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Old 01-09-2008, 01:50 PM
arthurhlevine
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>>>> " i will tell you this to come off methadone is a very very hard thing i thought i was going to die for about a week" <<<<
A word of advice, I don't know how rough quitting an 80mg a day morphine habit would be, but PLEASE whatever else you do, do yourself a favor and do not even attempt doing a cold turkey from a greater than 180mg daily, maybe greater than a 120mg a day, morphine addiction. I doubt many people could do it by themselves, and even fewer would be willing to try it twice. Have your doctor(s) assist you with it. Once was enough for me, My "PC" Dr. thought I was going to stroke out and insisted on locking me up in a hospital for a week, but I insisted on continuing. Turns out she had good cause for such advice, I did OK, but I seem to lead a rather charmed existence. But, once again, even though I know nothing about you and methadone (pretty much useless to me), or you and morphine either one, PLEASE do not attempt a self administered cold turkey detox from morphine!


>>>> "if you can go out side as much as you can do it it helps the more you can keep move and going the better you will be" <<<<
Absolutely correct!!! Getting up and getting going, no matter how bad it hurts, stimulates endorphin production, which helps to stimulate your opiate/endorphin receptors, making you and your meds work better together.

>>>> "anyway i went a little over board i think but i just had to say it" <<<<
That was overboard? LOL, I get more aggravated than that at weather! It's OK to get really mad about things sometimes, everybody needs to let off a little steam now and then. Some of us just let things build up a little more than we should sometimes...
Count me among the guilty
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