Suboxone Info Sometimes for those of us that are or have been seriously addicted to opiates it can seem like there are two different worlds in which we live. It can seem like us and them. It's very hard for the non addicted to understand those of us that are addicted. We are all just people and more alike than not. I started this blog to be a place to promote understanding. This is a blog for drug users and addicts (recovering or not) and non-addicts as well. Here you can voice your feelings and get reliable information on addiction as well as recovery methods like Suboxone & Methadone Maintenance. I can tell you what to expect for side effects and detox symptoms too. Feel free to use the Blog or it's group to ask about drug interactions, dosages or just to say what's on your mind. I took me 6 years in opiate replacement to beat my opiate addiction. After a couple of possession charges I was court ordered into a methadone program that I spent 3 years in. I gradually was able to lower my methadone dose to under 50mg a day and from there I was able to switch my treatment from methadone maintenance to Suboxone therapy. I spent another 3 years on Suboxone. I began tapering my dose at the beginning of the third year. After 12 months of gradually lowering my dose I was able to discontinue the Suboxone altogether. My doctor helped me with other medications through my detox . Specifically Ativan and Xanax. These other meds made it possible for me to sleep and maintain some resemblance of normality in my life despite my vulnerable position of being in the midst of Suboxone detox. It takes several months from the time you stop using before you truly start to feel good again and regain your strength. Also you begin to change your outlook on the world and things like depression and anxiety become easier to deal with. Life can actually be good.
4 comments:
i used suboxone to end my five year opiate addiction. towards the end i was taking less than 1mg about every 36 hrs. i went about a week with nothing, not hurting too bad but unable to sleep. did an oc 80 and got GREAT relief, and was able to sleep 2 nights. went another week without then did 40mg of hydro, slept like a baby. then i just stopped everything. the last dope i did was 5 weeks ago and it's just in the last week that i've been able to sleep most all night.
to sum up, suboxone is pretty good stuff, but to taper down to quiting takes a commitment. it CAN be done, i got proof.
I'm on suboxone too, 12mg, but it just DOESN'T take the place of,... well shooting dope! It keeps me from suffering too severe of withdrawal but that's about it.
I need NA and a complete psychic change!!
I check into rehab tomorrow morning!
Thanks for posting on my blog - I tried to go to both of you dude's blogs but your profile is set to private. All I can say Cheech -Your right Tapering is a bitch. I'll tell you right now that if you've gotten off and think you can shoot up every now and then GOOD LUCK. Another helpful fact is that while your tapering or detoxing and this goes for T to. Try and get a dr. at a walk in clinic or get them on the strret if you have to. Some Xanax or Klonopin will help big time. You'll be able to sleep. They're not opiates but they are potent tranquilizers so be careful and don't take more than 3mgs at once. Stay in touch - You have to find something in lige that you love more than shooting dope 1st. Then make it your life. For me it's playing guitar and recording. Peace Out - Joey
since my last (and first) post here i've only snorted 80mg of oxy. and that was 9 days ago. i feel real good about that. as i don't have any kind of good connect it's easy to maintain. and i sure haven't been looking for one.
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