Posted by greenhornet on October 26, 2005, at 11:54:16
In reply to Re: WARNING ! (Questions on tapers for Experienced) » Festus, posted by Declan on October 12, 2005, at 10:25:22
> Methadone will either make you stoned or depressed. Not badly, and not nearly as bad as hanging out, but a low grade chronic depression. Having said that it might be difficult to reduce methadone when you are taking Dexedrine. If your head was anywhere near the steering wheel it sounds as if you were stoned then. But you adjusted to your dose and stims were added.
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> Imagine you are an alcoholic and an opiate addict. You want to give up both. Which do you do first? Obviously the alcohol, because drinking during an opiate withdrawal is much worse than taking opiates during an alcohol withdrawal.
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> So, you want my thoughts?.....lower the Dexedrine a fair bit but so that you can still cope. And then lower your methadone dose to maybe 20 or 30 at the rate of 2.5 mg per week or so. At those doses I didn't feel so unhealthy. If you lower the opiate first the dex may leave you feeling unhinged.
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> Keep taking the Xanax (of course).
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> Dunno anything about the Prozac.
> (This is assuming you want to take less stuff).
> > DeclanBecause Prozac has such a short half-life it can be quit pretty fast Like 20mgm for two days, 10mgm three days, then every other day for about six days Then "drop" one day, five days drop another etc. If you have a real problem get the liquid and "dose down" more slowly.
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