Quick update:
As I explained in previous posts I’ve been taking 24mg/day of generic Suboxone (Avagen) sublingual strips. I went a day at just 20mg. Felt so-so the next day and tried to take 24mg again the 2nd day. By bedtime I was hurting and couldn’t sleep so I took the additional 4mg to make it an even 24 for the day. I ended up doing this 20mg every other day for about 6 days. Decided I needed to just push through the pain of sticking at 20mg until I evened out there.
Well today I was able to get ahold of a handful of 300mg tablets of Gabapentin. I’ve taken this before. I was def having some withdrawal pain from taking only 20mg of the subs. I took 3,000mg of Gabapentin staggered in 600 mg doses every 45 minutes or so through the afternoon and I feel no withdrawals now. So, I’m pleased with the Gabapentin and am going to ask my Dr for a script to use for a day or two when I do decreases on the Subs. I know there’s a risk of dependency with Gabapentin, but the half life is short so if I only take it for 2 days at a time during the toughest days of my taper I’ll be fine.
Glad I tried it out!!
I’ll keep the thread updated.
As I explained in previous posts I’ve been taking 24mg/day of generic Suboxone (Avagen) sublingual strips. I went a day at just 20mg. Felt so-so the next day and tried to take 24mg again the 2nd day. By bedtime I was hurting and couldn’t sleep so I took the additional 4mg to make it an even 24 for the day. I ended up doing this 20mg every other day for about 6 days. Decided I needed to just push through the pain of sticking at 20mg until I evened out there.
Well today I was able to get ahold of a handful of 300mg tablets of Gabapentin. I’ve taken this before. I was def having some withdrawal pain from taking only 20mg of the subs. I took 3,000mg of Gabapentin staggered in 600 mg doses every 45 minutes or so through the afternoon and I feel no withdrawals now. So, I’m pleased with the Gabapentin and am going to ask my Dr for a script to use for a day or two when I do decreases on the Subs. I know there’s a risk of dependency with Gabapentin, but the half life is short so if I only take it for 2 days at a time during the toughest days of my taper I’ll be fine.
Glad I tried it out!!
I’ll keep the thread updated.