Suboxone.

[Expecting718]

Hi Everyone!! My old name used to be SuperAddict. I don't know if any of you remeber me, or if this is a whole new group of people but, I joined this site a looooong time ago. I have been addicted to Vicodin for about 2 years. My life was going NO WHERE! I had no money, I couldn't pay my bills, I was losing all of my friends (not to mention my job and family) it was getting bad. It was time for me to STOP. So, I found a local doctor that prescribed Suboxone. I've been taking Suboxone since October 07. I feel great!! I will tell you honestly thou, that I did start abusing it! When I first took it, for some reason it gave me that high I'd feel when I was taking V. I started taking 8 - 8 mg tablets a day just to get that feeling again! i DID NOT do that all the time. Maybe once a week. I realized that I was only going in the same direction and that's somewhere I don't want to be. I cut down drastically. I'm now back on 1/4 of a tablet soon to only be on half of that.
I keep reading all these stories about how it withdrawals are really bad. A friend of mine was started this program, she NEVER took more than half a tablet. She got off no problem! I am hoping soon I will be that lucky. Taking 1/4 (that's half of an 8 mg tablet -- the recommend does) isn't bad. I don't feel any W/D's.
I am also 34 weeks pregnant!! I'm due July 18th! I am soooo excited and I want to be off BEFORE my baby is born. I want to be off no later than July 1st.
Bottom Line, I feel that Suboxone has worked great for me. Besides me being a dumb A** and abusing it for a period it's been great! I really feel I have my life back!
Thanks for reading. If I can help anyone in anyway, please let me know!! I've been through a lot. I have a lot of advice and great ideas!
God Bless!
xoxo

[avisg]

you spoke to your OBGYN about this ?

[Expecting718]

He told me that it's OK to take while pregnant. And there have been a lot of other mom's that have been on it and delivered just fine. What are you concerns about it? I think that if my doctor thought there was ANY BIG chance of something happening, he would have gotten me off it a looooooooooooong time ago. At least, that's what I think. He's been wanting me to get off BC of the main control when I deliver. But, if I get anything it's ONLY going to be an epiduril (however you spell it). My doc said that is OK to take while taking suboxone.

[Coolio Hernendez]

you need to print this whole thing out and show it to your doc's when you talk to them. Also write the things down to talk to them about..

I was on SUB and i cant belive that it would not cause the baby problems.  It is so strong...

[Expecting718]

It's OK. I might of taken what you said out of context. I've hard a really stressful day! I'm super pregnant, and SUPER irritated! My feet are swollen up like watermelons and everyone at my work thinks that's sssssooooo funny. When really, it's NOT. they hurt and it's embarrassing! Sorry.
Well, the finally I get doesn't happen all the time. only with 4 mg or more. But if I only take a 2 mg tablet I don't feel anything. It's weird. And it's not that high feeling you get when you're on drugs, it's just more of a dazed feeling. Tired almost. I've told my doctor that, and he said it was normal? So I don't know.
How long have you been in recovery? And what didn't you want to deal with? Did the Suboxone not help...at all? Thank you for the apology. It wasn't necessary.

[Twist1285]

Oh I'm sorry i didn't mean to offend you in anyway, as I said i was more of trying to understand what you were trying to say. After reading this I think that you were feeling what i was, when i was on Suboxone. This si the reason I got switched to Subutex....same drug without the Naloxone. Is is almost like a surreal feeling, like you are half awake, half just unaware? I started feeling that way everyday and it was getting worse by the day after awhile of being on it. I then quit because I just didn't want o deal with it, and I was out of town of business, ran out of pills so I picked up. Most of those excuses were probably my addict making it happen, I'm sure I could have gotten more Suboxone if I really tried, but anyway when i relasped it got twice as bad twice as fast, and then the Suboxone just plain old did not work, I was sick for days even while taking it, so the doc put me on Subutex, and for almost a year it's worked wonders. You may be experiencing the same thing, if that sounds about right, you may also what to speak with your doctor about that, my doctor said it had something to do with the naloxone in the drug, after awhile I jsut developed a reaction to it. Anyway again I am sorry if I offended you in anyway, that was not my intent. Good luck!

[Expecting718]

Thank you for your comment. I even said myself that I thought it was probably just all in my head. I've read A LOT about Suboxone and I've talked with my doctor plenty of times about it. I do feel different when I take them. I don't know why I would lie about something like that. I started to abuse it like I did V. I realized that it wasn't doing anything for me expect waste my money. I should have made myself a little clearer. I feel different when I take Suboxone. I don't feel high as if I took 10 pills. But different.

I went to the doctor yesterday. And I am going to continue to take 8 mg. and go down when I can. On my own. He gave me 30 and I'm hoping to make them last me for 2 months. 1/2 a pill a day.

Thanks for the words. I will tell you that I am a little hurt by what you said. (remind you, I am almost 35 weeks pregnant) But I was misunderstood. I even wrote that it was probably my head playing tricks on me.
Anyway, everyone take Care.