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Suboxone Question

Brice

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Hey, so I know realize there's a ton of threads about this drug, most of them redundant, but I've been searching through the megathreads/rest of the internet for an answer to my question, and funnily enough can't find it.

I started on bupe yesterday---I had been on H for about a month and a half, snorting, decided to quit, waited over 24 hours/until I was in real withdrawals to dose. I took around 4 mgs at first, which is actually more than I was planning on but I felt much worse than I thought I would. Waited around for a few hours, and still didn't get much relief. Ended up taking 2 mg more, and a few hours later was still feeling extremely crummy, though in retrospect of course I would, my body still has a ton of dope in it and while subs do help, I shouldn't expect to feel like a million bucks the day I go on them. Anyways, moron that I am, I ended up getting some H, knowing full well that it wouldn't have any effect on me. I did a bit of it, though not nearly as much as I usually would have to get high and, surprisingly, felt "better". Whether this was placebo effect or whatever, I'm not concerned about that. The point is, I sort of snapped out of "it" at that point, and realized I didn't know what to do next.

I guess my question is, should I wait until I'm in full withdrawals again to take the next dose of subs? It's actually been nearly 24 hours since I took the dope, and I don't feel dopesick at all, which would leave me to believe the subs I took are still working. Does this mean I can resume ("resume"--I hadn't even taken the second dose!) my planned sub regime? Or do I start the process over and wait until I feel really sick to start taking the subs again?

Apologies if this question has been asked and answered before (it must have, somewhere), but after about an hour of searching, I couldn't find it. Thanks
 
if the dope run was enough to overpower the bupe then yeah you would be better off waiting until in full withdrawals before dosing the bupe again. if you're not feeling dopesick there's the chance you'll end up in precipitated withdrawals - but that is dependent on a few things such as your dope habit, the amount of bupe you took.

imo i'c wait until you're as dopesick as you can handle and then dose the bupe again. otherwise you're just going to be in limbo between chipping and replacement.
 
Yeah, my plan right now is to wait until tomorrow morning and see how I feel. I sort of feel like the dopes effect was just placebo---that I actually didn't get high on it, just that the sub was working. I definitely didn't nod or anything from it. I guess I'll just wait and see how feel tomorrow.
 
I think you should be okay taking your normal bupe dose; the danger is bupe coming in and ripping heroin off your receptors, but if you're just maintaining a constant concentration then I think it should probably be okay; I had a friend who used on top of his Subs a lot and he never waited til he was withdrawing before dosing again.. however, as you've only just started, and as you may have got high from the heroin, it might be wise to be cautious. Precipitated WDs are no joke.

Don't let it mess up your bupe regime though <3
 
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