Author: stuckknot

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:53 pm

hello all. i have read so many posts on here but I have never registered until a few minutes ago.

I have a pretty neat story but i’ll give u some background info first….I was on opiates for 5 years. Started going to the methadone clinic about 11 months ago. My stable dose was 50mg for the most part. A few months back I tappered my dose 1mg every other day until I was down to 30mg. I stayed at 30mg for a few months due to my fear of withdrawls when switching to suboxone. Well I finally got up the nerve.

I went threw a few days where I didnt dose and started on the suboxone. I had heard that sub is VERY powerful and some people break it down to SO little, and feel so great. Well my first does was 8mg of sub. My withdrawls went away for the most part, BUT…a few hours later I started feeling SO down and depressed. I went the next day and took another 8mg sub. I was having the worst depression symptoms in my life. I could NOT function. Crying all the time. I mean, I can not explain the way I felt if I could type 10,000 words to you. I dosed one more day at 8mg’s. That was 3 days of 8mg.

I just thought that the methdone was still in my system and it would work itself out and I would start feeling great. Well I changed my mind on the 4th day and only took 4mg!!! haha. I was still having the same symptoms. Unbearable mental state. I decided the 5th day not to take anything. I went to my girlfriends house and still felt like garbage all day. But atleast I left the house. I started feeling REALLY happy that night at about 7 oclock. I was talking up a storm, positive mood, great outlook. Well I said to myself…Im not gonna take anything unless I absoutly feel bad.

I do ache all over and hurt but thats why I have advil the last dose I took was 4mgs on Saturday morning and its now wednesday morning and almost 1oclock. I feel WONDERFUL. My body temp is out-of-wack. My face is always burning up. I went back to talk with a counsler at my clinic and she said if I wanted to be done, I pretty much was.

From my expierence, Overdosing can cause CRAZY side effects. Thats the WORST mental state/depression I have EVER had. I just dont want anyone else to feel like I did. I had a very positive outlook when switching to suboxone. I just was over meadicated and made myself sicker than before. I can look in the mirror and actually see my pupils dilate. You know how long its been since i’ve seen my eyes dilate? LOL. I just am amazed at how good I feel and I wanted to share my story. I hope someone can read this and it helps them take the step in the right direction, whatever their choices may be. I know I was scared to death and didnt think I could do it. but you can. We all can.

Im not fully back to normal but I can tell a DRASTIC difference and I owe it to suboxone. If I wouldnt have had it to get threw the WD’s from methdone I dont know if I ever would have jumped like I did. So its about 4days so far and SO MANY more to come =)

Sorry this is so lengthy..Good luck everyone!! =)

Author: stuckknot

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:53 pm

hello all. i have read so many posts on here but I have never registered until a few minutes ago.

I have a pretty neat story but i’ll give u some background info first….I was on opiates for 5 years. Started going to the methadone clinic about 11 months ago. My stable dose was 50mg for the most part. A few months back I tappered my dose 1mg every other day until I was down to 30mg. I stayed at 30mg for a few months due to my fear of withdrawls when switching to suboxone. Well I finally got up the nerve.

I went threw a few days where I didnt dose and started on the suboxone. I had heard that sub is VERY powerful and some people break it down to SO little, and feel so great. Well my first does was 8mg of sub. My withdrawls went away for the most part, BUT…a few hours later I started feeling SO down and depressed. I went the next day and took another 8mg sub. I was having the worst depression symptoms in my life. I could NOT function. Crying all the time. I mean, I can not explain the way I felt if I could type 10,000 words to you. I dosed one more day at 8mg’s. That was 3 days of 8mg.

I just thought that the methdone was still in my system and it would work itself out and I would start feeling great. Well I changed my mind on the 4th day and only took 4mg!!! haha. I was still having the same symptoms. Unbearable mental state. I decided the 5th day not to take anything. I went to my girlfriends house and still felt like garbage all day. But atleast I left the house. I started feeling REALLY happy that night at about 7 oclock. I was talking up a storm, positive mood, great outlook. Well I said to myself…Im not gonna take anything unless I absoutly feel bad.

I do ache all over and hurt but thats why I have advil the last dose I took was 4mgs on Saturday morning and its now wednesday morning and almost 1oclock. I feel WONDERFUL. My body temp is out-of-wack. My face is always burning up. I went back to talk with a counsler at my clinic and she said if I wanted to be done, I pretty much was.

From my expierence, Overdosing can cause CRAZY side effects. Thats the WORST mental state/depression I have EVER had. I just dont want anyone else to feel like I did. I had a very positive outlook when switching to suboxone. I just was over meadicated and made myself sicker than before. I can look in the mirror and actually see my pupils dilate. You know how long its been since i’ve seen my eyes dilate? LOL. I just am amazed at how good I feel and I wanted to share my story. I hope someone can read this and it helps them take the step in the right direction, whatever their choices may be. I know I was scared to death and didnt think I could do it. but you can. We all can.

Im not fully back to normal but I can tell a DRASTIC difference and I owe it to suboxone. If I wouldnt have had it to get threw the WD’s from methdone I dont know if I ever would have jumped like I did. So its about 4days so far and SO MANY more to come =)

Sorry this is so lengthy..Good luck everyone!! =)