suboxone or Norco weening schedule

[trey_]

I need some straight forward honest opinions.  I am a drug addict there I said it. I have been taking pain meds on and off for 7 1/2 yrs now ever since my gastric bypass surgery. I have quit cold turkey can't count how many times and quit 1 time on a almost complete weening schedule then just stopped when I got down to 3 pills a day.  I am so ready to quite now so I went down to kaiser and was VERY HONEST with them and my primary care DR. I sat down with the therapist and told her everything I have done to try to get off this evil marry go round I'm in. I am so ashamed of what I have become knowing I am killing myself and hurting the people that love me the most. I am currently taking 20 to 25 norco 10 325 a day just to function. My question is should I be put on a weening schedule or put on suboxone. I have read alot of negative stuff about suboxone. I don't know what to do please help.

[gnarly_1]

Hi  well your on a boat load of hydros  with that said I would try to taper off a wile till the withdrawals hit then jump ship ther is no ez way out of this  ''you just got to be ok with out being ok for a wile'' keep posting for support and just know it is possible to break free the other thing I would like to mention is you need aftercare it will help you stay clean  I have tried most everything and N/A is the only thing that works for me  it will change the way you think and those that go to meetings tend to stay clean also you will make new friends that dont use the only way to do this wrong is trying to do it alone google n/a meetings in your area and keep posting
.......................................Gnarly..................................

[climbingthewalls]

hey, not sure if this will help but i was exactly where you were 8 months ago and had also heard of suboxone. my pm doc tried me on 24hr morphine which at first helped. he put me on 160mg a day!! which is nuts! i got down to 20mg over the course of 8months and ill be honest, i slipped and lied about norco usage (on top of the morph) and hit bottom two weeks ago. if you have a support structure i would recomend this route but if not then maybe suboxone as it will not allow the norcs to work correctly (i believe).
i know how you feel about the embarrassment....i would consider myself a decent hardworking guy...or at least i wouldve 3 years ago. i feel like a complete douche sometimes, not being able to do ANYTHING unless i have pills in my pocket frikin *****!!! Anyhoo, i did the taper, not 100% as i shouldve and yes, like a **** I cheated and bought extra norcs on the side but got it down to way less than i was 8months ago. currently 46 hours and 35minutes since my last does and whilst i must admit, i DO feel like crap BUT. the feeling of helplessness, guilt, embarrassment and all round douchebagness of being a fully fledged drug addict is SO much worse....please try the taper, and best of luck!!!