Suboxone - Can I get addicted?

[Justin807]

I used to be a heroin user, then couldn't afford my habbit anymore, switched to methadone - 110mg/day for a year and then had to kick cold turkey locked up in jail for five months - It was awful - I'm sure you all know - Haven't stuck a needle in my arm in 6 years, but lately, I got turned on to suboxone by my mom - she's been sending it to me and I'll just take a quarter tab aday - Am I treading in deep water here - Can I get addicted to it?  What should I do I'm scared that after six years of clean time, I may be taking a serious risk.

[livingthelie]

hey sorry for the guess..  I did 18 months myself back in the mid 90's..maryjane conspiracy charge...met some good people but not a place to go back...

i will be pulling for you..i sit here 36 days clean off sub...it was a tough one..i have went the w/d's on hydrocodone many more times than i care to think of and in 6 days i was up and running...let me tell you this sub Kick my a$$ for 20 good days.....TODAY by coincidence i went thru the day without a Aniexty issue...so i hope the next 36 days are a sign of today..

good decision to stay off sub my man..it will bring you more problems than you know..unless its used as a therapy drug under strict medical supervision...

Hey look at it this way ..its got to be one power mutha if it works in the body up until 24hours later.before any w/d's are felt from it...

when i stopped my last does..the w/d's did';t hit me until almost 2 days later..and when it did ,it beat me down bad.....was on it for 15 months you tell me how hard she hit me..

everyone has their motivation for staying clean...mine is that i done got too damn old to go thru this W/D sickness anymore...so everytime i get an itch ..i can remember how sick i was and could be again...NO THANKS...I'LL PASS...LOL

BRIAN

[Justin807]

My seasonal depression gets so bad that it leads to an obcession with suicide and I was looking for a little lift - yes I f**ked up I know - And yes I was wanting to get high - I'm sure you know how our irrational addict brains can be.  I've come so far in six clean years that I'm terrified of losing it all - Guess I'd better just be honest with myself, pull my head out of my ***, and stop taking ridiculous risks like that - I used to pride myself as one of the lucky few that beat it and got away - kicked 110mg methadone ct in jail, got out, relocated, changed my life and stayed clean till now (6yrs).  I've got way too much at stake to be taking such risks. - Thank you all for talking some sense into me - Now I just need to stick to my guns and stay away from that stuff.

Justin

Justin

[Justin807]

Brian - Thanks for your last post - No I'm not on the inside - I did a complete 180 six years ago (beat a big case b/c of 3rd Amndmnt rights violation) and walked away free and clean - stayed that way (don't even drink now) just until this recent slip with sub - I thought it was nonopiate in nature, but you described the withdrawls I felt perfectly - I'm just gonna stop right away before I go down that dark road again. Thanks for all the info.

Justin

[IBKleen]

You started taking suboxone because you had a hard time with the seasons changing?? I have to say---in all my years, I never heard that one. Did you take it thinking you were going to get high?

You have some serious problems hun, and I truly hope you get the help you need. If you stop the sub now, you may have a fighting chance. I pray that you do.

It is these types of posts that shake to my soul.

[livingthelie]

i get the vibe you are still on the inside???..if so man just think ahead of what your gonna do when you get home...Sub is some serious med's...the only safe thing about it is that it contains a drug that will put you into direct withdrawels if injected...take out that drug and you have something more powerful than morphine..cause it last so much longer..its some stout stuff...i stayed on 2mgs a day for 2 months then i jumped. ( after being on 13 months 16mgs a day)..still had a hard time..and still not 100% out of the woods just yet...yes i am past the serious w/d's but still deal with aniexty and the dumps...moody etc...
stay away my man..stay away..

Brian

[Justin807]

Thank you everyone for the quick responses - The apple doesn't fall far from the tree - My mom went from H to 16 years of methadone maintenance and last year switched to sub.  I was on Lexapro 20mg and clonazepam because I have bad depression and anxiety, but in Oct I had a really rough time with the season changing - I complained to my mom and she sent those damn things - On a good note, I did get my doc to switch me to Effexor and that's making me feel better.

[livingthelie]

SHAME ON MOM !........i was on Sub 15 months..you can rest assure it will hook you hard..took me 8 days for the bad w/d's to stop...sitting here 35 days clean and still not 100%....

stay clean..tell your mom to stop sending them.

Brian

[banana911]

yes, you can.  i have detoxed from it & it might not be as bad as a herion detox, or even an oxy detox - - but it is a detox.  mine was like 3 days of sick sick, then alot of days of sleeplessness & anxiety.  i am day 11 & doing much better - but not all right for sure.  

also be careful thinking stuff like "i only take *** and not every day" because sub has a long 1/2 life so it stays in your system for more than a day so you could feel ok a day or 2 without.  

careful - especially with your history (i too have H in my history) - - i think once addicted to opiates, always prone to abuse/addiction of them.  sub is still some sort of opiate (1/2 opiate based maybe) - - i think you can go do a google search & sub might even have its own website i've heard people say.  look into it.  

good luck!!  careful!

[tee1972]

Yes, you can become addicted to it, its a drug also, why would your  mom send them to you?