Author: Eveleivibe

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 2:52 pm

Thank you. You’re all so very lovely n supportive here. Thank you so very much. It means a lot it really does. Feeling a bit down at mo but i’m no other than I deserve in life

Author: dirtyblonde

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:50 pm

Yes I am glad to see your doing so well I will follow you soon.

Author: Romeo

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:30 pm

You say you’re very hard headed, eh? Well, welcome to the club, most everyone here is pretty hard headed when it came to how they got off Suboxone (maybe not quite as hard headed as you, though. LOL)

As you’ve said, you have to do what works for you. Keep your taper flexible and always be willing to make adjustments. Adapt and overcome, soldier!!

Author: Doober

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:59 pm

Wow, thank you so much for all the helpful advice Amy, and Rule and Romeo as well. You are all awesome. I have some good news, finally – I managed to find a handful of my meds that I didn’t realize I still had, there was two days supply left… thank god for that. I know i’m going to have to take WAY less to make it to my next refill, but that I think I can deal with, and still goto work everyday, maybe with some minor discomfort. Much better, I’m quite relieved.

Option 3 btw was never an option for me, I cannot relapse – I know I won’t survive it if that were to happen, though I’m always mindful that its always possible, and do everything I can to keep that from happening, and I have a good support group around me to help keep me in check.

This experience has certainly jolted me a bit. I didn’t realize just how badly my body has become re-wired to work with suboxone, not until I stopped taking it for a couple days. I also forgot how long it actually takes to get into your system – it took over an hour before I felt any level of normality after taking it this evening.

Now hopefully my doc isn’t turned off by this whole ordeal, and maybe it’s time to think about taking less and.. Maybe.. Quitting altogether some day.

Author: Fiveseven15

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:11 am

really just gotta prepare yourself, and stay positive and come to THESE forums to talk about it. just talking about things helped me so immensely.

update: after an hour or so with the kava, anxiety was completely gone, little tired, but no drunk feeling like others have stated. it supposedly acts on the same receptors as benzos but for some reason benzos have NO effect on me (even with booze, and i have no tolerance to BEER) but kava, from walgreens, took the anxiety away completely for a few hours. havent tried it for sleep yet. gonna do that now lol

Author: BoneZBxtch

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:47 am

Need a good Suboxone doc in Metro Detroit MAcomb co area.. went to one and he gave me weeks supply, made it last over 2 weeks cuz of the price… well now have finally got the cash to make a new appt (only 2 days of meds left ) and that doc wil not be in for another 2 weeks!! WTF!!! Uhhhh I need a sub doc that can see me ASAP!!! ive got 2 days left .. .. i heard th walk in clinic on hall rd n mound does suboxone??? anyone know… MESSAGE ME I am desperate!!!! I dont wanna have to go to the city next week and relapse if u know what I mean!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!

Author: AnabeloftheSouth

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:06 pm

EXCELLENT NEWS!

I have captured the little kitty! Last night when I went out to feed the strays, I brought a pillow case and cat nip ( I know – hypocritical to use drugs on a kitty!) So Karen, I used the kitty equivalent of whiskey! Cheating, I know, but he needed a home and in the end it is worth it. And wow, does this cat like her nip! She is sleeping in a pile of it right now…Anyway, it worked. Ha ha ha… Romeo, you were not too far off the mark with your vision of the great cat capture of 2013!

So there we go! I have a little cat I have rescued. She is SUPER sweet… Or he – not sure actually. Wow, this marks a new beginning for me! For an entire year I wanted to get a pet but was such a mess I could not commit… And now I have one! He/she is doing great too. There was about 2 hours of hiding under a bed and then out he came and it is like he has always lived here and he owns the place! Wow, I am in a good mood now!

Aside from that, not much news to report… I am still on my same dose of .75. I think maybe tomorrow I will try to cut it down just a tiny bit and see how that goes. Not sure how much to cut it by though. I guess the easiest would be to go to .50mg, in terms of cutting the strips.

Ok, THANKS for being so sweet and supportive Karen and Romeo!

Karen, RLS – just looked up what that is. I had that the day before I first took suboxone when I had to be off the pills for ages. Miserable thing RLS is! I don’t think I have had it since though. Is it the reduced dose that causes that Karen? I have to reduce my dose again soon. It is so easy to drift on suboxone – well for me it is. I have about 8 or so strips left, and I DO NOT want to go back to a doc, so I can’t drift. BUt beside that -I really don’t want to stay on this stuff forever. I guess on some level I am just a little scared – but I have extra motivation now in cat form!

Ok, I better go out and buy some treats for my young friend here! THanks all for sticking with me on my get clean journey! I will post again later!

Author: rule62

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:53 pm

Hi Tammy and Welcome to our forum! Sounds like you have a solid plan now and will be alright. Just up your dose a bit. You can always taper back down in the near future.

What confuses me on your post and also many others here is the use of the decimal point. In your first post you state that you were taking .5 to .7 of Suboxone. Saying that means you are cutting a 2 mg strip (assuming) in half (1 mg) then half again (.5 mg) How do you get to .7 mg’s? Are you using the metric system for measurement?

My guess is you and a lot of other posters are misplacing the decimal point. Do you mean 5.0 and 7.0 mg’s? Or am I completely off base on this one? You could also be using the liquid taper measurement and that would make sense.

Just trying to clear things up in my head on how much you are taking.

Congratulations on getting down to a low dose whether it be .5 or 5.0 mg’s.

rule

Author: rule62

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:02 pm

I am one of those who had an addiction to both Hydrocodone and Tramadol. Well, add in Soma too if I’m being totally honest. By the time I had had enough, my intake was roughly 14-18 Norco 10’s + 10-12 Tramadol 50’s + 1 Soma for every 3-4 Hydros to get what I considered the best high. Enough chemicals to kill a normal person with no tolerance. Oh yea, a script of Xanax which I used in 2 weeks instead of 4. Forgot about that one. How the hell did I live through all that?

Anyway, here I am on Suboxone still. When I had my induction, I was given two 8 mg pills at once to dissolve under my tongue. In twenty minutes I felt really weird but in a good way. Just to make sure, my Dr. gave me one more pill to = 24 mg’s.
That amount took care of most everything. I walked around in a semi daze for a few days until I went down to 2 pills per day. I took both pills at 10 AM like my Dr. told me. I am one of those who do well taking instructions from a doctor.

No cravings, but my mind was all depressed and not firing right. It took about a week or more to feel normal again. So yes, Suboxone worked well for my Tramadol addiction. What it didn’t help with was the Soma or Xanax withdrawal. But it really wasn’t all that bad. Went to work everyday and called my doctors nurse almost daily for support. A great team, just very new at Suboxone prescribing. My side effects were not what the RB rep told them at all. I kept saying it made me tired. Over the next 12 months I tapered down to a nice low amount where I felt almost perfect.

So just like you’ve been told, you may need just a little more to stop the cravings. Your Dr. should be asking you that every visit so he has you on the best dose.

I will say that I am surprised that you would need so much Sub given that you really weren’t taking all that many Hydros. Don’t take that wrong. 8 pills a day will kill you eventually. Your liver will go out. And I too was flat out addicted when I was taking 8 a day. It just took me longer to hit bottom, that’s all.

We’re glad to have you with us and I wish you the very best in recovery.

rule

Author: rule62

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:09 pm

Hi abj77,

For once we get a side effect that has been proven. So many people come on here claiming all sorts of side effects they heard someone else had and claim it as factual. It’s good to know that the swelling is a fact with 7%. What I’d like to know is if the Naloxone is causing it or the Buprenorphine is. From what you’ve said so far it sounds like the Naloxone is the culprit. But do please let us know for sure.

Hope all is well and it’s good to have you with us.

rule