ivorymoon
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I know that Suboxone stops PHYSICAL cravings that occur when you aren't getting enough opiates AKA withdrawal, but that's not what I'm talking about. (That's why I worded my question as "...or is it just meant to keep you out of WD...", with "WD" meaning "withdrawal", as I'm certain you already know.)
I'm talking about psychological cravings, like when you can "hear" your addiction in your head just incessantly nagging at you to get high, and using is all you can think about.
When I first started taking Suboxone, those nagging cravings completely went away for the first month but then they came back. I've been on it for 2 years and that first month was the only period of time where the subs provided relief from my cravings. Even raising my dose did nothing for them.
I've been lead to believe by doctors and fellow patients at my clinic that Suboxone and Methadone are helpful with lessening those cravings. Is that not true?
Or is it true and perhaps I'm just one of those people that Suboxone doesn't stop cravings for and I either need to suck it up, switch to Methadone, or taper down and stop Medication Assisted Addiction Treatment all together?
Thank you so much in advance.
I'm talking about psychological cravings, like when you can "hear" your addiction in your head just incessantly nagging at you to get high, and using is all you can think about.
When I first started taking Suboxone, those nagging cravings completely went away for the first month but then they came back. I've been on it for 2 years and that first month was the only period of time where the subs provided relief from my cravings. Even raising my dose did nothing for them.
I've been lead to believe by doctors and fellow patients at my clinic that Suboxone and Methadone are helpful with lessening those cravings. Is that not true?
Or is it true and perhaps I'm just one of those people that Suboxone doesn't stop cravings for and I either need to suck it up, switch to Methadone, or taper down and stop Medication Assisted Addiction Treatment all together?
Thank you so much in advance.