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I have been easing off a 130 mg dose over the last 2 years and now am down to 31 mg with little to no problems long term, when i move down my dose notice for about a week but nothing like the widthdrawl i went through before i got on the methadone. It is a long and slow process and each individual reacts differently. My doctor has been very helpful so far and I continue to come down while working and going to school. Support in nessary and have been on methadone for about 5 years.
I'm down to 3mg from 120mg and it suck's bad when you get this low (probably cause I was symptom free until 9mg but I figured I could deal with a 2 mg drop every days)if you can afford it just drop slow once you are low cause it takes a long time for the methadone to leave your system at the end for example if you are at 20 and drop to 15mgs stay on that for about a week cause the withdrawl might hit you right when you are about to drop or might be be horrible once you do (thats where I'm at) "only you know whats right for you!!!"
it's good to go 1mg or 2 at a time but once you get low like 15mg and under be prepared for anything and don't think you can handle it cause methadone with drawls are more drawn out then Heroin or OC withdrawl just be careful you don't want to use other opiates to help if you are feelin crappy cause they will add to the withdrawl in the end or your methadone treatment will be for nothin... "I really want to have a normal life and a lot of my friends are dead from the stuff OD or suicide.... I wish you the best of luck... you gotta fight for it and you have to know that once your off it's easy too go back