SUB QUESTION (DOSING)

[hopsing94]

Ok all you sub users I have a question about taking the sub. I am taking it 3 times a day. I am taking 4mg each time I take it. I feel a little edgey and kinda cloudy in the head at times. Would I be better taking it twice a day at say 6mgs or maybe 8mg each time. Does it matter how many times a day you take it. Do you figure you dosage by the amount you take at a time or what you take in a day. Hope this makes some kind of sense. I'm taking it in small doses thinking it is better than taking the larger amount less times a day. Help please

[wait2long]

yes...i have heard of a lot of people that do that.
some take 1/2 mg every day or every other day to combat this also

[hopsing94]

On your question about relapsing. I asked the doctor this very question. I asked him what do I do if I'm 3 months or two months clean from sub and pills and I have these bad cravings to take pills again. He told me to take the sub. It will stop the cravings and keep me from using the pills. So what that tells me is if someone is clean say a few weeks or months and start to have cravings and think they are gonna relapse they could take sub to prevent the relapse.
  I would like some feedback on that. If that is the case,for those who have gotten clean and relpased they could have taken sub for a few days and get over the cravings...no?

[wait2long]

i have read from numerous posts elsewhere that there is no PAWS after long term use of sub...and PAWS is evident with short term use only....

i also take my sub in a split dose and when i drop in dose it is always off my night time dose...been working great so far...my  next drop will be off my morning dose...when i am ready...

great post Ilovelukey!!

[hopsing94]

Thank you all for the replies. Mike your post was really good. In just the 3 days I have taken the sub. So far I get up early and get my kids ready for school (something my wife has wanted for the last two years lol) I make dinner when I get home from work instead of laying on the couch. I too am taking up old habits allready (oops) hobbies. I find that I'm not reaching into my pocket every 15mins looking for pills. This morning I almost left the house without the sub because It was the furthest thing from my mind and I'm 84 hours into w/d. I have'nt taken anything yet this morning because I feel so good. So I am learing already how to be me again.
  I do agree that twice a day would be better. My sleep is better than when on the the pills but last night I couldn't fall asleep til 12:30. Might of had something to do with the Rockets-Jazz game last night LOL.
  So far this has turned my life around. My wife was still on the fence about leaving and I asked her for one day and it has turned into 3 and looking better all the time. We talk everynight now and discuss my plans for recovery and we talk about our days at work,vacations,weekends and stuff we haven't talked about in years. This has been huge.
  Faith_Hope_Love I would recommend it but keep doing your research. This was my last option. Check out the docs office before hand,make sure your comfortable with him. LIke everyone has said take what makes you feel comfortable. My mindset is only take it when I am really uncomfortable. I will keep posting everyday for you if it helps...John

[faith_hope_love]

Thanks and I am definately gonna try.  You want to hear something funny.  Since I still have to wait for a week or so to get started, I have been really preoccupied with this whole thing, pills, detox, wd's, anxiety.... so, today...trying to get my mind on something different I am switching through the tv channels and The Waltons comes on...lol.  Ok, not my very favorite show but of course it will pass some time.

The name of this particular Walton's episode you ask?  It was called "The Obsession."  Hmmm, what could this be about??  So the show starts and MaryEllen is all grown up and going to nursing school, raising her son and studying for her exams.  She is very tired and the other nurse suggests, "Oh MaryEllen you look so sleepy, you really should take some amphetamines!  They are really great and will keep you awake."  

Then MaryEllen gets strung out on "pep pills" as she calls them and can't sleep so she breaks into the nursing medicine cabinet and steals tranquilizers.  

Long story short, she breaks down and tells mama Walton and she helps her with her recovery which miraculously on tv only lasts until morning....lol.

Anyhow, it was so ironic that the tv show I picked and of all things, The Walton's, turned out to be about addiction and recovery. ~smile~

[ILoveLukey]

You go  girl. Do what you have to do. Go for it. You can do it. keep taking the vitamins and walk, walk, walk.