Author: Romeo

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:17 pm

Hey Sweet, I just copied this response from another thread I justed posted, it seemed to line up pretty well with your question too.

When I quit Suboxone, it took a fairly long time for my energy to come back, but I don’t think the lack of energy was all due to wd. I had used drugs for 26 years straight, I used them to get high, to get energy, to escape reality, etc. Once I quit all narcotics, I didn’t have that external source of energy (drugs) anymore, I had to learn how to build my own energy, this is where recovery comes in.

We’re so used to being able to pop a pill for energy that our bodies/brains have come to rely on that. Take the drugs away and a lot of us addicts really don’t know how to function without them. The good news is that you can re-learn how to live.

Also, now that we’re off drugs, we may notice some underlying conditions that the drugs were hiding, ex. depression. At several points during my recovery, I was pretty sure that I had some kind of depression, but now I believe it was just my mind struggling to live without drugs.

Another thing I’ve wrestled with during my recovery is the fact that my energy levels are not now where they used to be on drugs and it finally clicked for me, drugs gave me an artificially high energy level that I’ll never be able to match naturally. On drugs, my energy levels were 150%, but naturally, I’ll only ever be able to reach 100% and that’s something I’ve got to keep in mind when I get down on myself about my energy levels.

My best advice is to continue to be patient with the healing process and to start working some kind of recovery.