I have been on Methadone for over 3 years now and I think you always have to keep a thought or fear in the back of your mind that if you take too much it can kill you or do a good job on you anyway. I never let go of the fact that I should take more then what the Dr. and I talk about me taking and if I go up on it, I talk to him first.

One thing though I wanted to say. I know of 4 people around here that are hooked on Oxycontin so bad that the Drs. have had to either quit giving them the meds or they have switched Drs. to get it. The ironic part is that they tried Methadone and didn't like it. It didn't do for them what they wanted it to. They have since went back to the Oxcycontin and Diludid. You can tell by talking to them or watching their actions that they are way over medicated. They have became addicted to drugs while dealing with their health problems and now what they get from a Dr. is not enough for them. As I said they go Dr. shopping.

With any drug you have these problems.

I honestly believe that if you keep it in the back of your mind that if you take too much then you will be in a mess as I call it. A person should fear the narcotics but not to the extent of not taking them at all to keep your pain from getting so high that you get suicidal. I was that way. I never grew up around drugs and was afraid to take them and wouldn't for the longest time. I finally relented and let my Dr. prescribe meds to get my pain level down.

I grew up in a little town in Ky. I didn't know what drugs were until I moved to Co. in the early 70's. Boy was I nieve? Now I have seen through people I know what they are and can do to a person.

Ada