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Bupe suboxone - anyone experienced any of this while on it?

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Hellomynameisx

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hi, I'll get straight to it. I started taking subs 2.5 years ago after 3 years of prescription painkiller abuse. it wasn't until 11 months ago that I fully committed, and I haven't had a pill since. well, I recently started to feel like the sub had turned on me. don't get me wrong, I'm grateful I did it, and don't regret it, but I think I took it for too long.
I never thought to attribute what I was experiencing to the sub, because I didn't think it had any side effects.
first and most annoying, I constantly feel like I'm in a haze. like im groggy from the moment I wake up until I go to bed. every day. I feel like I haven't been present in my own life for some time now.
second, I started having weird breathing sensations about a year and a half ago. like I couldn't quite get a deep enough breath, but it was constant. it's difficult to explain. I went to multiple specialists and took a range of tests, all telling me I was perfectly fine.
finally, a few months ago I started having some serious GI issues. I'll leave it at that, but I hadn't had them before and didnt have any change in my life big enough to warrant the sudden onset.
so I decided I wanted off. I jumped from 2mg about 11 days ago. it still sucks but I think im thru the worst and I don't want to go back. for info, I took about 3-4mg/day usually. but I was never consistent with my dosing. the most I'd ever do was 6mg/day but not often.
anyways, now that the acute withdrawal symptoms are waning, I'm starting to feel it in my head. i feel even more groggy. my brain feels dry like I'm missing all the right chemicals. I'm sure it's normal, but I'm just wondering if anyone's experienced any of these symptoms or anything similar. I tried to talk to my doctor about it but he never really gave me an answer, so any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

edit: since detoxing, I've also noticed how much it changed me, and so have people close to me. emotionally and physically I was so much number than I thought. it's been a strange week for sure. getting back to normalcy, but I don't even know what that means anymore. I don't mean to bash it, just my observations.
 
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It might be the subs, or it might be the fact that you just recently quit doing really hard drugs and you brain is having a difficult time coping without the stimulation from the PKs and the suboxone is not helping much because you were not using it properly for a year and a half. I can't tell you for sure as I don't feel any of this. But the reason I guessed that is because I have taken as directed pretty much since day one.
 
what dose are you on now? I've had this happen before and dropped the dosage a bit and all turned out fine.
 
I'm not doing it anymore. I took my last dose like 11 days ago so at this point I'm not gonna turn back. I'm moving in a few days and didn't want to have to deal with the stress of finding a new doctor or facing withdrawals so I jumped, I didn't taper at all unfortunately but it wasn't too bad. I just forgt what withdrawals felt like
 
so you just stopped and you are fine now? wow, good for you, man.

what was your dose? any other drugs that you left or only suboxone? dude, if you feel good and you are 11 days away then that is fucking awesome; you are a luck one because feel "off" a big longer.

either way, congrats dude, and enjoy the move/new life.
 
yeah I'm not great yet, but it's getting better every day. my legs are still restless at night, my energy is way down. but better than a week ago. I was taking 3 or 4mg a day. when I told my doc I wanted off and had a timeline, he reluctantly gave me five 2mg subutex and some Ativan and that was it. I was going to Europe for a week so I took my last one on the plane, which worked out because there was nothing I could do about it over there lol I just had to deal. thanks though, I'm glad to be off of it. my head feels way out of whack, but I guess times the only thing that can heal that.
and no I just came off the sub, nothing else. unfortunately I never knew how low of a dose I could take, perhaps I wouldn't have had these issues if I was doing less.
 
if you slowly brought it down to .5MG or even 1MG it would have been easier; also, I hope you took the benzos after you were dont w/ all the bupe. that would have made a major difference; even time I've gone to detox I never take the bupe or methadone, depending what the detox offers. I also take the the clonodine and lithium; helps me so much and just keeps me sleepy and feeling OK all day.
 
thanks for the reply, I did take the benzos after...they helped with not feeling overwhelmed by it but not with anything else. still only slept about an hour a night. tried flexeril and Xanax also, to no avail. he gave me lyrica yesterday, didn't notice it helping last night but I'm hopeful for tonight lol
that was the worst part for me, wanting to sleep so badly but not being able to. and then falling asleep at inappropriate times throughout the day ha
the one constant I've had is the sneezing...like 25 times a day. never had that coming off pills. I know it could have been way worse so I'm trying to keep my spirits light about the whole thing.
yeah I definitely should have tapered but I only decided to get off about 3 weeks ago and am moving this weekend. so I didn't have much time.
what dose are you on?
 
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