Mental Health Help!!!! Subutex WD/Insomnia

justanotheraddict

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I guess I should start off by introducing myself. My name is Troy, I'm a 22 year old male addicted to opiates among other things. I've been a long time lurker, but first time poster.

I am well on my way to beating a two year daily use suboxone/subutex addiction, drug free for 12 days, never made it past day 3 or 4 before scoring. I moved away from home to recover, after discovering meth 4-5 times. I saw I was going to end up a waste of life if I stuck around. I used to use full agonist opiates on the weekends. I got turned onto subutex, no script, and was hooked before I knew it.

I started off just snorting 1-2 mg a day but after a year I was injecting 2-6 mg daily mixed with 400-800 MG's of diphenhydramine. I don't care to get high anymore... as if I really even was anymore.. but I'm going insane with 0-2 hrs of sleep a day for the past 11 days. I have been using no sleep aids and have no insurance to see a doc.

Its taking all I have to not hop in the car and drive 350 miles just to score, as I said before the high is not what I'm after, at all. I just need sleep before I do something really ignorant and selfish. Help!

I would like to hear from someone else how you coped with this, how long did the insomnia and rls last? What dose did you kick at? Were you sucessful? Did you use anything to get through it? Keep in mind anti-histimines are out of the question as I was abusing them too. I'm taking immodium for the shits. I have been forcing myself to jog 2-4 miles daily and laying in bed for at least 6 hrs before getting completely frustrated from no sleep... less than 12-14 hrs of sleep over 11 days now.

You guys really seem to care about each other and I really can't talk much about what I'm going through where I'm staying. I really need to talk to someone and maybe get a few ideas on how to cope and courage to get through this hell we all know too well. Thank you for reading, please reply if you have some knowledge on the subject.

Sincerely,

JustAnotherAddict.
 
P.S. Bud is also a no go as I have a good job waiting for me when I'm clean and sane again. Tried melatonin in the past without much success. I'm also sorry if I'm posting in the wrong forum, seems appropriate for how I feel about checking out and all. I'm only still here for those few I love.
 
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Insomnia was one of the worst parts of bupe WD in my opinion. There's just something about laying in bed knowing that you are the only one that's responsible for the situation that you are going through. You could always try taking benzos, melatonin, l-theanine, or phenibut for sleep. But I would avoid phenibut and benzos if possible. Is there any way that you could go to a doctor about getting clean? I understand if you don't want that on your record though.

Feel free to PM me if you need to talk to if you are still around.
 
So true! This truly spoke to my heart. I have sent you pm. I luckily got in touch with my ex's best friend and she could not be more supportive. I'm not over the verizon yet but I can see it when I squint my eyes.
 
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