I know this is a pretty weird poll/question. I just got on subs and I’m kinda stuck between trying to taper and potentially getting more behind at work than I already am. Or stay at this dose to stabilize and slowly taper over a long period of time.
I am going into day 5 only suboxone after a 2 year 7oh habit over 500mg per day…and a long kratom addiction before that. Now my fear is I’ve just traded one dependence for another, however why is it the case I had such a hard time transitioning onto suboxone? If suboxone is this horrible worse than h to detox from drug, wouldn’t it have been much easier to stabilize onto. I am thinking or at least hoping because I put in my share of pain this week getting onto suboxone that it will pay off down the road, but maybe I’m wrong. Anyone successfully get off suboxone, and for how long were you on it?
I was on kratom leaf for 5 years high dose and 7oh 600-700mgpd for 2 years. Got my sub script Friday of last week. Took my last dose of 7 Friday night and took subs Saturday morning was feeling for a little while but then my temperature and RLS got extremely wacky. I ended up going back and forth between subs and 7 trying to get relief only causing the pain to be prolonged.
Finally Tuesday night I took my last dose of 7 and woke up at midnight that night, I knew it was either repeat the same scenario of the last few days/most likely fully relapse on the 7. I ended up making it till now. It’s been about 50 hours no 7 only subs. I actually got 4 hours of sleep last night, compared to the first night of absolutely terrible withdrawals had to be some kind of precipitated withdrawals that or the dopamine/serotinin component of the 7 being taken away and the subs not doing anything for that part.
Anyway, I’m not writhing in pain like Tuesday night but I’m still just walking around the kitchen non stop and I have to go into work tomorrow. I took mon-thurs off thinking I’d be good by now if I would’ve just stuck to only subs since Saturday I probably would’ve. At this point being 50 hours in I just have to trust the process no matter what comes, cause I’m not going back into that hell. Even if it means being stuck on suboxone for a while, I need to get my life under control.
Also, some other crazy shit….we lost power Monday night. No water, no ac, the diarrhea without being able to flush the toilet was almost like god was proving the whole man makes plans and god laughs line. Oh yeah and found out my wife is pregnant on Tuesday. Truly crazy week. Just have to last one more probably shitty day tomorrow at work, and it should be smoother sailing I hope. Feel free to dm me if anyone is in a similar timeline/position with this crap.