Silveryback
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To summarize my position, I have just completed an at-home self-induction to Suboxone. I've actually done it several times previously due to circumstantial necessity or relapse. Either way, I completed the induction to Suboxone from Methadone at 5am my time, so 41 hours from my last dose of Methadone, which was 40mg (I know you're supposed to be at 30mg, but I had been using the Methadone very irregularly before then, with relatively low doses to get me through the sickness, from 15mg-50mg, depending on the availability) and had been very low before the last day, so I'd been feeling lousy. Reached a 26 on the COWS induction sheet and got in no problem, thank god, no precipitated withdrawal, which from anyone who's experienced it knows it is something terrifyingly, nightmarishly bad. Anyway, so induction went perfectly fine, started at 3mg, gave it an hour to make sure it was having the desired effects and not the bad ones, then took another 2mg, so starting on about 5mg. Amusingly, I was Rx'd an insane 24mg/day at one clinic, and another just asked what my previous doctor had me on and just wrote out for 24mg/day again. That is sooo high! Wtf! So glad on doing my own research and figuring out my own conclusions, that being a rapid taper is like the only way to fly on this stuff.
Anyway, main reason I'm on here is I'd like to hear how other people cope with that low, lousy (but not full on w/d) feeling you get the first few days of Suboxone. This time I'm doing it with PLENTY of water, a crapload of vitamins, mainly a multi vitamin, a B complex, Fish Oil, and something that is so beyond helpful, 5-htp (try and look for the ones that have not just 5-htp but also Niacin, Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Valerian, they're way better). So that's helping me this first 24 hours of being on it, and I'm WAY better than I'd normally be if I hadn't entered upon this induction as healthy as the time-frame allowed, but I still feel pretty crappy, mainly muscles ache like crazy and tired and sluggish, but other than that, honestly not so bad. However, I do know when going in on this unhealthy, feeling crappy is way more, so absolutely exercise, absolutely eat right and get the proper vitamins and nutrition, and you'll probably be needing it anyway, but guzzling water seems to help. But anyway, besides all the healthy choices I can take right now, I want to get back to my boyfriend and be able to actually sleep a full night and be myself asap. Any suggestions on how to get there? Any would be appreciated. Thank you! Oh, and I know about the hot bath or hot tub, but unfortunately this time I don't have access to either... Well a jacuzzi at my gym, but I'd feel kinda weird sweating out all that stinky, stopping-pills sweat into community water. Anyway if there's any secret I'm unaware of, please feel free to let me know. Thank you.
P.S. So I am now 15 hours into my induction, have forced myself to eat, forced myself to get as much cardio (tennis) in as possible, but have only probably gotten about 4 hours of sleep in the past 30 hours. Truly getting to sleep would be nice indeed. But yea I feel way better than I ever have from an induction, probably from doing it completely sober without the aid of Valium or Adderall to mask symtoms. Not because I wanted to mind you, just no access to anything to help, but it was interesting I was way more aware of everything going on so I was more honest on the COWS sheet than ever... Obviously not something I WANT to be fully aware through, but KNOWING I felt so awful based purely on physical symptoms, not my mind, helped make me not nervous about accidentally inducting too early.
Anyway, main reason I'm on here is I'd like to hear how other people cope with that low, lousy (but not full on w/d) feeling you get the first few days of Suboxone. This time I'm doing it with PLENTY of water, a crapload of vitamins, mainly a multi vitamin, a B complex, Fish Oil, and something that is so beyond helpful, 5-htp (try and look for the ones that have not just 5-htp but also Niacin, Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Valerian, they're way better). So that's helping me this first 24 hours of being on it, and I'm WAY better than I'd normally be if I hadn't entered upon this induction as healthy as the time-frame allowed, but I still feel pretty crappy, mainly muscles ache like crazy and tired and sluggish, but other than that, honestly not so bad. However, I do know when going in on this unhealthy, feeling crappy is way more, so absolutely exercise, absolutely eat right and get the proper vitamins and nutrition, and you'll probably be needing it anyway, but guzzling water seems to help. But anyway, besides all the healthy choices I can take right now, I want to get back to my boyfriend and be able to actually sleep a full night and be myself asap. Any suggestions on how to get there? Any would be appreciated. Thank you! Oh, and I know about the hot bath or hot tub, but unfortunately this time I don't have access to either... Well a jacuzzi at my gym, but I'd feel kinda weird sweating out all that stinky, stopping-pills sweat into community water. Anyway if there's any secret I'm unaware of, please feel free to let me know. Thank you.
P.S. So I am now 15 hours into my induction, have forced myself to eat, forced myself to get as much cardio (tennis) in as possible, but have only probably gotten about 4 hours of sleep in the past 30 hours. Truly getting to sleep would be nice indeed. But yea I feel way better than I ever have from an induction, probably from doing it completely sober without the aid of Valium or Adderall to mask symtoms. Not because I wanted to mind you, just no access to anything to help, but it was interesting I was way more aware of everything going on so I was more honest on the COWS sheet than ever... Obviously not something I WANT to be fully aware through, but KNOWING I felt so awful based purely on physical symptoms, not my mind, helped make me not nervous about accidentally inducting too early.
