Author: lod4rod
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:36 pm
I started taking Suboxone 4 days ago because I was having withdrawals from Norco after 2 surgeries in 3 months kept me on them. Once I didn’t need the Norco, my body was shocked from getting off of them. Man….I never knew it would make me feel like a full blown drug addict. I was having panic attacks, horrible leg pains and mentally NEEDING to find a way to get more.
I consulted with a Sub doc in my area and he started me on 8mg Subs. I took the first one and within 30 minutes felt a high that I had never felt before. It was quite scary but it took away the withdrawals I was having from Norco. It worked great. I took Sub from Monday – Thursday and will NEVER take them again!! I have had the WORST vertigo and "falling out" feelings. I hate this drug! I’ve been off of it for 19 hours now and I’m STILL having horrible vertigo issues. If I look down then look back up again, I feel like I’m going to puke because it makes me dizzy as hell…..like I just got off the spinning tea cups at Disney World. I’ll be sitting down and all of a sudden my body will feel like it’s tipping over and I have to catch my self. The falling out feelings I’m having are strange! It feels like I haven’t slept in 3 days and that my body desperately needs to just fall asleep. If I close my eyes, I get a feeling like I’m falling off of a building or going down a hill on a roller coaster.
I’ve NEVER had these feelings before in my life and after only 4 days on Subs, I have these feelings. Now….I’m no rocket scientist but if I’m having these issues after taking a new drug that I’ve never taken before, my solid guess is that the drug is making me feel this way.
I went back to the Sub doc yesterday and he said to cut the film in half giving me 4mg at a time. I did that and took my last dose yesterday. I don’t care how awful I may feel coming off of only 4 days of Subs, but it isn’t worth me feeling like I’m going to fall over at any second. I’m really glad this started happening quick because hearing all the horror stories about Subs is a little disturbing. I have chronic pain issues. I’ve had 13 knee surgeries and 7 feet surgeries. I have true bone on bone contact in my knee….vertually NO articular cartilage on my femur condyle. The arthritis alone qualifies me for social security disability payments for the rest of my life and I’m only 33 years old. Of course, I’m not going to go the route of collecting disability payments because I’m not going to sit around my house all day doing nothing because my income doesn’t afford me to do anything else. I’d rather work the 2 jobs I have and make the "more than enough money" I’m making.
Has anyone else out there had issues with "vertigo" and/or "falling-out" feelings?
