Author: jonathanm1978
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:51 am
In defense of suboxone (coming from someone who’s been on it for over 4 years now), there’s nothing really to cause Suboxone to bring on carpal tunnel syndrome..that takes YEARS to form (carpal tunnel is caused by repetitive motion in the hands, like working an assembly line or holding something for extremely long periods of time — this causes the "tunnel" in the wrist that all the nerves pass through to become inflamed and swell, which in turn causes the numb, tingling effect that is felt. I spent 4+ years welding odysseys/pilots for honda in a zone where robots couldn’t get to make the welds..we HAD to do these 150+ welds by hand…and I spent a LOT of time in the "Mig Booth" where the actual welding was done…so I was welding almost daily and began to have the symptoms of carpal tunnel after 4 years. This was YEARS before I ever even heard of Suboxone..and in fact, it was just before I started my active addiction and lost that job due to absence and chasing pills).
I can understand your reasons for wanting to stop…but you also have to keep in mind that your problems that you’re just now starting to notice have most likely been present in the past, and you probably didn’t pay any attention to the symptoms that were present. Lots of people get on Suboxone, and suddenly they notice things they never noticed before (mostly because they are "clean"), so they think the Suboxone is the root cause of it all, when in all actuality, being so high for so long is the root cause, and they’ve been masking the symptoms or unable to tell they even had any symptoms of anything..
It’s easy to forget the hell we put ourselves through when we were addicts, because over time that lifestyle becomes more and more of the past as we get further away from living that way…but I know when I was active in my addiction, I even let basic human hygiene go (and I mean showers and such) for a couple of days, because I didn’t want to slow down long enough to take care of myself. I have lots of issues with my teeth, but I can’t blame the Suboxone with that because I know what I did a few years ago is what has caused me those problems I’m facing now.