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Since my son started taking suboxone, he has developed hatred for me. We have always been very close, but now he is verbally abusive. It is only when he takes the drug. I should add, he sometimes drinks beer while on it. Has anyone else experienced this?

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My granddaughter is now taking this drug after being on Vicodin for years. She has become estranged from her mother but not from me. I do not understand the level of resentment towards her mother. I can only think it's this med. I feel so helpless against all this drama, when I can do nothing to help.

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My husband has been on suboxone for 3 years. He was placed on suboxone while in treatment center for other drugs. Since being on suboxone, he has beem moodier, inconsiderate, disrespectful and I am very tired. Actually we have been together about 13 years and he has been taking some form of drug for 8 years. It has gotten where he has lost several jobs because of his attitude. He Even Take More then he is prescribed. He buys it from lady. He has pawned jewelry and messed up and didn't somethings in time snd may lose it. I am totally fed up.

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Yes, I feel this way as well. My husband has those exact characteristics since Suboxone two years ago. He gets severe mood swings randomly, snaps over petty situations. We used to have fun before and now it's seldom due to his life style change into dysphoria from the buprenorphine suboxone!

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The doctors are lying. They are fully aware of what this drug does to people but the agenda is to make money and control/zombify drug addicts who are considered expendable. This stuff is bad news, I dont care what anyone says. Your doctor is definitely wrong.

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This might be horrible advice, but as I've said this is my experience which may be different than yours. So... I had a brief relapse because I slipped on the stairs (and I mean, cartoon-style. My foot had something very slippery stuck on the bottom and when I put all my weight on it it completely slipped out from under me, and I flew up into the air and bounced uncontrollably down five stairs, each bounce hitting the same area of my tailbone) I told the doctor at the hospital every medicine I was on including suboxone. He prescribed me Percocet and those numbing topical patches. So I wanted my ass to stop hurting so I stopped taking the suboxone and waited in withdrawals for as long as I could (2.5 days? I think..) to take the Percocet. It worked and because percs are not as strong as suboxone my tolerance went down. So then I was ready to go from 12 mg to 8mg. I've been on 6mg forever, but I ran out early so I again waited until I was in withdrawals and took 2mg or a quarter of a pill (my insurance only covers the pill form) but it's the same as a fourth of the strip film. The 2 mg lasted for a lot longer than I had anticipated and was a lot stronger than I had anticipated because I took it when I was in withdrawals. So that has been my way of getting down. And I only waited until my eyes were watering my muscles ached and my nose was running, or 24 hours exactly. I did not have to wait for the hellish part with the cold sweats, constant goosebumps-till-my-skin-was-sore, nor the yawning-till-my-jaw-wanted-to-break-off crap either. I hope this made sense and helps.

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Are you a male or a female? How long were you on the Suboxone/Percocet? I'm wondering because I want to know, did you lose your libido? Did you have any other emotional symptoms or personality changes because of the subs and has it affected any of your relationships? Now that you're coming off of it or off of it, have those relationships and your libido come back?

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Oh yes yes and yes. When anyone is on opiates, even if you try to climax, you can't (because an orgasm releases the same exact chemicals that opiates do). So when all of your opiate receptors are busy with the suboxone, you have no libido. When you are in withdrawals, or off of it, suddenly your libido comes back with a vengeance! Haha!

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Re: Antonia (# 39)

Thank you so much and I agree with you. He seems to do fine and then when he doubled up on the dosage is when the moodiness takes over. I've gotten to the point where I asked him how much he has, how much he's taking, and almost keeping a daily log of the mood swings. I also wish some guys would respond to let me know about the lack of libido and emotions as well. I tried to be supportive but it's really really hard. The only thing keeping me going is that I know who he was and every now and then I see the glimpse of the man I fell in love with.

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Re: Simone (# 41)

thank you so much everyone. I'm pretty sure that he is abusing the medicine. When he's not taking as much he is calm and almost a completely different person. wish there was some way to convince him that this is what it was I believe that deep down he knows it that's what it is but he doesn't want to believe it I love him so much and last night he apologized for everything immensely. I could tell that his apology was sincere and he really felt terrible about everything that's happened in the last week or so. Another thing is that I find it kind of funny that they take people off of painkillers and put them on the knees and put them in a situation where they need this drug. My husband is plant recently closed and he will lose his insurance and for me to put him on my insurance cost another $300 a month. The meds are 700 some dollars a month and that's ridiculous. It seems as though every time somebody needs a medicine it cost more than it should it's nice to find people that understand and will talk to me about this because I really have nowhere to turn.

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Re: Was it worth it 29 (# 51)

Sorry to hear about your boyfriend's suboxone habit. As difficult and heart-breaking as it may seem, my opinion is if drugs are more important than your relationship together then I think you'd be better off leaving your boyfriend so that he doesn't bring you down with him. Unfortunately that's what it comes to for some individuals to wake up and realize what's truly important in their lives. Intuitively speaking, I get the sense that he wont change his habits unless you leave him. On a positive note, perhaps when or if you get back together in the future, he will have become a man looking for a serious relationship instead of a high. He just doesn't seem like he's ready for the responsibilities that come with being in love and devoting himself to your relationship. And I do get it, we all go through challenging times and that may be why you're wanting to stick by his side... but I just don't think he'll be motivated to change unless he loses something (or someone) more important in his life. Sometimes you don't realize what you've lost until it's gone.

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He's taking too much !! I've felt the exact same way when taking more than 12mg. I'm on 6mg and feel great. I don't think the beer worsens the suboxone, but it doesn't help. I'd suggest he lower his suboxone. Or, instead of taking it all at once, take half in the a.m., half in the evening. good luck !

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Yes I was clean for 8 years and then prescribed suboxone, I have now ruined my relationship with my ex, I threatened him and he says I'm not the same person I was when he met me I'm now realizing that this drug IS NOT WORTH IT! I've lost 30 plus pounds and it's really scary:,( every single night I go to sleep I wonder if I'm going to wake up, I have a big heart but tend to be all about the suboxone and me me me on it, first thing I do in the morning is take it or I start to feel REALLY sick, it's now been 3YEARS AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE WASTED 3 YEARS OF MY LIFE :,( I want off of it it's just a legal high ! And does nothing but Ruin lives:/ and all that matters to the doctors is the money. I'm now trying to get the courage to go get the help I need n deserve to have a normal life

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I am in the exact situation. Is your situation better now? How did you cope? it makes me feel likeI'mthe problem

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Well, I first addressed my problem with my wife last May. She had been on suboxocone since Oct of last year. Hasn't got any better. Trtying to get enough money together to get out!

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I'm currently pregnant from a guy who's been on subutex for the last three years. We've been together for more than year. He snaps on me whenever he wants, he avoid any intimacy with me, he moved to the dinner room, doesn't sleep at nights, falls asleep at around 10 am. He stop going to work, eating healthy food. He prefers sweets and carbs mostly. We've become strangers. I love him very much but I can do anything to get him back to normal. I noticed when he runs out of pulls for three day he becomes a cometely different person.

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Leave him.
Before its too late.
Or give him one last chance to quit the drugs.
But why give him another chance to hurt you?

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J,
Take it from one who knows bupe and folks with rage issues do not make for harmony in anyone's life.Picture this 6'6 300 lb. monster trying to manage a dependence issue at the same time performing in a sport that demanded intense competitive fire all with an undiagnosed rage disorder.suffice it to say bupe only magnified this condition so yeah it most deff. Can have these effects especially for those with inherent chemical imbalance's.tapering was LONG and traumatic. For some used for an appropriate time frame at a measured dose can be life affirming and lead to a productive and happy drug free life.

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I too have these same symptoms. I'm a 35 year old female who has been on Suboxone (8mgs once per day) for four years! I never thought it would be so hard to get off. I'm nothing like I used to be. I have fits of rage for the smallest reasons or none at all. I have zero energy, major dysphoria and cannot seem to get happy. I want nothing more than to be off of this and get my life back. I've tried several times to no avail. I wish I could do it but I've got a small child so I cannot be put of commission for months while trying to get off.

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How did you get off of this stuff? I've been stuck on it four years with the EXACT horrific side effects you outlined. Please help if you can.

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I'm so sorry to hear of your...un-coupling, but here's what happened to me: I was in a relationship with a guy I thought I loved until I went to rehab and got on suboxone. I then realized that I was in love with the drug, not him. I was confusing the effects of the opiates with my feelings for him. When the opiates were out of the equation I saw him clearly for the first time and felt nothing but fear and resentment. Now, the way he treated me, his ideals, and his overall personality were all horrible, so that's totally different than your situation. It seems like he does genuinely love you, but is confused about what he's feeling because of this new drug's effect on his emotions and thoughts. If you stay strong and patient, he'll come around.

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