Author: Damian

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:47 pm

Thank you…

Jonathanm1978 / Subie / Romeo / Stephent

That clears alot up. The only time that was crappy was at the end when I was like at 0.50 to 0.25 and I had to stay here for awhile and then jump. It wasn’t too bad just feeling alittle crappy but totally manageable. All in all from the beginning to the end , starting , using and tapering off was like a "too good to be true" feeling. Can’t believe there was/is a easy way off opiate addiction as this is.

Thanks again,
Damian

Author: Damian

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:47 pm

Thank you…

Jonathanm1978 / Subie / Romeo / Stephent

That clears alot up. The only time that was crappy was at the end when I was like at 0.50 to 0.25 and I had to stay here for awhile and then jump. It wasn’t too bad just feeling alittle crappy but totally manageable. All in all from the beginning to the end , starting , using and tapering off was like a "too good to be true" feeling. Can’t believe there was/is a easy way off opiate addiction as this is.

Thanks again,
Damian

Author: cire113

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:36 am

Ive been on sub for a while now i take about 2mgs 2x a day.. .about 4mg a day… Taking more than 4mgs a day once its built up in my system does not but increase bad side effects…

Anyways i am extremely tired and have no energy all the time…

Its impossible for me to get up in the morning and i seem to sleep forever

Author: cire113

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:36 am

Ive been on sub for a while now i take about 2mgs 2x a day.. .about 4mg a day… Taking more than 4mgs a day once its built up in my system does not but increase bad side effects…

Anyways i am extremely tired and have no energy all the time…

Its impossible for me to get up in the morning and i seem to sleep forever

Author: jonathanm1978

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:55 am

http://www.cmt.com/videos/misc/380677/video-replay-darius-rucker-wont-be-like-this-for-long.jhtml
I just watched the video..and boy did I cry. Sitting at home, nobody up but me and my 15-month old niece, she’s the REASON that I woke up…i know she’s missed me…
And this time it was uncontrollable tears flowing. I couldn’t stop..I left a part of my heart in a hospital bed, over an hour away..
This little girl hasn’t been in this world but 3 days or so…and she’s already tearing up my heart…and partially, breaking it..especially when we walk out of that NICU and have to come back home!!

Sorry for the sadness..but it’s just an emotional time, knowing that I should be up this time of night fixing a bottle, not wishing I could just SEE my baby.

I haven’t posted much today, but today has been a good day. Like I said, unless I’m here posting a lot of stuff, then assume that everything is improving.

I just called NICU, shes down to 23% on her O2..so 2% more and the Oxy-hood can be REMOVED!!

I hope tomorrow I can report that we’re getting to hold our baby.

Author: jonathanm1978

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:55 am

http://www.cmt.com/videos/misc/380677/video-replay-darius-rucker-wont-be-like-this-for-long.jhtml
I just watched the video..and boy did I cry. Sitting at home, nobody up but me and my 15-month old niece, she’s the REASON that I woke up…i know she’s missed me…
And this time it was uncontrollable tears flowing. I couldn’t stop..I left a part of my heart in a hospital bed, over an hour away..
This little girl hasn’t been in this world but 3 days or so…and she’s already tearing up my heart…and partially, breaking it..especially when we walk out of that NICU and have to come back home!!

Sorry for the sadness..but it’s just an emotional time, knowing that I should be up this time of night fixing a bottle, not wishing I could just SEE my baby.

I haven’t posted much today, but today has been a good day. Like I said, unless I’m here posting a lot of stuff, then assume that everything is improving.

I just called NICU, shes down to 23% on her O2..so 2% more and the Oxy-hood can be REMOVED!!

I hope tomorrow I can report that we’re getting to hold our baby.

Author: Damian

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:11 pm

It’s been 9 days… of 8mg in the morning and 8mg at evening.

Everything is going as planned. Everything is stabilized and is going good.

Sleep is much better (not 100%). Iv’e been drinking a Bob Marley Mellow Mood on nights I feel abit restless or have alot on my mind around the time I goto sleep. Check it out…
http://www.marleysmellowmood.com/

Appetite is also back.

Every now and then Ill feel abit rough in the mornings and it takes a extra bit to get going, but after that it smmoth sailing threw out the day.

I find myself getting abit edgy . Like making a mountain out of a mole hill about something that went wrong. Instead of letting it go and dealing with it , I stayed pissed off for abit until I calmed myself down and let it go. I don’t know if it’s the Suboxone or just me in general , mabey abit of both. Which ever it is Ill deal with it But I thought I would share incase someone else goes through this too with the Suboxone.

Like I said next step is to report back to my Doc and form a good taper plan. I can’t wait to see him and tell him everything and also to hear his thoughts. Also to see what plan he will have for me.

Damian

Author: finallyachance

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:01 pm

Oh my how beautiful from view she looks totally normal despite a few lines running around her. She will be fine but I totally understand your feelings about the "parenting room". To a parent there is no difference in dying or needing medical intervention whatsoever. The fear, panic, concern and pain is deep. As far as you are concerned your daughter is not well and you don’t wanna leave her side. Shame on those nurses. Tell them to go get a job in a methadone clinic if they are going to act like asses. lol. I hope she don’t have to have the chest tube but if she does she will still be fine a few months down the road this will be a fading memory. Soon you will be taking her home. We are praying for you all. Look at all that hair.

Author: tearj3rker

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:18 pm

There wouldn’t be any huge problem. But you might need to account for, or at least be aware of, the differences in bioavailability.

Basically, the film is stronger. Not because it contains more bupe, but because we absorb more bupe when we take the film. I read the amount we absorb is around 20-30% more.

If you don’t adjust your dose, there may be a stabilisation period each time you switch – ie when switching from film too pills you may have some mild uncomfortable withdrawal effects for a few days. It’d be a feeling like dropping from 8mg to 6mg… then when switching back you may feel more bupe effects, like a mild buzz and maybe some mild increased side-effects as if you were going back up to 8mg.

To minimise this, it might be better to switch each alternating day. That way your overall stacked levels would stay on an even level, and you might not have to restabilise as much.

Let us know how you go.

Author: laddertipper

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:36 pm

What blows me away is:

"49% of patients reduced their use of other opiates during the 12 week course of Suboxone treatment"

So….am I reading this wrong? Even with Suboxone, the majority of people (51%) did not even reduce their use of other opiates? I wonder what the percentage of people who actually eliminated their use of other opiates was, and to me, wording it like that comes off as an attempt to cloak the important figure, which is the rate of abstinence from other opiates while on Sub. 49% of people reducing their use of other opiates is just not as successful as I’d expect. Wow….

LT