Suboxone, Ritalin, Klonopin, Lexapro is getting me clean from Vicodin. Is anyone in the same situation?

[orthodox1024]

I'm 24 years old, and I had been taking Vicodin for 2 years for back issues and migraines. In the summer of 2009 I began using opiates heavily. I had several friends who were pharmacists, and pharm. techs. I started shooting up morphine when I could get it, taking norco, taking morphine tablets, etc. in September of 2009 I found a guy who was selling Vicodin 5/500 tablets for $4 a pill. I was spending every dime I had to buy them. On top of that I was getting 60 a month from two Doctors. By November I was taking 15 a day, and eventually in February I was up to 30-40 a day. I had to take 15 just to get out of bed in the morning. In early March I had decided that enough was enough. I had no money, bills piling up, and I had blown through all of my student loan money, and had borrowed hundreds of dollars from family and friends. I knew all about Suboxone, and how much it helped. I found a Doctor who prescribed it, and made an appointment. I started on a low dose of 4mg twice a day. It has been 2 months now, and I take 4mg 3 times a day. After the first visit with this Doctor I was sent home with several scripts. Suboxone 2mg and 8mg. Klonopin for the anxiety of WD, Robaxin (muscle relaxer), Clonodine (to help with night sweats) The first week was horrible. No energy at all, and constant sleepiness. Im a full time student, and work two jobs. The energy I got from the opiates was now gone. He started me on Provigil 100 mg. It seemed to help, but not enough. I suffered from ADD since I was 15, and I addressed this to him. It has been almost two months since I stopped taking opiates, and I have narrowed down what I take daily. I'm now taking Suboxone 4mg 3x a day. Ritalin 3-4x per day (20mg), and Klonpin or Ativan when needed. I know that the Klopin/ativan and suboxone is a bad combination, so I will only take those benzos when needed, in small doses, and long after the suboxone. I started taking Lexapro two nights ago. 10mg before bed. I have been having severe reactions to it. VERY vivid dreams, hallucinations at night, waking up drenched in sweat, violently throwing up. I obviously stopped taking it. Does anyone have a good recommendation for an anti-depressant while taking suboxone? Id anyone taking a similar cocktail? The ritalin is really helping with overcoming my wd from vicodin, and replacing energy/focus. I know it is addictive so Im very careful with it. I want my body to feel normal again, but I can't even remember what that feels like. Has anyone had a severe reaction like that to Lexapro? Also, my sex drive from the suboxone is totally gone. Achieving an erection is pretty much impossible, and if I do, orgasm never happens. Anyone else out there with similar problems? I have been clean now for 2 months, and I want to limit what I take. I will be on Suboxone for 6 months to a year the DR. said. I will slowly be weened off. Im scared, and would like some advice.

[ZULLU07]

Hi,
for the last couple years I have been on this site and other sites that talk about how to get clean. I would it there and pop more and more u name it I did it.  I did go seek help and got Suboxone and was on them for 2 months and got better and here and there I got Oxys and Roxy and Xanax and all the other drugs prescribed by my doc not from the street. Anyway I hit the ground zero lost my husband my daughter and my job due to prescription drugs and was in pain and was thinking about killing myself. One day I decided to just pack up and leave go visit my family in Germany for couple months. I couldnt afford my whole 90 day Suboxone script and asked my husband to just mail it to me 15 pills each time. I was out and thought my pills are coming via Fedex the next day well the nightmare was knocking on my door the Germans confiscated my pills at the border since they are not allowed entry in this country even with my name on it. I was going to multiple docs here telling them that I need them and got finally and apt to see a doc on NOVEMBER 11th and it was August 29th. What now????? I had no choice I was going through the WD taking Vitamins all day long the Thomas Recepie , Vitamin B12 B6 throwing healthy food down and for it just to come right back up, taking hot showers , Valerian drops in a huge amount to sleep and the fight was long 3 weeks long. I AM CLEAN NOW 42 Days no Suboxone , NO Xanax, NO AMBIAN etc.. It also helped that I was not in the same place where I knew I can go and get all the drugs not to feel the pain. I started running again , I am a former GI and was known to run my 5 miles with out any problems. The running gives me the high now that the pills did before. I know this is not the easiest way to get CLEAN but I have made it so far and I know this is just the start and if I am on this site next year at this time and still Clean than I have made it. God Bless all of you and have faith that you can fight the pain with other prescription pills that are not addictive. I was hit in Iraq in 2003 and I know what pain is.

GI JANE

[Toolfiend77]

Does anyone know if it is okay to be on Suboxone and Ritalin at the same time, as long as you take the medications as prescribed?

[dsjag1]

OMG, i can relate to A LOT of you situation. I was addicted to hydocodone for 9 years, i have 2 dr.'s 1 i got 135 norco 10/325 a month and other 240 norco 10/325 and had my husband going to dr for me and he got 120 norco 10/325  which equals 495 pills and that still wasn't enough, for a year now i have been on suboxone, am i take 20 mg of lexapro and adderall 10 mgs 3 times a day for my ADD, i m supposed to take 12 mgs a day of suboxone 4mgs 3 x a day, i have the same problems especially sexual issues, orgasm is impossible with suboxone and the lexapro together has taken away my desire, the pills kinda had that effect, however i could still get there and i had some desire, i have cut way down on the suboxone, to help that area, it has gotton a little better, but it still no close to normal, i can't seem to be able to get off the suboxone, i have really tried, but i have found it is just as addictive, it just takes less and last a lot longer, but you DO go into withdrawl after 24 hours of not taking any suboxone, it is not as intense as hydrocodone withdrawl, i feel getting used to feeling my  body again is hard, before my addiction i had restless leg syndrome, but it never bothered me, but after years 9-10 of numbing my bodies nerves, feeling again is really odd and the RLS really bothers me, anyway i hope i be able to feel normal again, i also think my adderall annoys the RLS when i have a very low dose of suboxone, i really dont no what to do and if i will ever be normal again. GOD Bless

[wishful1]

what is suboxone? i am trying to get off taking 20 norcos a day i take atleast 5 to get out of bed and i need some advice on what to do

[abritt121222]

Wow is all i can say like others have said i rarely disagree with a doctor but this is plain out ridiculous and dangerous the suboxone by itself i PLENTY strong enough to take care of any and all withdrawals from hydrocodone i was on 250 mg of oxy and could take 4 mg of suboxone and it would take care of my withdrawals and i would feel fine and i didnt take suboxone all the time just every once in a while so i would say you need to find a new doc because mixing all of that with the subs is very very dangerous and there is no need to do that because like i said the subs will handle all of your withdrawals by itself well i hope you can figure this out and are able to find a sub doc that knows what they are doing

Good Luck and Godspeed

ABritt

[Mandapanda17]

I also meant that as long as you were taking the suboxone and benzos AS prescribed. Not either one in excess, which it sounds like you were. Then there would be no danger in just those 2 together assuming you were not elderly or debilitated in any way. Didn't want anyone to mis-understand me. :P