Hi everyone, my name is Kristy and I'm 37. I'm so happy and so relieved to find the site because I swear that I thought I was the only one going through this I am also on Suboxone and I am going through the same thing that you guys are all going through. I curl up in a ball and cry because sometimes because of the pain that I am going through. The constipation is so bad and I am taking everything under the sun and the trips to the ER are a joke. I am even giving myself the injections that they give you in the hospital. My PM doctor gave me the samples of the respitar which is suppose to make you go in like seconds. So I have to inject myself once a day and I hate needles in my stomach to help with the constipation and it does absolutely nothing on top of that I'm taking the Miralax & using suppositories, using stool softeners I'm taking fiber pills, I'm drinking water, you name it I'm doing it. The only thing that will come out is the little wormies that's what they call them or every once in awhile I'll get the squirts but I'm look like I'm 5 months pregnant and between the back pain that I already have from the herniated disc it put so much pressure on my back and then the shooting pains on the sides and into my stomach and underneath my ribs it's so horrible to stand up straight. OMG but I'm so happy that I found all of you because nobody believes really I'm going through. My parents sometimes just think that are like how many time are you gonna go to the ER already. A year ago I was diagnosed with slight colitis they told so they put me in hospital overnight gave me some meds and sent me home and that was it but I was still going through the same symptoms then it went away for a little while and then it came back but I get to the point to where my stomach is so bloated that I literally look pregnant I can't even button my pants like how do I live like that how do I walk around how do I work how do I do anything and I have three children so uncomfortable and it's like when I push to try to go to the bathroom and I'm just going to say this the sh*t basically is coming to the front it's pushing into the front where my vagina is and I can actually feel the bulging of my poop in my vagina I can litterly feel the shapes and sizes of my sh*t. Like balls of it and if I push down and it comes down but it won't come out and it's a really bit one it will like bend like a shoe bourse and come up the others side of my vagina its absolutely insand. Its as if it wants to come out my vagina in stead of my ass, that's how backed up I am. I literally just want them to surgically go in and remove all of it I swear I just want it over with I just want to feel normal again I just heard every day and I'm uncomfortable every day and now the summer's coming I'm a size 6 and I don't know I know maybe people are smaller than me but like even eating I try to eat a couple things and I throw it right back up because I'm so full and I love to eat I'm Italian and Spanish come on I eat everything and I can't even enjoy my food and I wanted to lose some weight I literally have 10 extra pounds on me because of all the stuff that's inside of me I stopped the suboxine for a month in a half just to see of it would help the constipation and I was in so much pain throughout that time with my back and my Fibral Mialga & just to see if I could get some of this stuff out of me & to see what happened and I was able to go to the bathroom and everything for a whole month and a half and there was a big difference on the scale and I lost 10 pounds. And I have high blood pressure so I take a water pill during late so I lose water weight regularly to begin with so this put 10 pounds on me on a regular basis all of the sh*t inside of me so once I started taking the suboxin again within three days I'm not even joking within 11
days I showed my mother the difference I said mom look I'm going to weigh myself once I started the suboxin I showed her the scale I was 120 three days later I was one 130. I'm going tomorrow to a doctor and I'm telling them you got to figure this out now because I'm not doing this anymore I'm done I'll keep you ladies and gentlemen posted because I'm over this thank you thank you so much just knowing that there's other people out there that are going through the same thing makes me feel saying makes me feel like I'm not crazy I'm sorry that everybody is hurting but at least I know I'm not the only one hugs and kisses to everyone
You should be taking stool softeners, drinking Miralax (the white powder you are whining about), eating more fiber/fresh foods, and drinking water to prevent this from happening. When you're really constipated, you should either use a suppository or an enema. To think that you asked a doctor for an opiate just for being constipated is a joke. By the way, you won't die from constipation. Don't be so dramatic. Sounds like you still have drug seeking behavior.
Why do you insist upon going to the emergency room over and over again? You already know what the outcome is going to be. Also, the ER is for life threatening emergencies. Since you know your constipation isn't going to kill you, you shouldn't be using ER time and resources. Start taking preventative measures.
I'm having the same issues as you, opiate induced constipation, so I understand. I just wish people would use some common sense.
Most of these people are seeking out doctors to get their opiate fix. If you don't know that opiates will cause constipation, you are hugely mistaken. Don't sue your doctor for something so stupid.
Please don't use Miralax. If you go to FDA website, they are going to put a black box warning on it. Miralax ingredient is Polythene Glycol (PEG), the exact same ingredient used to make Antifreeze, toothpaste (read label of ingredients) and household cleaners. Yet Doctor's prescribe this laxative like candy, without also telling you that using it often can lead to a lazy colon, making you not be able to go on your own.
Umm..actually, constipation, can Kill you. Ever heard of Elvis Presley or John Wayne? That is how they died. Toilet deaths. Don't judge or Nag. The whole world hates it.
Hello everyone,
I was experiencing the same from Suboxone and it was driving me absolutely nuts. I was on a 12mg dose and I couldn’t go. I took a ton of laxatives and that isn’t good either. The one that worked the best is called lactalose, it is a prescription laxative that isn’t as harsh as some of the other laxatives. Being dependent on a laxative isn’t good, your body will get used to the laxatives.
So, what I did was drop down to 1mg a day. I was really surprised how easy the drop was. I went from 12mg one day to 1mg the next. It has been approximately 3 1/2 weeks since I dropped and my bowls are finally moving normally again. The feeling of not being able to go was so annoying and not an enjoyable way to live. I was ready to go through withdrawals just to be able to take a dump, that is how bad it was. I have been on subs 4 years and the last 2 years I have been on 12mg a day and took a ton of laxatives during that time. So with that being said, after dropping to 1mg it took about 3 weeks for my bowls to move and they are, thank God!! Also, I have feelings again, it is crazy. My father passed away while I was on a high dose of Subs and I didn’t realize that I had so many feelings that I had buried or didn’t feel while on Subs. I have been crying like a baby, which is good, I need to deal with these underlying issues that I have hidden by using all these years. I have been on 1mg for about 3 1/2 weeks and the first week was a breeze, the second week was tough. So, once my body gets adjusted completely to the dose, I will go down to .5 mg a day, then hopefully try to skip a day on .5 and then down to .25mgs once a day, then after a while every other day. I am hoping to be off Subs in the next 2-3 months. What we don’t realize, when first starting Subs, how powerful they are. They are a very strong opioid, about the same strength as Methadone, and Methadone is a b***h to get off. So it is a slow decent while trying to get off Subs. But, if the last week has been an indication of what life will be like off Subs, I can’t wait!!!
This opioid crisis is horrible and it drives me nuts that they are now just acknowledging the issue. I started using Oxy back in 2000 and it was bad back then and just getting worse. By 2005 we were driving from Greenville South Carolina to Miami 1-2 times a month to go to a pill mill. During the many trips to Florida I started to notice that there a ton of junkies like myself, but soooo many of them, it was sad. So for the administration now just addressing the issue makes me sick. Big Pharmaceutical started this issue and there were some bills, pushed by Conservatives of course, that made selling opioids easier. It is completely disgusting to me that the issue is now being called a crisis when is has been a crisis for at least 10 years. Just my opinion.
Brian