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I have now been on suboxone for a year, I got on it when I found out I was pregnant last January 2013 and I had my beautiful healthy daughter in August 2013 I used to be on subutex during my pregnancy but once I had my daughter I was switched to suboxone. I am on 2 1/2 strips a day and my doctor has been wanting to lower my dose however I have so much going on that I am really nervous to do so. I have lately been dealing with my daughter on my own her father just didn't show me the respect I deserved and he wasn't willing to work to support our daughter so we separated and now I am left on my own with all the finances out daughter and looking for employment which this all just recently happened since the last time I saw my doctor on top of that my daughter has medical issues due to her throat not developing correctly during my pregnancy so we have multiple doctor visits for her monthly and she has special feeding rules and medications to take so I am very overwhelmed. My doctor seems to be harder on me then his other patients some who have been on suboxone for 5+ years so this is making me very nervous to ask him to up my dose from 2 1/2 to 3 strips a day. Does anyone have any advice? I've really been trying to stick it out but I just feel like an emotional wreck and like my body can't take the stress. Please I need advice! How should I ask my doctor to up my dose?

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Hi little, are you feeling withdrawal at 8mg? Suboxone is intended to block the effects of opioid meds while keeping withdrawal away. But it can also help with cravings. The reason they say less is better is because it should be easier and quicker to taper off a lower dose. So if you are still getting withdrawal symptoms then you need a higher dose. If not then don't go higher. I've been on 12mg for 6+ yrs and I hate it. It can be used as a tool to help someone get clean, but it's not the answer. I'm a 30yr addict and know how you feel, I have said the same things, if I could stop I would have, I will always need something, etc. Unfortunately for people like us there are NO easy answers. We have altered the receptors in our brains to the extent that will take months or years to recover from. But I do believe now that it can be done. I would like to spend some time as my real self, would like to get up in the morning and get my day going with no more than a cup of coffee! I wish you the best of luck and if you want to vent or have a question I check in often. God Bless

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I have been on suboxone for 10 years. I started at 8mg a day and have now been on 24mg a day. It doesn't bother me if I have to continue taking it. It keeps me clean and takes the cravings away. I don't ever want to be where I was eating Oxys like candy for 11 years.

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Hello littlemoremercy! I used opiates for 11 years. I went on methadone for awhile but when I decreased the amount I was going through severe withdrawals. Rather than staying on the methadone and increasing the amount again, I chose to go on suboxone. I started off with one 8mg strip a day. That wasn't working for me so I had to increase my dose. I feel much better now. I know some people say,"less is better" but sometimes people need to increase in order to feel better. I would talk to my doctor and see what he says. I have a great relationship with God but my life is so much better being on suboxone rather than abusing opiates.

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Kelsey my opinion If you realy think you need more than just ask but I use to be were you r at and im down to a half a day and i once felt the same but I just started to take a half at a time. Like take a half wen i woke up then half around noon and then another half aroun 6 and then half at bed time that is honesly more than enough. Then you would still have a half left to take wen you want to. But im now down to a half a day and im so proud to be were im at today. U just have to force yourself to do it then you will get use to it. I cant believe I use to take 3 a day. Trust me I want to go back to 1 a day but i just try not to think about it. A half makes me content and not withdraw so thats all i need. but sometimes I want more just to take it because I want to. And i have before but im trying to stay strong and positive. so if you want to more then ask the worst that can happen is he say no.

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I have before and it's not a good idea at all. After months of 4-8mg a day I could tell my circulation was getting bad. That's some thick stuff to be putting in your veins I would totally advise against it!!

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Them subbyz are bad news man I was on gear for a year then subz for a year I can honestly say they made me so depressed do ur research on thm from my view thy worse thn brown I no stupid thing to say but thy rewind my mind but yes I did beat it after 3 weeks of hell still some mild symtoms but tht can last years I'm on ads now citolapram and I'm happy and nearly healthy but thy is a lot more to my story as I suffer from social phobia now I realise the subbyz was gettin through my daily life with work ect when I suddendly stopped I cuddent talk to people or even look at enyone the subz defo made it worse now I have to deal with it to pay the bills now I've bin on citolapram I've found myself I feels stable now not worrying what people are gonna say to me or think of me sceard if I'm going to have heart attack thts how bad I was enythink I had to do or even In my thoughts I found away to be sceard its not fully gone I'm still a big wimp in the back of my mind lool I'm on the right track I no there's peeps out there with the same thoughts as I realy thought I was the only one as tht is a realy bad feeling it helps to talk trust me I'm glad I did because I found out tht my aunt suffers the same thing but 10 times worse earlier the better thanks for hearing me if ya can holla holla patty p brum town xx

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need help with suboxone. I am taking 8mg aday take when I wake up. I been at this dose for 5 months. The problem is I feel like it is not working any more. I no longer feel motived to do anything. I have done methadone for a year, been addicted to pills for a good 20 years, been in and out of recovery, done treatment (only one time-feel like their is no reason to go again) and now suboxone. suboxone was great in the beginning but now I feel like it is not working any more. My question is what do I do now? Have read that less is better so where do I go now? Afarid the answer is to get sober and better relationship with God. I am 49 years old and feel like I will always need something. If I could stop I would have. Have had lots of trouble because of my addiction. Please help me find a way to live with my self. PLEASE

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I'm on day 23 of my Suboxone Withdrawal. The Withdrawals are pretty much over, I'm mainly dealing with lack of sleelp and not sure when my normal sleep cycle will come back. I was on Suboxone for a little over 3 years, was addicted to opiates for about 1 year before Subs. My last dose of Suboxone was 2mg per day for about 6 months. I could have tapered lower, but I was at my wit's end with this mess. The Last 3 months while on Subs I was very depressed, tired of being chained to something to feel "normal" if that's even an accurate description of what Suboxone does to a person. It changed me a lot, I pulled away from family and friends, I basically went to work and home and not much else for the last year. Luckily I was able to save quite a bit of money over the last 1 1/2 years to break my chain to Subs. I was at my Job a little over 9 years, I tried to ask for time off, but my bosses weren't very happy with that, they wanted me to wait until it was better for them, but I had to think about myself for once and chose to leave my place of employment and start on this journey of Self Discovery toward a life without any drugs.

5 years ago I didn't have a drug habit, but toward the end of a 5 year relationship I found out that the person I was in love with had cheated on me numerous times and it broke my heart. That changed me, I ended the relationship and started doing things that I had never done (pills) and found myself addicted. I tried to get off them, went into withdrawal and couldn't work and go through that at the time. I finally was given Suboxone, it was described to me as a cure, a miracle and pretty much a godsend to addicts. Within the first year I was tired of taking it, i wanted off it, because I had never been addicted to anything. I made a huge mistake, I blame no one but myself for this. I had planned to go off it, but then got the worst news of my life. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung and brain cancer. My plan had to be put on hold, because I was my mothers caregiver. So for four months my Aunts and myself took shifts taking care of my mom, when I would go to work, one of my aunts would come and so forth. My mom did pass away 4 months to the day of finding out.

I was a wreck during that time, I had to take care of my mom's estate and tie up loose ends. The last 2 years I've went back and forth with the idea of getting off this crap, but I knew I had to save some money to do so. Thats what I did, I put back every dime I could over the last 1 1/2 years and on October 12th 2017 I made the decision to "jump". I'm a little over 3 weeks into the proces, I'm feeling pretty good, but still not sleeping all that great. I have been prescribed a sleeping med, but it's yet to give me more than 4 hours a night. I want to go back to work, but I know that I need more rest/energy to be able to do so. Now that I've shared my story, does anyone know just how long it takes for "sleep" to come back naturally?

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Re: Ken (# 3)

Hi Ken.
I'm not sure what type of insurance you have of course. But I do know a lot of psychiatrists are writing for subutex and Suboxone. And I've heard nothing but good things about the psychiatrists dispensing subutex and Suboxone if you can go that route they truly help you with more than just the medication. I hope this helps you out some. If you have anymore questions let me know. Wishing you the best can. Have a great day.

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Re: Virginia (# 41)

Hello.... When I went to my doctor I tested opiates and I also tested Suboxone in my urine (the ingredient of the bupe). And I had told them my sister had been visiting from Florida and she had given me two Suboxone strips and had me wait x amount of hours and then I tried it and that's what made my decision that I wanted to be on the Suboxone and not the opiates any longer. They said they're not the drug police and they don't care what's in your system at all until you start the program - then after that they care. Meaning the only thing that should be in your system after you sign the Suboxone doctors program. Just don't have anything else in your system but Suboxone. So they don't care what's in your system as long as you're honest with them. But I did go around the corner and say my sister had given me the Suboxone. He was okay with it. And on my chart he said I'm not going to put your sister down I'm just going to say you bought them on the street so if anything would ever happen then your sister wouldn't be involved. That was pretty nice actually considering. Try something like that, I hope it helps.

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Re: patty p (# 6)

Withdrawals are freaking awful too, I took Suboxone thinking that it would help me not have withdraws after taking pain medication as prescribed for years, it was a huge mistake. I slowly wean myself off the Suboxone over a six month period and it still took about a month to withdraw from them. later on in life when I had to take pain medication again for a couple years and then quit the withdrawals only lasted a week. I would never take Suboxone again.

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Hello, Kelsey! How are you doing? Congratulations on your beautiful daughter! :-)

As to your question, I have to be honest and say that I don't think increasing your Suboxone is what you need. It isn't a medication that will help with stress, anxiety and etc.

I think you need to get some help with these specific issues, until things in your life calm back down, a little. You should just talk to your doctor about what's going on and see what they suggest. They may okay it for you to see another doctor for a different medication that can help.

Does anyone else have any advice or suggestions?

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My name is rob and I am trying to get off of subutex

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I have been on suboxone for 6 years

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Absolutely not dude! u won't feel euphoria anyway because of how it's designed. Specifically to prevent a high through iv. You're better off just taking it sublingual.

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I've never been in a chat room before. I have questions about suboxone. Is there anybody out there?

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I've been on subs 8mg a day for two months, then 4mg for two months and 2mg for two months now! I told my doctor i was weaning myself off them and he didn't like that!!! There goes his $120-$140 a month, always throwing a drug panel at me, knowing I'm clean!! Anyway, I told him I wanted the 2/0.5 and he tried to talk me out of it!!!

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Re: S (# 24)

PROUD OF YOU!!! Your Message was very very inspiring! I don't know about your sleep question... sorry! Sure hope it gets better for ya! So sorry about your mother!

Take care! & I enjoyed reading!

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Re: JustJess (# 4)

Save your veins my friend. Trust me, I did and there is no difference.

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Re: Pete (# 47)

Pete, I placed myself on Suboxone and I very carefully lowered my dosage every seven days by halves, until I was taking slithers of Suboxone. I am now opiate and Suboxone free. In my experience, you need to cut down slowly and carefully. You can do this!

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