First day off subs

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Author: RockerMom

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:53 pm

Lillyval wrote:
Do you have any Subs left? I did a similar thing, rapidly tapered to 0.5mg and then jumped and felt like shit, and then caved after 3 days. I ended up going back on 0.5mg for close to a month. It was enough to get me through the day, but at the same time it allowed the large amount of Sub I had stacked up in my system to clear out. When I jumped from 0.5mg the second time it was MUCH easier. I felt exhausted and had some chills and stomach issues, but it wasn’t full out WD. It was bearable. The hardest part was that although it wasn’t intense it lasted about 2 1/2 weeks, which felt like forever. And even after that I didn’t feel 100%. But you just have to persevere. And don’t kick yourself for using. At the end of the day we’re still addicts. I have had a couple of opportunities to use painkillers since I have been off, and I took them. So for me I decided I needed outside help or I would be back on that slippery slope. I now go to NA meetings and have a sponsor. Whatever kind of support you can surround yourself with will help. Remember, an addict alone is in bad company.
Best of luck,
Lilly

No, I haven’t had any subs since Sat. I was given 90 of the 8mg films on Dec 3 and have been just cutting down until I couldn’t cut them down any more. You’re absolutely correct, I need some sort of help if I ever want to get clean, really clean. I’ve realized that too late. My doc was just an occupational medicine doc who had fda or whatever permission to write suboxone rx’s, she wasn’t anything more than that. Nothing wrong with that, but I wish she had made me realize like a yr ago that I needed some counseling or whatever along with the subs. All she did was write the script every month and that was it. I’m not stupid and I should’ve known this. Now i’ve got lortabs and I’m already worried about when they run out. It’s crazy. Yeah I’m an addict, I don’t deny it. But 15 years ago when pain clinics popped up everywhere and I could get 180 lorcets, 100 xans and 100 somas every 3 weeks for legit pain that turned into a legit addiction …. I didn’t have the knowledge I have now. Because they just kept refilling and refilling and it took more and more to get high. And I’m a nurse. I should’ve known better.

First day off subs

Posted on by

Author: RockerMom

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:53 pm

Lillyval wrote:
Do you have any Subs left? I did a similar thing, rapidly tapered to 0.5mg and then jumped and felt like shit, and then caved after 3 days. I ended up going back on 0.5mg for close to a month. It was enough to get me through the day, but at the same time it allowed the large amount of Sub I had stacked up in my system to clear out. When I jumped from 0.5mg the second time it was MUCH easier. I felt exhausted and had some chills and stomach issues, but it wasn’t full out WD. It was bearable. The hardest part was that although it wasn’t intense it lasted about 2 1/2 weeks, which felt like forever. And even after that I didn’t feel 100%. But you just have to persevere. And don’t kick yourself for using. At the end of the day we’re still addicts. I have had a couple of opportunities to use painkillers since I have been off, and I took them. So for me I decided I needed outside help or I would be back on that slippery slope. I now go to NA meetings and have a sponsor. Whatever kind of support you can surround yourself with will help. Remember, an addict alone is in bad company.
Best of luck,
Lilly

No, I haven’t had any subs since Sat. I was given 90 of the 8mg films on Dec 3 and have been just cutting down until I couldn’t cut them down any more. You’re absolutely correct, I need some sort of help if I ever want to get clean, really clean. I’ve realized that too late. My doc was just an occupational medicine doc who had fda or whatever permission to write suboxone rx’s, she wasn’t anything more than that. Nothing wrong with that, but I wish she had made me realize like a yr ago that I needed some counseling or whatever along with the subs. All she did was write the script every month and that was it. I’m not stupid and I should’ve known this. Now i’ve got lortabs and I’m already worried about when they run out. It’s crazy. Yeah I’m an addict, I don’t deny it. But 15 years ago when pain clinics popped up everywhere and I could get 180 lorcets, 100 xans and 100 somas every 3 weeks for legit pain that turned into a legit addiction …. I didn’t have the knowledge I have now. Because they just kept refilling and refilling and it took more and more to get high. And I’m a nurse. I should’ve known better.