Author: freedom
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:22 pm
I think what you are feeling is normal for just coming off an opiate. For me, they pretty much blocked all feelings. While the suboxone helped with so much of the withdrawal, those feelings started to come back and the anxiety and agitation came with it. I think the very worst of it will ease quickly. For the first two weeks, I was always reaching for my pocket for those opiates that I knew could take away anything unpleasant. It gets better, and fast. I do agree that less is more with suboxone in the long run, but when I first started I was advised to take as much as I needed. I was on 24 mgs the first month, but quickly and painlessly dropped that dose down to the 8 I am at now. I still want to taper down, but that’s for another post.
Having said all that, I have been on subs for 15 months, and I STILL have days like what you are describing. They are much fewer and far between, and I know how to manage them now. But my opinion is that is my natural state. Whether it’s hormones, depression, or who knows what. I believe it’s the reason I started to use to alcohol and drugs in the first place, to get rid of those damn feelings.
I don’t mean to depress you, there is so much hope for you now that you are on suboxone. Just hold on and keep talking, it will get better!
