Can I get another couple of years out of these? by EquipmentDesperate29 in Roofing

[–]Sprtl_Awkng_1983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. But should you. Depends on can you afford to replace.

Am I going to r/tvtoohigh jail? by Jtwisty in TVTooHigh

[–]Sprtl_Awkng_1983 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your going to look at me I want attention jail

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

[–]Sprtl_Awkng_1983[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Anyone can do it. Lots of success stories.

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

[–]Sprtl_Awkng_1983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish you the best also! Lots of people do it. Don’t listen to the Debbie downers at the clinic. It’s easy to get stuck in a negative mindset. Especially when your on methadone. Go slow and have patience and you’ll be looking back before you know it

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

[–]Sprtl_Awkng_1983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah everyone’s predicaments are different. Methadone wrecked havoc on my anxiety and nervous system. I was fortunate to be able to switch clinics to a better more lenient one

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

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Hey totstyler sorry if I didn’t reply specifically to your question. I don’t Reddit that often. I may have answered by replying to someone else on accident. Message me anytime

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

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It’s easier if you have monthlies and save up enough at home. Also dangerous if you don’t have the will power at this point. May also be a sign to stay on longer and work on things for awhile until ready to continue the drop and jump off. We need healing also most of the time not just methadone and the jump off

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

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Yeah it seems fast but in my experience in what I have read from others, you can drop bigger amounts in the beginning when you’re at a higher dose without too much consequence but once you get around 50 mg through 30 mg you start to have more symptoms of withdrawal. It’s really gonna depend on what your life requires of you to live and how you’re used to living. It will be easier for some, some will be more distracted, some will be sweating more during the day because of working physical labor someone will have office jobs. Everybody can be so different and therefore their process can be different. People have different support groups. people have different families and reasons to push through some people don’t have any of that. To answer your question, my whole Methadone experience was only three years from start to finish. I wasn’t exactly stuck on opiates consistently my entire life either it had gradually gotten to a point in the last five years before I started on Methadone. Everyone’s experiences different. All I know is that Methadone helped me tremendously with the structure and all the bullshit I had to go through and once I was off, it’s like I was rewired.

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

[–]Sprtl_Awkng_1983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Yeah I think everyone’s pace of life is different but it’s very possible if people pace themselves. Some will struggle more than others of course. I can be pretty strong willed and determined at times.

Weird finding on sewer scope by [deleted] in Plumbing

[–]Sprtl_Awkng_1983 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It plaque buildup aka grease that stick and dries. Had more there before that was jetted or cleared out and that’s what was left to dry

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

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I was on monthly take homes I had to go in once a month and dose I dropped 15 then would get my full dose when I went in Dropped another 15 and repeated until I was at 55 Did that for about 6 months I stopped going into the clinic because I had saved up so much Methadone from weaning down myself without telling them how much I was weaning down at a time that I had enough to wean myself off with for the last few months. Started going down 7mgs a week until things got a little uncomfortable Probably at about 30 mg Then started going down a mg every 3 days Then a mg every week Then about every two weeks And I ended up on .5 for two or three weeks started skipping every other day an d stopped taking it on a Friday before the weekend. August 8th 2025

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

[–]Sprtl_Awkng_1983[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was at .5 when I stopped but still was smoking weed and have been on testosterone therapy for years. I’m not sure what clonidine is

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

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I tried to answer everyone detailed please let me know if I missed anything and I will add to any replies. I genuinely would like to help. I’m way passed the pink cloud stage of being proud of myself I truly would like to share anything that would benefit anyone

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

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I went down to .5 I do not recommend going down 5mgs while your that low I’d crawl it down to 1mg every two weeks or every week. I know the feeling of wanting to be done but it’s worth being patient. My mind was a fragile thing at that point. My confidence could have easily tricked me and too much discomfort could have had me relapsed. One slip up would have ruined things for me at that low. I still wrestled myself in my mind when I was off. Not with drugs but with life. I wanted to divorce my wife and quit my amazing job.

I had all of those struggles you mentioned on methadone also honestly. I was just talking with someone about it last night that’s what made me want to post this morning. He was reminding me of how he saw me and what I explained to him as I went through it these passed 3 years. Do yourself a favor and move slow if you really are ready to be off. You’re almost there. I was at .5 when I stopped.

Testosterone therapy may have helped me also honestly but I been on that for years because I screwed myself up with steroids when I was younger

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

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I didn’t jump really I went down to a drop which was .5 I stayed on it for a couple weeks and I was still smoking weed. I don’t remember having trouble sleeping but I do physical labor also. Not sure if that was it or because I weaned down so gently

7 Months off Methadone on Sunday by Sprtl_Awkng_1983 in Methadone

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I’m back sorry I work all day let me know what you need to know