This is my first post here so if it's in the wrong spot, forgive me.
I am dying to get of subutex. I am just not the same person on it as I am when I am sober (won't bore you wit the back story but been battling heroin for 10 years, this time on Sub for a few months, feeling totally ready to be drug free)
Please don't respond it you are going to say "don't you know the dangers" or "you should stay on it so you don't relapse" or "talk to your Dr. (who obviously knows significantly less than anyone with personal experience)
I have been making 4mg last almost a week for 2 weeks now but I am still constantly in a cold sweat and really irritable. I have been iv-ing the crushed pill and noticed that it lasts for a very short amount of time. So question #1 is about that- does anyone know how long it stays in your system if it's shot? Why it would be different than sublingually?
Question #2 is prolly going to get differing opinions- would it be best to wait until I am getting through the day without suffering before dropping to even less or none or would it be best and prolly not that much harder to just stop. In other words am I just dragging this out? Every time I shoot this am I gettin another day further from my goal?
I have had EXTREMELY long sub detoxes in the past and I am scared. The doc gave me a large amount of Xanax to help, and it does, but I am scared of getting addicted to anything else. Question 3 is @ that- how long does it take to get physically dependent on a benzo?
My hope vs. My reality
My hope is that since I am shooting the sub and it seems to last only a few hours - my hope is that the way I feel when I wake up is as bad as it's going to get (which I could totally tough out)
What is the reality? Your experience?
I am dying to get of subutex. I am just not the same person on it as I am when I am sober (won't bore you wit the back story but been battling heroin for 10 years, this time on Sub for a few months, feeling totally ready to be drug free)
Please don't respond it you are going to say "don't you know the dangers" or "you should stay on it so you don't relapse" or "talk to your Dr. (who obviously knows significantly less than anyone with personal experience)
I have been making 4mg last almost a week for 2 weeks now but I am still constantly in a cold sweat and really irritable. I have been iv-ing the crushed pill and noticed that it lasts for a very short amount of time. So question #1 is about that- does anyone know how long it stays in your system if it's shot? Why it would be different than sublingually?
Question #2 is prolly going to get differing opinions- would it be best to wait until I am getting through the day without suffering before dropping to even less or none or would it be best and prolly not that much harder to just stop. In other words am I just dragging this out? Every time I shoot this am I gettin another day further from my goal?
I have had EXTREMELY long sub detoxes in the past and I am scared. The doc gave me a large amount of Xanax to help, and it does, but I am scared of getting addicted to anything else. Question 3 is @ that- how long does it take to get physically dependent on a benzo?
My hope vs. My reality
My hope is that since I am shooting the sub and it seems to last only a few hours - my hope is that the way I feel when I wake up is as bad as it's going to get (which I could totally tough out)
What is the reality? Your experience?