstood groups of people! I don’t know why complete ABSTINENCE is the goal that non-addicts see as the only way. There are many people that have had such horrible things happen to their bodies that there is NO way to fix the pain...the only way for them to live functional lives is to ease the pain. What is wrong with that??? God put the poppy plant on this earth for a reason! No one would think to tell a diabetic that their goal should be going off insulin. THe insulin fixes the problem and keeps the diabetic living a funct ...
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That is EXACTLY what happened to me!!! I never knew there was a difference; I thought an enema was an enema...You can tell how new I am to this site. Where can I buy just an enema bag? (Don’t think I’m dumb, but I can’t bring myself to ask a store clerk for that info.) And then I just use regular water?
Thank you again for the insight!!! [End]
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I know that a lot of people seem to swear by the enema; but I just can’t bring myself to do it. I did one ONCE about 5 years ago and it has scared me from ever doing one again. When I was about 19 I had hurt my back and was given a lot of strong painkillers; and at 19 I had an even worse diet than I have now...I actually went about 15+ days without going! It was torture!!! I was to the point that my belly was sticking out so far that I looked pregnant, and I couldn’t keep food down--I would throw-up everything I ate (I wasn’t particularly hungry, just sick feeling). I bought a FLeet a ...
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I don’t mean to scare you; but you could be having a miscarriage. I have read that most women have several miscarriages and just don’t know it. I personally had this experience...missed period(s) and then a period that was heavy and seemed to go on forever. After feeling very light headed and nearly passing out I was taken to the hospital; they did a pregnancy test--ran my HCG levels, and I was pregnant...then almost a week later they ran my levels again, and sure enough, the HCG levels were lower which signified that I had lost the baby (levels will only climb if still pregnant). At t ...
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Ibogain is a very difficult drug to describe...and I still have mixed impressions about it. Being an opiate/heroin addict for years; I had done a lot of research on ibogain and talked to alot of people about it. Honestly, $500 is very cheap from what I have heard and what I have come accross. Obviously it is illegal in the US; because afterall we are the nation of closed minded individuals. I assume from your post that you have read about ibogain and what it does...for those of you that don’t know, it actually makes you hallucinate, but the result is opiate detox without the awful with ...
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I myself have wondered the genetic factor in drug addiction for a long time...As a recovered opiate addict of 2 1/2 years; I have noticed in the coarse of treatment that most addicts come from a family of addicts. Using myself as an example, I am the oldest of 6 children (4 of those 6 are old enough to have used drugs--the other 2 are still young children)...of the 4 of us, 3 of us have had bad addictions (myself being the only one to have recovered);and the only 1 of us 4 that is not an addict is because she was so scared of becoming one, that she NEVER tried any substance (won’t even us ...
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Predisposed to addiction? You decide and discuss!