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]

nooooo methadone!!!  You are already 34 weeks it would not make any since to change now . Just work with your doctors on your taper  and a birth plan it will all be OK !!!

[Expecting718]

THANK YOU!!!!! :)

That's what I was thinking! I've heard of so BAD things happening to people on Methadone. I don't think that it's a very good drug...at all! I heard that the WD's are WAAAYY worse and you just don't feel like yourself.

Avisg - I will talk with my doc and see what else I can. My goal is to be done with all this july 1. If i'm done by then, is it possible for the little one to go through WD's?

[avisg]

I am not sure. I don't want to give you the wrong info . I know we had another mom about 6 months ago that had her baby while on Sub the baby was fine it did not go threw withdrawl she and baby came threw it wonderfully .Just talk to the doc work together you will get threw this .

[gojenn8337]

ohhh so scary if u do not tell your ob your baby could be in danger. your dr would know right after birth weather ur baby is having withdrawls from something. if u are up front and honest with them they can and will help u and ur baby. u are always only supposed to get your meds from your ob dr while u are pregnant that way they always know what u are on. i am pregnant myself and taking pain meds so i know how scary it is but my ob dr is the ONLY one perscribing them. alot of times they will keep perscribing it and then just be prepared to deal with the baby having withdrawls and from what i have learned the baby wont have them more than a couple hours but i dont know what sub is. i dont think i have ever heard of it. im only on 3 a day of 750 vicodin wich i think is alot when u are pregnant and scares me but i know i couldnt make it daily without it due to the fact i just had major surgery a few weeks before finding out i was pregnant. now im hooked on pain meds for the pain and well it scares me! if u wanna talk message me i would love to talk to about this!

[Expecting718]

Thank you both! Avisg -- Thank you for all of your info! I hope that we don't go through the WDs, but everyone is different....
Jenn -- The only problem with that is, according to the Suboxone website, there are only certain doctors that have licenses to prescribe suboxone. So, I can't even get it from my OB. As far as I know I can't. UNLESS she knows something I don't. And I'll never know until I ask. I will talk to my OB about all of this. I'm scared but, there is nothing I can do now. She needs to know!

[gojenn8337]

ohh wow hun i didnt know that. i thought all drs could prescribe any medication. what is this medication? dont be scared though it will be ok like u said everything could be fine and u will be tough and u and baby will get thru it fine! but ohhhh ouch i wouldnt have a baby with no meds!! YOUR SO BRAVE! i admire that