Thanks for your comments very helpful keep it up good luck!!! Today is my first day I want my life back....
whatever u do i recomend not getting on methadone for any length of time 2 weeks max.i hear suboxone works but have not tried it yet. whatever u do not having acces to drug of choice helps for me. good luck
if i could just get passed the skin burning and anxiety. i could work on all the other withdrawls on my own
Hi. I just switched from methadone to suboxen on friday. I was totally fine. But what Ì did was time my last done dose to wea off in the middle of the night. You HAVE TO MAKE SURE U IN FULL WITHDRAWEL before u start taking suboxen OR u end up sending yourself into accute withdrawel right away. It seems to me that u didnt wait in withdrawal long eniugh and thats why u feel like garbage. I dont know how to fix it for you but your doc will OR call detox center. U may need to go to detox get the suboxen out of your system till u are in DTs then they will put u back on it properly. When done right you truly feel like a milion bucks so dont give up!!! I promise Suboxen is a life changer. Much better than methadone. Good luck
I was taking oxycodone for pain pain management doctor switch me to Suboxone 2 mg twice a day. I have felt nausea felt like I've had the flu and I'm going on day 8 can I get any help here thank you
it is my day 4 on sebuxone. 3 days on 8mg film and today 6 mg . im tapering down asap. But feel hot flashes and sweating. ..tired as well. Is it normal? I was on hydro and Oxybfir years for health issues. I dont want to be addicted to subsbthats why i only wanna pass the withdrowl symptoms of opuats I wasbon then tapper subs. What should i expect? Thanx
Sorry my dear but what you need in your life is god I has see a lot of people getting out heroin and pills with god 's help. Go to a church give your life to Jesus and he will heal you from head to toes.
Your post was very encouraging. Thank you.
Idk who you are but you’re little pep tšlk was exactly what I needed. I just wanted to say thank you. I hope you a doing well
Wow you are really strong for going cold turkey like that. Kudos to you!!
Thank you for your advice..on my 6th day of Sub after 6 years of opiates 3 a day..im sooo sleepy sleepy sleepy..nauseous and broken concentration..this is terrible..i pray God i get thru this..no craving for Po's but feeling so unexplainably weird..same as the person 2 comments above...when does this ajust..or does it..im scared as well
I am supposed to start suboxen in 3 days. I've been on pain meds for a very long time! Norcos don't work for my pain at all...I recently had rotator cuff repair surgery on my right side but the left still needs surgery and the tear is even worse than the right side. I have gone thru withdrawals so many times and I HATE IT!! MY life is completely altered and I'm not able to function at all!!! I like and could relate to everything you wrote and I am HOPING the suboxen will work for me. I've never been on methadone just combination of pain meds and I can't go thru the awful feeling of withdrawal any longer! I have my fingers crossed!
Thanks for your post..it let me know there's other people who are just like me and are going thru this as well.
Thanks for your post..it let me know there's other people who are just like me and are going thru this as well.
You'll want to wait as long as possible after your last dose of methadone before starting suboxone. If taken too early it can cause precipitated withdrawal which is extremely unpleasant. It happens because the Suboxone has a much higher binding affinity to the opiod receptors, so if the methadone or any other opiate is attached to the receptor the Suboxone essentially kicks it off and takes its place. Because the Suboxone is a partial opiate agonist it doesn't stimulate the opiate receptors as much as other opiates. This is why Suboxone generally doesn't give you a high feeling, it only mitigates the effects of withdrawal. It is also how Suboxone prevents you from feeling high if you take other opiates while already on Suboxone, the Suboxone is attached so strongly to your opiate receptors the other opiates can't attach and give you a high.
So you'll want to wait as long as possible after your last opiate dose before taking Suboxone. Generally speaking once you've begun feeling withdrawal symptoms it should be safe to take the Suboxone. Everybody is different though, some can take it sooner, some need to be fairly far into withdrawal. If your withdrawal symptoms are enough to really affect your ability to work or do other things it should be safe to take it.
Also I HIGHLY recommend taking as small a dose of Suboxone as possible. I think doctors prescribe far too high of a dose with almost everybody. Even people with an extremely heavy opiate addiction really don't need more than about 4 mg of sub a day. MAYBE 8 mg the first day or two, but the vast majority of people would be perfectly fine on just 2 mg a day to start. You should start low, about 2 mg and reside if you really need to every 45 minutes to an hour or so until you feel relief. However keep in mind that Suboxone generally isn't going to make you feel "good" for the first few days to a week or so. It WILL relieve withdrawal so you don't feel like absolute dogshit and unable to do anything but it often takes a few days to a week to start feeling "normal". It's normal to have se trouble sleeping, eating(food is just unappetizing but you should be able to eat something without vomiting, but it doesn't taste good and you don't feel like eating. Nutritional shakes and soups can help), and it is also normal to have some muscle discomfort and pain(over the counter painkillers can help such as ibuprofen or Tylenol), often in the legs as well as having low energy levels(caffeine can help). But you should still be able to function .
I hope things worked well for you and that this can help others with similar problems. Just remember, use the smallest dose possible and I HIGHLY recommend trying to taper off the Suboxone completely within a few months of starting. Suboxone can be difficult to get off of, particularly because it has such a long half-life the withdrawal from Suboxone can last a month or so. While it tends to be milder than withdrawal from other opiates it lasts significantly longer. The longer you are on Suboxone and the higher the dose, the more difficult it is to get off. While some people might be best served to stay on Suboxone indefinitely, the majority would be best served to use it temporarily. If you're taking Suboxone you do not want to become pregnant as it will cause the baby to be born dependant on Suboxone, causing essentially the same issues as a baby born to someone addicted to other opiates. You also have to worry about seeing the doctor regularly for your prescription as well as having to pay for it and worrying about running out. It can become a hassle and expensive over the years.
So you'll want to wait as long as possible after your last opiate dose before taking Suboxone. Generally speaking once you've begun feeling withdrawal symptoms it should be safe to take the Suboxone. Everybody is different though, some can take it sooner, some need to be fairly far into withdrawal. If your withdrawal symptoms are enough to really affect your ability to work or do other things it should be safe to take it.
Also I HIGHLY recommend taking as small a dose of Suboxone as possible. I think doctors prescribe far too high of a dose with almost everybody. Even people with an extremely heavy opiate addiction really don't need more than about 4 mg of sub a day. MAYBE 8 mg the first day or two, but the vast majority of people would be perfectly fine on just 2 mg a day to start. You should start low, about 2 mg and reside if you really need to every 45 minutes to an hour or so until you feel relief. However keep in mind that Suboxone generally isn't going to make you feel "good" for the first few days to a week or so. It WILL relieve withdrawal so you don't feel like absolute dogshit and unable to do anything but it often takes a few days to a week to start feeling "normal". It's normal to have se trouble sleeping, eating(food is just unappetizing but you should be able to eat something without vomiting, but it doesn't taste good and you don't feel like eating. Nutritional shakes and soups can help), and it is also normal to have some muscle discomfort and pain(over the counter painkillers can help such as ibuprofen or Tylenol), often in the legs as well as having low energy levels(caffeine can help). But you should still be able to function .
I hope things worked well for you and that this can help others with similar problems. Just remember, use the smallest dose possible and I HIGHLY recommend trying to taper off the Suboxone completely within a few months of starting. Suboxone can be difficult to get off of, particularly because it has such a long half-life the withdrawal from Suboxone can last a month or so. While it tends to be milder than withdrawal from other opiates it lasts significantly longer. The longer you are on Suboxone and the higher the dose, the more difficult it is to get off. While some people might be best served to stay on Suboxone indefinitely, the majority would be best served to use it temporarily. If you're taking Suboxone you do not want to become pregnant as it will cause the baby to be born dependant on Suboxone, causing essentially the same issues as a baby born to someone addicted to other opiates. You also have to worry about seeing the doctor regularly for your prescription as well as having to pay for it and worrying about running out. It can become a hassle and expensive over the years.
Thank you for writing that... I too battled with depression & horrific migraines more days than not. All it took was a couple pain killers & I could conquer the world, then needed them just to function. On Subutex now almost 4 years, has been great to be clean! I highly recommend it
I agree with most of what you wrote & you did an amazing job! The part about having children on it isn’t completely correct though... I’ve had two children while on subs & they had no withdrawal whatsoever when they were born & I was on 24 mg a day. I know everyone is different & everyone’s baby is different, but I think more often than not (60-70% I believe I read) newborns of mothers on Subutex are just fine. Thank you for the very informative response:)