I was on Suboxone , 24 millagrams a day for 7 1/2 Years before i switched to Methadone.Believe it or not 24 to 36 mil. a day is pretty much the Norm where im from.Anyhow i was on Methadone for about a year before i got thrown out & put on a 10 day taper from 120 mil. a day ; so a 12 mil. drop per day for 10 days.Whats fucked up is it wasnt even my fault i got booted!Some asshole all tweaked out on Blizzard (Bath Salts) while it was still legal , on a 3 day binge just attacked me!I was just standing in line listening to my MP4 player & bam , this guy comes out of nowhere swinging on me!So i did what i had to do & in the process he got hurt pretty bad ; he just wouldnt stop...id light him up to the point where he should of been knocked out & it didnt even seem to faze him; it was a bad scene.
Anyhow , even though this went on for 3 or 4 minuts before Security finally got him restrained , they said i shouldnt of fought back because their is a zero tolerance for any violence their.So basically i got thrown out for not letting someone pound on me for 3 minuts straight!Anyhow that was like 27 days ago so ive been off Methadone completly for like 17 days.The withdrawl just seems to be getting worse though!About 10 days after my last dose i ate 15 7.5 ES's & that barely took the edge off!So i thought i was screwed ; i tried morphine , Percs , etc.... & they didnt help much & not for long.
Finally i scored some suboxone strips.I never did the strips only the 8 mil. Tablets but i took 1 , 8 mil. strip & i was fine.I actually felt good!I could sleep , eat & function normally.In my opinion they are much better than the pills.It kicked in faster , the taste wasnt as bad & i didnt have a mouthful of saliva to wash down when it disolved.Ive been doing them for 5 days now & have 1 left & i can get 2 more.Im hoping i can keep getting them until i can get a Docter...Theres plenty of Sub Docters around but they all have waiting lists!When i do get back on Suboxone im definatly going with the strips!I have one under m toung now & its about time i washed it down...Sorry about the rant about the Methadone Clinic but im still pissed that i had to go through hell just for defending myself ; just thinking about it gets me going!I wish you all the best!