Thanks Barry! How many mg are you on, and which benzo(s)? If that's the case (my doc doing taper) I am going to find my way into suboxone. I ain't goin back to the dark ages of pain management without a serious fight. Luckily there's a sub program in town, and I would jump over the waiting list because my pain diagnosis. Gonna call that program director now just to ask what I need to do in case she can't prescribe the sub herself.
Thanks BarryIm only on 10mg Diazapam pd. But i am on alot of other meds that make me drowsy so they didn't want me to be on a higher dose.(lyrica max dose, Sedative antihistamines, codeine,) Also its nearly impossible to get a prescription for any bezos or opiates from where im from. Its quite frankly a miracle they gave it to me in the first place. But it took me years because my GP was anti benzo, anti opiate, id be lucky to even get antibiotics from the guy even when i was clearly ill. due to immunotherapy, i get infections all the time.Ones that put me in hospital. I had to beg to see a psychiatrist. Anyway sry for the rant.
I feel for you as i know we are both on quite different meds. But we will both have to lose our crutch. Albeit very slowly. very very slowly in your case. Just give it your best shot and if it gets to a point where u just cant handle it.Go back and speak to your GP/specialist and tell them.
I have crohn's disease and fibromyalgia ,and diazapam actually helps with my pain so coming off is going to suck.
I have however had a bit of a breakthrough with a new snri antidepressant i'm on which blocks norepinephrine reuptake. Its helped alot with my severe anxiety and even my nerve pain. Apparently that's what norepinephrine dose.
I hope everything goes well for you.
Just do your best. That's all any of us can do. And don't punish yourself if u need to go back on it. Living with chronic pain and mental health problems really eats away at you. Your body, mind even your soul. And sometimes numbing the pain is the only choice we have.
Take care friend
I'm already committed to suboxone. Gonna talk about the shift w/ my doctor next week. I hope to get it from a doctor rather than having to join the suboxone program where you have to go to weekly meetings in the beginning and do pee tests. What is this new anti depressant you had luck with? Lexapro?
Dear FH, how can I do this "pill splitting correctly so that I don't notice the reduction? This first refill I decided to just get it over with, and took only two pills one day and was mild dopesick for 2 fuckin days! Next month if she steals 2 pills, how do you think I should go about it?
Shit, I already met with the doc who will assist the transition to Sub. My research indicates that in trials where persons did not know if they received a Butrans patch, or a Fentanyl patch, that there was little difference in their scores. In fact, Butrans was kind of preferred. Of course this method of bupe is just tiny amounts all day. So my Big Plan is to wean myself down to tiny doses all day, like .25 mg once an hour during the busy part of my day. What do you guys think? I could still back out, but my main doc has decided to slowly wean me from methadone because, as she informed me today,"studies show that after quitting narcotics pain patients report the same amount of pain as when they were on meds"!
Yeah, you do hear about how naloxone does nothing, but I wonder why they do not give suboxone to pregnant ladies unless there is something kind of toxic about it? How this issue really applies to me is that I think my Blue Shield insurance will cover suboxone, but they won't cover subUtex. So there is change that I should ask for Suboxone instead to save a few bucks. Oh wait! I recall now, that my copay for suboxone is a little more than if I just pay cash for subUtex,lol. Damn pill companies
Lol, thanks for the heads- up, I just jumped out the side door with a parachute! Now my only question is how long I should wait since last kratom to dose my new Subutex pill? I guess I'll wait 8 hours, then take .5 mg Sub. Sounds decent?
Hi Kief, no problem! Put thread wherever you see fit
Now that I made it through the transition, the worrying has moved on to other topics, like I'm wondering if sniffing bupe lasts as long as sublingual, as my new doc is a little stingy with the bupe considering what I was just taking. As the remainder of the fent patch wore off today, I started to feel grimey, as if maybe 6mg bupe isn't enough to hold me. Will discuss with her next week if still withdrawing.---------
You're right, this really could be Dark Side, as it was difficult not to search for pills or H to deal with this period of time. Now I have adjusted to Subutex and I am completely satisfied dosing 1 mg every couple hours from 11 AM to 9PM or so. Thankfully Sub doesn't hurt my sleep one bit, in fact it is kinda sleepy for me