30 Days Clean After 2 Yrs of Mmt , Still Miserable Posted: 06-13-07 22:21pm
Hi,
My name is Nick and I was on MMT for 2
yrs. I was on 160mg and came down 10mg a
week until I got to 40mg. Then, I came
down 5 mg a week and when I got really
low, I came down 2 mg a week. It's been 30
days since my last dose ( I have been a
good boy, no cheating). I still have
diarrhea, shakiness, irritabilitty,
anxiety, hot/cold sweats, I'm depressed.
To the people who have done this, how long
was it until you started to feel better?
When will this nightmare be over?
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tahoe
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Lake Tahoe, California
Mmt Recovery Posted: 06-17-07 06:15am
Congratulations on your decision to break
away from your addiction. Although I know
it is extremely hard and the symptoms can
be overwhelming at times but try to always
keep that ultimate goal in mind, breaking
free once and for all and taking back
control of your life. Unfortunately the
residual effects of taking this med and
breaking free of it can take months to
fully recover from. The symptoms you
described are all common and will have to
run their course. If you are under a
doctor's care, ask him/her for something
to help you sleep and to help with the
depression symptoms you are experiencing.
There are a number of things that they can
prescribe to help you through this rough
time and if you are serious about kicking
your addiction once and for all then you
need to take help wherever you can get it
to ensure that you don't relapse because
you couldn't deal with the withdrawal
symptoms. Also, a doctor can work with you
to make sure you don't acquire an
addiction to the sleeping pills or
antidepressants. Some of the things that
you can do to help yourself are: make sure
that you are following a healthy diet
including lots of fresh fruits and
vegetables, drink plenty of fluids to help
flush the toxins from your body and keep
yourself well hydrated, exercise atleast
20-30 minutes per day to help sweat out
toxins, lower your anxiety and depression
levels, help to ensure better sleep, and
to increase fitness and stamina levels.
All of the suggestions above help to
induce feelings of well being and
willpower which build a stonger, healthier
mental core which is very important in
your fight against addiction. Withdrawal
symptoms and their duration depend on the
dosage and length of time that you took
the drug although the severity depends
alot on your active role to decrease them.
The general average is about 6 months
until you are pretty much back to before
you started the drug. Good luck and I hope
that I was atleast somewhat helpful to
you. You can do it, you've already taken
the biggest step forward and from here on
out it's just taking one day at a time..
