Hello, I am a 35 year old female who has been on Methadone for the past 5 years for pain management. I have only taken 10 mg 3 times per day max and for the last 6 months or so 5mg 3 times per day and am now trying to detox completely. My PCP (the same one who started me on the Methadone 5 years ago) gave me Promethazine for nausea, Clonodine for withdrawal symptoms, Trazodone for sleep, and I haven t had Methadone in 5 days. I am still experiencing withdrawal and the Clonodine makes it impossible for me to go to work but without it I am having chills, restless legs, no appetite, can t sleep, and just feeling like crap. Is there any light at the end of this tunnel? I am close to just taking the back up Methadone so I can feel normal and get back to work (I haven t been able to go since starting this process). I ve called my PCP but she is not in clinic today and her only suggestion was to quit taking the Clonodine. Any other suggestions? Also, I don t want to go on Suboxone and then have to withdrawal from that, I feel that is just like taking the Methadone. Thank you.
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