I've been on the sub now for over 15 months. The headaches have been here all along. I had no cravings on methadone but could not come off of it. With the sub, I still crave like crazy but it's all in my head. The only time that I feel bad is if I go about 36-48 hours without it and then it's nothing like withdrawl from lortab was. I just get really tired and cranky. I was at 16mg daily and I have very slowly came down to 10 and honestly, I can't tell the difference. But the sub does make me very sleepy too about 2 hours after I take it, I get drowsy. The kind of drowsiness that you would get if you took a pm pill. Other than those things, I like it. Just wish it were a little easier to get and not so darn expensive! Good luck all! :-)
I was taking 30-40 10mg Norcos a day. I got on 16mg Sub 3 years ago. I was in heaven. It worked great. I'm currently 15 days into Sub withdrawal. It's worse than Methadone, Heroin or Dro's. Tired but can't sleep, back aches, leg aches, no appetite and should I mention diahrea, sneezing and sweats. All this after 15 days. My Doc wanted me to stay on forever. I can see why. Couldn't afford it any more. $400 a month for Sub plus the Doc fees. Sorry for rambling. Can't concentrate. Hope this gets better soon!!
OK, here's my story, I have 6 herniated disc's, the doc tells me to go on oxycontin, I never heard of it, he swears by it so I do what I'm told. Low and behold no pain, I feel 20 years younger (I'm 40 at the time). I'm into this medication for 18 months and decide, what the heck, my back feels much better so I stop taking the OC, well all HELL broke loose! I had all the classic symptoms of an addict! I said the hell with this, give me another OC and naturally I felt great.
I work 12 hours a day every day, on the weekends I have a part time job so I need to produce, as you could imagine I was in great trouble. Next came the abuse, 3 a day simply were not enough so I used my God given good looks to swoon the girl at the doctors office, she began writing me bogus scripts whenever I needed them, I naturally had to pay her back with adult favors (she was in a bad marriage and needed attention). OK, fast forward 18 more moths, I' just (yesterday) took my last soboxone, I figure it's time to bite the bullet, I have been only taking 2 ml a day, (a quarter of a pill) for a few months and I beleive whatever the down side of stoping I will deal with. I'm so thrilled to be totally clean, no more pills, I can simply live my life, now I realize that for the next few weeks I may have some problems but I will deal with it and get my life back. I HATED being tied to a pill so I could feel normal, no one should need this just to feel normal, what a pitty really, anyway I wish everyone all the luck in the world, stay strong!
I work 12 hours a day every day, on the weekends I have a part time job so I need to produce, as you could imagine I was in great trouble. Next came the abuse, 3 a day simply were not enough so I used my God given good looks to swoon the girl at the doctors office, she began writing me bogus scripts whenever I needed them, I naturally had to pay her back with adult favors (she was in a bad marriage and needed attention). OK, fast forward 18 more moths, I' just (yesterday) took my last soboxone, I figure it's time to bite the bullet, I have been only taking 2 ml a day, (a quarter of a pill) for a few months and I beleive whatever the down side of stoping I will deal with. I'm so thrilled to be totally clean, no more pills, I can simply live my life, now I realize that for the next few weeks I may have some problems but I will deal with it and get my life back. I HATED being tied to a pill so I could feel normal, no one should need this just to feel normal, what a pitty really, anyway I wish everyone all the luck in the world, stay strong!
I have been taking it for about a year and a half and have no plans of getting off it, i have been clean now for a year and a half as well from a hardcore H habit. Now i am getting married, going to school, and have a daughter on the way. I still get those nasty headaches from time to time but the bene's out reach the downs.
i was on suboxon and it helped heaps with the cravings but i found it made me scary angry and i lost heaps of weight also i started to get sick in the morning if i didn't have my does by eight many friends who have also got off suboxon say its harder because it has a longer half life i would have to agree though i did get off it and have be clean now for a year so i think the good out wayed the bad for me anyway
i just would like 2 know what does soboxon look like
Hey im 19 days clean off of suboxone. The aches and pains are still there a bit but i am sleeping. I am sweating from the armpits like crazy though. I have never sweated like this before and I am curious if it will ever go away. If anyone has anything I would really appreciate it thanks.....
Hi everyone I dont want to be a spreader of bad news. I was on Suboxone i had every side effect it has. I started on 8 mg daily. Then i went to 4 mg after about three weeks. Then after about two weeks went to a 1/4 and did'nt feel any differnt. Then about another week I quit. Went through pure hell. I had done research on Suboxone. It works wonders getting you off other drugs but you will get addicted to Suboxone and it is hard to get off of. You fell like dying. Everything in my body hurt. Leg and joint pain, legs jerking. stomach hurting, had the runs, I wound up in the hospitial. They gave me newbaine that helped some. When I got released I had a prescription for Hyrdocodone that is what i took the suboxone for. I went cold turkey on the hydro and it has been nothing like the suboxone withdrawl yet. Plese take my advise unless you plan on staying on Suboxone the rest of your life dont take it. !
hey, i am new to the forum. i was taking about 10-12 10/325 norco a day and on 50mcg fentanyl patch. I tired withdrawing off them and would get to about day three and couln't take it. I don't like the idea of with drawing at home. a wife and three kids, to see their love one go through hell. I started on suboxone 16mg a day. this way at least i could keep my job and my family. I have been on it for about three weeks. I feel nervous sometime,s like I'm have slight withdrawls from the opiates. I hope they come out with a drug like suboxone that doesn't have the bad with drawl side effects. I'm already getting nervous about going throught the suboxone with drawls. Especially after all these posts i've been reading. I don't believe in suffering. I am an addict and have this dis-ease of addiction. I wish more doctors understood this, rather than a it being a character flaw. I think i would rather off myself than to go throught withdrawls. I don't seem to have a good choice. I either with draw at home or I try to come up with 20,000 dollars and check myself into a treatment faclilty. I will stay on the suboxone as long as i can afford it and start the taper program. I do know that once i'm totally clean and keep going to my NA meetings that one day, i feel like I won't have to worry about popping a pill in my mouth, just to get throught the day. Does anyone out there know of any detox facilities that don't cost you and arm and a leg? and I would like to hear more positve stories about suboxone. ?
Hi you all. I am on Day 5 of Suboxone Treatment from Oxy Contin Withdrawal. I was snorting 2-4 80MG OXY/DAY (taking off coating and crushing) -- I started treatment with Suboxone same time as my Boyfriend and another friend. Out of the 3 of us-- I am the only one to experience the Horrific Headaches and Nausea. The side effects got so bad- that I cut WAY down from prescribed dose (8MG/DAY) almost immediately- after first 48 hrs. My Boyfriend only took SUBOXONE for first 3 days of withdrawal. He had no side effects. I was laying next to him in misery. I vomited at the peak of the headache nausea- then thought it was the SUB instead of what I had been thinking (that it was withdrawal and I needed more subs). I finally called my doctor on DAY 5- today. He said there is another prescription that the 1/100 pple who experience the bad headaches and nausea do well with. When I get it I will let you all know. This is horrible- Opiate withdrawal even with the subs I cant work or function normally.
I'm trying to get off Suboxone. It is the worst withdraw I've ever had. Whatever you do don't go on more than 8 mg a day and don't stay on it for more than a year. It's not real recovery.
go down to 8mg as soon as possible. then go to 4 mg (half a strip/pil)
DON'T STAY ON FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS. YOU WILL BE SORRY. if you think pain med withdraw was bad. stay on suboxone for a couple of years then get off.
DON'T STAY ON FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS. YOU WILL BE SORRY. if you think pain med withdraw was bad. stay on suboxone for a couple of years then get off.
i am so pleased to hear your story ;] i start it soon i was on a pile of dhc a day and it just became the norm , i am excited to start now after reading all your storys ;]
normally the headaches as well as nausea in some are common side effects until your body adjusts to the dose...I would also look into the possibility that your dose may very well be too high for you. that can cause headaches also. Consult with your dr on that possibility...good luck
I know I'm allergic, but can suboxone make your uterus lining thin?