I specifically chose my doctor over the phone to make sure he would be ok with me doing most of the tapering by myself. Well really I pick my own doses/drops and I just run it by him first and he writes out w/e I need.
But I'm assuming you didn't taper? I didn't see anything in your post about it.
Would you mind giving us more specifics? Its hard to give you really catered feedback unless you mention how long you were on it and what dose, and maybe if you were using anything else when you were on the sub. And specifically what dose you dropped off of.
I find the ones that suffer the worst with sub are always the ones who come off it too quickly. You really need to taper it slow, get low, and stay low for a while so your body can somewhat get back into regulating its receptors naturally with a very small amount of sub (like .25mg or so). And if you stay low long enough, then drop off, you can make the transition as smooth as you want really. I may even go down to homeopathic dosages of my sub once I get close to dropping off. Theres no reason I'd want to put my body/mind through any uneccessary suffering.
Did you actually want to come off the sub? Maybe if its too tough find a more sympathetic dr and taper as slow as possible? You shouldn't have to go through too much discomfort and you should have a dr check your blood pressure at least once a week when you are tapering. People can be thrown into a hypertensive crisis coming off opiates (like me) and that will really aggravate wds unless you are prescribed a blood pressure med. Is your dr monitoring your blood pressure? And please tell us about your dosages, thank you.
Dont worry I was pretty stupid, had enough of the doctor always saying she will help knowing the situation and then doing nothing, sick of being a slave so to speak to gov, chemist, ect, Sorry am very cinicial ATM, I did a tiny taper, was on 4mg daily how stupid is that?? Anyways got last dose on thursday,so had them on friday i think but only one, I think I stashed two 2mg tablets and managed to make them last until the wednesday, that was two weeks ago today. Have been in constant contact with PAMS advocy, asking advice just having someone to talk to. They have been fantastic, and offered to talk to the doctor I went and saw to help me get some tramadol and vals just for pain and anxiety. This was a new doctor for me as I refuse to go back to the other one and am very angry, cant believe how she can be a doctor?? This new doctor was very good and gave me the stuff not a prob, I'm going back to see him Friday for a "ladys" check whatever fun that is!!!
I was never using anything else besides the suboxzone and had probably been on it for about two years. We live in the country, my partner and I both dont work atm, and had to travel two to three hours every three weeks to Melbourne to see this doctor that you just had to sit and wait and sometimes we didnt get out of there until 11pm, even midnight once or twice, and she knew we have a five year old no compassion, all about the $$$$. Alot of this is for my daughter she deserves a drug free mother and the best possible life I can give her, eg, me going back to work once better. I am just really sick of feeling like a slave to them all and they call all the shots no matter weather your trying or not. Our doctor especially seemed more interested in those that wanted scripts and lots of them!!
Dont worry I dont ever recommened anyone just jumping off suby ever, it is very powerful, I think even more than we know!!
