Author: JohnB007
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:49 pm
I’m a newbie, and just found your thread. Bit surprised not more people have input or questions, whatever, as the use of methadone is so close to opioid treatment. Perhaps using methadone for pain and as a maintenance treatment doesn’t seem relevant to a lot of people, which is weird to me. Big Thumbs Up from me for having the inner strength for staying on methadone with the liquid handcuffs involved – been there, and it so sucks, but it controlled some really wrong pain. Having to hobble to the goddamn clinic wasn’t a plus, but hell, I was addicted, and moving me from a lot of physteptone to methadone had to be done – same stuff, different setting and dose. It took me a long time to move to Sub because of the tapering of the dose against the pain made things slow. Methadone seems a dirty word, even among people with addiction. There is a stigma, of course, and most people I know don’t realise it is actually used for pain in tablet form – though I’m not sure how that stands in different countries. Yep, last thing I wanted to do was go to the gym, but it helped no end. It really helped that the Trainer had qualifications in PT with people in chronic pain. Mentally it made me a lot better too. I’ve had to suspend gym for a while because of vascular issues. Get that sorted and I shall return. So, could you clarify for me, you’re on 110mg Methadone, pain and dependence, and starting gym? I only went for 45mins every second day, with a really specific and effecient bone strength regime my GP designed. There is no doubt going to the gym (and having clean urine) gave confidence to the opioid treatment doc for takeaway doses of methadone to be allowed – I really hope you’re allowed them soon. Bit of dignity restored. This is going to sound cynical, or paranoid, but trust no-one at the clinic with news of your being allowed T/A’s 
Suddenly people who don’t normally talk to you will do so once the word is out. Keep posting, Bboy42287 (I really do wonder about the origins of screen names – B’day?) and I’m going to follow and respond if you want. Good for you to return to college, or uni / school or whatever – that means something pround. And do be careful of letting things get in the way of that, and your pain / opioid treatment. I did – shit happens, as they say, I lost focus there for a while. Slows things down, I got frustrated with myself blah blah blah. Keep it tight – oh, the gym might cause some initial pain, did me, simply because I’m actually doing something, and it wasn’t an exacerbation of the chronic – at least it’s yours, and not history’s. Get this, so this new pain, which is quite mild compared to the previous nightmare, which actually crosswire pain neurology and reduce the chronic pain. Damn, it is true. I wouldn’t lie to you 
