I am on methadone and have been for almost 10 years. Longer than my actual addiction to opiates. I was only on opiates for 1 year. I tried to get off of methadone once before 5 years ago and I felt like I was dying for 6 months I slept maybe 5 days out of the month a full night's sleep. I was in and out of the hospital for restless ness that just wouldn't stop. I flopped around like a fish for months in pain. I just wanted to break my ankles and kept twisting them around. I would scream from the pain and not being able to sleep. I would stand for hours in one spot just to stop the restless legs. So to get my quality of life back I got back on the methadone and didn't even drop dirty. I just knew I couldn't do anything if I didn't get back on. My family and roommates said I was like living with a dying cancer patient. I've been on it for 4 and a half years now. And don't know how to get off safely and comfortably. I can't go through what I went through the first time 5 years ago. But I don't want to take the methadone anymore. I'm handcuffed and stuck in one spot. I can never go out of state or on vacation. I'm sick of being around nothing but addicts. I've lost all my friends not being able to ever go anywhere. Stuck in one place. Please help me. Please. This seems almost too good to be true!!!! Thanks for reading. Hope to speak to someone soon!! 