Author: Fairrobin
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:41 pm
Wow, I am another newbie, another person dependant on opiates.
My story is typical, failed back surgery in 07 and have been on all of the opiates. I have become so depressed unmotivated and tolerant to these meds that I have decided to give, being opiate free a chance. I can’t keep on living like this… See if I can find other means to deal with the pain. I may not succeed but I want to at least try.
I am on Oxycontin 40 to 50 mg a day. I found a doctor and I started Suboxone today. I took my last dose of Oxy last night at 830 pm as directed.
I had a runny nose, some diarrhea and anxiety and elevated B/P this am. I was off for 14 hours. The doctor gave me 4mg, we talked for 30 min, rechecked the B/P and another dose of 4mg. I had no problem. For awhile, I had some strange sensations in my head and some anxiety. For the most part I feel normal. He has given me trazedone for sleep, clonodine for sweats, chills and anxiety and valium, for panic for 3 days. So far this evening, I don’t feel the need for anything. I am scheduled to see him every 3 days for 3 1/2 weeks and will begin tapering the Sub starting on day 4. The program seems easy and pretty straightforward.
My question is, and you all are the experts, does this sound normal? Should I expect to start feeling crummy soon? I am surprised that am not experiencing some type of agony. I fully expected to be suffering terribly at 24 hours off of the Oxy.
Any advice is greatly appreciated and thanks for being "here".
