So I have had 6, 300 mg shots and 7, 100 mg shots! Tomorrow is week 7 since my last shot and am currently debating to get my next shot, scheduled for Dec.15 (8weeks in between), or just saying we’re already this far out and just keep going! My goal since starting the 100mg shot was to get my last shot before the end of this year. The last 2 nights I have been having some insomnia and mild discomfort when I’m trying to sleep? Any encouraging thoughts or advice???

It's been a couple of weeks now that I've been on HRT I'm also 40 days from last sublocade injection. Also my dryer just went out. And I don't have any transportation and nobody around me to help me get to a laundromat, so I'm in a real pickle. My car was totaled back in July. So anyway... With that said... I absolutely hate the way I feel right now. I am super emotional. Have literally been crying non-stop for 2 days. I am way more frustrated with my kids and their not listening, not respecting me, breaking stuff , etc etc etc.... I literally don't know WHAT to do with myself... I'm FED UP feeling.

Would 40 days out off sublocade be making me feel like this ?

Five 300mg

What do YALL think

So I got my first sublucade shot a week ago, the 300.

So far everything is great, much better than the strips imo.

The biggest problem I am having though is that I get this sort of whole body tension. It's like a body ache sort of thing. I get some overall soreness a lot more I feel like than before, but I don't know if the soreness is connected to the feeling of tension.

If just feels like I can't relax my whole body. Like I'm sort of pent up.

Is there any medication that might help with this feeling?

Edit: I have noticed that the klonopin I am prescribed for fear of flying (I had a fear of flying before, but I recently had a big seizure on an airplane so it's gone up a lot) helps take this away completely, but obviously I don't want to be taking that anymore than just for the plane.

Well, Here I am, 2.5 months off sublocade, taking nothing, no Gabapentin, no anxiety meds, although I have buspar on hand if needed. Current, only a magnesium supplement is taken at night, before bed! Often, I forget to take it, but it hasn't been a big issue when I forget. I am still pretty fatigued, I sit, and if not for the LOUD meowing from my cat, would probably fall asleep. It is still tolerable, and I lay down when I can. I just wanted to check in and let everybody know that at 10 weeks, I am okay and not sick, which is amazing to me. There are a lot of people who get frustrated with the weekly updates, But I think they are important, those of us who feel like we are venturing into uncharted territory, some of us are nervous and a bit scared. We want to know that we are going to be okay. We want to know that somebody in this world understands what we are going through.

Dear friends, I understand, I am not proud of the things that I've done in my past, I'm not proud of my years of opioid addiction, or my years on Suboxone. I am not proud of having tried to go off Suboxone in 2012, cold turkey,making it a year only to fail and end up back where I started. For the first time in a long time, I have hope. Maybe this will help someone? Even if it helps only one person, to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, I can handle that. My hope, for all of us, is that we, as a community, continue to support one another! It has been a long road, but we do what we do best, take it on! One step at a time! Take care friends!!

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I was on Suboxone for over 13 years. I am on my first injection, three weeks after first injection I have been experiencing heartburn, constipation and cold chills. The cold chills is like that one symptom I can not deal with. Whether it’s a light and brief or bone deep cold chill. Anyone know how to counteract these?

Man.. for the past two weeks I’ve been hella bloated and it feels like my colon is being squeezed tight. Any time I use the restroom a small bit of number 2 comes out along with it, but it’s flat and thin and discolored (like lime green)..

I remember coming off of Suboxone my stomach was all fucked up like this for like half a year.

Prior to now I’ve had decent releases (still not “normal”) almost every morning and then go about my day, but now it’s an all day mess.

I don’t even like the act of eating anymore because it means instant bloat and a soon bowel movement that won’t be much of a release and still a mess to clean up.

Is this normal or do I have other things going on?

So I’ve been on 8mg of suboxone for like 3 years. My recovery is pretty solid these days. I want to get off medication all together and have a sublocade appointment scheduled in a couple weeks.. I’ve read a lot on here lately about people doing this. I guess I want to know if anyone quit after 1-100 mg shot (while being on 8mg daily)? Because doing the math, 8 mg daily means I take 240 mg a month. A 300 mg shot would be me taking more bupe than ever.. while 100mg seems like it wouldn’t last me a full month… any insight is appreciated! Thanks.

I was on sublocade for I wanna say 6 months, I switched over to brixadi which is basically the same thing I think it’s a little more mg per month but I feel like every single month I start getting withdrawal symptoms the last week or so and it’s starting to affect my every day life.

I've been on opioids 3 years. I've been prescribed Opioids this whole time but I'm in a weird situation where I need to take a whole lot more than my prescribed dosage and trying to take my prescribed dosage is way too big of a jump compared to what I need to just keep me out of withdrawals.

Im on dihydrocodeine. I'm prescribed 11×30mg a day. But I need around 25×30mg just to keep out of withdrawals. I used to be prescribed 14×30mg but my doctors have been trying to force me off. But I obviously haven't been able to cut down at all because trying to take my prescribed dosage is a huge jump of minus 11 - 14× 30mg tablets at once from the 25 that's needed.

Because of this I run out early every week and I'm sick and tired of going through withdrawals. Even though I need opioids for pain.

But my doctors refuse to cut me down from a higher dose. They've said it's too bad, and they can't cut me down from my needed 25×30mg.

Idk what to do. It's way too difficult to cut down from 25 to 11 at once. The withdrawals are horrific for me on top of the pain im already in.

Questions:

If I went to a drug help specialist (I already have an appointment with one), that has their own doctors and can prescribe. Would it be a good idea to go on sublocade?

Would I have to go on Suboxone first?

Would they even prescribe something like sublocade for someone on prescription Opioids?

Do you think it's worth it in my situation? I feel like I don't have much choice nobody else can help me cut down from the dosage I'm taking.

Would the withdrawals getting off it be worse or better than what they are now while I'm on 750mg dihydrocodeine? For reference if I don't have dihydrocodeine I need about 120-150mg oxy to keep out of withdrawals. The other day I had nothing but codiene phosphate and I needed around 35 and was still feeling crappy.

Does sublocade cut you down over time on its own? How do you feel while it's cutting you down?

Do they provide comfort meds? Like pregabalin or benzos? I'm already on pregabalin 50mg 3× a day but feel like I'd need more.

I already have enough panic attacks on opioids, also because of pain id probably need benzos and pregabalin for my muscle spasms and high amount of anxiety. I've been through benzo withdrawals before I would never take it everyday again id rather cut both my pinky fingers and both my small toes off than go through that again.

If they wouldn't prescribe benzos would I be able to take them on my own. Say from a private doctor or me just buying them myself?

How well does Buprenorphine work for pain?

For people who are in the UK with experience,If sublocade isn't worth it. Say if the withdrawals are worse. Would there be any other options with a drug help specialist? The place I'm going to is called S2S, they have their own doctors. Say if they didn't provide sublocade would they be able to provide an alternative that would take away withdrawals?

I have a good job that I can get into asap but they do a 12 panel and it’s one of those deals where if you fail you out there’s no point where I can try it again. I did 3 300 mg shots and 1 100mg shot.

Also I thought it was something else but I’m pretty sure I had medicine coming out of my belly button. It’s gone away now but did anyone else experience anything similar?

I am 5 months out from last shot. I was on 2mg of suboxone for the last few years, was on subs for 10 years total. My shot cadence was 100/50/50. My only negative side effects have been yawning and tired during the day and for the passed month, terrible restless legs at night. I’ve been sleeping an avg of 2-3 hours per night. My doc gave me clonidine and trazadol to sleep. Even with that plus magnesium isn’t enough to stop these legs from going crazy at night. Anyone else deal with this? Will it ever go away? Any remedies or medication to combat RSL?

Plan on doing 300 300 100 quit is this a good idea? The non dry mouth and eye feels amazing however I’m starting to get heart palpitations for a few seconds and bad sleep…is this normal???? I was on 16 mg 8 am 8 pm of subutex for over five year for context and I never missed a dose… I’m worried that I will start a wd on week two but can handle it…as I have some kolopin (which I plan on getting to as needed when off subs) This has to be the answer does anyone not sleeping?? I got a job interview of my life coming up (meeting staff it’s my fourth interview can’t be tired or in w/d.)

Any success stories will help seems a lot of people like to bitch but the science is out it’s the way to get off…idk I’m worried still I guess that’s human nature the unknown..

Hey folks, so Im about 6 days out from being 6 months from my last injection. At about exactly 5 months, I started feeling great for about 2 weeks, then like 10/11 days ago I started feeling kinda shitty, nothing ever unbearable but definitely the worst I’ve felt this whole time. Almost overnight I developed this wild anxiety, especially in the mornings, like kind of absolutely horrible anxiety, accompanied by headaches throughout the day, which is actually the weirdest since I never get headaches yet I’ve had them every day for much of the day since 11 days ago, also more fatigued, a bit more restless for sure, once I fall asleep, I’m usually good for most of the night but it’s more of a task to fall asleep given the restlessness. I took my first dip stick drug test with a cut off of 10ng/ml and was able to see the most faintest second line, very very faint. This is my second time making it this far quitting sublocade and the timeline of symptoms is definitely slightly different from last time, and last time I got no headaches at all, nor have I ever gotten headaches when quitting opiates/bupe in the past.

So anyways, I appreciate you reading and would love to hear from any of you, especially anyone who has gone through a similar thing at the relative same 6month-ish time from last shot. If so, I’d love to hear whether or not you had these symptoms, how long these symptoms lasted for you, when things got better, how long until a full negative on the drug test etc. anyways, thanks again

Oh and I just want to reiterate that, for people who haven’t gotten to this point yet, if this was truly unbearable or even comparable to acute opiate withdrawal, I’d be the first to way over exaggerate how much pain I’m in, thinking I’m dying, because of the absolute trauma and misery of opiate withdrawal, meaning, don’t be discouraged if you read this and think “oh that sounds horrible” cuz it’s annoying but it’s bearable and if you haven’t gotten to this point, some people don’t get any of these symptoms, some people get some, but it’s not as bad as it sounds so you’ll be alright. Just keep on truckin

So I got the sub shot 10 days ago. I was taking 16-24mg a day before I got the shot. I was at 16mg and then when I knew I was getting the shot, I took my remaining script at 24mg so I'd run out when I got the shot. I felt good for the few days and now I'm freezing cold. It's like I can't ever warm up. Now I have a refill on my script but I'm scared that if I fill it (different doc than the one that prescribed me the shot) that I'm just going to take them a bunch and never get off subs. I am the definition of addict; if I have it, then I won't be able to stop taking it. Will I even "feel" it if I take strips? I found about 6mg and I took it the other day...felt basically no difference.

November 7th was ny last dose of methadone (115mg) i was on a kadian bridge (1000mg) for 14 days then went 100 hours with nothing (worst time of my life ) but when I took the first 16mg of suboxone I was fine no PWD. Docs had me on 24mg per day for 4 days then just got my first shot of 300mg yesterday morning. I'm still not 100% irritated and sweats nothing crazy but I was wondering if it will get better soon. I feel like I should have taken the suboxone for atleast a week after I was stable. Anyone else go through this? I know there's light at the end of the tunnel just wish it was more comfortable. Also not dosing everyday like I have for the past 11 years is wierd

Soo I've been almost 3 months off the shot. If I used any oxy would I get sick of there's still some in my system ?

Assuming you are already taking a steady dose of subs daily, is it ever possible to get the shot the same day as your first appointment to discuss it? Or is there always a process to go through with insurance, etc? (I’m looking for a provider who offers the shot, mine does not - it doesn’t seem very common in my area.)

This is my 3rd shot and none of them have looked like this. Has anyone had a reaction like this? I’ve seen some horror stories on here, and don’t know whether this is within the realm of normal?

Has anyone ever received more than 2 300mg shots? I actually had the 300mg shot for 17 months. Then the past 2 months moved down to the 100mg shot. Mood swings have been terrible and some aches and pains.

Next question is has anyone ever experienced massive stomach pains and bleeding?

Maybe I'm just the oddball out. I just wanted to see what you guys had to say.

But my last one before this was in may. Had a pretty tame relapse back on fentanyl in June. Been using up until about two weeks ago.

Just had my first 300 and my body relaxed and anxiety disappeared after that powerful burn from the injection hit. It’s like my body remembered how well I was doing on subblocade. Excited to be back on it and am going to try to drop to 100 in a few months this time and try a taper. Last time I did 5 300’s and 1 100 which was sent by accident when it was meant to be a 300.

To get away from daily dosing psychologically, and having the steady state blood levels was like a god send for me. On top of being sensitive to the naloxone in the strips/pills I am super grateful for having gotten through fent detox on my own this time and having strips to stabilize my self until I could get the shot.

I’ve been on 2mg sub for 8 years and the side effects are really getting in the way of everyday life(dryness and dehydration leading to headaches, not cumming, peeing or pooping without extreme effort) and I decided to taper. I dropped from 2 to 1 without much issue, then to .5 with very very mild issues, and I’ve gotten myself to .25 and I don’t think I can do weeks of withdrawal even from here, I’m married and I have a 6 month old. Don’t get me wrong suboxone really helped me get my life on track, but at this point I feel it’s not helping. I’m thinking of maybe getting a 100mg shot and just riding it from there. I see all these testimonials about how they took the shot and never had to take anything daily, didn’t really feel withdrawal at all, and was able to walk away and it makes me fucking cry. I’m just wondering if these stories are true and I can be free without symptoms that prevent me from working and taking care of my baby.

I jumped back in June. I’m good in every way except I always feel dizzy and my headaches are annoying af. I still get temperature fluctuations but I have a hormonal imbalance at the same time so idk too much about that part, but anyone else experience the head pain! If so, how long before it goes away 😢

After reading through all the side effects and possible interactions with all kinds of random shit I am so much less optimistic about the reality of this helping me get off heroin.

I’m curious to hear peoples firsthand experiences regarding side effects and/or positive outcomes that they’ve experienced.

But to be completely honest I’m the most curious to hear any horror stories that they might’ve gone through from it because after doing a little research on this drug i see mostly negative results from its effects. I like the idea of having 1 shot a month but every other piece of information seems to be more trouble than it’s worth. I’ve gone through methadone treatment before and had success for a decent amount of time so I’m not sure what I’d anything this offers in the pro column besides the once a month dosing.

I’d like to hear your opinion & experiences from this treatment .

Thanks in advance

I got my last shot 3 years ago. I am in drug court and I had a positive test last Monday. Level was 9.4 nanograms. I have also had negative tests for months and then positive tests. Who else is this happening too!? My counselor can't find anyone else. I'm an outlier. Indivior doesn't seem to care either. My counselor reached out to them, they asked for my records. she sent them every test I've had. We got absolute silence from them. Is there anyone else on here like me or do you know someone going through the same experience?

I had my 1st injection last month. When I went to my appt last Thursday they informed me that my injection hadn’t been delivered yet and to call Mon. Here’s Monday n still no injection has been delivered. Last week my dr told me that this happens quite often and sometimes every month for some people. Now, I myself am very stable, I have no cravings ever I just do not want to feel withdrawal at all. I was hoping that switching to a longer acting like an injection I could at some point stop altogether and have mild withdrawal until it’s out of my system. This is SO messed up. Like most ppl are very fragile while going thru this addiction crap, I cannot imagine feeling like there’s a chance I could relapse and then telling u your injection hasn’t been delivered to the office. WTH 🤦‍♀️ This is the craziest thing to me and btw my husband started his vacation on Friday n our plan was to go out of state for a few days and this made it so we couldn’t. I’m so annoyed this is some bull$!?&

hey said I can get my supplicate shot tomorrow at five. I haven’t took Suboxone in 6 days an I have been using dope. I just took a lil piece 1.5 mg if I had to guess. Just to make I don’t go into PW. I don’t think I will. But my question is let’s say I take 24 mg of Suboxone from right now till.3-4 pm tomorrow:(a hour or two before my injection) what could possibly happen they say that you have to be on Suboxone for five days or whatever before you get the shot. But if I know, I took the 24 mg of Suboxone I just talked about before my shot that I’m safe to take subs obviously but I’m just worried that the shot being so much bupe that idk something might happen…? Does anybody know if I will be OK or not or even if you have an opinion that you think is somewhat educational I would love to get all the info as possible before I do it. I also just got a gram of dope before they just called me and told me the shot is ready.,.. am I safe to continue doing it as long as I can keep this Suboxone in me?

I have been clean and on sublocade for 8 months now. Yesterday I had a very weak moment and took 7 of my husbands hydro 10s. He has had them for months and I have never felt like taking them until last night. Well surprise! I didn’t feel anything lol. Probably for the best. Now I just feel guilty and I have a shot appointment this Friday. Will I go into withdrawal if I get it? Should I reschedule? I read somewhere, years ago, if you relapse while already on suboxone you can just start taking the suboxone again anytime, no problem. I’m not sure what to do. I haven’t been to any meetings or therapy this time and I had an absolute meltdown yesterday. I’m on the opposite side of the country now and im honestly so glad bc I would have scored yesterday if I had any connections here. I can’t keep doing the bare minimum for my recovery. Anyways, if anyone could help clear up the timeline for when I can get my sublocade shot again.. I would be very grateful! ❤️

When was the last time ? How am I not compacted ? Where does it all go?

I went this morning and it was so rock hard and large it took 30 minutes (sorry TMI)

Also I develop this new thing That has only happened twice but it is petrifying when it happens. I will get super nauseous, be soaked in sweat with chills, The poop will hurt so bad I will feel like I'm going to pass out, and it BURNS. Apparently this can happen when it touches the Vagus nerve. And some folks actually have passed out so that is fun !!!

Anybody that is far enough out that it's not an issue to go number 2... HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE

Hello Friends!

Well, here I am at the 9 week point, yes there has been fatigue, but no RLS, Sneezing, yawns, etc. few body aches, but we are renovating our house, and 16 foot boards tend to be heavy! So I am chalking the sore neck, arms, nd legs to that. I am sleeping well and exercising, eating right, drinking much less coffee, and not craving sweets like I was! I am ACTUALLY going to the bathroom normally, for the most part, so I am not grumpy, nd constipated. I have a shot at the docs waiting, it can sit, I just don't want to go back! Multiple reasons why, but main reason is myself! I want to beat this, and be clean. I called every doctor, and put allergy to all opioids on my chart. ALL of them! I don't want there to be a time where someone tries to write me a script, even after this is over. I know there are other things I can get for pain if I need! Y'all, I know I am still super early, and I may be jumping the gun, but right now, I feel fantastic! I hope I never have to go back to that very dark place. I do have Suboxone strips locked in a place where I cannot get to them, but only if I need them. hope to be able to toss them soon! I hope everyone is well, I promise, after 18 years on subs, had I known what I know now, I would have done this years ago!!