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Curious. What is the dose that's required for you to know that there's no point in you using anymore?

I know this varies a lot and depends on your size, metabolism, level of dependence etc

What dose really effectively stopped you using?

Yesterday I got a call at 11am from my clinic that they wanted me to come in for a callback to check my takehomes. I've been going to this clinic for four years and have been on two week take homes the entire time.

I immediately started panicking because I had taken most of one of the bottles early a few days prior. I calmed down and started rifling through my take homes. That's when I realized I hadn't taken my dose for the day yet, and I've taken every bottle in order, so all I had to do is not take my dose for the day and when they checked them everything would be in perfect order. I was actually about to take that dose right before they called... and usually I take it way earlier in the day so this was a huge coincidence. Especially because I've never had a callback even once at this clinic so I assumed I would just never get one. I even had a little but left over in the five bottles I had already taken because I never take the full dose... so I got a half dose of methadone yesterday on top of everything.

So at this point I think everything's fine... I go to the clinic this morning and they want me to do a drug test. I had actually taken an adderall on Saturday so I was just outside of the window for detection on that (I almost never take any drugs besides methadone but this was just a random occasion and circumstance) so I was totally fine with taking the drug test. As soon as the nurse called me though she stuck a breathalyzer in my face which took me completely by surprise because they have never breathalyzed me before at this clinic. Full disclosure: I have been having a problem with alcohol lately. I never drink a lot, it's just that I drink too often (mostly to deal with panic attacks and anxiety, and I'm trying to quit and find another coping mechanism) and that morning I had had a white claw about 30 minutes before going to the clinic. So I knew I would blow positive, and I did this thing where I sort of pursed my lips and let a lot of spit and stuff come through my mouth as a blew in the breathalyzer. I don't know, in my head I thought if I closed my mouth and just let a tiny slit of air through it would save me.

Well it did, somehow it came up as 0.00 and I have no idea how. I had taken the last sip of the drink right before I got in the uber to the clinic. somehow I even passed the ETG test in the urine sample. Again no idea how that's possible.

So I went ahead and got my bottles checked and everything went fine, and I headed back home. I had somehow gotten through it even though I took a dose of methadone early... had taken adderall... and had been drinking right before the callback. Any one of those would have gotten all of my takehomes taken away for months.

I'm going to use this as a sign that I need to tighten up, and do things the right way. I don't want to take this opportunity for granted. I'm not sharing this because I'm trying to brag about getting away with something, and I'm very grateful to have gotten through this without penalties. A lot of things are difficult in my life right now, and I'm taking this as a sign that things can get better and the universe isn't always out to get me. I'm just trying to see the positives.

Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

If so how long did it take you to get them back? I mean like temporarily lost them and how long did it take you to get them back. Was at 27 and peed dirty and now they are doing a 30 day assessment where I go in daily. Just wondering if anyone else has been through this? Or how long it took them to get to “normal”. Thank you for the info!

Hey there,

At my clinic we have to reevaluate our treatment plans every so often and i haven't had to do one yet, next week will be my first one and i also get to phase up next week.

What are some examples of your treatment plans? Like, do I just tell them I'm not sure how long I plan to be taking this drug but I am committed to my sobriety and successful treatment in due time?

Is there anything I shouldn't mention? I'm just trying to have an idea of what to expect when I talk to my counselor next week about it all.

Thank you for all and any input!

Kindly,

Eosei

I been getting 2 weeks worth of doses for probably 6 months now. Well yesterday I got a call saying to come in for UA and count. So no big deal right? First time ive ever had to do this by the way. Well this morning I take my dose like always at home and head to the clinic. Do the ua and I had 4 doses left. The nurse says oh you only have 4 where's today's you're supposed to take it in front of me... im saying wtf?! She goes ya they told you. I'm like I didn't hear that or was told this. She goes ya and your doses were not being taken correctly. Every bottle has a date its supposed to be taken on. I'm like that's the first ive heard of that rule or else I would have done it that way. I said whats it matter it's taken once a day how it's supposed to be! She gives me some take home rule shret that i never fucking got from anyone or verbalize to me. It's some new nurse by the way. She goes so since you took your doses incorrectly and took today without supervision you have to start the program all over again to coming in EVERYDAY! I was so heated they made me throw away the remaining four does. I told my counselor about it and he was just as shocked as me. He said you should have just gone to weekly from biweekly. He'll look into this. Has this happened to anybody else before?

No matter if your bottles are sealed or not CHECK THE BOTTLE BEFORE DRINKING! Opened my take home 30 minutes ago seal was on tight as soon as I opened it a smell hit me. I looked in it and saw mold floating at the top. I couldn’t believe it. I took my dose for tomorrow and checked the rest of my take homes.. I reached out to my clinic waiting for a response but something tells me they aren’t going to do shit… I wanted to post pictures but I can’t post I guess?

I take wafers but the clinic may be going to liquid. If you save up some liquid because you didn't take it all, will anything happen to it after a certain amount of time and if so, about how long can you keep it? Just curious

I’ve been tapering off for about 2 years from 160mg, now I’m at 7mg. I’ve heard your metabolism and testosterone start to come back when you’re off, but I’m not yet and I’m getting acne again when my face has been clear for the last 4/5 years. Haven’t broke out like this sense highschool, and many other things like sex drive and exercising more and actually enjoying it a lot more. Ect. Is that because of the taper or what? It’s kinda a stupid question but I’m just wondering

Thanks to anyone to has experience

Fuck you fent. It's crazy because I barely have cravings anymore. I'm on 240mg. I've used ontop of my methadone for the past 4 years and stayed around 150-180mg. The increase up has really helped me. I also have saved over 3k in the past 3 months from working my ass off. Things are looking up. Keep going guys. Keep trying. Keep failing and keep picking yourself back up everytime. If I would've gave up I wouldn't have ever been here.

And fuck the dope boys who keep calling off different numbers offering free g testers. YALL SUCK.

For context I tapered from 85 this year to 42mg slowly and am on a 1 month break from taper. I also recently got off a 15yr stimulant habit 1.5 yrs ago completely off them.

I wake up feeling a immediate need to dose due to w/d like ache at 5am every morning. I have been on methadone for 21yrs and have not been this low since starting it and am just so sad that this is my morning every day. I want to die some mornings, my mental health is getting bad when I wake up but after I dose it's OK again, I hate the up and down.

I take some supplements to help like the usual magnesium glycinate and l tyrosine and saffron in the morning after dosing. I exercise 3 days a week and eat healthy am not overweight and am basically fit. I just can't get over not stabilizing to the point of not needing to dose so early w/o feeling rough.

What's wrong with me?

Has anyone tried evaporating the green slime and drying it out in an attempt to lengthen out it's expiry date?

Is it even possible to evaporate this new stuff ?

I remember in 2005, it would crystalise around the top of the bottle, now it just seems to turn rock solid like resin or something

The reason I want to do this is to make my methadone reduction easier, not abuse methadone

Hey ya'll,

First time poster here.

Just thought I'd ask because lately I have been going through a rough patch. I recently just got diagnosed with T2D, and was prescribed metformin. Lately, I have been what feels like withdrawals at night, but I am also noticing my blood sugar has been really low as well. My clinic Doc told me that sometimes Methadone and Metformin can make you go hypoglycemic. Are there any other people out there with experience taking Metformin and Methadone together? If so, any info on your experience would be greatly appreciated.

i was on 70mg methadone and now im on 50mg. i’ve been tapering down 5mg in a week. since last 3 weeks i start sleep a lot. i cant keep my eyes open during the day time. and since yesterday i feel like im getting sick. im so cold, anxious and dizzy. do u think im tapering it down too fast? im from NL Thats why i dont work with a clinic. i take my methadone from my psychiatrist. i was wondering how many mgs in a week people tapering down in the clinics when they wanna stop it. actually everyone who managed to quit it, how much and how often did u tapered it down?

Will GABA supplements help my rls or is it different from gabapentin?

 I have been getting monthly take homes for half a year. I started a taper with my clinic few months ago. I started at 115mg and I was going down 3mg a week. It was going good no issues.
 I had my pickup date last week. My counselor informed me that there is no longer a weekly taper. Now I can only go down 5mg a month.Counselor said it was due to a safety issue at dosing window. Going down once every 4 weeks seems excessive to me. 
 Has anyone experienced anything like this?

Why do they say you feel more pain on methadone? But at the same time you are using an opioid so pls make it make sense? Alsooo why during withdrawal does everything hurt so efing much?

Mine at least uses paper cups, but from what I hear it seems like a lot of them use plastic. I asked one of the nurses why they don’t have a dishwasher and shotglasses and the answer wasn’t really satisfactory—something about not having anyone to do it or something, but if they had one of those under-the-counter dishwashers like they have at bars then they could do it throughout the day. That sounds like a sanitary issue to me if people’s dirty glasses go back across the counter but as fast as those things run, I doubt it would be any slower than taking out the trash if people just set them into those cambro things in the place where the trash can usually is and someone ran a load when it filled up with a dishwasher in the next room or even at the back of the dosing area (there’s definitely space at mine but idk about others). That’s especially true given that I’ve heard that taking out the trash at a clinic is a major ordeal that involves babysitting the locked dumpster until the garbage truck arrives to prevent people from trying to get high off of any residue, but idk if that’s every clinic. Also, instead of plastic carry bottles, mine gives us reusable glass ones to wash and bring back (except on holidays when they’re plastic, but we still bring them back for verification purposes and in that case, something that’s used does go back across the counter, so…)

Also, I did the math: they’re probably spending upwards of $20,000/year on Dixie cups, but a small under-counter commercial dishwasher for a bar costs $3,000 at Home Depot and it costs like $30-40/month in chemicals and whatever else in water costs to run one of those, and the investment in a few hundred shotglasses so they wouldn’t have to wash them until end of day or even just a hundred that they wash every 30-60 min or so couldn’t POSSIBLY add up to the same amount, even factoring in breakage and maintenance. Plus the methadone they use at mine is that concentrated pink Methadose stuff where a shotglass is way more than enough for anyone’s dose, so there’s no reason I can think of for all the waste, not just because there’s a massive garbage island in the ocean but also because it’s not cheap to get methadone treatment and it seems irresponsible of them not to try to do what they can to save money so that people who’ve lost everything to fentanyl can afford to choose recovery.

Does anyone know why this is the case?

I’ve been puking really hard for 2 days straight, about every 30 minutes I’m running to the bathroom. I took my dose yesterday and threw up as soon as I tried to swallow it so I just decided I’d wait it out until I’m feeling better so I don’t waste another dose. Today I decided I should try to dose since I haven’t taken one since Sunday morning. What do you guys do to dose when you’re sick and puking?

I've been on methadone for about a year and I've tapered down to 6mg from 75 milligrams, tapering down 5mg a week. I dont feel any effects from the taper so far, counselor says its up to me if i would like to taper 2, 3 mg or 5mg like ive been doing.

I’m having loads of trouble finding a clear answer to this & thought you guys would be the best folks to ask for advice…

I’ve been accepted into nursing school to start this upcoming fall semester (August 2025). I’m also currently on 28mg of methadone & don’t know what to do regarding the situation seeing as I’ve received conflicting information from the college. I’ve been steadily tapering & definitely plan to be off methadone way before the time I’ll graduate. Some people in the nursing department have told me that being on methadone would exclude me from starting the Nursing Program while others have told me that as long as I have a valid prescription it doesn’t matter. I’m in the state of TN.

Prior to admission, I have to take a drug screen (by the end of May at the absolute latest) & I’m additionally required to have a “health physical form” filled out by a doctor (the form asks about medications I’m taking, etc.). Are doctors able to tell/see that I’m on methadone if I don’t disclose it? I have quite a stock pile, so quitting the clinic wouldn’t actually be a problem if they can access that information.

The whole situation is stressing me out immensely! The only options I see that I have are:

1) Try to taper off completely before the end of May & legitimately pass the drug screen & the paperwork shouldn’t be an issue. This is by far the safest (but also least attractive) option.

2) Fake the initial drug screen, quit the clinic (so the paperwork doesn’t flag me as being on MAT) & try to self-taper completely off before the program starts in August.

3) Somehow (I have no idea how) find out if the college will allow me to enter into the program while on a legitimate methadone prescription & continue to taper at a comfortable pace.

I’ve worked so incredibly hard to get to this point & I’m already fighting the clock with starting down this career path, as I’m already in my mid 40s. I’ve been clean for over 2 years now & have had absolutely zero urges/desire to use since starting treatment. Y’all are seriously the best & I couldn’t think of anyone more knowledgeable to ask! Thanks a million in advance for your help in this…

So my husband and I both go to the same clinic, no we didn't meet there, they wouldn't believe us when we told them that's not where we met and even if we had, that shouldn't be an issue. They gave us so much sh!t when we first got together but are getting a little better about it. At first were told we couldn't be at the same clinic together, they watch us like hawks and we get soooo many callbacks. Does anyone else have this issue?

They are going to just give me subs on Thursday and pray I don’t go in precips, and if I do they claim they’ll sedate me. I’m terrified.

ONLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TRAVELED OUTSIDE OF US WITHOUT PERMIT.

I am going to Jamaica with methadone. I have a letter stating my personal info dosage etc. I am now being told I need a permit. Only for those who have traveled to Jamaica and what not with methadone, how does the process work? Did you bring a permit with you?

EDIT since everyone’s kinda confused—- I was told by the embassy I just needed a letter for my prescriptions. Then I was told today I needed a permit. So I’m freaking out. I prepared the best way I knew how.

Edit 2: THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH GOT BACK WITH ME and may be issuing me a permit TODAY. keep me in your thoughts and prayers PLEASE

EDIT 3: THEY ISSUED ME A PERMIT YALL.

DONT RISK GOING TO A COUNTRY WITHOUT YOUR METHADONE. I got lucky this time guys.