Methadone Uses

Question by skackles: Question on methadone and marijuana?
I have been on methadone maintenance for about 2 weeks now. It’s been a life saver in helping with withdrawal and I no longer have to be shooting up all day long. I find it really helps kill any withdrawal I have but it doesnt get me near as high as heroin or morphine ever did. I smoked some weed the other night and it was the first time i got stoned while on methadone. I didnt find the high to be as good as it was on morphine or heroin as well. I used to love getting stoned on heroin and morphine but I find it is not enjoyable at all on methadone. I also found it took away from the effects that methadone produces. It took away the warm, relaxed and social aspects of the methadone. It also made me lazy and put me in an agitated mood. When I woke up the next morning I didnt feel that great at all. When I got my daily dose of methadone I slowly started to feel better again. This is great because I used to love smoking weed and now since it takes away from the goodness of methadone I am not going to smoke anymore. Does anyone know why this happened? howcome I got this reaction with the methadone and not with any of the other opiates I have used (oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, heroin, dilaudid, codeine). And did this happen to anyone else on methadone (like any similar experiences)? Thanks
P.S. I dont need/want to know about how dangerous mixing methadone and weed can be. and I dont want no “go ask your doctor” answers.
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TraceyR: I am not wasting anyones time here. This is an open webite and I am allowed asking questions. If you dont want to give feedback to my question then don’t read it. You ae a waste actually! I am looking for peoples answers who are interested. If yoiu arent then dont reply to my question. And for your BSN.. I wouldnt want a nurse like you working for me. You are a rude and ignorant snob. So keep your mouth shut if you cant say something nice. You are a waste of my time.
TraceyR: I am wasting peoples time> YOU are the waste of tme here. You are a wast of my and everyone elses time who has a question to post. If youdont like the question then why would you read it and even answer it! sounds crazy to me. So keep your rude comments to yourself cuz I dont wanna hear them nor anyone else! thanks and keep your mouth shut

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Answer by TraceyR
Stop doing that crap. End of story. You are wasting people’s time here with this.

Answer by luna
first of all congrats on been clean,i know you are on methadone but for the ignorant rednecks who respond in here that is a replacement medication that help people that have problems stopping heroin or other opiates.a drug non the less the whole point of methadone is to lie to your body pretty much so you are getting something but you are not getting high and you don’t crave heroin(in the best of cases) so that said when people take methadone any other drug like weed,hash,cocaine,whatever will not get you exactly high like they used to,is the methadone doing what it suppose to be doing,so is a good thing.think methadone as a nicotine patch or nicotine gum,ok

you may miss the feeling of being high on weed but believe you don’t need that,you are doing fine with out the weed,if you have insomnia or depression or an eating disorder and you really need the weed then talk to a doctor about getting something.

second of all: for the ignorant people out there,methadone is legal,is not Meth as in crystal meth ok,methadone is use in extreme cases when people can’t stop shooting up street drugs,and is a good way to stop and don’t crave the heroin that much and not get infections from dirty needles or other diseases or get killed or shot cause the life style kills more people than the drug,so methadone is legal if you really need it ,and this guy is in recovery so no need to be a nasty twat about it.
and weed is also legal where i live,in california,there is a weed shop in every corner that will only sell weed to people with medical problems and people that have a card that have to be given by a doctor,lots of doctors here will recommend eating or smoking weed to people that have depression,eating disorder,chronic pain,insomnia,etc,and also people that suffer with addictions from street drugs such as heroin.
now the problem is whatever you smoke don’t really make you feel good if you are on methadone,so is a waste of money pretty much,stay on the methadone if that is helping with your opiate addiction,is a hard long road out of hell my friend!

i am a recovering addict myself,i was shooting heroin for 2 years,i was always the functional perfect addict,never lost a job or friends,never stole money to buy drugs,so i was fooling myself,this type of addict are the hardest to deal with it,i got help i got medication for depression and anxiety,went to therapy and stopped doing heroin all together.

good luck in your recovery and stay strong!

Luna

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