i read about 12 pages in and i didn't see anything about this, but if it has been covered, please tell me what page or where.
Q: I am on 16-24 mgs a day, for maybe 3 months. how long would i have to stop to lower my tolerance to suboxone??
i know everyone says you don't get high off it, but that's a matter of opinion. no one will deny it makes you feel good for a week or 2 when you start unless you were shooting 50 bundles of dope before.
I've tried 1-3 days but after that i get sick. anyone tried to quit, gave up, got back on subs and felt a buzz, even if it wasn't what you felt when you started?
basically, i want to lower my tolerance to subs but not quit, and am trying to make a pattern of using/quitting to i can maintain a buzz [or whatever the fuck you call it] when i do take it.
First of all, congrats on getting on Suboxone.
Second, you're dose is way too high. Suboxone is expensive and you're spending a lot of money you don't need too. I don't care how many bags you were shooting a day, 8mg a day is plenty. Most people don't feel a difference in dose at all past 8mg or 12mg. Meaning, 8mg feels the exact same as 24mg.
You could immediately go from 24mg a day to 8mg a day and not notice a difference. So you should do that now. Stay at 8mg for a week or two, then go down to 6mg. The next week, go down to 4mg. The difference between 4mg and 8mg a day is very little.
A lot of people (including me) have reported a phenomenon with Suboxone that taking less produces more effects (to a point, obviously). I feel better on 4mg than I would on 12mg.
There are a lot of doctors that don't quite know as much as they should about Suboxone. Too many doctors prescribe a daily dose higher than is truly needed. Mine started me out at 16mg as well.
I take 4mg a day right now, and usually take 2mg in the morning and 2mg later.
The thing you have to be aware of is your drug abuse mentality that tells you more is better. In this case, less is often more. Once you get down to the 2mg or 4mg a day range, taking double your dose should produce a decent buzz.
I planned a Hydrocodone relapse over the weekend. After my last dose of Hydrocodone, I waited 24 hours and started to feel mild withdrawal symptoms (yawning, lacrimation, cold/hot flashes) and took my 2mg dose of Suboxone.
I felt as if I experienced about 30 minutes of moderate precipitated withdrawals, followed by a pretty decent high.