Hello, A little background. 4 years ago I went into rehab for opiate addiction. I was put on suboxone without knowing what it was. I just thought that is what you took to help with withdrawls, never knowing what I was getting myself into. Now, 4 years later I am on 12mg a day (prescribed to take 1/2 a strip 2 times per day). I also have fibromyalgia and CFS so supposidly, it is for my chroni pain at this point. I want to get off this medicine so bad. I HATE the sweating and I feel like i have not been myself in over 5 years! I hate it. When i bring it up with my addiction specialist dr he doesn't want me to quit. He thinks I need it for my pain. My regualr GP dr is adamant that I stop it. Well, I am an adict. And I don't know if any of you have had this experience, but for me, when I take that 1/2 of a stip under my tonge it makes me feel relaxed and good. So, for some reason, over the last 6 months or so, I have been "cheating" here and there and taking an extra dose ever few days. Well, this gets me in trouble because I am then short by the end of the month. Luckily, the pharmacy was good about fillng my RX about a week early, up until last month when they red flagged me because they noticed. So when I went to pick it up, they told me I had to wait the full 30 days. I was so scared! I was really doing okay up until about day 7 and then I hit the wall. I went to the pharmacy and lied about going out of town and needing the rx early. They gave it to me. But do you think I learned my lesson? no! so now here I am again, not haveing learned that lesson, or keeping track of how many little "extras" i was using, and I am 10-12 days away from my refill with only 4 full strips left! I know I am an id**t, I know I can't keep doing this, but I am asking for help. Please do NOT judge me, please. Please just help me to get by, I have a job and I need to be able to function. What is the best course of action? I also managed to get about 8 vicodins (althought they are 2 years old) from my sister, so I do have that to help. What should I do? Do I stretch out the suboxones? like take 1/2 (6 mg) a day every other day? and try and get there? go longer? or will I suffer from the large decrease? should I take 1/2-1 strip per day and then when i run out take the vicodin? I really need help and direction. I say ever month when I do this that this is the month I am quitting, because I go so many without, or with low dose, but then it gets so bad I cave in! please advise, I need help. thank you
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