I went from 2 subs and 3 1mg kolonopin to 4, 1 mg kolon and xannax 100 mg to 200mg a day? He didn't want to do it,, but thinks I need it and for I don't know why wants to add adderall into the mix at some point. I am just comeing off of a long opiate addiction soI need somethng and the Subs are wonderful. These other drugs are scary and I have two little boys to care for. I don't want to "take as prescribed" if the benefits don't outway the risks.
My doctor prescribed me 1 mg kolonopin 4 x's a day with suboxone is it safe?
Question posted by kkellie on 27 May 2011
Last updated on 4 August 2013 by troy m
Added 28 May 2011:
I meant to say from 100 to 200mg of ZOLOFT ... not xannax sorry everyone
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7 Answers
troy m
4 Aug 2013
I strongly recommend not taking Zoloft. My doctor put me on it thinking it would cure my panic attacks and severe anxiety. It did not work. What it did was make me have crazy dreams that when I woke up I thought were reality. I even packed my bags and prepared to leave town because I thought I murdered someone. I also sleepwalked many times once finding myself several hundred yards out in the woods behind my home. After that I asked the doc to try something else. She prescribed Klonopin. Since then I have never felt so normal and at ease with myself. Comfortable in my own skin. My thoughts are even more clear. The only side effects I encountered were a full stomach feeling from eating very little and sleeping up to 16 hours a day (both of which were actually good for me). These side effects only lasted about a week. Now I feel like anything is possible for me. I feel great.
44 years of confusion, anxiety and panic attacks GONE! I'm now the person I always wished I could be. Can't even remember that last time I had a "bad" day. Thank you Klonopin for fixing me because I was a broken man.
Thor283
28 May 2011
I think we're all confused on this one, and the person who is the most confused is kkellie. Maybe you kkellie can make a list of exactly what you are taking and how much of each. Please read it off your bottles, and watch the spelling of each drug. Because without exact and accurate information, no one can give you proper advice.
Until you do that, I want to say 1 thing. There really is no problem in taking Sub and a Benzo at the same time. 5 - 8 years ago the docs thought there was, because 1 person died from being given too much IV Valium along with Sub while in a hospital. This started the scare about mixing Sub with Benzos. But the truth is that as with any opiate being mixed with a Benzo, a reduced dose of 1 or both drugs is necessary. This is even more important if the person is Benzo naive, meaning the person doesn't usually take a Benzo.
But for a person like me, who uses a Benzo on a semi regular basis, mixing them with Sub is not an issue at all. I also know a woman who has been on Ativan for 15 years, and she was just started on Sub. Her doc made the mistake of trying to start her on 16 mg a day of Sub, which is typical. She had a bad reaction, and so the dose was lowered to 8 mg a day of Sub, and now she's fine.
So this idea that Sub cannot be mixed with a Benzo is false. They can be mixed, but a reduced dose of 1 or both drugs must be used. That's all.
Inactive
28 May 2011
Dear Thor, if you are new here, welcome. One thing I have learned here is that if you watch a post, often someone adds something that completely changes the response one would give the asker, so, we try to err with caution. I know there are people on both benzo and subs, but honestly, the doctor should call that one for them, and if we have to give advice, we usually say no, for several reasons. One is that if someone is on subs, they probably have an addiction to opiates, it is easy to switch addictions. If a person takes as few brain chemically altering meds as they can while on subs, the brain heals/resets faster. The other is that many who are on subs are not doing the addiction therapy that is suggested to go with it, if they depend on anti anxiety meds instead of ever talking it out with a therapist or changing their mindset, they will develop a dependence on the anti anxiety medication.
I am not judging you, or your answer, just wanted to let you know why so many people did give the advice not to take both. Even kkellie was asking, as it sounded odd to her. Most of the people who do take both, tend to stay on both, but if someone ever has hope of getting off subs, less is best. We have definitely had a poster who didn't know and took both subs and benzo, and woke up in the hospital, had no idea why or how she got there. Turns out, her room mate called 911 when she noticed she couldn't breathe, and luckily got her there on time. Welcome to our site, I promise I mean no harm, but if you stay with us, you will see quickly the way people phrase one question, and then add more info that changes the answer. AND kkellie mentioned she had kids at home, I know I would have hated to see something happen to her and her kids have to call 911 for her. If you want to yell at me for my answer, that is ok. We all have opinions and are entitled to give them here, it is a support group for people on suboxone. You are very correct in that their may need to be a reduction in both the subs dose and the benzo dose, if in fact she needs both.
kkellie
29 May 2011
Thor, my doctor started me out on 16 mg suboxone a day and 4 mg klonopin along with zoloft 200 mg, vit. D, and a mixed vit d and calcium with another vit. D. and like you said, my doctor told me that the combo of my first script of 100mg Zoloft, 3 mg klon,and 16mg sub wasnt dangerous... and that people (other docs) dont tend to put the two together fo the one addiction converting to another... i.e.opiates to benzos.
-my babes are most important to me and these questions I asked first but I have so much traumatic baggage and no family support that my doc felt this was the best way to go until i can get fnded into the programs and learn to cope, and heal.
I am nervous about the combe and how much because I see other posts of docs starting ppl on .5 mg of klon 1 or 2 times a day and i am now at 4mg in 3 1/2 weeks.I do have to see my doctor frequently (obviously) but please anyone who posts try to be heartfelt because my self esteem is under the rug and I am asking for knowlege and support. I am grateful 2 all of you and god bless... and maybe I should have told ya all I was diagnosed with 2 anxiety disorders and on and off again depression and I am trying to go through this process as safely, and quickly as possible in hopes that I will, as soon as god and I can reconnect, recover and be 100% drug free.
God bless you all and I wish you happy, healthy days and strength
Kellie
P.S. I used to never drink and I can admit to about 4 "shots" drinks a day
Thor283
29 May 2011
Hi pattishan & kkellie,
Yes I am new here. But I was addressing the issue of whether or not Benzos can be taken with Sub, without instant disaster being the result. I don't know how long you've been on Sub, I started 7 years ago, and back then many uninformed docs thought that Sub and a Benzo would cause instant disaster. This is what I was addressing. I really didn't know exactly what kkellie was taking, and so I wasn't trying to address kkellie's exact situation. I meant for my post to be very general. I'm sorry that it didn't come across that way.
kkeliie, I hope I didn't get you confused. I really don't feel qualified to answer your situation because I have no experience with Zoloft. I don't know how the combination of Zoloft with Sub and Klonopin will work.
OK, I hope this is better.
kkellie
30 May 2011
Don't worry hun, Iunderstood... and my doc says weigh risk of becomeing addicted to a prescribed benzo and zoloft/suboxone while i need it or go back to buying opiates off the street.
Thor283
30 May 2011
Hi kkellie,
Please don't go back to buying opiates off the street. Besides the fact that short acting opiates aren't good for much, other than killing pain, there's always the chance you can get busted. And I know you don't even want to talk about that, but you need to think about it. The real point is that Buprenorphine, the opiate in Suboxone, is a very good drug for many people. It has secondary effects that don't work on everyone, but do work for many of us. Mainly it is useful in fighting depression. I wouldn't tell someone to take Sub just for depression, but if you're going to take it for addiction/dependency reasons, you may find that in time, it helps your depression. In my case it helps my depression and my self confidence. I'm going through a really bad time in my life, and if I wasn't taking Sub, I'd be a basket case. I'd be sitting home and doing nothing almost everyday.
But these secondary effects didn't start right away. I first took Sub approximately 7 years ago, and I don't think I noticed the help with the depression until I was taking it almost 1 year. Up to that point I was trying to think of a way to get the docs to put me back on the pain pills. And then 1 day it hit me. Why do I want to go back on the pain pills? I feel much better now than I have since I was a teenager. And that feeling stayed with me. It's not a high. You don't go up and down with it. Once it kicks in, the improvement in mood is there all the time. Unless of course something bad happens. Then like any normal person, I get to feeling down. But I am better able to deal with it than I was when I didn't take Sub. I don't know how long you're on Sub kkellie, nor whether or not you will get this effect. But you may, and that's one the best reasons to stick with Sub that I know of. Recently my doc told me they think they now understand how Sub does this. It's a medically complicated explanation, but it's also fascinating. My doc knows I have an avid interest in anything medical, so he sits there explaining things to me most patients wouldn't want to know. But I like to know. He said there is also a movement to get Buprenorphine approved for use as an Antidepressant med. However, due to the stigmas against addiction, this is highly unlikely in the near future. But there are doctors and people in Washington fighting for it. Maybe someday, it will be. Until then using Sub for depression has to be considered an off label use. I see nothing wrong with that because many drugs have off label uses.
Kkellie I have been thinking about your situation and I do have a few concerns. I may be totally off base here. And as I said, I don't know what happens when you mix Zoloft with Sub and Klonopin. I also don't know how long you have been taking a Benzo, and that's important. One thing your doc did strikes me as odd. He put you on Sub, which is fine. But then he increased your Klonopin dose. Maybe Zoloft reduces the effectiveness of either Klonopin or Sub? You should ask that. The reason is because generally, when putting someone on Sub who's already on a Benzo, you might reduce the dose of the Benzo, not increase it. This concerns me. You have to remember that Benzos and Sub both amplify each other. I also want to point out that alcohol also amplifies Benzos and Sub. So please try to not drink at all. Besides that, alcohol makes most SSRI's, like Zoloft, not work correctly. I think of alcohol as a Wild Card. You never know what it will do. So when people like us, who have issues are on meds, alcohol should be avoided. I also found that the Sub has caused me to not get high on alcohol, and to not even feel a need for it. Maybe you're new to Sub? If you are, you need to give it time to work it's wonders for you. Don't mix alcohol with Sub. Remember, alcohol changes things, and you can never be sure how.
Have you found a way to get more Sub yet? If you do, take a small dose and stretch them as far as you can. But I also still think if this doc doesn't help you, that you should look for a new doc. KKellie, do you have the coupons the company put out that gives you $45 off a Suboxone script? I think it's only for the films, not the Tabs. But that's ok because I'm told the films are better, they dissolve easier and taste better. Do you have these coupons and are you using them? If not let me know, and I'll get you a link to where you can get them. Let us know what happens.
Inactive
30 May 2011
Hey Thor, I do realize your comments are for kkellie and I do agree with what you have told her. I see the mad thumbs down demon struck all posters on this question, please ignore any thumbs downs you receive, the person or persons who are doing this are attempting to make people who respond angry and frustrated, so, just ignore this person or persons. And if I have caught this person or persons attention, your activities were checked, you have already been found out. Now, back to "These are the Days of Suboxone... " the films can actually be a problem for some people. Many have written here who were previously on the tablets and they had varying complaints and indicated as far as they were concerned,including the films are not as good as the tablets, and also seem weaker. Not to argue, just wanted to tell people that there have been some complaints about them.
I know subs are expensive, but, cheaper than street drugs for sure, and if you will ask your pharmacist IF you can fill a partial refill of suboxone, find out if it is legal in your state, it may help when money is tight, as it often is when someone is on suboxone. Now, back to thumbs downing demon, if you really have a problem with a response or comment, then you should be woman enough, or man enough to say why, and make your thumbs downing reasoning count. Usually, if it is someone who is a supportive member of this site, they are very sparing with the thumbs down option, and will explain their actions. It almost always is an accident when people try to click comment or thumbs up and they are accessing the site from their phone, and they will admit to it immediately and beg pardon. Thanks Thor, for a very very good answer in my opinion and true support of kkellie and hopefully all of us. Pattishan
Thor283
30 May 2011
Pattishan,
Have you ever heard the old saying about you can't please all of the people all of the time? You are proving how true this is. No matter what I say, you are going to take exception to it. And you don't even know me, or you shouldn't. What also proves that statement is some people complaining about the Sub films. I have personally never tried them. And OK, if the over whelming reports on this board are that the Tabs are better, then so be it. I'm only on this board a few days. I haven't read any of those posts yet. But I'm also on another Sub board where the over whelming response has been that the Films are better. And there are many reasons. They dissolve faster and with a lot less saliva. There is some reason to believe the absorption is higher and the bioavailability is greater. Each Film is individually wrapped, so freshness and harmful effects from heat and humidity are less. I really like this next reason.
You can easily cut them into the exact amount you want with scissors, and there are no crumbs left behind like when you cut tablets. I hate the crumb factor. I always cut my tabs into the exact amount I need. I have to be very careful with Sub because even 1/2 a mg too much and this crazy sleepiness comes over me. I have also noticed on some days there are less crumbs than others. I don't know why, but I think it has to do with humidity. Like I said, you cut the films with scissors, and there are no crumbs. And lastly there are coupons to get a discount on the films. But of course, some people will prefer the Tabs. That's fine. I assume the company knows this, and that's 1 reason they make Sub as Tabs and films. I see nothing wrong with me telling people that as far as I know the Films may be better. Especially when money is an issue, like it is here, and there are discounts available for the films, but not the Tabs. I see nothing wrong in me saying all this at all.
As far as I know, in most or all states you can ask for a partial fill of any script. However, with meds like opiates if you do, you lose the rest of the script. So if the script is for 30 pills, and you can only afford just 10, the pharmacy can legally give you just 10. But you lose the other 20. You then have to go get a new script. And since most Sub docs are charging you based on giving you scripts, you may then have to pay another doc fee. And since money is the issue here, I see nothing to be gained. But it was a good suggestion.
Inactive
30 May 2011
Ooh Thor, so sorry to have offended you at all, I promise I was not trying to and I do apologize. We have had complaints from many on the films, so, was just mentioning it. I truly am sorry, had no intent to offend you or make you look bad. Your insight has been very helpful here and I was trying to compliment you, you did make some very useful and true comments about mixing subs with alcohol, and I was glad to see that. It seemed that was added by kkellie after her original post, and that happens all the time here and it does change the way someone wants to respond. I hope you will accept my apology, no offense was intended to you, promise. Patti
kkellie
31 May 2011
I want to say YOu guys are the only support I get and It really is helping me make better decisions and realize some things... that being said. I apologize for making this hard to understand... solet me clarify for you... I have always had anxiety and depression problems... I grew up in a nightmare(a lot of us did) so I'm not looking for anu sympathy. To clarify my last doc would do nothing for me sat all and I felt edgy and bad all the time "until I took mt (tons) of opiates a day... which at 14 my family members supplied me with.
As to the meds... I was released from Detox on the 4th of may and thats when I found this doc. When I left his office 4 days later I had 100 mg of zoloft, 16mg of suboxone, and 3 mg a day of klonopin. Before this I was strictly addicted to major amounts of opiates. BUT since my first visit tomy doc less then a month ago he has "uppe"me to4 mg klon and 200mg zoloft. I was so badly addicted I want to try to het better through him, counseling and mostly God himself. I am very ashamed of myself right now and have a low, low,lowww self esteem. which is where my dual counseling will help. Also my ionsurance pays for my script of sub and zoloft... I payfor klon. and my husband and doc thinksI need it and I feel better and have had two days this month (only two)where I overwhelmingly wanted to use and didn't.
I love you guys as much as a stranger or sister in christ can love another and I appreciate you all takeing time naway from your lives to listen,, respond and seem to generally care that you. P.s. GO bless and can someone explain the "friend thing" and private talks to me as I dont understand and am new.
kkellie
31 May 2011
And I appologize if I have ofended anyone here and am trying to stay aeay fron Vodka seeing as I have never been a big or everyday drinker... I was the 5 times ayear type up until lately. I just have so much repressed in my soul that I've never dealt with thst I get the urge to slip into a more comfortavlr formiliar *ucked upplace ive been hideing... but I am learning to be the best I can be and someday (partially thanks to total strangers) I will be at my peak!thank you
Inactive
31 May 2011
KKellie, you should have a profile page here, always go there first. If you want to friend someone, click on their avatar and it will take you to their page, you should see a text prompt saying add friend, click that, it will add them to your friends list, if you want to ask them a pq, go to their profile and see if you see a prompt for ask a private question, some people don't, depends on how they set up their accountand when they updated the site, I think it may have automatically set some peoples to private and they never reset it. Anyway click on ask, then check the post you sent to them under your profile, click questions and answers, then you should see my private questions, click that, it should show you a list of any pqs you sent.
ciaria
5 Oct 2012
I take 8mg of subutex and 2 mg xanax time released. I have been for 9 years and I feel fine. I have been getting a lot of feed back from my family
saying my Dr, is a quack, I'm so confused I don't know what to believe. Please Help.
Thanks,
Sharon
Thor283
5 Oct 2012
Sharon,
Are you taking Subutex or Suboxone? If you are taking Subutex are you taking the ones made by Roxane? The 8 mg tabs are white, round and have the numbers 54 and 411 on them. Is this what you take? I take these and I think they are causing me either anxiety or something similar to anxiety. I feel like I'm shaking inside almost constantly. So I now have a new Doc who's giving me 2 mg of Xanax a day also. He doesn't give me the time released Xanax, and I'm wondering if that would work better. I'd like to discuss all this with you. Feel free to send me a private question, or we can discuss it here.
I've now been on Subutex since 2004 so that's almost as long as you. But I did much better on Subutex up until 2010, that was when these generics came out. I did great on Name Brand Subutex, but it no longer exists.
You ask if your Doc is a quack, and I don't know. I think maybe not because he doesn't have you on very high doses of neither drug. I take 12 - 14 mg a day of Subutex. It also depends on why he's got you on these drugs and if they're helping you? If they help you then he's certainly not a quack.
My problem is I am now questioning whether or not this Roxane Subutex is helping me, and it isn't helping me the way it should be. It helps my pain and it keeps withdrawal away, but that's all it does.
John
Inactive
28 May 2011
Just to add a quick comment, as I agree completely with the previous comments: I have taken klonopin on a regular basis - how are you staying awake on that high of a dose, and adding Xanax to the mix? Please be careful - those little ones you are caring for need a mom who is there for them. I know you want to be the best mom possible. Have you had a physical to look for physical reasons for your anxiety? Methods such as biofeedback and neurofeedback, relaxation exercises, deep breathing and guided imagery can help you learn to cope with anxiety and overwhelming feelings. Please take care -
ARTIST658
28 May 2011
I'm also confused. I responded to a question you posted a day before this, and now all these powerful, addictive meds have been increased. Also, you have now added xanax to the mix. This is a dangerous mix of meds, and I find it hard to imagine that a doctor is prescribing both xanax and klonopin to a suboxone patient!
This post mentioned that your doctor "didn't want to do it." That brings me to the next question, "They why did he?" From reading your recent posts, mentioning xanax, klonopin and ativan, it seems to me that you have a very clear dependency or addiction to benzo meds. Basically, you are living in a fog, as much as I hate to say it. I sense that you coerced that doctor into prescribing the benzos, when he didn't think it was wise.
You are on very risky ground, and need to make some serious changes. You are taking a mixture of drugs that is all affecting your central nervous system, slowing respiration considerably. This is how people go to sleep that slips into a coma and eventually death. This is serious business,
Your last post said you wanted to get clean/sober, and had just come out of a detox. This combination of pills is not a mix that will in any way help you to find recovery; in fact, quite the opposite. You are plunging in deeper, hon. This combination is NOT conducive to properly caring for two small children. Think about it - would you ever hire a babysitter for them who is taking this mix of drugs?
I don't say these things to be mean nor judgemental. I am an addict, myself - but years into recovery. I work in a long-term treatment facility, and have had years of education and experience with addiction and recovery. You need help, hon - and I'm hoping to open your eyes to see what you're doing to yourself.
God bless,
Inactive
28 May 2011
Ruth, you just 'got booted' as in into the spotlight. It is an award I made up one night to let someone know that I thought their answer was outstanding. It is early and I am still half asleep and texting from a phone, but what you said here was excellent. I hope this poster realizes we are not judging her, we know from experience that she is likely to come out of this with 3 addictions instead of 1. Sometimes you have to 'man up' or Woman up' and fight to get clean and stay that way. Hope the poster realizes she actually needs to do this, and she needs a subs dr who is more experienced in treating addiction.
Inactive
28 May 2011
Ruth, wonderful!!! I agree with Patti. That was the best I've read in along time. I hope Artist understands what you are telling her. God Bless, Von
Inactive
28 May 2011
And I hope Ruth understands too that I invented my award to add smiles and support and to express my gratitude for giving me an aha moment as in aha, wow, what an answer!
kkellie
28 May 2011
Thank you all so much, I believe in God and I KNOW your not judgeing its not xannax its zoloft... and that ios exactly why I asked this question and all of your oppinions mean the world to me right now as i am lost and haveing trouble getting my insurance to pay for the drug and also regular counseling. I love my boys sooo much and lately if I have a drink when i start to get real sleepy I wake up a bit. and no I do not take it overboard with alcohol ... I don't think it just helps. all these meds cause a lilmore anxiety in a different way and I just want out of this mess. I can say that the meds are so much better than extreme anxiety attacks out of kno where. And My doc.thinks that they are due to past sexual abuse... I dont kno. Could be alot of reasons
ARTIST658
28 May 2011
Thank you Patti - I'm honored by the "boot." lol! I'm a straight shooter - I tell it like it is, and sometimes, folks don't like that! But I can usually tell who is deeply rooted in recovery by how they respond to me!!
Kkellie - adding alcohol, at any amount, to this mix is a terribly dangerous idea. There are strong warnings against this in any literature you received with the suboxone and/or the benzos. Recovery from addiction means abstinance from all mood-altering addictive drugs. Once we are addicted to one, we are no longer "safe" controlling any others. Your disease of addiction has been triggered already, as you have been in detox and are now on the subs. You will not find your way into recovery, as long as you continue to use another addictive drug, including alcohol. You are setting yourself up at high risk for serious problems, as alcohol is just another substance that will affect your central nervous system.
To quote from the suboxone literature regarding alcohol, "The central nervous system-depressant effects of opioid analgesics and ethanol may be additive. The combination of these agents may result in additive CNS-depression and impairment of judgment, thinking, and psychomotor skills. In more severe cases, respiratory depression, hypotension, profound sedation, and coma can occur. Death has been reported in overdosage."
And to quote from the klonopin literature, regarding alcohol: "Central nervous system- and/or respiratory-depressant effects may be additively or synergistically increased in patients taking multiple drugs that cause these effects, especially in elderly or debilitated patients."
To be blunt, you're on dangerous ground. I don't take these things lightly, as I do this for a living - and have tragically witnessed the lost lives of clients as a result of these behaviors you're doing.
I must confess, it does irk me when someone offers "anecdotal" reference to a poster, telling where "someone else took these same drugs safely" - and then they advise that the poster will also be just "fine" doing it. That kind of "advice" could easily cost someone else their life. Think before you post, please.
God bless,
Inactive
28 May 2011
Thanks Ruth! And kkellie, we are here too support ya, promise. Thanks 4 the correction, was scared 4 ya with that 1rst info. Back to Ruth, same thing upsets me, rip Jeff conaway
Inactive
29 May 2011
Ruth, I sure hope you see this, your account is set to private, and that is your choice, but someone else asked me to pass on a very important message. You may have been attacked by a poster who normally is very sweet, this weekend. The person's account was hacked into by a relative and she has had to delete and restart here. If you got some nasty responses, that is why. I would have sent this to you in a pq, but couldn't. Gosh I hope you see this as we don't need you feeling bad about nasty comments that the real account holder did not make.
shelshok5
28 May 2011
Im pretty confused here,i dont understand why ur doctor would prescribe u suboxone,Xanax and benzos?? the risks are HUGE.From my own experience being hooked on opiates doctors should NOT prescribe u benzos with subs as this can put u into a coma and make u at risk ov overdose.You said u wer addicted to opiates... well suboxone is a fantastic aid in helping u overcome your addiction but u Will end up addicted to benzos(if u arnt already) and beleve me iv bn hooked on benzos to in the past and i can tell u that being hooked on benzos is FAR worse than opiates!! u do no not want to suffer that especially when u have children,it took me about 4MNTHS plus... to overcome the pain of comeing off benzos.Please speak to ur doctor as he should no this info.well done for fighting the opiate addiction but u do not want to go down the benzos road...
IT IS NOT SAFE WITH SUBOXONE.Your doctor is putting u at severe risk with all those meds.all the best and i hope ur doctor sees sense.If u nd any more info please message me and i will b happy to talk to u,i have beat opiate addiction and benzo addiction and am currently training to become an addiction support worker.Im no a proffessional jst yet though i can offer u advice.Speak to your doctor.:)
Inactive
28 May 2011
Are you also saying you are on two 8 mg subs or two 2 mgs of subs. Most suboxone doctors do not prescribe any benzos at all with suboxone, as the combo between both of then could slow your breathing and even cause death. I am not sure how long you have been on benzos, but if you are possibly addicted to those, you need to taper off those. From a former patient of suboxone, you can probably safely lower the dose of the suboxoneand not only be fine, but you may not need the benzo or the adderall either. If you are on two 8 mgss of subs, honestly, i have no idea how you can move if you are taking that much benzo with it. Are you also seeing an addiction therapist, if you aren't, it will greatly help you to see one. We talked about how easy it is to switch addictions in my subs group therapy, this could potentially happen here. I hope you will also talk to your pharmacist and run these 3 meds past him/her. It is not normally recommended to take this combo.
kkellie
28 May 2011
2, 8mg subs a day... 4,1mg kolonopin, and 200mg zoloft. All of these were prescribed to me and "upped" within 3 1/2 weeks (except for the sub has stayed 2, 8mg)
kkellie
28 May 2011
My doctor said that methadone is the one you cant mix with benzos and that docs dont prescribe sub and benzos because of what you said tradeing one addiction for another... I have had a really hard life and have a lot of issues I have avoided and so yes the only way to get through this is dual counseling. The klon is to help (zoloft also)
LaurieShay
27 May 2011
Hey kkellie,
I'm a bit confused, you are taking xanax at 100mgs to 200 mgs a day? I hope you mean 1 to 2 mgs a day. While it is generally not a good idea to take benzodiazepines like klonopin and xanax when taking Suboxone it is ok as long as you DO NOT take more than prescribed. In fact it is best to take only as needed. It can cause central nervous system depression such as slowing down the heart and respiratory system. If you are not comfortable taking the medications suggested by this doctor, you need to tell him you are uncomfortable and ask him to please explain why he is prescribing the medication. I personally would not take that much benzodiazepine, just my feeling but seems to be a bit much. Do you feel like you need that much anti anxiety med? Do you have problems with ADD or ADHD type symptoms?
Please talk to your doctor candidly and get his reasoning for his choices. You deserve an explanation, after all it is your body.
Best wishes,
Laurie
Inactive
27 May 2011
Laurie i must say I have to agree with everything you said!!! Im a bit confused too. I know it can't be 100 or 200 mg of xanax i think she means 1-2 mg, like you think. Would be nice to have more info, if you don't mind sharing. Vonnie
kkellie
28 May 2011
OOPS sorry dolls... Imeant I am now takeing 200 mgof zoloft ... wayoff lol sorry. So i went from 100 mg to 200 mg zoloft
kkellie
28 May 2011
No, to answer your question on ADD, my anxiety makes it hard to concentrate sometimes and also I start things and then dont finish... for instance house work I'llstart a kitchen job and leave half through because I need to vac the living rm... then ill half clean batthroom... but i also have two toddler boys
jordangianino
31 Dec 2011
I know that they r physically fine to take together. I think that if u and ur doctor came 2 that amt then maybe try that amt and if u wanna come down then come down but i no from personal experience that its totally fine! Sum of us have more anxiety than others...
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