Took last dose of SR today. 7mg
I beat a 4-6mg a day Suboxone habit with the SR. The first few days of the switch I was calling it a miracle drug, I was so impressed that I was ready to drop my job and devote myself to spreading the word of SR, offering free help to its inventor etc. Truly Impressed.
I opted for a longer protocol based on the long half-life of Suboxone. 22 days today. Everything went immensely well throughout the process. However once my dose started to get under 100ish mg a day my body started to remember what it was like to be sober. I felt a good amount of dysphoria and anhedonia. By the 17th day, I was starting to get terrified I wouldn’t be able to function or maintain my job. Anxiety was ok ish but fear was prominent. Throughout the process I experienced very little physical withdrawal, maybe a day or two of diarrhea.
Other than that, I was able to work a very physically demanding job every day I was supposed to, although I didn’t have an easy time being there, I had a bit of a hard time focusing and just wanted to be bored elsewhere.
When the anhedonia started peaking, a supplement recommended from some in this group arrived. And basically saved my life. Bromantane, popular in the nootropic community. 2 hours after taking it, I felt happy for the first time in weeks, maybe months, probably even years. It was like I remembered the secret joke in my head and all the sudden I could laugh, smile and feel happy again. I would highly recommend it as I think during the opioid detox, my dopamine stopped firing completely and the bromantane brought it back online. I’m on a slew of other more natural supplements.
Yesterday was a 15mg and I can’t say I feel better or worse today. My brain chemistry has obviously been bouncing all over the map the last week, trying to re adapt to a new baseline of relative sobriety. I wish I had cut out Kratom, but thought “one thing at a time” and conquering the suboxone is huge for me. I’ll likely make another attempt for the Kratom when I’ve had a break from SR. The SR definitely seemed to have blunted the effects of Kratom completely for me.
Anyhow, for any people going through this, SR is maybe the biggest game changer in opioid addiction treatment(self treatment). It is truly incredible.
For those of you struggling with opioid addiction. This will help. For those of you struggling near the end or after SR protocol, Remember that it will take some time for all the chemistry of our systems to balance out. It can get better one day and rougher for the next for some time until it levels out, but remember they will level outs suffering isn’t permanent.
Greatly appreciate this forum and all the folks in it helping humans with the human condition. It brings me joy and fills my heart that people really care here.
To all the pioneers I applaud you and wish you continued and lasting success.