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mild withdrawls doc gave subutex feel blahh!

I was on 2 10/325 norcos a day for about a uear and a half some days I had to take 3 or 4 but always in half increments and not every day...in the past month I have noticed my body needed a whole one to take away my pain but they were making me feel sick now I was becoming dependent.  I decided to taper myself off and yesterday at 7:30am  was my last dose at 5mg.  I saw my doctor today she said my withdrawls were mild and they were I was just very jittery and achey with pain in my leg where I suffer from tendonitis and a rare syndrome in my hip which causes.me sciatica and hip pain. I told her I wanted off them so dont refill my prescription and wondered if she had ideas on ease of symptoms...I take vallium at night only as prescribed I didnt even take extra during withdrawl. She refilled that and asked me if I have taken subutex...I have not and I told her I dont want anything that would cause me withdrawl...she told me that she cpuld give me a sample to ease my symptoms and help my pain and if it works for my pain its a better pain management.  Well she cut 2mg sub film and put it under my tongue herself...long story short I did feel better but immediatly my head felt full and I got more shakey hour or so later.  As of now I jave a bad headache and nautious and ive thrown up twice.   I have a feeling 2mg was too much?  Im kind of angry because I researched a little and saw that 2mg is like 4-5 Norco s and thats way over what I took at once.   I wanna know did this set me back after pushing through 26 hoirs of not too bad withdrawls?  Am I going to withdrawl off the subutex in a couple days after one use?  I dont wanna be on something like that even if im in high pain.   Does anyone have info on the suboxone?  I was already in 26hours without a pill so if this set me back ill cry.  My head feels like its in a vice and super shakey!  Yeah pain is gone but not worth it. Please help!  .

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Spoke too soon I threw up again cant seem yo keep anything down at all...anything to help that? Dramamine?  Will I be ok goin to sleep?
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Thank you for the responses, im slowly feeling better still bad headache...i havent eaten or held water down.so eating ice!  I was worried that I would withdrawl off subutex now ugh....I dont wanna take something that will make you withdrawl so bad....I do not take more then prescribed and if something makes me sick or feel crappy or dependent I dont like it and rather suffer. So glad to k ow this will be over and by the time this wears off my norco withdrawl will be not really there...holy yuck!    im definatly not a fan....I want to just feel normal geez!
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Tomorrow you will feel fine, once the OD of sub passes, it should leave your body slowly and you will be over the physical withdrawals. The high dose was not good, though only one dose is likely going to make your getting clean easier. Taken regularly sub is a bad withdrawal. You will likely have some anxiety that all detox seem to create, but you should be fine. I don't think it set you back, probably helped overall. If you are an addict vs dependent, like you take more than prescribed, then you will need some help with the mental part. If you aren't an addict, them you will be over it all soon.
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sorry that you are sick...but I wish I could answer your ??'s. But I don't know anything about that medicine. I am gonna look it up too & see what it is
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Excuse the typos hard to type on my phone while sick
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I already spoke to her about being off norcos I didnt get my scipt refilled I tapered off them and was without a pill for  almost 30hrs.I took my presciption as advised my body just got used to them and I didnt like that... so she gave me subutex just 2mg and I agree now that its wayy too much.  Again does anyone know answers to the questions?  Im not goin to touch another subutex or norco I have no desire to.  But am I sick from.too much?  Is Iit goin to wear off soon?  I wasnt that sick withdrawling off norcos so no reason to take more.  Anything that helps?  Im pissed because my withdrawls would prob be over tomorrow .  Did this set me backwards?  Or once it wears off ill be fine?  Ive been throwing up for hours now!  And will tking only one 2mg subutez one time mke me have subutex withdrawls?  Im not familiar with them and before I was injured I never took anything but tylenol for headaches.  Please help
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I am also shocked that your doctor would give that to you!!!  Subs are just as addictive.  And IBK is right, the WD from those are way worse than the actual opiate.  Trust me on this I know all to well and wish I had made a more informed decision when I started them.  I wish you luck, and please keep posting on your progress.
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I would have to agree with IBKleen here. It seems like trying to kill a fly with a 357 magnum instead of a fly swatter! I think its great that you want to get off the dependency of the narcotics but maybe you might want to have another talk with your Dr first? Just my opinion but either way congratulations!
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Dont worry I dont even want to take more I didnt even want another pill...she said she was giving it to me for pain not addiction since I was just becoming dependent...I dont have an addictive personality.  Im just wondering when this will wear off?  And if taking it one time will put me thro a withdrawl off this?  Feom reading 2mg was too much and I have been sick like this before after taking a vicoden for a tooth removal years ago.  Am I gonna be ok?  I think she thought it woukd help ease the mild opiate withdrawl syptoms and help with pain too but I dont wanna be on anything like this.  I feel horrible and cant keep anything down and I have to work tomorrow...I woukd have been fine taking a vallium to ease the anxiety and toughing it out ...did all my hard work go to waste or will I be fine once its worn off?  Any insight will help...its been 7hrs since she gave that to me.  Yuck!  
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Welcome to the community,

I an shocked that your doctor put you on Subutex for the relatively small amount of opiates you were on. Honey please get yourself off before you get addicted to it. The withdrawal from that is far worse than what you are going through. o your homework and read all you can on the internet. Really, what a sad story. I hope it all works out for you. Please stick around and talk about what you are doing.
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