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Bupe Advice on SR-17018 To Jump Off Of Suboxone

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Hey y’all! Need some help freeing myself from the thin orange prison cell. I put a context section at the bottom, but really only the first two sections matter in answering my question.

Where I need help: Spent about a month on high 24/7 7-oh doses, and have now been on buprenorphine for a little over two months. I’ve been tapering Suboxone and am down to IV’ing 1mg (equivalent to roughly 2mg subl/buccal) once in the morning. I have a decently large supply of SR-17018 coming in. In the past I tried to use a single gram to get off of 7-oh to no avail, but was on 24/7 doses of 500mg+ a day so go figure. I’ve been on 1mg IV/2mg subl for 4 days and am relatively stable, but still have some obvious withdrawal signs. It’s not unbearable, I can make it through the day and my mood isn’t great, but I’m not lying around in constant pain like cold turkeying 7-oh. Been using Imidanezil, a benzo supposedly void of dependence and tolerance, which has been a great help, along with pregabalin maybe once or twice a week. I’m still able to work on personal projects and even find joy in certain things despite the semi-rapid way I tapered (I know sub 2mg subl is where things get rough, so I am worried about that). I just hate the way bupe makes me feel, like it’s robbing me of my very essence, I don’t even enjoy music anymore and my libido isn’t gone, but I’d no where close to where it was. I really wanna be off asap.

The Question: I plan on starting SR-17018 tomorrow and am debating between dropping the Suboxone entirely tomorrow and front loading some SR or dropping down to 0.5mg IV / 1mg subl for a few days to a week before getting off entirely. Which would make more sense? I’m in a lucky enough living/financial situation that I can just take 2 weeks and lie in bed the whole time, although I’m hoping with SR and DSIP (whenever that comes in) I’ll be able to get through my days semi-normally. If you were in my spot, what would you do?

Context: (not necessary, just for more background)
Back in February I spent about a month on 7-oh. After cold turkeying for a week I couldn’t bear it and made one of the most stupid decisions of my life, getting on Suboxone/buprenorphine. So I’ve been on opioids (consistently, I’ve played around with many and had a brief kratom leaf dependence I broke with ease) for 3, maybe coming up on 4, months. My dose has jumped around quite a bit, I’ve used some 7-oh both to get high and to lower my Suboxone dose (surprisingly worked once). But my days of bupe and kratom alkaloids are over. A few weeks ago I made another very stupid decision, which was IV’ing my buprenorphine. This made everything worse, but I haven’t really felt some overwhelming urge to stop that part, I just want off Suboxone.
 
I just recently attempted a ‘piss poor’ research session with SR, leading up to that started heavy opioid use when I was 15or16 maybe sooner I’m 46 AI Male. Been on bupe 24mg q.d. but I got to where I would take 32mg q.o.d.

I say ‘piss poor’ because I eyeballed everything and didn’t chart any of it. Don’t do as I do. Be responsible. Know your dose.

I can’t offer much but I’ll try. Without getting long winded. For the last 5 or 6 months, I’ve reduced bupe down and started OH. Also 15mg bid adderall and intermittent tapentadol. I started -oh pretty heavy 200mg-300mg…thinking about it is making me nauseous even now. Looking back I’m kinda glad it went the way it did. Fast forward. Last week or the week before now I had a concerning episode of extreme weakness sensations in my right arm and a feeling of fainting or white ing-out. Read some stuff about 7, its cardio risks and some other anomalies and decided better phase this shit out. That’s the gist. I don’t have much on the SR. It was a pleasurable experience. I basically stopped all other opiates and low dosed SR until I ran out. The main highlight is what I call its potentiating effects. Whereby in this case SR lowers tolerance it is believed. I took maybe 8mg bupe once along with it and this is when I noticed some warm fuzzies. A pleasant surprise indeed.
 
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