Author: Rmad9812
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:25 am
Romeo,
Hey. Thanks for all the replies. As for the sleepnessness, well Like I said, I dont know if I am taking the sub correctly. I am on 12 mg a day right now. That is roughly 1 1/2 films a day. I take the strips that disolve under the tounge in like 2-3 minutes. Well I take it @ 7 when I get up, noon, then if I need any after work it is right before I go to bed. I never thought it was the med ‘s that kept me up. When I was using, I would take it before bed too and it got me to sleep. Maybe not Suboxone huh? Like last night my last does was @ 11 pm. And I slept fine.
I think last week my body was just getting used to the new medication. I just cant wait until this drossy feeling goes away and I hit the ceiling effect with this Suboxone. I don’t like the "high" feeling I get when I take it. It reminds me of when I was taking pills. And to be honest w/you, that is the only feeling I get on this. I don’t have any cravings for the pills, or want to get them. I had a guy call me w/a script of oxy’s for cheap, and I flat out said no! It was a good feeling knowing I didnt want to grab a fistfull of pills to make me feel good anymore!
Now I am reading about the wd’s from the sub’s and getting worried. If I tapper off like my Dr wants me to I will be off all narc’s by Christmas. That is my goal.But for now I have no intentions of getting off the suboxone anytime soon. Like I said before, if its working, stay w/it right?
As for the meetings, I think I am over running into someone I know. I think if I do, they are probably wanting the same thing I want. Not to be outed as a NA member. But if it comes out, and if people treat me different, that is their problem and they can worry about it. But for now, tonight is my first meeting and I am a little nervous, but I’ll be ok. I have faith in my church.
Another good thing is the suboxone is helping me w/the nicotine cravings too. I dip, so the thought of puttind pouches in my mouth makes me sick to my stomach. And when I do I do get sick. So that’s good too!
So I’ll see how it goes tonight. but for now I am feeling great. Still got a little bit of cloudyness, some constpation from the medication, but not hardly as much as last week in the beginning stage. I wake up feeling great, my day seems to go a lot faster now that I am not thinking of where I am going to get my next fix of pills. But the waking up feeling good is the best! I look forward to the next day now, and not counting the minutes before I have to get up to face a day at work, where I still hate to go, but who likes working for the man anyways?
Enough rambling, have a great day Romeo, and thanks again for resopnding.
