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I am a mother of 4, My oldest son is now 30 he has been an addict sence his late teens. It has affectected...

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Off of Oxy, now on Methdone-I want off opiates! he...

Hello. After 15 years of being on Oxycontin, I ended up taking about 120mg in the morning and 15mg at night. I...

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Hello. After 15 years of being on Oxycontin, I ended up taking about 120mg in the morning and 15mg at night. I was initially put on the very low dose of oxycontin because of restless leg syndrome in 1999 and it was all fine until I had my hip replaced last September and started taking up to 120mg a day). So I talked to my doctor and he put me in the hospital

with a team that included a pain management specialist and psychiatrist and himself. They put me on 5 mg of methadone 4 times a day. It has now been 2 weeks since I have been on it. But 6 days ago, I decided to be "smart" on my own and changed it to 5 mg 3 times a day, I had a few days of withdrawal (anger, sweating) and restless leg syndrome but it seems to be better now.

After all these years on narcotics, I want to be off of everything. I have lost many years of being myself from the side effects like not wanting to go anywhere, lazy, moody, angry, ect. The reason they went the way of methadone is that I have avascular necrosis in my knees, had 2 hip replacements 8 years ago and the hips were part of the big hip recall, so I had one of the bad ones replaced already but have one more coming when I decide to do it. I also have pain in my shoulder from calcium deposits on my rotater cuff, not to mention living with HIV since 1988 and diabetes for 2 years now and due to the new HIV meds I was put on 4 years ago gained 100 pounds so now I am 5'6" and 270, alot of pressure on bad legs.

When I checked out of the hospital they gave me a 2 week prescription for methadone, which ends this Saturday. I feel I am in a little better position (and I may be wrong) having only been on the methadone for 17 days, to get off the methadone, maybe it won't be as bad a taper as someone who has been on higher doses or on it for a longer time. I have called the pain management and told them I want to taper off and try to deal with the pain in other ways.

How addicted is my system to the methadone after 17 days? How do they usually taper this amount? The worst part of this all is they sent me home rather than to treatment

where I should have gone, in fact I am so sorry now that I did not go right into a treatment center where they might have used suboxone or something different than methadone. I had asked about suboxone when I checked in and one doctor said they don't use it there and the next doctor said he "chose" the methadone, probably due to my continuing pain. But now I want off. I want the real me back. I've had it with opiates. The psychological effects of the methadone feel the same as oxycontin, anger, not wanting to do anything, no ambition, ect. maybe not quite as bad. I Must admit

my pain is a lot less, which blows me away because I was on so much oxycontin, but my moods are terrible and I am very down. I have been through treatment before and I know what it feels like to be sober, I want that freedom in my mind and that wonderful feeling. I wake up every morning with terrible anxiety that feels like an elephant on my chest.

Can anyone comment on how this will go as far as tapering after 17 days on methadone? I know I have to consider the long time on oxycontin before that as well. I am willing to take my chances and see what the pain is like. Or am I still having effects from so much oxycontin and could that be causing these terrible moods and depression and sadness? Any comments on anything I said would mean the world to me.

Thank goodness I had Requip for the restless legs. Now I am finding on forums that 5mg is a huge taper to do on my own but it probably wasn't as bad because I was only on the extra 5mg for 4 days. But I am wondering how addicted my body is to the methadone after 17 days?

Any help with my situation, or any component of it, I would be very grateful.View Thread

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I decided after 25 years that I was ready to take the step to be clean. So i called a sub dr...they tell...

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Xanax Addiction

I have a neighbor [Tina> who is prescribed a 3 pill per day Xanax prescription from her doctor and, as far...

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I have a neighbor [Tina> who is prescribed a 3 pill per day Xanax prescription from her doctor and, as far as I can tell, is taking even more than that ridiculous daily allotment. Some days, she has even taken as many as seven. She has become abusive, belligerent, reclusive, extremely depressed, and has outright been threatening her 22 year old grandson who has been living with her as a partial caretaker, going as far as threatening to stab him. Today, she had one of her worst fits, screaming that the grandson was dead and being very elusive about giving answers about where he may be. (Turns out he had walked several miles to visit a friend and his recording studio and he had told Tina that he would be away for the day). The entire neighborhood was searching for this guy, even inside of the Tina's house because we were afraid she had killed him. This woman was a perfect fit for EVERY symptom warned of for Xanax, especially loss of control to the point of being outright cruel. Anyway, looks like Tina forgot her grandson had told her he would be out for the day and when he was gone for more than an hour, the only conclusion she could come up with was that he had gone some place and died.

This insanity has been going on for so long now, and we have tried everything we can to stop this, going so far as to contact the doctor and (respectfully) ask he reconsider prescribing her this medicine, or at least have her physically come into the office to get the prescription so said doctor will SEE her terrible state. But the doctor lets her phone in the prescription and then the grandson picks it up. He has said that this will be the last time he will do this for her because she has gone batcrap crazy since she started abusing the medicine since her last prescription was filled. No one knows what to do when this prescription runs, and I feel that the doctor prescribing this prescription is abusing Tina for money because he hasn't even had her in for a checkup in over a year.

Something needs to be done about this, but I don't even know where to start. If anyone can, please point me in the right direction to help Tina.

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My Health Profile

In my health profile they have me down as drug dependence. Granted I have been on pain management for over 15...

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Tired of the calories from beer

I have drank 3-6 beers a day for forty one years and the only affect on my life has been losing an athletic...

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I have ran into similar situation on 3rd of June I took a random for my pain management Dr. (keep in mind I...

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Has anyone else ever tested positive for THC after taking ibuprofen and/or naproxen?

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percocet

Today is Wed. I took 1/2 a percocet at 7pm. I will have to give a urine sample for a drug and alcohol test on...

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Kratom HELPS relieve depression and anxiety. It also helps reduce withdrawal symptoms of weaning off...

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Reply: When will my brain heal after using marijuana? I'm...

Ill state that im no doctor i have no training. You cant be serious,smoking weed for what would be 12-14days...

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False posotive

I am on methadone clinic and clean from drugs and alcohol for almost 4 years now.I am given a drug test once a...

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Eating disorder is a bad dream and it is hard stay away from binge.My grandmother went for treatment at...

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Treatment for "collapsed veins"?

Is there a treatment for collapsed veins due to iv drug use? I have a number of collapsed veins in my arms...

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Causes for false positive drug screens

I was put on methadone 25 years ago for a medical problem. Since I had been on a methadone clinic in the...

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I was put on methadone 25 years ago for a medical problem. Since I had been on a methadone clinic in the past to get off of prescription drugs (for the same medical problem), I was allowed to become a patient of that clinic again. I don't drink or use any drugs other than what my doctor prescribes and I report all of those to the clinic. Today I was told that I had tested positive for THC three times! They test us monthly using the oral swabs. I'm a little upset that they didn't tell me after the first or second time, but I just need to prove my innocence.
I tried marijuana 42 years ago and have never smoked it again. I'm going crazy trying to find out what would have caused these false positives.
I've read that Ibuprofen can cause a false positive but only in very large doses. I never take more than 400mg doses up to 4 times a day. I've also read that some ingredients in things like shampoo, hair color, soap and lotions can cause false positives for THC. That sounds a little far-fetched but I'm open to any substantiated explanations I can find. If I can show them something from a reliable source explaining these false positives, they won't make me come in every day to get my medicine. I can't afford to drive there every day and I don't want this on my record. It's wrong and it's embarrassing that everyone who works there thinks I'm smoking pot.

The prescriptions I take are Ranitidine, Amitriptylene, Quinapril, Combivent Inhaler and Flonase Nasal Spray. I also take a prenatal vitamin (although I'm definitely not pregnant) and it has 1.7mg Vitamin B2 in it. I read that B2 can cause a false positive too but don't know how much it takes. I also take some herbal supplements and chewable antacids but can't find anything about them causing this.
Can anyone show me documentation that one of these things could be causing this? I've been up all night researching and still have very little to go on.View Thread

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drug screen the next morning

Can you Test positive for weed the next day. I took maybe 3 hits off a blunt the on Wednesday and got called...

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NEED HELP! CAN THESE DRUGS CAUSE A FALSE POSITIVE ...

I have been completely separated from weed for well over a year (16 months) and just today i took a drug...

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Have either Naproxen, Minocycline or Acemetaphine(Tylenol) led someone to a false positive drug test?

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addicted fiancee

To the fiancee, i would encourage you to attend AlAnon. It is important that you be supportive for your love...

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Hi johnnminn, Just wanted to check in and see how your test went. Did they check for antidepressants?...

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Kratom gave me my life back. i have been suffering from nerve damaging causing my stomach and gallbladder...

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Reply: How to cope with leg cramps/pain from withdrawal

Do you think that people wake up one day and think "I'm going to get hooked on percocet today."? Of...

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Reply: On SUBOXONE for 8 Years!HELP??????Anyone else on i...

Choclab88 My psychiatrist put me on Suboxone to help me get off 30 years of pain pills. It is working, I am...

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Walkaway87 U should NEVER stop taking your Effexor cold turkey. You need to be weaned off it. Any...

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I am also having same problem. Haven't made it but a week. Any suggestions? Gotta pass preemploy test.

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False positive drug test

I recently took a pre-employment drug test. The Dr. called today and said it tested positive for marijuna!!!!...

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Reply: To this date, is there proof that Naproxen Sodium ...

Thank you. I had read it but since it was 3 years ago, wanted to know current standings on this. I just failed a...

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Reply: Sharp Increase in Heroin Usage in New Jersey

In just the past MONTH, 1 in 4 U.S. adults engaged in binge drinking! These are not some numbers dreamed up...

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