Just wondering if anyone has dealt with this personally yet? I've been with them for a bit over 2 years now and am really happy with their services. I'm eternally grateful for them making this treatment so accessible. I just got an email today stating that because of my stastate that they won't be able to prescribe unless I complete a drug test before my next apt, and that there is a home test in the mail to me right now. That I have to log on and make an apt to take it on video, I don't have anything to hide, I occasionally do smoke marijuana, which is legal in my state and I have talked to my quick md doctor about it also ( I have epilepsy) i don't abuse weed at all however. Just wondering if they're expecting me to set my phone up to have someone watch me piss on video or what?

I’m currently on Suboxone treatment but ended up relapsing about two weeks ago and am still currently using. I relapsed on Kratom extract (yes I know pretty lame stuff but my H/oxy dealer before rehab is locked up). Anyways I really wanna stop and get back on Suboxone but am concerned about precipitated withdrawal. About how long should I wait before taking my Suboxone? Used for about 2 weeks and have a slightly faster than normal metabolism

So I took 6mg work of suboxone this morning after being off opiates (heroin) for 36 hours at least. I was having really bad withdrawal and the suboxone made it worse. I went on a almost 20 day run without suboxone and i haven't seen quickMD in 6 weeks cause of it. I hope they let me back. Anyway, after dosing the suboxone I went in to precipated withdrawal and ending up using again. What is a good time frame for me to be absolutely sure and im a working a taxing job (construction) what can I do to mitigate all the hell im in for also when do I take the suboxone to avoid precipated withdrawal? I can still feel the serotonin feeling from Precipated withdrawals so I know 6mg is still floating in me. Please someone i need advice cause I'm going to loose everything that took me years to get plus a beautiful girlfriend if I don't get it straight.

Meds i have,

Klonopin 2mg 3x per day Clonidine Ibuprofen Promethazine Zofran

Also sense I've been off subs so long should I just taper now that it's been 20 days ? I know they taper in 7 days and im familiar with pharmacology. For all those that have been through similar experiences (withdrawaling at work) or just want to help out a fellow it would be well appreciated Thanks everyone

I am on day 4 of no meds. I jumped super super quick but I have no choice if I want pain management after surgery. I was on 4mg to 2mg than 1mg and 1mg. I have had surgery twice while on suboxone and even though my sub DR. was fine with pain management no surgeon will work with me. I am fucking tired of it and I'm done. I am going to be off work for about 4 months after this surgery (bone graft from my palm onto my right ring finger joint). I won't have a better time to withdrawal. This medication has saved my life but I cannot continue going under the knife and tough it out with ibuprofen the pain from the pins from my last surgery was some of the most intense pain ive ever felt and the doctor just said "well it shouldn't be painful now". If getting off this medication is what it takes for doctor including behavioral health to treat me than fuck it I dont want it anymore.

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?

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.

I have been over 2 weeks without bupe and still feel kinda shitty. The worst is the anxiety and depression. I only used 1-2mg a couple times a week for a few months.

So when will i start to feel normal.

Has anyone else noticed that since starting subs/bupe that each day/month/year is going past overly fast? I know it might sound crazy but I feel like the last year has sped up 10 fold.

I was on holiday a few weeks ago. I was sitting today and I was like. That was honestly a few weeks ago?

I have never experienced such an increase in time like this. It feels like a day has been cut in half. I feel like I block out half my day and it's not feeling like I'm getting what 24hrs should be.

Any one else on bupe noticed this also?

I was rent to get off the last .5 Suboxone. I would skip days and use Xanax at night if I had restless legs oh 0nly Mg Xanax! A friend gave me a gram Of cocaine and I used 4 baby bumps a day. I’m on day 4 with no suboxone and haven’t needed Xanax. Could the little bit of coke have gotten me though the sun withdrawal? I bave most of the gram left and it will last a while. I have been exercising and doing more heavy housework. Did I dodge a bullet?

will i die

The title says it all. Whenever I’m increasing or decreasing my dose, my joints are all inflamed and I feel like I have arthritis all over my whole body. Is this normal? Does this happen to anyone else?

I take about 3 mgs of subs (down from 16 a few years ago). I just saw an ad on Instagram for this stuff called Shot of Joy. I am not in NA/AA, don't abstain from alcohol, I drink on occasion (not to excess, I worked in a winery, no judgment please), but I'm just plain curious about this Shot of Joy. However, Googling has led me to think it may contain kratom. If that's the case, I obviously don't want to touch it. Is anyone familiar with it? If it's just some other sort of herbs that wouldn't be opiate-like, I don't care, and would try it just to see if it gives me nice feelings. I've been extremely stressed out due to work and other things, and I would like to have some relaxation. Yes, I know, ideally I'd seek therapy, meditation, etc, but not an option right now. So if someone could just answer me if you know if Shot of Joy does contain kratom, I'd appreciate it.

I am wondering how many folks here have tapered off reasonably quickly (2-4 weeks) rather than actual long term maintenance or rapid (~7 day taper) and what those experiences coming off was like. I was stable around 8 mg for two weeks and now on day 20 I am down to 1 mg per day and going lower into this week and then jumping. I have searched this sub quite a bit for this but found less than I have thought so I am looking for what withdrawals (if any) look like at this dose and timeframe.

its like that movie drugstore cowboy but without getting shot at the end

started taking opiates on the daily when i was 17 after i hurt my shoulder boxing
couldn't stop taking them. my friends had them. my friends mom had them. she died of a overdose. which at that point i decided to no longer hang out with anyone and began working on my store (15 years ago or more)

eventually after time goes by and tens of thousands spent , 100s of doctors visits trying to get opiates, emergency room visits where i pray for a little bit of mercy, insane cravings that make you want to tear your hair out, rehabs that does nothing, and then going back to sub after relapsing directly after the rehab. .

i started suboxone when it first came out, i was on a super high dosage because i had insane cravings
went from 24+mg to 0.5......................................................... but i stayed on it for 17 years because i really had intense cravings and it probably saved me from hell after relapsing after rehab. i was put on a lower dose that was more manageable (4mg) . stayed on the 4mg or less for 17 years then reduced to 0.5 in the last few years.

A few years after being on bupe and doing well with it, my friends mother died of a overdose & my best friend killed himself. I was no longer hanging out because i was working on my online store & wanted to stay clean .... so i never got to be with them before they died.

Anyways, heres some interesting bupe pros/cons

whats crazy about bupe is that at these low levels you're actually getting the effect of a normal opiate with all the beneficial effects. thats why people find it hard to get off of sub 2mg doseages.

so this felt great for a long time but i was not pursueing my life goals like being with my gf, my dad, and doing anything in general [because i was getting extreme headaches from being on bupe for so many years] (with the exception of my store which has always been great lol. i wouldnt have the store if it wasn't FOR the fact that i was able to be maintained on bupe. )

lost my gf because i stayed on bupe, which was giving me insane headaches and not allowing me to be with her or do anything really . because it fucks with your thyroid because its so strong when you're continuously taking it (esp at high doses, but even at low doses it slowly wares you down). the high dosese you dont get euphoria or anything. low doses, low tolerance , you get insane effects... but you can;t do that for years on end everyday. it has to come to an end.

But, ive now gotten off of it

and i gotta say that real life and not being on a opiate daily is way better than anything you could imagine
and getting to that point where you're finally done with everything, including the maintenance medication,
is truly truly amazing.

it just takes some people more time than others to see the end of the viscious cycle

now it feels good to wake up and feel the sun and know that i am alive and well and able to pursue life the way that i want to.

ofc theres many things that have happened that i regret. i.e. not being clean when my father was alive, which lead to less interaction, and he died quickly because of asbestos poisoning causing brain cancer, and lung cancer . then theres losing my friends who were on drugs. my best friend killed himself. my friends mom overdosed. lost my girlfriend . i am thinking of becoming a counselor if possible .

i over wrote some things, but yeah thats the gist

I'm currently taking 4 mg a day. 2 in the morning and 2 at night (started 10 days ago). My kids are driving me nuts. I'm raising 4 children alone and I feel like I'm about to give up and relapse. I have some 5mg valium (not prescribed). Would it be ok for me to take 1 for anxiety? I'm about to have a panic attack. I do not enjoy taking them and have never had an issue with them. Just need to calm down. I do not smoke Mary Jane so please don't suggest that.

I posted this a few days ago using a throwaway account and it was "removed by Reddit filters." I don't know why. I'm trying again.

This post is going to be somewhat lengthy and I am sorry to subject you to it, but I have to talk to someone about this as it seems that no one around me understands, cares, or has anything constructive to say in reply. I am grateful to any of you that take the time to read it, regardless of whether you can help me. Maybe this post will help one of you, somehow.

I am a 40-year-old American man. I had a pill problem in 2008-2011. I started Suboxone in 2011 (8-16mg, at first) and got off of it in 2012. I stayed clean for a long time.

In 2021, I developed a kratom problem. I was consuming quite a bit of it daily, became dependent, and experienced typical opioid withdrawal symptoms if I stopped. I tried to taper down with the intention of stopping, but was unsuccessful. In late 2022, I caved in and called my Suboxone doctor from a decade prior and made an appointment.

I have now been on Suboxone for two years. My daily dosage this go-around is much lower than before -- it has never exceeded 2mg/day and typically was 1.5mg/day.

In the past three years (one year of kratom, two of Suboxone), something has happened to me: I do not experience pleasure of any sort, from anything. I have largely abandoned my hobbies. I hate my job, but gain no relief from taking a vacation. I sometimes listen to music, but it doesn't have the emotional impact on me that it once did. I eat well and the food I eat can taste good or bad, but nothing is ever delicious -- I eat only to survive and to not be hungry. Eating is a chore. Everything is a chore. Nothing is rewarding. There are no rewards.

I am not at all interested in physical contact with other people -- I do not cuddle with my wife, I feel nothing when I hug my daughter. I have gone from having a large sex drive to having quite literally none, at all. This hurts me more than anything else I've described. I have no passion for physical intimacy nor for anything else. I don't feel connections with other people. I'm completely alone, untouchable, inside an invisible bubble. I miss sex and hugs, and wanting those things.

Nothing brings any hint of happiness or contentedness or any facsimile thereof. And therefore, I don't want anything. I miss wanting things.

I am very much like an automaton. I wake up every day, I do the things I have to do, and feel nothing. I am mechanical. I am alive, but I am not living. The wheel is turning, the hamster is dead.

I have spoken to my Suboxone doctor about this, as well as my GP. The Suboxone doctor did not believe that what I am experiencing is a consequence of the Suboxone, especially not at such a low dose. My GP plainly didn't know enough about Suboxone to comment on the subject.

I do not recall this sort of libido loss and anhedonia from my previous Suboxone experience in 2011-2012. I have a long history of depression and believed that it could just be a new, worse resurgence of that rather than a product of the Suboxone. So, a year ago, I started seeing a psychiatrist. I tried several antidepressants and none of them brought any relief, at all. Nothing. I gave up pursuing that avenue.

In an attempt to explain the loss of libido, my GP did an endocrine panel -- testosterone levels were OK. The rest of my labs are also OK. As far as the medicos can tell, I am perfectly healthy hollowed-out husk of a human being.

I developed a theory that maybe the naloxone component was causing this. My Suboxone doctor was willing to entertain this and prescribed 2mg buprenorphine (no naloxone) tablets for a couple of months as an experiment. Nothing changed.

I've begun tapering down with the intention of stopping. I've delayed this due to fear of relapse. My current dose is 0.75mg, and I don't think I feel any better than I did when I was at 1.5mg.

0.75mg also appears to be some sort of roadblock for me, as when I attempt to go lower (I've been doing this in increments of 0.125mg), the anxiety starts to get to me and I settle back at 0.75mg. Regardless, I've got to keep going. This must end. The only way to determine if the Suboxone is the cause (and therefore find a path forward) is to stop.

Have any of you experienced anything like this? If so, did you eventually become something resembling your old self after stopping? It's been so long that I hardly remember what it was like to be me. Whatever the hell is causing this, I have to figure it out, because this is not a life worth living.

What about Sublocade? Could that help me stop without having to struggle with the consequences of tapering down? Or is my dose too low to begin with for that to be an option? Yes, I realize that I should discuss this with my provider.

Thanks for listening.

Pain managment screwed up my appointment...leaving me out of pain meds for 2 weeks. Im taking around 250-300mg of tramadol daily awaiting for spine surgery. If i miss a dose...watch out. MAJOR despression...ideations...dark thoughts. Withdrawal essentially.

Ive got 8mg of suboxone. I did a conversion and about .5mg will work per day.

Just nervous...as ive never touched the stuff...and I am NOT prepared to go into any sort of withdrawals.

Thoughts? Preciptated wds? Kratom gave me some nasty effects too.

Thx

I counted wrong and I’ve only got 4 films and my sub appointment is in 4 days, how screwed am I if I cut to 8mg from 16mg after 3 months??

I've been on 24mg (3×8mg Suboxone) for 8 years. Most of that time I was taking more than 3 a day (stupid addict behavior), especially after my Grandson was stillborn a few months ago. Trying to numb the pain. Fast forward to 10 days ago. I found out my husband and I are losing our Medicaid and will have no insurance. Now I'm kicking myself for being an idiot and not being more wise with my subs over the years. I've begun an emergency taper because I don't know how long this last script needs to last me. (Thankfully I got a full script 2 days before my insurance ended). I jumped from 24mg to 8mg with no noticeable issues other than a pretty wicked stomachache. Every 4th day I've needed another half a strip, but have done fine overall for the last 10 days. Yesterday I only took ¼ of a strip (2mg) and felt fine all day other than that stomachache. I took another ½ (4mg) before bed because I got scared of w/d and was thinking it was too good to be true.
Has anyone else jumped from 24mg to 2mg and been fine? Or do I still have so much built up in my system I'm not feeling w/d yet? But after 10 days of roughly 8mg a day I feel like I must be making some progress? I don't know and I have no experience with this. I've been reading literally every post I can find about tapering and most are horror stories, but most also say to listen to your body and overall I'm feeling OK. Sorry this is so long! Any advice or experiences would be appreciated!! (Also, anyone have any luck with goodrx and suboxone? Should I ask my doctor to switch me to subutex since it's less expensive?)

Been on subs since beginning of 2023. Started at 4mg went to 12, then 16, now, since the beginning of this year, got myself down to around 6mg. Just tired of the teeth issues, the habit of taking it everyday, multiple times a day. I’m ready, physically and mentally, to not have to take something to feel better everyday. I am also about to start a new job with noc shift hours and kinda stressed about having to change my dosing routine. Any thoughts or advice from those who are on the sublocade shot? Thanks! 😊

So I’ve been on subs for a little over a month and I’ve been taking it sublingually and sometimes I feel like I can feel my sub but more often that not I barely even feel it and I keep having to take more and it’s been fucking me up I think it’s because I’m just building so much saliva real quick idk. So I finally Tried buccal.. holy shit this is the top tier way to do it.

I can take less now and really feel the sub how it’s supposed to fell. Will never go back to sublingual personally lol.

1. A lot less saliva like I mean alotttt less

2. I can take less sub and finally feel it on a consistent day to to day basis

3. I can talk to people and not have to commit to sitting in one spot and concentrating on keeping my tounge down and mouth closed forever

4. Easier to tell when it’s dissolved Because I can just carefully and lightly poke the area with my tounge then I can also coat the rest of my mouth if I want

5. For me personally this is prob 50/50 for people but for me it also dissolves a lot quicker I give it 12-15 mins and it’s always 100% dissolved by this time.

It took me a while to try this method i don’t even know why I guess I just didn’t want to change up what I already knew but I’m glad I did I will never go back to sublingual ever lol.

This might be a silly question but I’ve read quite a few stories about PW and want to be as cautious as possible.

I decided to use subs for a rapid taper off my DOC. I finished my last day of it yesterday, and while I’m doing all right as far as physical symptoms (so far) my cravings for DOC are in full swing.

I’m considering the possibility that I might need to be on subs for a longer period of time, even though I wanted to avoid that.

So my question is, if in the next few days I decide subs are the way to go, do I need to wait to be is some level of withdrawal to restart them? Or should I be fine to go for it?

I left my subs in the car and they’re legit frozen. Should I call the pharmacy and try to swap them out or should it be okay once it’s back to normal temp? I still took it and it’s not even melting in my mouth :(. Has anyone else ever done this before?

I started taking this medicine about 2 weeks ago. The first couple of days I didn't know how important it is to avoid swallowing but I learned fast after after one incident of puking a couple of vital organs up. Since then I've been more diligent- spitting a couple of times while it dissolves. But I'm still experiencing pretty extreme queasiness. I even had to take some ondansetron (zofran) yesterday, but I don't want to use that regularly because it can cause heart problems.

This is really an issue. I'm doing everything I can to manage it- eating ginger, I've tried taking diphenhydramine (not a good idea when bupe already causes connstipation), even sniffing rubbing alcohol.

I really want to stay on this med for at least a few months to get some good sobriety under my belt but I'm honestly not sure I can take it. How do you cope?

What brought you to Suboxone? I got shot back in '86 and was on around the clock morphine for 23 days ( Michael Jordans number it's how I remember 🤨) They released me with scripts of like 120 vicadan, I've been having opiate dependence ever since. Please feel free to share I'm just curious and as you can see I'm not one to judge. No one in this sub should actually. Ijs Merry Christmas y'all.

After much debating and researching I have found 3 virtual doctors in my area; that also take my insurance. I’m waiting to hear back from them at this moment. I just filled out a form and emailed each one. They suggest emailing at least 3. Some of you may know I don’t have a script (for subs/strips)And the best thing for me to do is get one. If anyone is in need of a virtual psychiatrist comment and I can give names.

I currently take 10-15, 10mg hydrocodone or oxycodone per day. I cannot afford it anymore and want to start getting my life back. I have been on Suboxone before after coming off of fake M30s. At that time I didn’t know what I was getting myself into and when I cold turkied the subs, it was brutal and the withdrawals lasted for what seemed like forever. But I’m willing to get back on them if it means that I can get back to being financially stable and having more control over my life. With the current dose of oxy/hydros I’m on, how long should I wait to take my first dose of suboxone?

me and my fiancé just got a hot tub and i’m wondering if i can get in it while take suboxone??? my doctor has never said anything about it but my sister in law said something about it and i’ve been scared ever since. someone help!!!!!

I’m in Florida and just got an email that QuickMD and thrive parmeceuitcals partnered up and now we may be able to bet MAT drugs in the mail. This excited me therefore I have many questions!

Has anyone used this mail service with quick md and had success? Pricing info? Does thrive take insurance? I plan on calling during business hours and asking, but I figured maybe someone has benefitted from this service that has some intel.

I’m paying $30 ish for the 30 day supply of 8mg subutex(buprenorphine) now. Every month before I make my appt in QuickMD, I have to call every pharmacy in town to check out who has it in stock because a lot don’t always have it. One time I had QuickMD send my rx to my regular cvs pharmacy and they were out of stock. transferring it to another store took like 3-5 days and that left me high and dry. Getting it mailed to me, even for extra $money would be super rad and convenient.

Thanks in advance for info on the topic

This is my 2nd attempt at getting clean.

This fall, this downfall was my absolute WORST. I didn't think I would have ever gotten this deep.

Fentanyl???? Like cmon. Literally everyone around me completely stopped fucking with me including my plug. He told my other friend that he stopped serving me because he doesn't even know who I am right now. Or at that moment.

Mom kicked me out, of her life as well.

Lost the job, the transportation and the living situation.

Ended up being baker acted, went to detox and now im here in a sober living home that allows me to be on Subs. So grateful.. So thankful. This was the first Thanksgiving in a couple years that I actually got to spend with meaningful people and not locked up or homeless.

I've done VERY well on suboxone before. In like 2019 all the way up until 2023 I had my own everything. Then i started fw with the drugs again, around June.. by July i was back in jail. Came out in February, got a job, bunch of money and time on my hands that i didnt know what to do with, so I started fucking off.

This time i have many realizations that will keep me from going over again. I HAVE to be the man I've always known myself to be.