first time suboxone user

[bevilen]

Not only is this my first time using suboxone to get off methadone but it's my first time using this site. So if I sound like I don't know what I'm talking about... it's because I don't. For the past 15 years I've been on and off methadone...... I am sick and tired of it and am ready to get off for good. My doctor wrote me a script for suboxone but I am afraid to take it. I'm reading all these horror stories about how people took it too soon and got very ill. I've only been taking about 40mg of methadone every OTHER day... about 27 hours ago I took my last dose of 20mg. I'm not feeling real bad but starting to get the anxiety and stomach problems that go along with detox... should I take my first dose or should I wait?? Please help

 

[Droppersneck]

get ready to stop shitting. Subs makes full antagonists seem like laxatives

 

[bevilen]

.... but can i start taking it now or do i need to wait... i don't want to get thrown into worse withdrawals than i already have...

 

[Droppersneck]

Id wait until you feel pretty shitty from withdrawl from the done.

 

[Kudders]

Bevelin, use the sub in SMALL doses....if you were on methadone that long i'm thinking you were on a high mg dose, I could be wrong....BUT suboxone works wonders at a very, very low dose ....keep it low so whenever you decide to stop it might be a little easier....take it or leave it ....i'm saying try what doc prescribes, but also that 2-3mg is a always a very effective dose

somewhere around this site, take your time to look and read up, you could probably find a ratio scale of methadone doses vs sub doses

 

[bevilen]

thank you.... im going to wait until tomorrow before I even consider taking my first dose of suboxone..... i can bare through this part of the withdrawal .... just hope i can sleep tonight...

 

[Kudders]

You're welcome Bev...it took me a week or two to figure out the right amounts and the correct time to take it, but it sets me straighter than an arrow in all aspects of my life