Thanks for the great information and article. I hadn’t thought about the possibility of finding a psychiatrist to help me. I think I will try to and show him or her the article.I’m case you are wondering how I got on suboxone: I was on oxy for chronic pain since about 2003.and then ( around 2012)I started running out early. I would manage the withdrawals with loperamide or kratom. Then , in 2022 I moved, ( lost my primary care doctor because of the move) and got a stomach infection that was so bad that nothing would stay down. I was actually in the hospital and on TPN ( total perferal nutrition: iv vitamins and lipids) for about 3 weeks. In the hospital I was given IV morphine but once I was released I was only given a week of pain medicine. Food gradually started to stay down but kratom still wouldn’t. And they still weren’t entirely sure what antibiotics would help. I was sent home on a list of them to throw at it.
By then, the state insurance program ( Medi-cal) had assigned me to a new PCP. I went to her and she refused to give me anything for pain. She told me to take ibuprofen ( which I was already maxing out on daily and still couldn’t sleep from the stomach pain and the hip pain that originally started me on opiates) She said she put in a stat referral for GI and pain management but I still haven’t heard from either.
Yes I still need to find a new primary care doctor with a lot more sense and compassion but I don’t drive ( I’m disabled and use a wheelchair) and during this time I was still throwing up at least once a day and having diarrhea. So, the idea of calling Medi-cal waiting for their choice list in the mail, making appointments, traveling to and from all of them on public transportation ( when I went to the appointment with my current assigned Dr, I used non- emergency medical transportation which costed over 100 dollars for a local round trip) was just too overwhelming.
I got so tired of the constant stomach pain that I went online and found a suboxone program. Meanwhile, I guess some of the antibiotics finally got control over whatever was causing the stomach issues because it’s resolved now ( I did manage to convince my new doctor to switch some of the antibiotics to liquid which I thought might be easier to keep down and it was).
So, now that my stomach is on speaking terms with me again I just want off suboxone and back on kratom as I still need pain control because of my hip.
I have read that once I get down to .25mgs I should be able to switch back to kratom without a problem and hardly any withdrawals, if any. Has anyone made the switch? If so, can you comment on how correct the above statement appears to be please?
Sorry if I put too much info in this post. I have Asperger's syndrome as well as cerebral palsy and I have been told I frequently include too much detail in stories for neuro-typical taste