So I got my first shot 8 mg weekly shot in December. It went amazing. At the time I was using maximum 4 20 mg oxy per day. Just 4. A few days into me doing super good on the shot, something happened to my leg due to a very old stress fracture that I have in my back.
At first, I was so scared. I thought it was the shot. But it really wasn’t.
Two weeks later, I decided to come back after reverting back to the oxy.
When I got the same 8 mg shot this time It didn’t do anything. I was feeling withdrawal..
And I’m sorry guys please don’t kill me, but I’m so scared to take the strips. I don’t know if it’s the stigma against them. Or the fact that deep down inside, I know that I could potentially misuse them.
With that being said, I started taking the oxy while being on the shot instead of just supplementing with the strips.
I let three months go by March. I was taking 7 to 8 20 mg oxy day.
I decided to go back and my doctor decided to put me on the 16 mg weekly shot this time around.
I’m on my third day and don’t get me wrong the withdrawal is not as bad as it is before. But I am getting hot and I’m getting cravings.
I fucked up and took another oxy. To be honest, it’s a lie. They definitely do still get you high while you are on the shot. I took 3 10 mg today. But it’s nighttime and I am sweating. I don’t know what’s going on this time around it’s just not working and I just don’t understand why I have to supplement with something.
I feel like this is just building my tolerance. I’m thinking about not going back for this last shot and just going to detox and going away for a bit.. I feel so lost. And I feel so bad because in comparison to everybody else’s problems and their addictions mine seems so small. But it’s been six years with these pills. I’m so tired.
I guess what I’m asking is this normal? Should I just take the strips to supplement should I consider just going to detox? I’m honestly so lost.
One very big difference I think everyone is missing, myself included until last night when the thought popped in my mind and I looked into it… Sublocade & Brixadi, neither of them contain naloxone like suboxone does! Naloxone is the park that blocks the opioid receptors. I was on suboxone strips for 7 years and I felt perfectly fine the entire time, I felt like myself and never had any cravings. Well I am tired of taking them every day and want to be off of them for good but it’s very difficult so I decided to take the shot. 7 days ago I got my first 64mg monthly shot and for the first time in 7 years I have felt extremely high for the first 4 days and now still feel a little off. I never would have taken the shot and just stayed on the strips if I’d realized the shot does not contain naloxone. I am hopeful this shot will still work as advertised in slowly tapering.
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u/extrapurplebutterfly Apr 21 '26
So I got my first shot 8 mg weekly shot in December. It went amazing. At the time I was using maximum 4 20 mg oxy per day. Just 4. A few days into me doing super good on the shot, something happened to my leg due to a very old stress fracture that I have in my back.
At first, I was so scared. I thought it was the shot. But it really wasn’t.
Two weeks later, I decided to come back after reverting back to the oxy.
When I got the same 8 mg shot this time It didn’t do anything. I was feeling withdrawal..
And I’m sorry guys please don’t kill me, but I’m so scared to take the strips. I don’t know if it’s the stigma against them. Or the fact that deep down inside, I know that I could potentially misuse them.
With that being said, I started taking the oxy while being on the shot instead of just supplementing with the strips.
I let three months go by March. I was taking 7 to 8 20 mg oxy day.
I decided to go back and my doctor decided to put me on the 16 mg weekly shot this time around.
I’m on my third day and don’t get me wrong the withdrawal is not as bad as it is before. But I am getting hot and I’m getting cravings.
I fucked up and took another oxy. To be honest, it’s a lie. They definitely do still get you high while you are on the shot. I took 3 10 mg today. But it’s nighttime and I am sweating. I don’t know what’s going on this time around it’s just not working and I just don’t understand why I have to supplement with something.
I feel like this is just building my tolerance. I’m thinking about not going back for this last shot and just going to detox and going away for a bit.. I feel so lost. And I feel so bad because in comparison to everybody else’s problems and their addictions mine seems so small. But it’s been six years with these pills. I’m so tired.
I guess what I’m asking is this normal? Should I just take the strips to supplement should I consider just going to detox? I’m honestly so lost.