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  Recs: 4 CARLIN ON AGE-----SLEEP WELL BQI George Carlin on age. (Absolutely Brilliant,we will miss him) IF YOU DON'T READ TH IS TO THE VERY END, YOU HAVE LOST A DAY IN YOUR LIFE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED, DO AS I AM DOING AND SEND IT ON. George Carlin's Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids?...

Hey....... its hard to say how long you will be without sleep.. everyone is different. I can tell you what I went thru detoxing prior to suboxone and It would take a few months before I slept well. Remember lack of sleep will not kill you. I will suggest you talk to you doc and let him/her know your not sleeping. Hopefully they will give you something safe to assist during this time....

i had dreams like that too. had one right around christmas (i was 17 or 18 weeks) that i gave birth and held the little body in my hands. talk about disturbing. really vivid dreams were the norm for me. even scary ones. i think it was my mind's way of exploring the fears i would admit to myself in my waking moments. thuper baby morphs into... BIO devil baby.

Mom as you noted, your detox was FAR too rapid for comfort. Methadone is a very long acting medication. While it may be true that you would be over the worst of a detox in 7 days on other opiate drugs, it is NOT true of methadone. What you described regarding it not getting horrible until day 8 is exactly what I would expect. The drug builds up in your system and it can be up to ten days ...