Drug Withdrawal: Methadone Detox Facts

Question: Is this normal for someone going through a drug withdrawal?

(Posted by: Serge the seagull on 2009-04-21 13:24:09)

Anyway, 8 month ago I started taking a drug to help my sleep. It was bad and interrupted. And on my first night I slept for 8 hours, I felt fresh, I'd go to gym. Now I built up a resistance and I stopped taking it. To make things worse I also have a flu right now. It was bad, now I just have a cough. Anyway, I stopped taking my drug and I think I became very very very irritable. Like I can snap over a minor thing. Also I can barely get 30 min of sleep per night. I don't want to go to a doctor because he'll just prescribe some other crap. My personal opinion that good diet and good workouts will heal everything. So should I just suck it up, not sleep for a couple days, turn my phone off and take a break from all the crap in my life. Take a yoga class or something.

Posted by: Jean on 2009-04-21, 13:36:33

Not only have you built an immunity to the drug, but you've built up a dependency. This is very common with most drugs that help you sleep. What you are saying sounds like a great idea, just keep on it, it may be hard at first because your body is going through dependency withdrawals. But after time, you will be able to sleep just fine again. As for the trouble sleeping, what all have you tried? there are things you can do besides medicine that can help you. I have difficulty sleeping too, I mean I really do struggle with sleep but these are the some of the things I try and do to make it better: Exercise. It tends to wake me up in the morning, but after I jog or walk a lot at some point during the day, at the end of the night I feel more tired. Drinking tea can really help too. Or warm milk before you go to bed. I try and watch a movie that is not full of action, or listen to soft music. Take a bath, that really helps me too. Anyways, good luck!

Posted by: ellomate3 on 2009-04-21, 20:43:56

Yep its withdrawl you just got to push through it and you should hopefuly get your sleep back. stay off of drugs for as long as possible. your body is having weird chemical reactions with drugs