Suboxone Patient with a few questions.

[newmommy1217]

Hey everyone,
I have been a suboxone patient for about a year and a half now. I have had no cravings at all whatsoever for opiates or anything to go back and be a user. I had my daughter during this process and was prescribed subutex, which I thought worked well too. Between the time that I had gotten pregnant and had my daughter I had feelings of no sex drive, no motivation, no ''gusto'', etc. I think with all this time under my belt and I take the suboxone correctly, I was just wondering what can I do to fix this. I was prescribed zofolt 50mg? Im not 100% on the dosage but I dont feel like I need an SSRI, I am depressed when I cannot get myself going. Its gotten to the point where I pretty much just sit in the house not because I want to but because I procrastinate and end up not feeling like it. Im currently taking 10mg I went back up from 8mg because the perscribing doctor thought it could also be that. So here I am with a small child and it's frustrating. I did do some research on forums and by talking to other patients and some have said taking something like adderall or something similar to that could possibly help. Which I dont want to go into the drs office and say Hey what about some adderall? lol. Seeing as I am truly trying to do the best thing here for my situation, that might not be the answer but maybe that's a step in the right direction. I have called to see a psychiatrist and they will not see me because I am a suboxone patient and thats when I got upset and fed up. I honestly have never even taking adderall. So it's not like im doctor shopping. But I have read that my symptoms along with some other behavioral problems I thought maybe that would work.
So my question(s) are, how do i go about seeing if a medication like adderall is for me? or just even asking the doctor without looking like an addict? has anyone else had similar issues?

[ricart70]

Have you ever thought of getting off of the sub ?  I would bet that the sub is what is causing the zombie effect and I am sure it is what is stealing your sex drive. Adding more drugs may not be good in the long term . Hope things get better for you though

[IBKleen]

Hi,

I am not certain this is the correct forum for you. MedHelp has an "Ask a doctor" community which I think would better suit you. Here is the link:

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Addiction/show/326

Best of luck.