Been on norco for 10 years for back pain. Also started adding soma to the mix 2 years ago. Following recent surgery, narco became more available. Over the 10 years, Usage has increased from 4 norco daily to current 8 per day plus soma. Appointment next week with suboxone provider as my "taper plan" is not working worth a @#¥#! Scared to death and don't know what to expect. Any suggestions?
Suboxone-Robert_325 help?
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42 hours and counting until appt to begin suboxone. Trying to taper and run out of medicine at 16/24 hours before visit. Still scared but truly appreciate the support and great input available here. Thank you for your experience, strength and hope--also, prayers.
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Anonymous 8 Nov 2011
Dear RMMalloy, welcome to then site. To reach Robert, go to the blue banner, look under it to the forum/discussion board prompt, click that and start a thread to him there. I know you're anxious, make sure you stay off ANY opiate for at least 24 hours and Get an addiction therapist, and you will probably be great. Many people skip the addiction therapy, do yourself a bid favor and do it. It greatly increases your recovery success rate and therapy teaches you to avoid triggers. In your case, they might find alternative pain relieving options. Therenis nothing to really be afraid of. Best of luck, patti
pup67678 Nov 2011
Hi RMalloy... just saw this as I was shutting down for the night. My name is ... read my profile and c how many norcos I was taking.. UNLV is right... sub can and has been life changing for me... read some of today's posts here and u will learn more. I will be back tomorrow to help u... others will also... hang in there buddy... it WILL be ok... I am doing it along with many others. And others here have completed their sub program. It is the best thing out there if used as directed. U WILL be a new man with control of your life again. I promise to be back tomorrow... have to get up at 5:00 am for work... hang tight my friend... you will be ok... will talk to u tomorrow... trust me..ok?? I will remember u n my prayers tonight... God Bless...
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Hi RMalloy... I came back tonight for a brief moment. You will have to be in about 24 hr withdrawal before taking the suboxone. You will not feel so hot when you get there because you will be in withdrawal but 15 min after taking the suboxone you will feel normal. Most docs out there have patients take way too much suboxone initially. For the amount of Norcos that you are taking I think that you should do fine on 2 mg. I know that Robert and Patti would agree with this.
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In addition to the suboxone your recovery will be much more successful if you go to an addiction therapist to uncover the reasons you were self-medicating in the first place. Also as Patti stated you will also learn the triggers that could cause you to relapse. In addition, when we stop taking the opiates it is common to want to replace them with "something" to take their place... a new relationship is the most common, but there are others... just be aware that these things can happen and it is best to avoid them. They can cause your recovery to regress.
Anyway, I don't want to overload you... get started on the subs and then come back here with any questions or concerns that you may have.
there are many helping and supportive people here.
God Bless You... good night...
Thanks, guys and gals. Have been able to taper quite a bit, but feel pretty yuck. Am I accomplishing anything with the painful taper? Still a week out from sub doc. Never intended for this to happen--sure wish I could find someone to blame, but it's all on me!!! Full of shame, but will get over it. Great support (no enablement) from a black belt Al Anon wife. I have re-defined "powerlessness" for myself. Patti--thanks! I'm 65. Only relationships I want/need are with my wife of 43 years and God who is going to have to pack me around in His knapsack for a while longer (and some close friends in recovery). Will keep you posted. Thanks again!!!
Dear RMalloy... I know... it would be easy to blame someone else. Listen buddy, none of us set out to become addicted. We all were put on these drugs for a legit reason... part of our addiction has to do with the pharmacodynamics of the opiates themselves. They sprout extra receptor sites when they are used by us... these receptor sites then beg to be occupied... hence, tolerance... this is the physical addiction.
Some of us have the propensity to become psychologically addicted. Our brains are different, truly they are. So after we r on these drugs for a while we find that they also make other things in life better... when we r upset, whatever... we start to use them for other reasons. And so we find ourselves in this place... we can't believe that it has come to this... we try to stop... we can't... and so it goes.
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RM... I prayed so hard for God to take my cravings away. And I prayed so hard to find someone with whom I could share my addiction problem. All of a sudden the suboxone website was put it front of me... I have no clue how it got there... same thing with this group... it just somehow appeared... I know my fingers did the searching... but it was certainly mindless... I know that it was an answer to my pleading prayers. God led me here... and... He led you here also. You need to forgive yourself my friend for your Father in heaven already has... you have to walk this road for a while... you are put here to get help and to help... so it goes... you have a purpose here. So, stop beating yourself up... accept where you are and learn from the process... you will be great for this site... I know...
I don't know why this happens... I mean if someone from the outside looked at my life they would not understand... so many of my co-workers and friends tell me they wish they had my life... they are envious of it... if they only knew the pain that lies inside. Oh my... it brings me to tears when I write such things... I must stop and compose myself... I am at work!!
So... I guess what I am trying to tell you is that there is no formula or equation that puts us here... some of the most unlikely people are here addicted like you and I are... we are not bad people... we are lovely... but addicted nonetheless. We need help, we are getting help and eventually will get better, and, in the process, we are going to help others along the way.
Stay with us... forgive yourself. It sounds as if you have an excellent support group lined up... in prayer and thanksgiving...
Wow. Thanks, pup, for the encouragement. Stay tuned please.
U r welcome... I will stay tuned...