Methadose and sweets

weight gain, sweating, craving for sweets, loss of sex drive, no passion for life. Can't concentrate and have became a hermit. I never even want to go outside, let alone meet people or even visit old friends. Feel like I could be in a cave with a boulder over the entryway and I would be just fine. Was taking over 100 mg a day but am now down to 15 mg!! It has taken me a year to get here, that is how bad the withdrawal is. This drug has seeped into my very soul. I am afraid that I will not be able to get all the way off at this rate.

I HAVE BEEN ON METADONE FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS NOW AND I AM UP 150 MGS A DAY, I HAVE FIBROMYALGIA AND THE PAIN IS JUST TERRIBLE MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN I FIRST WENT ON THIS DRUG I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE PERFECT DRUG, IT TOOK ALL OF MY PAIN AWAY, IT WAS SOMEWHAT CHEAP, AND MY DOCTOR WOULD GIVE ME ENOUGH OF IT TO TAKE CARE OF MY PAIN. HOWEVER ...I WAS ALWAYS A SMALL WOMAN THE MOST THAT I EVER WEIGHED WAS 150 PONDS AND THAT WAS WHEN I WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH MY CHILDREN, I USED TO HAVE TO MAKE MYSELF EAT TO TRY AND GAIN WEIGHT..AFTER BEING ON METHDONE FOR ABOUT A MONTH I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT I HAD INTENSE CRAVINGS FOR SWEETS THAT I COULD NOT DENY...IT WAS LIKE NEEDING A HIT OF HERION OR SOMETHING.. NOW THAT LITTLE GIRL THAT USED TO HAVE TO TRY TO GAIN WEIGHT AND WHOS NORMAL WEIGHT WAS 115 POUNDS IS UP TO 162 POUNDS AFTER JUST 7 MONTHS ON THIS DRUG, I AM ONLY EATING ONE MEAL A DAY AND JUST HAVING A FEW BITES OF SOMETHING AT BREAKFAST..THE MORE I TRY TO DIET THE MORE WEIGHT I GAIN...SOMEONE HELP!! IS THERE ANY THING AT ALL THAT I CAN DO .. I CAN SOMEWHAT DEAL WITH THE CONSTIPATION THAT IS NEVER GOING AWAY AND I CAN DEAL WITH THE SWEATS THAT ARE HORRIBLE - I CAN EVEN DEAL WITH THE SLEEPINESS AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES BUT I CAN NOT DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS FAT..THIS IS MAKING ME EVEN MORE DEPRESSED AND SUICIDIAL THAN I EVER WAS BEFORE METHADONE....I REALLY AM THINKING ABOUT TRYING ANOTHER DRUG BUT THEY ALL JUST COST SO MUCH.....ANY ADVICE FOR ME ABOUT THE WEIGHT GAIN???

I have just recently started taking methadose, I was invovled in a motor vehicle accident in 1999. I experience severe pain everyday not always intolerable but sometimes excruciating pain and have suffered for years, until I went to a Pain Clinic that was a godscend to me. I can finally be halfway normal and do things I've only dreamed of and has helped me emoitionally as well, I am not so despressed. The only downside is that I become very constipated and have gained weight especially in the abdominal area. I'm not complaining because I am finally not suffering in pain or suicidal I feel great. But I am concerned that my abdominal area will continue to grow, I work out and do not over eat nor eat a lot of sweets any suggestions I'd appreciate it !

HELLO, I WAS IN A TERRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT. NEVER DID HERION ANYTHING HARDER THAN PRCOCET BEFORE THE CAR ACCIDENT AND NEVER I REPEAT NEVER DRANK AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN MY LIFE. I AM HAVING A EXTREMELY HARD TIME WITH THE METHAODSE PROGRAM MY PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR PUT ME ON. I WAS NEVER HEAVY IN MY LIFE. ACTUALLY ALWAYS A LITTLE TOO SKINNY FOR MY 5FT 9 INCH FRAME THE ONLY TIME I EVER WENT ABOVE 145 PDS WAS WHEN IW AS PREGNANT WITH BOTH MY CHILDREN. NOW I HAVE BEEN ON METHADOSE FOR ALMOST 6 MOTHS AND HAVE WENT FROM 136 TO 177 HELP ME AND I ALWAYS FEEL BLOTED BAD BAD CRAVING FOR ONLY SWEETS BUT, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE WEIGHT GAIN I ONLY EAT ONE MEAL A DAY HELP