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Jan 31, 2005 8:12:32 GMT -5
Post by janice on Jan 31, 2005 8:12:32 GMT -5
;i am IN thankyou. janice ;D
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Jan 31, 2005 11:06:41 GMT -5
Post by skye aka tweety on Jan 31, 2005 11:06:41 GMT -5
Welcome janice,Im glad you were able to get into this board ,feel free to post and offer and ask for any advise....take care...
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Feb 28, 2005 8:12:21 GMT -5
Post by janice on Feb 28, 2005 8:12:21 GMT -5
well here we are february, and my son, who is following the ashton manual (thru a dr of course) is working stge 8. hes coming down woth the valium replacement alright, however, it is wrecking havoc on his methadone maintenance. when he comes down on benzos, he goes up on his methadone. He HATES the number hes at now and fights it before he goes up says he will never be able to get off methadone. I tell him please dont think about the numbers now. The clinic dr has been good at bringing him up. He shows no "symptoms" of going up, I guess because he needs it but he (we- i am in this too) have so long to go. Now its a fight to get him to go up. God i hate this. HEs on 1 1/2 zaneax generic and 50 valium. Maybe when he gets to only the valium taper this methadone problem will get better? does anyone know for sure about this. IS there ANYONE here that has gone thru the ashton manual taper ? Can you enlighten me if you are out there? He never seems (high from going up at least 25 each time. He hears peolple tell him man you will never get off this if you go up past 300. he's on 350. He starated this on 180. I am thnakful for the methadone but this is really all we think about. Gees its awful.
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Apr 21, 2005 6:28:41 GMT -5
Post by charity1 on Apr 21, 2005 6:28:41 GMT -5
:)Hello, I read your post when I came here regarding a post I had made regarding my Hubby. I am so sorry to hear that you are going thru so much emotional turmoil as your Son is tapering from Benzos and requiring more Methadone. It is hard to TRUST, and You certainly are hearing all the things that my HUBBY and I heard " out there" about high Methadone Doses, etc. We have to remind ourselves to get our Information from legitimate sources or else this misinformation will put us into a TIZZY. In My Humble opinion there is not a HIGH METHADONE DOSE, there is the Correct Methadone Dose. I got those words of Wisdom from a Methadone Advocate that I have learned to TRUST over time. We often hear that dose is just too low or just too high and we are effected by what we hear. Most of us have been thru quite a bit to get to where we are on Methadone or to havea Loved one on Methadone. It is DIFFERENT to feel TRUST again and I know it doesnt come easy. Hold on, keep doing the next right thing and when you dont know what the NEXT right thing is, Be sure to ask someone who is KNOWLEDEABLE regarding the subject. Major Hugs coming to you and your son as you go thru this period of Transition. OH and one more thing. IT IS WAY TO EARLY FOR HIM TO FRET about his Methadone DOSE. One moment at a time....when one day at a time is just too long. Hugs, Charity
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