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So my Dr. tells me, "by time you are done with your suboxone you should be feeling fine."

Yeah right!!  I have the worst leg cramps in the world right now.  I have been sleep (well more like watching tv) on the couch just so i don't wake my family (have a new baby still sleeping with us) by the tossing and turning.  What a nightmare!  I have been feeling really fatigued lately to which is why I think i enjoyed opiates so much cause I had all the energy in the world.  Finally i started taking calcium and magnesium to battle the leg cramps.  I'm also taking a B-12.  

Anyone know what else I should be taking to get rid of the fatigue and leg cramps?  By the way this is my 3rd day of no suboxone 10 days with no painkillers.  Which was a relapse.  Before that I hadn't touched painkillers in about 3 months which is how long i was on the suboxone.  To be honest I really just want energy.  I need to be there for my family and I can't even get off the couch.  I drank a 12 ounce can of rockstar today and came home and fell asleep.  

[worried878]

not sure of ur original DOC nor dose??? nor length of use...but sounds like u were on sub for like a week?  just guessing as ur post is hard to descramble

Sub only helps acute wds shorterm....some have anxiety and insomnia//as a rule it is heavy users who have this...smaller users like 100 mgs of hydro a day have some anxiety...but the fatigue is almost enuf to make u shoot urself//but dont!  it passes..others have a mixture//in reality we r all different

sub can help u with wds...it can not take away the mental aftermath which is usually lethargy, depression, lack of motivation, anxiety, insomnia, and cravings cos this bowl of feelings sux//and hence we crave//called the mental wd compnents//as a rule hapens after physical detox is over//for some it intermingles and is hard to differentiate..---------either way this portion of recovery is where most relapse due to feeling like dog doo doo..aftercare of some sort can make or break many at this point

read the health pages//PAWS is real for many//educate urself on what u can do to make this easier on u...u have come to far to Cave//hang tight//and keep posting

[worried878]

oh   suppps

tyrosine at 2-3000 mgs a day may behoove u now...5htp at night before bed...read the health pages/article on inet sites to help recovery.////some get up and go safe meds..suggestions there that u can get online cheap
Execise is the quickiest and easiest thing u can do now...forces endorphin production..what have u tried so far to ease this ordeal for urself?

[Chuck_Steak]

Sorry, my DOC was any painkiller but mostly Vicoden.  It was usually 8 to 15 a day of 500mg.  I was one suboxone for roughly 3 months off and on cause everytime I tried to stop It was to hard.  To be honest I think the subs were more powerful than the Vics.

[Chuck_Steak]

and Ive been using that much for about a year.

[Chuck_Steak]

I will check out the health pages also.  It sounds like a lot of good info on there.  I was exercising while on subs but now its hard to get up and go.