Thanks for help

[Bobbywong]

Thank you everyone who offered some help. So my next big question is: is it safe at this point to go back to percocet?? Thats what was originally given to me I just wasnt willing to turn to 24 hr pain meds. But its no different than using this suboxone so if i am down to 1-2 mgs every 24 hrs and i keep taking a little out of fear from what i have read can i at this point switch back to the percocet it is prescribed 1-2 every 3-4 hrs or as needed. At this point i get i dont have to take every 4 hrs, especially after experiencing the suboxone. Can i stop suboxone and go to percocet....

[littlebit010101]

Sorry I don't a clue about subs.....but ur Dr sounds like mine....I was under pain management by my surgeon and he wouldn't help me taper said I couldn't function without them due to my physical problems...so I jumped ct....thought I would die....hadn't found this forum yet had no clue what to expect....maybe that was best bc I might not have quit knowing what I had to go through.....but I made it...with the help of my husband and kids...when ur family goes through wds with u...man u see a whole other side of their strength and love and their wanting u back is amazing..so I can't quit and go back there's no life there its just getting through and that *****....good luck...

[Oxy480Jim]

just to clarify, you are taking 1-2 mg subs a day still right?

[Oxy480Jim]

I don't think you understand what he's saying. You have to read his other thread.

Confusing I know, But he didn't want on the subs in the first place, his doc put him on them for no good reason.

[Bobbywong]

My dr. Said that it is being used for pain mgmt also. But everything i read says not,, my pharmacist said it is possible to use as a pm drug but more drs use for detox.. I will talk to him but only when i can be off of them. Twice he has said no just keep taking. So i will do it myself. I just dont know when i can make the switch everything i read says people go into w/d when they use other narcotics or something like that and i dont even care if i dont feel the percocet right away i just want to be 100% off suboxone and cant seem to figure out if its ok now to make switch or where to go to get the answer

[littlebit010101]

I'm really confused to why would he give u those?..  I was on percs too and I know they are so addictive physically forget all the other ways its addictive...but there are people who can take them right....and I truly believe these people don't use them to escape their own pain....that's when I got into trouble.....my husband can take them like he's suppose to which I can only count 4-6 times out of thirty years marriage he's taken them usually passing kidney stones is when he uses them but he's never used more most time he never finishes them....so it can b done u can take them only as needed... So just talk to ur Dr and let him know....good luck....

[Bobbywong]

I see my dr every 2-3 weeks.. I started on 2 8mg aday. In the last month i have just cut it dowm more and more my dr. Didnt want me to and just told me not to read internet  i am down to about 1-2 mgs every 24 hrs. I just keep reading trying to figure out what to do i dont know if i would have wd or not but everything i read about these things scare me  To tell you the truth i dont know if they help or not the pain is still there and never goes away..but it will be that way forever  But by taking the suboxone i feel like a prisoner like my choices have been taken away i cant wake up everyday and decide if i need pain meds or not it seems the way these things work i have to take them. So yes i want off i dont know if it helps with the pain or not i only tried the percocet for 1 week and told dr forget this i dont want to rely on these and need more and more. But now i think thats exactly whats happened when i started the suboxone.. Yes its the same dr. I ave only ever had 1 dr.. I just want off the suboxone and do not know enough or understand if i can just stop and switch to the percocet as needed and that was suggested by a few people last night to just go back to the fast acting or whatever you call it and use in very small doses and only when needed.

[atthebeach]

ok i think i got it. i thought you meant you had generalized fear and was given subs to deal with fear. in reality you took the subs for pm because you didnt think it would be an addiction like the percs.

well now you know that they both are addicting and i think the subs are probably worse to detox from. have they worked for your pain?
are you still working with your doctor on this? did the same doctor prescribe both meds?

[Bobbywong]

I have never had any anxiety drugs.. I was presciberd suboxone from my orthopedic /pain mgmt. Drs. As a solution to not taking pain medication i have long tern bone desease i was not accepting of daily narcotics as a way of life.. Suboxone was suggestoed and prescribed as an alternative and described to me as a perfect solution as i would not feel any narcotic effects. I started 3 months ago and as i started to read up on what i was taking wanted off my dr. Suggested i stop reading stuff on the internet.. At this point i still want off 3 people suggested last night and agreed it is a poor choice for pain mgmt.. And to go back to what was originally suggested and use small doses.. I diont understand why i would have been or would need anxiety drugs for my bones that are degenerating. I am more confused than you

[atthebeach]

did you try other meds for anxiety? before the subs?
it seems very drastic

[atthebeach]

"I was given suboxone as a solution to my fear of addiction."

dont understand this at all. typically subs are used as a means of withdrawal.

you have pain? that is why you want to go back on percs?

there are other forms of pain management.

[Bobbywong]

I dont think you read my original post.

[gnarly_1]

WHAT was the poit of going on the sub if not to get off the percs normally an addict can no longer use narcotic pain meds.........Gnarly