Author: Downtime

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:40 pm

hey ambernicole,

i was reading a your story and i can really relate, same here with the back problem and then the subs. i did a really short taper tho after 3 years – i pretty much dropped of 16mg-0mg in just a few weeks. DRs told me too that anything below 1mg doesnt do anything for you and its all mental from there… complete BS. i feel most just hand out the meds and dont have a clue how to use them properly.

im about 5 weeks off suboxone. and i got to say it DOES get better may not be day to day but you will get better with time. the first 7days were so brutal i remember about day 5-6 thinking to myself theres no way i can do this i dont want to be like this. i felt like i was dragging a boat anchor around with me. but rest assure it goes way.

only advise i can give you is get a support system going with people you trust (which it sounds like you have) & blast music through your headphones. it will bring you back to reality. it sounds like your doing awesome and your doing all the right things. you dont know how huge that is that your still working. keep it up.

oh also you said something about anxiety – there are non narcotics that really helped me vistaril(anxiety) & clonidine(paws) sleep(trazadone), talk to your DR about them, really help take the edge off. id try and ditch the benzos sooner rather then later. and if you only been on this for 4 months you should have this is in the bad already.

Good Luck, you got this.