My journey and some info.

Author: britianyann

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:02 am

Hope this helps a bit. Please add more.

I guess it is my turn to finally sit down, adventure out, and start this journey. I have been finding it very difficult to do because I was totally afraid, if I am not witty, funny, or over the top upsetting, no one would respond to my posts. So, I decided to cast caution to the wind and be me. Lol.

Start by saying, you need to go through the blogs, the information you gain is important. One, and I mean one thought of not being able to stay clean, turn back now. Things have to be good when you do this. The stresses in life, how you feel about yourself, work, and relationships HAVE TO all be in place. This will, I hope, result in a successful journey. And, it isn’t an easy one. So, if this is what you are going to do, go for it. And, good luck, we will need it.

This is a wonderful site.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=suboxdoc&oq=suboxdoc&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_l=youtube.12..0.20338l27508l0l31699l8l8l0l2l2l0l84l433l6l6l0.

Takes you to Suboxdoc’s videos on you tube.

First scare: PAWS (suboxone does tend to have this longer, its one downfall)
Post-acute withdrawal Syndrome occurs because your brain chemistry is gradually returning to normal. As your brain improves the levels of your brain chemicals fluctuate as they approach the new equilibrium causing post-acute withdrawal symptoms.

It’s time to pay the piper. Most of us came to sub to avoid w/d and or death. Plain and simple. When you are ready to be without opiates, you will have to go through this. We are blessed; we could be suffering like Suboxdoc had to. Heck, his Journey has led us all here, and his fight keeps us with this option. Thanks Suboxdoc. �

Proper taking of suboxone:

For best results start with a ‘dry’ mouth, bite the suboxone with your front teeth to crush it and dissolve it immediately upon putting it in your mouth, then use your tongue to spread the concentrated, dissolved medication over all surface areas inside your mouth. A couple points: the intact tablet is not doing anything, so holding it under the tongue takes needless time– get it dissolved right away. Second, there is nothing special about the area under your tongue; the medication will get absorbed from all surfaces inside the mouth, so use as much surface area as possible to increase absorption and speed the process. Third, after dosing for 5-10 minutes you can either swallow the saliva or spit it out– if the bitter taste really bothers you, perhaps spitting it out is the better option (also a better option for the rare individual who seems to get headaches from the naloxone in suboxone). Finally, do not drink anything or rinse your mouth with liquid for at least 15 minutes after dosing, as that will remove some of the buprenorphine that you are trying to absorb. Keep the volume down and get it to go in every little corner… then I swallow it, and don’t drink or eat for another 15 minutes.

I find this technique difficult. I have to swallow the second I get the stuff swooshed around my mouth. Seems to get easier with practice. However, I am obviously, getting enough. Just do your best. You can’t get more after you are above the ceiling cap. If you aren’t having symptoms you are doing it right. This is quicker and easier for me.

Thanks Suboxdoc for all the wonderful information I am sharing…..

“Ceiling� cap: http://suboxonetalkzone.com/ceilings/ by Suboxdoc

http://suboxforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3356&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=ceiling+effect

The stacking effect:
I can only say this is how I think it works. Unable to find a good definition. But, from the information I did find: 8mg taken morning, then your 8mg in the afternoon stacks on prior 8mg. giving you 16mg. Then 8mg. in the eve creating your 24mg. Then you take your 8mg in the morn etc….

Half-life:
the period of time it takes for the amount of a substance undergoing decay to decrease by half. Sub half-life is 37 hours. This means at each interval you lose ½ your potency. Say you take 12 mg. once a day. In 37 hours, it will become 6mg. Next, 37 hours 3mg. Next, 37 hours 1.5mg. etc.…. It’s why Sub withdrawal is so drawn out. You won’t be completely off sub when you take your last pill. You have to wait till all of it and that which was stacked breaks down.

Trying to get this out. More on my return. I hope you are enjoying…..