girl e girlSo yesterday was my 2 week follow up for the suboxone treatment. All seems to be going as well as to be expected. I have had 3 strong craving days but i made it through. I dont have the swelling of my feet and legs anymore thanks to water pills. My only real complaint at this point is the extreme tiredness. I have been falling asleep at random times... even while driving. My dr. asked if i had this problem before the pills and i dont know. I have took them for so long that I dont hardly remember myself. Strange huh? My dr. says for some reason i am hyper sensitive to this medicine. I have experienced alot of side effects, vomiting, headache, fatigue and swelling, BUT I am off the hydros!!! Anyway she gave me a script for Provigil. I took it today for the first time and so far it has worked. I just hope to go to sleep soon. Is anyone else on this combo?
suboxone and provigil?
- Posted:
- 10 Jul 2009 by girl e girl
- Topics:
- provigil, suboxone, opiate dependence
Responses (2)
Robert_32513 Jul 2009
Your dr hasn't done the induction properly with you and you aren't being dosed properly if you're experiencing those symptoms. You should feel great after two weeks on subs. Here is how I suggest using subs on the drugs.com forum. Check out the link. Hope it helps. Let me know if you need my help.
http://www.drugs.com/forum/featured-drugs/suboxone-subutex-therapy-50887.html
SleepingB...12 Jan 2011
Suboxone is a funny thing. Some people get extremely energetic and others experience lethargy (as with all opiates and/or derivatives.) If you are still experiencing cravings you may need to have your dose increased or you may have to just give it time. If you've been addicted to opiates for any length of time, taking a pill isn't going to instantly change how your brain works or change how badly it wants something. (people who have baritric surgery to lose weight are still going to be hungry.) It's definately a process, but it does get easier. Give yourself a HUGE amount of credit for taking that step. I've been on Suboxone for 2 1/2 years and finally, after 18 years of heroin use, have managed to put together a fair amount of consistent clean time. (Word of advice-in the beginning, you may slip up. It is totally unrealistic to expect that you can instantaneously go from one way of life to another.
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SleepingBeauty71: Yessa, I do / did have a fam like that until my MSLTs proved severe narcolepsy and i was prescribed Ritalin. They finally understood what was wrong with me :) this went on all through school, daily arguements with my mom cuz i was "lazy" and always sleeping. This response is as though its referring to my situation. The only difference in our situations... the medication we're on, and i have had no slips since gettin on 8mgs of suboxone. Its been since Feb 7, 2007. When I was ready to give up that lifestyle I knew inorder to succeed I had to changed everything. I did. Just after entering rehab the sleep attacks I experienced so frequently before I started nodding from the drugs all the time started happening again. I actually got kicked out of the rehab for puttin up a defense when others would talk about me bein so f'd up that i was "noddin out". I had a yr put together before I got my girls back from my mom and got my license back.
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No longer being able to sleep my life away the sleepiness became a big issue. Most mornings I was fightin to stay awake from the minute I woke up ( I was always sleep standin as my kids called it) The sec my kids left for school I'd go back to bed and not wake up again til they got home. After many new close encounters with death driving and feelin as though my kids thought I was still using, cause mommy was still nodding out all the time. I began drinking 6+ 5hr energies in the evenings, and still no matter what i was doing fighting to keep my eyes open/ or falling asleep w/out bein givin the chance to fight it. If not in a situation where I had to fight it and was able to close my eyes for 15mins I woke up feeling refreshed. I took the energy shot for months, weren't getting anywhere w/my Dr, I swallowed my pride and started buying ritalin from a friend. Being on the subs I had to be clean for my appointment so I'd drive an hr away with no ritalin in my system. that 7mo was by far the most petrified i have ever been in my life. eventually i said my life and the life of others is more valueable then suboxone, they could take my subs if need be. I told my Dr I was gonna fail, every month from there on out (not realizing they didn't even test for amphetamines. LOL) Being aware of what I called "sleep attacks", And the fact that I was SO determined that I had a sleep disorder, she worked with me and instead of taking my subs she allowed me to continue buying the ritalin until she was able to get me in for a MSLT.
I was ordered to stop the ritalin 2wks prior to the tests, so the results where not covered up by the ritalin. I couldn't, I still had to function. I took it up until the day before I went in for my series of tests, with it still lingering in my system, 4 out of the 5 naps I was in REM sleep within 1min 2secs. After confirming the narcolepsy I was givin a prescription for ritalin thank god cause I was taking $350-500 a mo away from my family to buy "drugs". My Dr didn't really wanna give me the ritalin due to the stigma around it but it was what we knew was working. being on it consistantly, I have become an emotional mess (it makes PTSD and other issues worse) At my last app I requested to be put on provigil after christmas vaca was over. I will be starting it in a couple days. I am very thankful that I came acrossed your post :). Its crazy that theres someone else out there with pretty much an identical story as mine :)