Author: bandersnatch
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:34 pm
Thanks for responding, hatmaker, and for the welcome… I can’t tell you how grateful i am to have found this site! Wish i’d found it sooner… The effect of finding a community to share experience & learn with has been profound for me.
I recently got health insurance, so meds are covered with a small copay. After years of feeling i was working just to be able to buy my next meds, this is a great relief. So Subutex might be possible for me. I’ll talk with my doc at next appointment. I’m not thrilled about repeating my experience with generics any time soon…
I take sub for addiction only, not pain, and i have to admit that i’ve been behaving like a junkie with my sub. (AND I’M SO RELIEVED TO FIND THIS COMMUNITY WHERE I CAN TELL OTHER SYMPATHETIC EARS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sigh.) By that i mean taking more & more, basically for energy. (Opiates always turned me into a fantastic workhorse, and as a low energy person, i really loved that effect.) I’ve gone as high as 32 mgs/day at times. My doc says our bodies can’t use anything over 24/day, so it’s a waste of meds & money to do so. I’m experiencing some possible side effects, mostly around memory & brain function, and from some posts i’ve read elsewhere in the forum, others have had similar effects. I am getting serious about getting some of this stuff out of my system to see if my mind clears a bit. (Interested in the posts about stacking effect – i didn’t know…) I would ideally like to get down to 8 mgs/day or below. I did get down to 16 at one point, but then crept back up. At this point, i need to know if it’s meds or some other health problem, and there’s only one way to find out… I will take some time tapering, but i think i can get back down to 16 fairly quickly, and painlessly. I’m going to keep digging around here now that i’ve found you, and learn all i can. See you soon…
