Author: christin
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:45 am
| johnboy wrote: |
| af cores i’m not tapering yet. but that extra 30mg the other day did work. i do not have the acing bones and withdrawl like feelings are almost gone. and i’m back to 16mg yesterday. i know this don’t fit on this subject, but i’m not going to make a new one. the other 2 16mg strips were saved from before. i wounder if there was something wrong with my last prescription.? if its me then i guess i’m  |
johnboy, I recall that for no apparent reason, I would experience w/d symptoms while on 16mg. Although it made no sense to me, it’s what I experienced. It would start with the yawning and runny nose, then would progress rather quickly to body aches and stomach issues. There were times when I would pop an extra half of Sub. I’m not sure whether it was necessary though because there were other times that I wouldn’t and within an hour or so, the symptoms would alleviate themselves. It was as though the Suboxone level fluctuated in my system. I often wondered if this had anything to do with how quickly I metabolize opiates. I also experienced it when I abused Tramadol (the warning on Tramadol indicates that it can cause bupe withdrawal). That also resolved itself, which I attributed to the fact that my Suboxone dose was high enough to ward off a full-blown withdrawal.
These pop-up symptoms occurred while I was well-maintained on 12mg and 8mgs also. They seem to happen less often with doses under 6mg (odd, isn’t it?) and don’t resolve without taking more Sub once the dose is under 6mg.
All this is to say that I wonder if some of us metabolize bupe in a manner that makes it somewhat unstable in our system. Could that be the reason that I struggled with cravings so much in the beginning and, even now, periodically will be hit with an intense craving (very, very, very rarely, thank God!)? If there is one thing that I have learned about being on Suboxone, my body will react to treatment as it will react, regardless of how someone else may have responded.
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I want to note my progress as not to get mixed up:
I finally bought an ml medicine syringe this past weekend to administer my doses of liquified Sub. Doing things half-a$$ed as I tend to nowadays, I was in a hurry to liquify the tablet and didn’t do the calculations. I just decided to dissolve a 2mg tablet in 6ml of water to take for 3 days instead of taking the 2mg over 4 days. I was hoping that would get me near the .8 that was recommended. I just did the math and it’s .6666. Hopefully, that will be enough to keep me from feeling like crap.
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Also, johnboy, don’t worry about posting off topic. I don’t mind at all.
