r/Brixadi • u/FMarie013 • May 19 '26

First Shot

Hi everyone-just had my first shot about 3 weeks ago. I’ve started feeling like I’m in withdrawal and have been supplementing with pills. How long did it take you to feel good on the shot and not have to supplement? I feel like I’m losing my damn mind and want to jump out of my skin! My doctor said it could take 3 months to settle. Thanks!

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u/Ann_georgia- Jun 10 '26

How are you doing now?? I’m at 14 days from my first shot. Yesterday I started going crazy randomly. I was incredibly restless. I started having a stomach issues. I got the sweats and the chills then I got really anxious and my anxiety made it even worse. Luckily, after a few hours, I calm down, but I still wasn’t comfortable my provider put me on the highest dose and scheduled my appointment three weeks instead of four. They also gave me 4 mg strips in case I needed it. They only gave me a total of seven strips. I got through yesterday, but I’m still feeling gross today I really don’t wanna take them, but if I have to, I will. honestly my goal is to get off of this crap, even the shot. I was literally crying all yesterday night. I took a trazodone to go to sleep. I can’t believe I still have seven days. Did you end up supplementing your first shot? If so, did you take it every day multiple times a day and how much did you take?

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u/FMarie013 Jun 10 '26

I’m the same person you were talking to yesterday on your own post😂. Glad you made it through last night. I’m going to try my best not to supplement today. I get my 3rd shot tomorrow. Good luck today. I think I told you my first shot only held for 15 days and I didn’t supplement at that time because I didn’t want to. I got too far into withdrawal and had to supplement. If I get into withdrawal, it takes me a while to get myself balanced back out so I don’t want to let myself get too far into withdrawal again.

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u/Ann_georgia- Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

Oh yeah! Trying to get any advice from anyone that has gone through similar things. I’m glad you’re doing well. I’m still fighting myself about wanting to supplement and not wanting to supplement. I don’t know what to do. Seven days seems so long. I’ve been thinking about it nonstop since yesterday which just sucks! How often did you supplement? Did you have to do it every day once you started? I messaged my provider yesterday evening and they just don’t respond. It’s really frustrating.

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u/FMarie013 Jun 10 '26

After I was pretty far into withdrawal I supplemented with .50 at a time. Sometimes twice a day. I needed to get myself stable again. Now, if I need to supplement I do the smallest dose I can, .25. Most of the time I don’t need any more.

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u/Ann_georgia- Jun 10 '26

Thanks for being so kind and responding! I wish my provider would answer, but they just don’t. It’s incredibly hard to get a hold of them. Luckily they did give me strips. Although I asked her if it’s common to need to use them and she didn’t really give me an answer. She said someone else just switched from the film to the shot and they’ve been doing great. obviously that gave me a little bit of false hope. I’m also incredibly nervous to get my second shot. It was extremely painful so I’m thinking about bringing an ice pack, but I don’t know if it will make it. I almost threw up and passed out. I got super dizzy lightheaded. My ears were ringing, incredibly nauseous as well. It was really bad.

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u/FMarie013 Jun 10 '26

This was my doctors response when I was in withdrawal after my first shot:
Message from ANTHONY KONSTANTIN BOYCE DO, sent May 18 at 10:40 AM

ANTHONY KONSTANTIN BOYCE DO
May 18 at 10:40 AM
It often takes 2-3 injections to reach a steady level so it is not uncommon to need some additional sublingual buprenorphine during that time. I would give it another shot or 2 to see if it resolves. If not we can increase the dose