My Ebstein-bar is 4,300. Normal is below 100. My Dr. is not well adversed with this disease, but I have found many web-sites regarding it. I have a brother that is Arthritic, and a sister in-law that started out with fibro and now has MS. I am not able to work anymore and all of these pills are horrible. In one article by Robert Bennett which is head of the OHSU Reumatoid dept, unfortunatly just retired, has been using methadone 10mg. Two tabs one to two times a day. My brother says it really works for him and has now drowsy side effects like the others meds. Has anyone tried this medication? If so, has it worked for you. My quality of life is nothing anymore. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Linda

methadone withdrawal

Ever since my girl left me, I started to rely very much on heroin to alleviate all the pain I’ve been feeling. Being left by the one I love seems to create a big void in my heart, a very big void that it made turn to heroin to fill that void. Without my daily fix of heroin, I would usually feel empty and alone but when I’m on heroin, I get to feel happy and docile again. However, I’m gradually feeling its grave toll on my body and on my family because I’m starting to act weird lately. I started stealing from my dad’s stuff just to buy my daily fix, which made me feel extremely guilty.

I’ve decided that I want to live a normal and clean life again so I want to ask if you know any means in which I can end this before it gets so out of hand. Thanks.

methadone abuse

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am currently taking Suboxone to help me with the withdrawl symtoms of my heroin addiction. I am ready to stop taking it now after 15 days. Is it too early and what are the symtoms, if any?

cocaine addiction

Hello everyone. My roommate/friend that confessed to me about she was a heroin addict. She was using methadone for a while but decided it was harder to get off of that stuff than the heroin. She started using the heroin again. She just recently was admitted into a 10 day clinic for substance abuse to go through withdrawl. She came back and he was looking better than ever. She was alive and talkative. The most noticable thing was that her eyes seemed normal not tiny and unchanging. Lately she has been withdrawing into another room, spends at least an hour in the bathroom when she says she has to go, or staying outside for half an hour to smoke, she has some trouble falling asleep but when she does it is almost impossible to get her to wake up, sometimes she falls asleep on the couch and I can see her twitching,sometimes she goes out to her buddies (who either are users or have used before) place and gets home at strange hours. I am worried because she has a great job and I think that she may be risking her job if she is still using. I confronted her about it but she just gets mad and says that she isn’t using. Can I believe her? I just don’t know anymore. I feel that she is never going to get better and that I should just give up on this friendship.

methadone treatments

My father, age 58 is trying to kick methadone. He started taking percosets (illegally) and did so for about 2 years. Then he wanted to kick percs and a ‘friend’ gave him methadone. He only did it for 6 months and was only at the most doing 20mg per day. It was only to feel “normal” from not taking percs anymore. He seriously didnt know how bad methadone was when he started it. He is currently detoxing at home, with help from me and mom. This is the 3rd day without. He was much worse yesterday, seemed better today with help of xanax and a little pot. My dad never ever was into drugs and he sadly kind of fell into this. He is VERY concerned that he’s going to get worse before he gets better because that is what so many internet articles are saying. We’re thinking MAYBE it wont be as bad due to the short duration and the low dose. Any idea how long this all could take until he starts feeling better? Any hopeful encouraging words to offer for him?
Thanks to the advice from those who responded. I’m really amazed how well he’s doing. I just saw him a few minutes ago. He’s tired, not really eating much, and very moody, swings back and forth between happy and depressed. He’s also very weepy at times and Ive never seen him so loving towards my mother…he just keeps hugging her and saying how glad he is that she’s there. He’s really doing MUCH better than a few days ago. He’s still worried about the recovery duration because he’s jumping of 20mg’s to NOTHING, but he’s doing it w/o the crutch of another drug and I’m really proud of him!! He’s gonna make it and if you’re dealing with the same thing, YOU WILL TOO! Dont trade one addiction for another. If you’re on smack, quit the smack w/o meth! If you’re on meth, taper down and then quit w/o suboxone or something else you’ll get hooked to. Smoke weed, look up natural remedies, have family or friend support, butch up and just DO IT! Big Pharma just wants you hooked!Thanks again.
And yes, he’s taking xanax to help so I guess its a bit of a crutch, but to be honest, the guy probably needs it anyway even if he wasnt fighting addiction. He’s pretty high strung.

narcotics addiction

Also what are the signs or effects of someone doing both. Can you find out from the methadone program if someone is also taking other drugs?

heroin addiction