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Opioids methadone 2 suboxone assistance plz :D
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Princess_Poppy
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thought i would post an update, seeing as there is always a shortage of actually getting off bupe threads :D so, i am not OFF it, but down to .125 or less a day. funny how even that much helps. although, reading about it, this amount has been used to treat pain so...
anyways, it is not that uncomfortable. i want to tell people that. it is NOTHING, I MEAN NOTHING compared to what i have been through with the PW from the switch, or heroin WD. i can't sleep. bout it. some temperature changes. the occasional sneeze. the first drop to .125 was worst. but i have stabilized, kinda, after 4 days of that. and my plan for staying clean? i am moving w/ my bf to his parents house in THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE today :/ i know i am NOT out of the woods yet. i have maybe .5 left and am going to keep taking itty bitty amounts. i know it might be dumb, but even the psychological help is nice, lol. i don't think i will have the net for a sec but when i can i will let you all know how D-day and the following time went. wish me luck!
anyways, it is not that uncomfortable. i want to tell people that. it is NOTHING, I MEAN NOTHING compared to what i have been through with the PW from the switch, or heroin WD. i can't sleep. bout it. some temperature changes. the occasional sneeze. the first drop to .125 was worst. but i have stabilized, kinda, after 4 days of that. and my plan for staying clean? i am moving w/ my bf to his parents house in THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE today :/ i know i am NOT out of the woods yet. i have maybe .5 left and am going to keep taking itty bitty amounts. i know it might be dumb, but even the psychological help is nice, lol. i don't think i will have the net for a sec but when i can i will let you all know how D-day and the following time went. wish me luck!
Bambooshoot
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Sounds like you are doing fantastic. Congrats, it's quite inspiring actually. Good luck!!
Princess_Poppy
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^^ thank you. so here is my update (i am at the library lol, the interent is HORRID where i stay!). unfortunately i didn't keep a detailed journal of what i was doing, but if anything, that proves a bit of a psychological effect at such small doses, anyways....
i left the day of my last post, took one more teeny piece (.125, .0625?) of sub the next evening. i also tried taking immodium that day, like, 40-50 mg? i really have NO IDEA if it helped. it caused other problems though, lol
the next day, i stopped. no sub. took immodium again, oops. once again it did not NOTICABLEY help the withdrawal, but WHO KNOWS. if you suffer from the condition it was meant for, take it, if not, you will have other issues, lol.
i took a lot of supplements: multi-v, milk thistle, fish oil, vitamin E... don't know if they helped.
i felt worst on day 1. my days on .125 and less were just as bad. if you can do that, you can stop. i never did skip days, btw. maybe my i have a high metabolism liver wise, or maybe the milk thistle helped, that's what it is for. i could not sleep at all. if i did fall asleep, it was brief. this is the worst thing. because then you notice the little things you didn't while you were doing stuff all day (yeah, i stayed active). i couldn't sleep and my legs felt funny for quite a few days in a row. most of you will have benzos for this. and it is NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING compared to taking your sub or methadone too late when you are 100% dependent on it or especially H withdrawal. it is just nagging, in the background.
here is where i feel kinda bad, day 5 or 6 of nothing, i took the remainder of my sub because I WAS DESPARATE FOR SLEEP!!!!! it was at least .25 but no more than .5. it has been about 4 days since then, sorry, didn't keep track (stay distracted!!!), and i am FINE. as fine as i can be. sometimes being sober feels weird lol. but i feel like that's it. ya know, heightened senses. cravings are bad too. i dream about dope EVERY NIGHT but, the WD itself, the fear associated with it was my biggest obstacle. ya know, you will quit when you are ready kinda thing.
and recall, i was on methadone for 3 years, 40-70 mg a day, and plenty dope before that. i am not saying what other people experience is not very real. i can attest to PAWS myself if that is what is making me wanting to drive my ass to Atlanta and get a bag, heh. i am sure i will have bad days, but i am okay. i don't feel like my brain is permenantly damaged either
JUST TAPER DOWN REALLY FAR! and get a xanax script (maybe i shouldn't say that....). i did it w/o benzos, but they sure would've been nice. for the sleep, and for cravings now, to calm me down a bit. i think i could manage it, but certainly down just get addicted to benzos.
i left the day of my last post, took one more teeny piece (.125, .0625?) of sub the next evening. i also tried taking immodium that day, like, 40-50 mg? i really have NO IDEA if it helped. it caused other problems though, lol
the next day, i stopped. no sub. took immodium again, oops. once again it did not NOTICABLEY help the withdrawal, but WHO KNOWS. if you suffer from the condition it was meant for, take it, if not, you will have other issues, lol. i took a lot of supplements: multi-v, milk thistle, fish oil, vitamin E... don't know if they helped.
i felt worst on day 1. my days on .125 and less were just as bad. if you can do that, you can stop. i never did skip days, btw. maybe my i have a high metabolism liver wise, or maybe the milk thistle helped, that's what it is for. i could not sleep at all. if i did fall asleep, it was brief. this is the worst thing. because then you notice the little things you didn't while you were doing stuff all day (yeah, i stayed active). i couldn't sleep and my legs felt funny for quite a few days in a row. most of you will have benzos for this. and it is NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING compared to taking your sub or methadone too late when you are 100% dependent on it or especially H withdrawal. it is just nagging, in the background.
here is where i feel kinda bad, day 5 or 6 of nothing, i took the remainder of my sub because I WAS DESPARATE FOR SLEEP!!!!! it was at least .25 but no more than .5. it has been about 4 days since then, sorry, didn't keep track (stay distracted!!!), and i am FINE. as fine as i can be. sometimes being sober feels weird lol. but i feel like that's it. ya know, heightened senses. cravings are bad too. i dream about dope EVERY NIGHT
but, the WD itself, the fear associated with it was my biggest obstacle. ya know, you will quit when you are ready kinda thing. and recall, i was on methadone for 3 years, 40-70 mg a day, and plenty dope before that. i am not saying what other people experience is not very real. i can attest to PAWS myself if that is what is making me wanting to drive my ass to Atlanta and get a bag, heh. i am sure i will have bad days, but i am okay. i don't feel like my brain is permenantly damaged either
JUST TAPER DOWN REALLY FAR! and get a xanax script (maybe i shouldn't say that....). i did it w/o benzos, but they sure would've been nice. for the sleep, and for cravings now, to calm me down a bit. i think i could manage it, but certainly down just get addicted to benzos.