Ive been takins suboxone for about 4 months now to get through opiod dependency. When I first started taking this drug I got a bit of a high from it. Now when I take it I dont feel a thing. Is is supposed to be like this? Well, today I decided to take 3 8mg tablets all at once to see if I would be able to feel it then. I still didnt feel a thing. I dont understand why... I know that when I couldnt get high off the percocet before all I had to do was take more to be able to feel it. Why is the same thing not happening now?
Does anyone know if you can take more Suboxone to be able to get the high from it again?
Question posted by heatherlovesdevin on 21 July 2010
Last updated on 22 May 2020 by Crystallight126
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I don't understand the need for all the people talks when the guy asked,a,simple question and I'm sure he's old enough to know,what he wants to do with his life so if you want to give a unnessecary speach then go on another link. I think if you try not taking any sub at all for a whole day and then do what I do is wait until you know you are going to knock out and put a piece of sub in your mouth then you'll end up falling asleep with it in your mouth and it basically sits under your tongue and marinates,there for however long your sleeping that when you wake up you'll notice a Slight euphoria that you haven't felt in a long time.
well first of all not to be crude it sounds like you dont want to get off of the opiates in the first place if your still chasing the high, but if your looking the high but dont want to be on the typical opiates then you need methadone but i dont understand why you even got on suboxone to quit opiates if your still trying to get high.ive been on the 8-2 mg suboxone tablets now for two months and i agree the first couple of days i caught a high but i no longer do. i started out by taking three a day and now i take a quarter of one a day and am doing just fine. the answer to your question though is, "when you first started taking the med your body was experiencing a foreign drug it had ever experienced and where it is a partial opioid agonist your body produced a high for a few days and no longer will. let me explain why taking another percocet will take you higher and why taking three suboxone will not. percocet is a full opioid agonist and suboxone is a partial opioid agaonist.
Hello arodnm. Happy to hear Suboxone has helped you stay off the opiates. Your answer was very insightful but I disagree with the part about methadone. From what I've heard (and this may not be correct) methadone also has a ceiling effect. Once you reach the comfort level, your body adjusts and keeps you painfree and keeps any wd's at bay. I have heard that people prescribed methadone, rarely get 'high' from it. It simply controls pain and you seldom need a dose increase. Unfortunately, there is a stigma attached to methadone. Methadone is prescribed for people with chronic, debilitating pain. On the other hand, suboxone is prescribed for people with opiate addictions. Methadone serves a dual purpose, suboxone has one purpose. Example; Have you read any questions about what is a good long lasting pain medication and the answer was suboxone? Yet I have heard people suggest methadone where other ER meds have failed at controlling pain. Sorry about my rambling on.
Correction... suboxone does have a dual purpose. It will control the pain but is not prescribed soley as a pain medication unlike methadone. Whereas methadone is prescribed for both avoiding wd's AND pain control.
hi heather,sub has what is known as a ceiling effect.once your body gets used to what is needed to stop cravings that's it. your broken for life.you can never go back to when you first started taking it.juz kiddin.i'll tell you how you can get that back,if you tell me why you need to feel that first couple of times high. deal ?
Right on Sub ! Saco.
I just really want to feel the same affect because it gave me a bit more of a drive to wanna do more things.
Because you are not suppose to get high off it. It is for RECOVERY not more drug abuse. Look back at the answer you gave the person who said it was bullshit and see what you said. That is what it is suppose to do for you unless you were just making it up. Suboxone does not make you high - if you are looking for that you need to go back to percocet when your main reason for living was to get high. Suboxone blocks all of that and covers up the receptors in your brain so you can't feel an opiate even if you took one. By the way you better not take more - less is better - the withdrawal from the suboxone is not pleasant and everyone has to go off it someday so you know people aren't taking it to get high. Please - get over that chasing the dragon crap - if you want to be drug free now is the time to start or you will never be happy. That first high will NEVER happen again off any drug and I can almost guarantee it.Trust me. Accept the fact that if you don't embrace sobriety and accept your addiction you will be saying these same words 50 years from now and wonder what the hell happened to your life. Good Luck.
I'm sorry I just read it wrong I guess. I was mean and did not mean to be but I read it back and it sounded horrible of me. I just have seen so many people who are trying to recover want that feeling back. I myself when I stopped drinking wanted to drink an O'Douls and was pissed that I didn't get that feeling from a fake beer. We all at some point think about that - I commend you for admitting it. This answer could have been to myself today as I have been dealing with problems at work and I would have liked a drink after work but instead have to work myself half to death just to get tired enough to go to sleep this week. This will pass but what you said to the guy about suboxone being BS was great - my hat is off to you . I better go to bed before I give more bad advice. You will be alright and I see now what you were talking about - I just asked my son who is on it and that is why I am so interested. He said he did get that buzz the first day but he attributed it to his elation that he was not going into withdrawal.He would be shooting heroin if it wasn't for suboxone so I understand and I stand corrected.
htwooh. You helped me with my bad answer last night so I am here for you too. I happen to agree with what you said, only maybe worded differently. I have read the question now 3 times and it seems pretty clear to me what the question meant. Then again, I've been wrong many times. I will post this now, go back and read the question one more time... and add an additional comment.
I'm sorry htwooh, I still agree with your original answer. Yes a little rough on the reality of it, but I can't "read between the lines" on this. I apologize to the questioner, but it does seem that you are chasing a "high" that is unreachable. Maybe Pete does has a few ideas on how to get that feeling back. I'm not judging you by any means. I loved the feeling I used to get when I began opiates. Now I'm just grateful I can feel less pain. I am addicted to these meds, and have abused them at times. I can not function without them. But I also know if I take an extra one here and there throughout the month, I'll end up short and end up suffering for it. I just went through that a few weeks ago and I never want those horrific wd feelings again. I MUST be satisfied with living with less pain. I know the feeling you're talking about very well. All I can say is good luck to you and be safe on whatever you decide to do.
htwooh. Why are you apologizing for an answer that speaks the truth? If she continues down this road, she won't HAVE 50 years! Subzero's making deals on how she can catch a buzz again, saco agreeing with him, and you apologizing for the best answer so far. Have I gone mad? And now the biggest complaint here on DC is 'What happened with my OC? Wht does it says OP and why is it so hard to crush?' What I have yet to hear, are people saying how hard it is to get off Suboxone. Isn't it supposed to be a short trrm use medication along with therapy? Your son is exactly the type of person this medication is for. Someone wanting off the heavy shit, not caring about any high, yet wanting to avoid nasty wd's. Not for the 'poor me I can't catch a buzz anymore.' I'm no better than any opiate addict out there. I used and abused along with the best of 'em.
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