I have been on sub maintenance for about 7 months now, one 8mg strip a day. I've been off and on suboxone for about 4 years since 2010...after struggling with an I.V heroin habit since 2006. This has been the absolute longest amount of time I have been on suboxone without taking a day or two off to get a couple doses of H to have fun for a day or two, which I used to do, which would eventually snowball into a full fledged addiction again after some time.
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MY POINT - I have been using a different technique when I take my subs sublingually. First I brush my teeth and use mouthwash...to open up the pores and swell blood vessels...after two minutes I place half the film on the right side of under my tongue, on top of the right vein, and the other piece on the left side and left vein. I watch an episode of cops on youtube while allowing the sub to dissolve for like 20 minutes, with my tongue elevated and not slammed down, to allow the film to slowly dissolve and saturate. Then after 20 minutes I slam my tongue down, and keep it in that position for 5-7 minutes. Then I swish around all the saliva in my mouth as if it were mouthwash, for like 2-5 minutes. Then I swallow (no homo). I also try to do this first thing before I eat anything, so whatever little amount does hit the tummy, wont be caught up in food/liquids, but rather it get processed along the same timeline the sublingual effect (mucus membranes, blood vessels, veins, pores, etc in my mouth) reaches the bloodstream.
After about 20 minutes I feel the come up which peaks over the course of half an hour. I feel it every single time. In the past, after a while I would not feel the transition. The absorption and bioavailability wasn't even half of what it is with this technique, back when I would simply put the film in, slam my tongue down, rush it to dissolve, swish a couple seconds and swallow within 5-10 minutes. You are doing yourself a huge disservice if you are doing that. Try the method I described and I guarantee you will feel it way more. You may even be able to reduce your dose by up to half.
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FYI- I have shot 2mg of sub like a dumbass back in like 2009 only 6 hours after a huge shot of dope... before I knew shit about it and literally felt like I was going to die. Instead of a rush of warmth, relief, bliss, comfort, satisfaction, empathy, euphoria, etc...I got a rush that was akin to melting from every orifice. I felt extreme vertigo, I literally felt the beads of sweat form and moisten my skin immediately, I felt like someone squeezed and twisted every muscle, constricting around the bones and squeezing them to the point to where they were about to disintegrate. As I got up to go to the bathroom, the sheer motion of standing up and taking two steps initiated projectile hershey squirts and projectile vomit, all over my new rug and my poor kitty. I ended up running into the bathtub, turning on the hot water on the shower, and writhing in pain on the floor of the shower until I woke up like two hours later looking like a shriveled raisin, but I felt better.
