2nd day on suboxone

[mdan9mm]

Hi everyone, hope your all doing well. I just joined and this is my 1st post. This is my 2nd day of suboxone (8mg tabs), every 12 hours. Holy sh** i hope these killer headaches go away, along with the nausia, i feel like puking every few minutes, and also the fatigue, BUT, on the bright side, I have had absolutey zero withdrawel symptoms, it is quite amazing. Im looking to chat with other addicts like me, who are in the same boat. even my dr said it would be a good idea, so, here i am !! looking forward to putting these dam pills behind me for good. Although I've said that many times already, and usually take my once a year trip to a detox !!! . 4 times in all so far and i have to lie to my kids about were i'm going. i have three boys ages 10, 7, & 5 and wife who can't take it anymore with what im putting her through, which i cant really blame her. so you see, i do have quite alot to lose, like most of you also. Well, I have to run, but will def check back in a little while to see if anyone replied, take care..... we can do this !!!!  

[Casper1984]

Day 6, yesterday i said was day 4, but apparently insomnia has warped my sense of time. Anyway, your giving me hope, all of you. My w/d isnt methadone, i quit cold turkey from 32mg's of suboxone. I always thought i knew what pain was, i was wrong, i know now. I actually fell asleep at 6am, woke up at 1 pm, and had my first meal last night around 3 am. I woke up, and i felt so much better, i was so so happy, its over, i made it, awesome! NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 hours later, a physical feeling like nothing in days past took over. Im crippled again. I am on Thomas recipe, started yesterday. My hypertension caused me to start seeing stars while walking, needless to say, my face is no longer pretty. A 3/4 inch gash above my eye. Oddly, everything else hurts so bad, i barely felt it. SUBOXONE DID GET ME OFF THE OTHER STUFF, BUT NOTHING IVE EVER BECOME ADDICTED TO, HAS HURT ME THIS BADLY. kEEP A VERY VERY LOW DOSE, AND WEEN OFF IN UNDER 2 WEEKS.

[LADNORTHERN172]

hi all....just logged on for the first time...reading your veiws on sub and sub treatment has really pricked up my ears for me...im currently on 16mg a day and thought this was not enough...WOW...i will be reading u guys posts with great interest from now on ...and maybe who knows....i hope i can contribute from time to time...after all...no one knows an addict like another..

[Clamity2]

I sure am glad sub wasn't a real popular subject when I was getting clean. I probally would have jumped on that wagon train fast. But for the grace of God.

[Sarah1083]

Hey, I'm glad to hear your on to a lower dose now.  I was on sub for only 25 days where I started out at 16 mgs a day also.  Weaned down to 2 mgs over the few weeks and then stopped.  The wds to me are much worse and much longer than just from the hydrocodone itself.  I think maybe it's because they have a longer half life so it takes longer to get out.   I went back on lorcets after 8 days of wd's that never got any better as the days past.  I wish I would have read more on it before I ever took it.  I was just looking for the easy way and there is no such thing.  Stay strong and I hope everything goes well for you and good luck.

[wayway1414]

I really don't understand why Dr's put pill addicts on such high doses of alternative opiates for such long periods of time! I talked to a councilor at a methadone clinic one time (i was intersted) and he told me that there are no detoxes for methadone that are less than 21 days. The law requires 21 days (in my town anyway). And he told me that when people finish the 21 day detox, then they will have about 30 days of W/D's! I was like "what the hell!!!" Then he tells me 21 day detox doesn't even work. lol. People need to do atleast 6 month programs, and even then they will have to go through W/D's because w/the 6 month detox, they can not get you down to less than 1mg methadone a day, and people still have to W/D from that! None of it made much since to me. I think the shouldn't use it more than like 5 days, just to help people get through the worse part of withdrawls, and not allow the people to get dependent on the methadone!!!! That makes more sense to me..........

[liscamdave]

Actually, Family Dr.s can prescribe it, as long as they get certified in it. I know this because my family dr. is who I got it from and who I did my short term sub treatment with. He did not take my insurance for it, but the prescription was covered with my insurance.

Also, I do NOT think that 8mgs is too high a dose to start out with, depending on the addicts dose and how long they have been addicted. If you are on a high amount of opiates, then 8mgs is considered low. So this person may not have been on too high an amount to be given the 8mgs to start. Now, the headaches are a sign of being on too much. So, most likely, it does need to be lessened. Talk with your dr.about lessening the dose.  TO start at 2mgs is not alot. I mean, I agree with you only needing 2mgs once it is in your system as it builds, but not to initially start. If 8 is too much, drop to half a pill, every 12 hours. And go from there. Then, after a few days, drop to 2. It all depends on what his Dr.says and if he is doing a short or long term sub treatment. Good luck..

Lisa