well, i decided to stay on methadone and give it a chance to work if possible for me. i wrote about my rough start with methadone in my previous post "a quick question." now im wondering if anyone has or had in the beginning of treatment sleep issues. When i say this i mean like when i get tired, i need to sleep, there isnt really any way i can fight it but when i am sleeping, it's like i am fighting it. i sleep sitting up, or with my head tilted back and mouth wide open. Sometimes I sleep on my elbow or a variety of these positions. if someone tries to wake me, i am very jumpy, ect.. I'm told I seem very rigid and stiff when I'm sleeping. I get woken up by people in my house alot to them tellingg me to lay down, i will but i end up back in a sitting up posistion. I get twitchy and somewhat spastic before and during sleep or if i wake up too soon. i filmed myself on webcam and saw some of these things for myself and ive woken up in weird posistions too ao i know people arent messing with me. this happened a little when i was using heroin a little but not as bad as this. this is freaking me out and im sick of freaking out my family and getting woken up to them telling me to lay down everyday. anyone have any experience with anything like this?

I do the same thing fall asleep sitting up sometimes bent i half i dident even know i could bend that far well my girfriend took a picture to show me what i was doing and i was constantly being woke up and told to go to bed the whole thing has become very embarasing for me and i have back pain the next day from sleeping bent in half like that the problem is i cant stop it.

Hi, Being on methadone has actually improved my sleep. I have had difficulty sleeping for most of my life. Either the problem is difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, or waking up too early and being unable to go back to sleep. When I am on the right dose of methadone, I sleep a little better and fall asleep easier. When I first started methadone, I would doze off easily while watching tv or reading. Once I got to the right dose, and especially split dosing, this has improved greatly. For a while I was taking the 160mg in the morning and I would be sleepy and my dose was also not holding me. When the decision was made for split dosing, I didn't get sleepy and my dose now holds me 24-36 hours. I know everyone can react differently to medications and even the same dose. It is important, I believe to make sure you find the dose that is right for YOU, such that you are not experiencing problems with staying awake and alert throughout the day. We addicts tend to think that "MORE IS BETTER" when it comes to drugs, but that is not always the case, especially with methadone. Even when you find the right dose, you may still experience difficulties. Make sure that you are not taking some other medication that interacts in a negative way with the methadone. A good example of this would be BENZOS (XANAX, ATIVAN, VALIUM, KLONOPIN...) AND METHADONE, and sometimes sedating antidepressants such as Elavil (Amitryptiline). Anyways, I am rambling. Get a good doctor, don't lie to the nurse to get more methadone, and do the next right thing. Good luck!