[PrincessKimmy]

quote:Originally posted by mitzu

i agree...she will not have luck doing it on her own...i know first hand of the treatment with suboxone....it is phenomenal. easy transition...no withdrawal symptoms.... a must! www.suboxone.com
good luck!

my addiction to hydrocodone lasted the most recent two years. i had been using some xanax between my hydro weeks in an attempt to stop the drugs. I struggled and struggled and just couldn't do it myself. I was on day 3 CT off hydro and xanax when that Monday morning, I looked at my husband and said "please drive me to the hospital. I need help to detox off this...i just can't do it alone." THAT statement was SO HARD to say....But it's what I needed to do.

Detox in the hospital was painless and easy. IV meds every 4-6 hours alternating IV Phenobarbital (seizure precaution) and Buprenex (the beloved buprenorphine).

If I hadn't gone to the hospital, I KNOW I would have had a seizure. I CT'd off both hydro and xanax three days before and i was freaking out! Restless legs, aches, diarrhea, head pounding, dizzy. My dh couldn't get me to the hospital fast enought...well it is a 2-1/2 hour drive.

THREE days on the IV meds and you were done being detoxed and off on your merry way. I stayed tho for about 7 days of their treatment program just to see what it was about.

After discharge from the hospital, I had 26 days clean and then BOOM! I relapsed. I had never taken a 26 day break from hydro and I wanted to see if my tolerance had left me. What a surprise....IT DIDN'T!!! Just made me feel sick. I was not on Suboxone or any form of Buprenorphine at that time.

After messing up my 26 days, I spent the next three weeks ordering like a mad-woman. I had myself a post-treatment party.

When I realized what I was doing and how stupid it was, I totally kicked MYSELF in the butt...yelled at myself "What are you thinking?" These drugs that ruined so much of my life, here i was playing with them again.

Come Monday, I got on the phone and called a local Suboxone doc and got in touch with an outpatient drug counselor. Since my relapse happened and ended, I went on Suboxone maintenance therapy ASAP!!!

Suboxone is truly a miracle medication for me in my instance. Bupe is showing me what a normal life is. Showing me how to be responsible again. I am a BETTER MOM today, not to forget that hubby says i am a better wife as well.

There is more drug stuff but i can't remember it all at one time....it'll have to be next time.....

Thank you for listening! If I can help anyone here, just give me a shout!!!

PrincessKimmy

***reach for the moon for if you miss, you will land among the **stars**