Author: B Real
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:40 am
Formoso….I was on Subs, for close to 3 years…Started at 16 mgs as i was coming off of H, and i think after day 5 i dropped immediately to 8 mgs, as 16 was almost making me feel high. So over the last few years i dropped from 8 to 6 rather quickly, then to 4, then back up to 6, then to 4 again for i’d say the last year. The week or so before i jumped i dropped it to 3, figuring that would be a low enough dose (having not read anything about sub wd).
Today is officially day 36…i was off by about a week when i started this thread…And i feel much better than i did even a week ago. The tiredness / lethargy is basically gone. There have been a couple days in the last week where i have felt tired, but a normal sort of tired, not the dragging, i can barely walk and breathe at the same time tired. Which i think is how a normal person would feel having gotten the same amount of sleep i have had. Which brings me to sleep…still not very good. I did notice however that whether or not i take something for sleep (all i would take is one of those over the counter CVS sleep aids) i don’t seem to notice much of a difference in the quality or amount of sleep im getting. My problem isn’t falling asleep, rather its staying asleep. I seem to get to anywhere from 3:30 to 5:00 without any issues, but once i open my eyes, there is no closing them again. Which is kind of a pain in the ass, but its certainly tolerable, and will get better i’m sure.
The only other symptom i was having trouble with was the anxiety, or at least what i perceived to be anxiety, which would last for all of the morning and sometimes parts of the afternoon. Thank god i haven’t had much of that in the past week. Its nice to be able to look back just one week and see the progress my brain has made in healing itself. Also something else i’ve try to remain aware of, is to not focus on one day vs. the day before. But to instead look at this week vs. last week. I think as you get further away from the ending on the acute wd process, its hard to tell the difference in how you feel from day to day. Im sure in a few weeks or maybe a month i will change my outlook again and begin to focus on how i’m feeling month to month. Although i’m hoping that i won’t be thinking about any of this a month from now. Who knows? All i can say is for now i’m doing just fine.
