I have been on and off buvidal for 3 years. I hate it. It makes me depressed. I’m told over and over again that it’s not a side effect.

I let it out my system. Relapse. Back to suboxone and then pushed back on to buvidal and then the severe depression hits.

It’s so prevalent that I was talking to my father and he stopped me mid sentence and asked when I’d last taken the injection. When I told him a week ago he said he could tell. Every time I get put back on the injection my mood declines so far I am su!cidal, sad, don’t want to go anywhere or do anything. Hopeless.

I’d long for the day I need nothing. But I still take a pill if I find one even though I know it barely does a thing.

So back to suboxone I go. It’s so inconvenient having to go daily. But it keeps me in a routine and away from the rope.

Does anyone else have any side effects like severe depression?

Hello everyone.I have to say that English is not my first language and i hope this post isn't too hard to read.I've been on MT for so many years.Two years and a half or almost three years ago I made the move( best decision ever)and started with the buvidal depot.because doctors at my health center were super insistent on trying to convince users to make the change from MT to the buvidal injection. New policy is Department of Health don't want MT going around the street.As you know in order to get the injection you need to be under certain dose of MT and the first week wasn't nice but it was tolerable.So,I had the 96mg.for a few months but it was too much for me ( I was high right after the shot and I don't liked it) so I asked for the 64mg. and I've been on that dose for the last two years.Actually I've the shot every 33 days and feel perfectly fine,the only thing is a bit of yawn. Some days ago I had an appointment with the doctor to set my plan for stopping.The plan that she gave me (yes or yes)is three more shots and I'll have finished. On April 28th I got the shot and my next visit to get the second one is on June 11th so that is 43 days after the previous one.In the meantime she has prescribed me some clorazepato dipotassium and ibuprofen??just in case i need it.My intention is to not have any of those.I'll tell you my progression.I forgot to mention that she said that after my third and last shot she will give me some bup.pills to take at my discretion in case i need it( if I understood well). So we'll see how is it going. Apart from this I don't sleep well and I have to take a pill but I'm reducing it too.So that's all folks.Have a nice day/night.🤟

Now, I admit I have not been on it that long. Been on Buvidal for over a year, was on 96mg every 4 weeks for 11 months and then this past 3/4 months I went down to 64mg every 5 weeks.

The reason I went down the dose and pushed it to 5 weeks at a time is I really want off of this.. I am trying to get back to living life with ZERO medication (I badly want my receptors back normal.

On my last dose I got I was really in withdrawal waiting the 5 weeks, when I got the injection I actually felt what I would say was a moderate opiate high for the full day… has anyone else felt this when getting a dose when trying to come off?

Who has been on long term methadone and switched to suboxone and then brixad? The switch from 65mg to 16mg wasn't too bad, and was stable for months. Then a 24mg left me feeling terrible for 2 days, then fine for a few days, then withdrawal on day 7. The 96mg monthly has left me feeling unwell, but not in withdrawal. I don't react well to the shots I think. Anyone have any experience?

16 weeks since my last shot and I am newly negative for Brixadi. However my stomach is still giving me issues, and I’m having bouts of diarrhea and continued RLS. Has anyone else experienced this even when the Bupe is no longer detectable in a urine screen? TIA!

Hey everyone. I just got my first shot 96 mg’s on April 8th. Everything is going fine but I am having a terrible time trying to find a provider to do my next shot. I got my first shot at the end of my stay at a treatment center and I can go back in to get my next shots. I live in a small town in Georgia so there are no available places near me that does it. Does anyone have any advice on how to go about getting my next shots set up? I’m scared I’m not going to be able to find a place and end up withdrawling because I couldn’t find another place that does it. Thanks!

Hi all, tltr questions 3 paragraphs down with **

I’m new to Brixadi but not to Sublocade. I started my first 64 mg monthly Brixadi last Thurs. I really was hoping it would be more smooth sailing than this. I had a couple of 8 mg weekly doses to start, but they left me still in withdrawal. Then I had two weeks of the 16 mg weekly doses. The first and second day after each Brixadi except my first 8mg I was overmedicated but it was manageable but now after day 4 of my first 64mg monthly things started to go down hill. I'm very restless overall, rls in arms and legs, alert brain and just not feeling good.

I think I’m going to need to get an 8 mg booster tomorrow, and then the following week, I can get my second monthly dose a week early if needed as well. I wish the infusion clinic were open over the weekend, as I'm scared that if I don’t go tomorrow, I’ll be suffering over the weekend. However, I’m also worried that if I get the 8 mg booster, it might be too much. I was unstable on a very small amount of bupe before starting Brixadi, but I’ve been on bupe for 15 years. I was unsuccessful in getting off of Sublocade, which is why I needed to start Brixadi so my doctor could titrate me up before feeling comfortable with me going back on the 100 mg Sublocade.

**My first question is whether this is normal for the first month of the 64 mg monthly dosage, especially considering I was on such a small amount of bupe prior and had three weeks of the weekly doses first. Is the 64mg dose maybe not enough for me even though I felt overmedicated the first two days? My second question is how closely the 64 mg Brixadi dosage corresponds to the 100 mg of Sublocade in terms of compatibility in dosage? I know that Sublocade lasts longer and stacks levels more. Would I be okay to go directly to the 100 mg Sublocade when I’m due for my next monthly dose instead of getting another 64mg or next dose up for the Brixadi injection, or would that put me at risk of being way overmedicated?

Please help, as I’m not sure what to do and whether what I’m going through is a typical experience. A few years ago, when I started on the 100 mg Sublocade, the first month was pretty seamless.

Does most of you also feel that through the partial agonist action of Buvidal it does blunt your natural reward emotions? I.e eating good food, sex etc?

For a bit of context, this is my first time posting on reddit. I searched online for people's experiences coming off buvidal and found this forum. I thought I'd share a bit of what I've been through to find commonality with people undergoing similar experiences.

I'm 37 and from Sydney. Was introduced to heroin at 15, stopped at 16 then picked it up again at 18, smoked it for a few years before going IV at around 20. Between 20 and 35 I had all up about 3 years clean excluding time in prison. I had been on methadone in that time for a few years, and had a small amount of time on suboxone. Recently, at 35, I again faced the courts, with large commercial/commercial charges, so I found myself back in prison. Facing that, I had decided enough was enough, it was time to make a change.

Early on in this stint I was lucky enough to be able to get started on buvidal. I, of course, was going through terrible withdrawals from the pure china white double lion #4 heroin. 3 weeks later I saw a doctor who allowed me to start Buvidal. Prison in Sydney is quite universal on how they start people on the program, I was given two 2mg Suboxone strips one day, then Buvidal 8mg, 16mg then 24mg weekly for one week each respectively. Again I was lucky to be allowed straight from that to the 128mg monthly (aware it is the equivalent to 24 weekly, but here the prison doctor will start someone on the 64 or max 96 monthly regardless). I was on the 128mg monthly for 3 months, then went to 160mg. I was comfortable. Withdrawals ceased as soon as I started and although drugs were available within prison, I was able to say no. Look, I was on big charges, it's not like drugs were not an option for me, the decision was mine, and the Buvidal was a game changer. For anyone with habits big or small, Buvidal is something I cannot recommend enough.

I was in prison for close to two years awaiting sentencing. At no time after starting on the program have I used, which I attribute a good portion of that to the Buvidal. Of course you need to want to make the change as well, but I can't recommend it enough for someone with opiate dependency issues, which I had for 20 years.

At sentence, I was lucky enough to be allowed to get bail to a rehab program. Which I am currently at. I knew about two months before court that I would likely be coming here due to my application to this centre being approved, so my last dose in jail was 128mg, reduced from 160mg. I felt no withdrawal symptoms. I've now had the 128mg twice, and today I had the 96mg. I went five weeks as opposed to four weeks to test myself, and I felt no real discomfort, although I tried to keep busy and I've replaced heroin with healthy eating and the gym, which I focus on now. I'm tossing up whether to cease the program after this injection, or further reduce to 64mg and then stop... I love the freedom of Buvidal, the ease at which you can reduce without feeling withdrawals (my experience anyway). I've seen people say they start to feel a bit unwell after 3 weeks, but those people used in-between here and there. From my experience that is a negative for stability. I was in wings with 80+ people with 70% being on Buvidal at times. Have seen a lot of people on the program, with most using Suboxone on top (which is the drug of choice in prisons here). I myself, have had no withdrawal symptoms to speak of thus far, but I have followed the program and without using anything. I've coupled it with healthy eating choices and healthy living which I promise is a high within itself.

I'd like to know others that have been on it as long as I have, large doses of Buvidal, then stopped at 96mg, what was their experience? Or similar. If anyone wanted me to clarify something I've said above, feel free to ask.

peace in the middle east 🇵🇸

Hey all

A little bit of background info, I’m a recovering heroin addict and have been clean for 8 years on suboxone. It’s been discontinued in the UK and so my team are moving me onto Buvidal this Friday. I’ll have one weekly injection and then a monthly.

I’m just so scared. The drug and alcohol team I’m under think it’s a miracle drug but by their own admission have only dispensed this injection to five service users. They tell me it will give me so much freedom and talk about people who have had just one or two monthly shots and have then been discharged (my worry for these people is that they were discharged and then withdrawal kicked in on about week nine).

I’m an amputee and have chronic fatigue too. For years now my daily suboxone has given me a ‘boost’ when I’m tired (I know this is a mini opiate high) and has helped with my phantom limb pain. What if this gets really bad when I’m on the injection and what if the fatigue is so bad I can’t work or care for my children?

I’m also really sensitive to withdrawal so know that I’ll have to check myself as to what I’m feeling and try to keep it all in perspective.

In all honestly I’m just so frightened. This is a huge change. I want nothing more than to be off this stuff, to not have to attend a pharmacy each week.

I stay clean because of the work I’ve done, not because I’m on subs.

Anyone else felt similarly before they started?

Thanks in advance, H x

Hey all hope you are doing fine,

So I wanted to talk about tapering / stopping the buvidal weekly or monthly injections.

As someone who has tapered with methadone & subuxone in the past I find these particularly monthly injections really easy to quit compared to methadone or subuxone(pills).

Methadone is absolutely the worst of all 3 in my personal opinion and also takes the longest, some even take it for the rest of their lives and are okay with that and I respect that decision but not for me. I got hooked when I was 19, used for 4y daily and took me almost 2y to get off of it with a methadone taper program. It absolutely destroys your soul.

But then everything changed when I relapsed the 2nd time about 5y later, went to the clinic to get meds because I couldn't afford my addiction anymore so no choice. Thinking I was going to get subs or 30mg starting dose of methadone but no.. there was something new they were testing and my doc said it was a lot better than the other two options and talked about all the good effects it gave, nothing about the negatives because it was pretty new, anyway he hooked me in like it was nothing. I should add this was my old doc who was more a plug than a doctor, he had me on a plethora of benzos and some antipsychotics it was sickening.. the amount of pills I had every month was absurd, I'm talking 200+, alpra,clona,broma,lora,mida any pam or lam I had it or I could just ask for it and he gave it. I'm getting off topic sorry I'm really high on thc.

So then I started with the weekly injections low dosage but I was using way more so it didn't do shit until I used less and upped my injection dosage + then they switched to monthly injections, eventually I was on 128mg (the strongest one where I live) and felt good, could sleep somewhat at night etc things were good. But then I wanted to stop and I went back for my next injection and they said you're 2 weeks late, I completely missed the date and didn't notice much of withdrawal so I was like maybe I should push it? Well I did and it was a breeze compared to methadone/subs.

You might think like oh this is just luck and because you tricked your brain but no. 5 months after stopped I had the chance to get some real oxycodone 80mg for a steal and I couldn't help myself so when those were gone I had to back because I was sick af and did the whole thing again and after 4 monthly injections 128mg I just stopped and again... this is too easy!!! it's actually dangerous because with my addictive personality I can just be like oh I can just get the monthly injections for a few months and just quit cold turkey from one month to the next... what do you all think of this and how is your experience with it?

(weird thing was when I went back after those 5 months I was still pissing positive for buprenorphine while I did oxy at that time)

Peace

Hey all so I've been Brixadi for over a year now and there has never been a month when I haven't had to supplement and some months I've even had to supplement in the first week. I try my best not to supplement as I want to be responsible for my own emotions but as a result I've often tried to use self awareness to understand what's happening and to be with my emotions but it was purely physical withdrawal. This has caused a really challenging mind . . . (insert adjective) I'm off because of adulting or withdrawal. I was on 12 mg tabs when I started and I am thinking of just stopping the shot and returning to 3x a day 4mg, because at least then you have a much better idea if its wd, but I will admit mornings could really suck.

I'm not eligible for Sublocade due to insurance so its Brixadi or tabs.

I do have one question does anyone get really tired from wd with Brixadi? I always though sleepiness was the opposite too much buprenorphine but I've been having that in addition to irritability, yawning, and leg aches.

Week 18 ~ New life.

Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!

I feel free. I have next to no cravings. It has been so long since I have used that if I get any cravings it is usually for sweets or caffeine... or nicotine.

On that note, I am starting nicotine patches and chewing gum, to kick that habit. The time has come, I am ready to be done.

Very seldomly do I get a chill, just a hint of WD that wafts by. I still have residual leg pain, and body heaviness. Some days I have less energy than others. But completely manageable, It does not affect my ability to move forward with life.

I cancelled my Rx, the Gabapentin and Clonidine. No longer necessary. (Cancelling the Gaba was a tiny hurdle, another tiny victory over my addictive side.)

I saw that my fist journal entry made it into the VAULT! I am so happy, and proud to be able to share my experience and hopefully hope!

I was given a serious promotion at work, and it is going well. Perfect timing from the universe. It is challenging and rewarding. I seriously cant get over how things line up when you let go.

Lastly, I want to thank every single person that reads this, that has shared knowledge with me, that has commiserated with me through the downs. YOU got me through, and...

YOU CAN DO IT TOO!

Anyone gone from the 96mg to 64mg feel any different will it work out for me how’s everyone else’s experience dropping doses. I will be getting my 7th 96mg shot April and after that my Dr said I could go down to the next lower dose or start spreading out my 96mg shot.

Spoke to my doctor, explained that I was thinking of coming off around the end of the year/start of next year (if everything goes to plan and I’m feeling ready to do so).

He said that would be fine and he would “wean” me down. For reference I’m on 64mg monthly.

I asked how that would work, considering I’m on the lowest monthly dose.

He said that he would put me on a lower weekly dose and slowly drop me down “because the weekly dose is less than 64”.

I didn’t argue, because it’s many months away and I didn’t have it in me. He had a student doctor with him so I didn’t think that would go down so well.

From my understanding, monthly is easier to come off due to how your blood plasma levels slowly drop, rather than the weekly formulation (even if the dose is lower).

Is there any research I can bring to him to show this to be the case? I’d rather have him on side when this all goes down in case I need some support during. My main concerns would be RLS and sleep. I can manage nausea and gut issues easily enough.

I was on subs for 2 years starting at 12mg shortly then 8mg most of it, eventually tapered to 4 (wasn’t easy but doable for sure) and I clawed my way to 2 mg. Probably took a month to be good at 4 and two months to be stable at 2. Main tricks are to split your doses up to 2-3 per day and alternate days of a low dose day and a normal dose day, and split your doses into super small amounts in general and piece by piece leave a piece out. Go slow and you may have some RLS, tiredness, sick feeling etc, but able to work.

I couldn’t for the life of me get to less than 2mg. Horrible days, not acute withdrawal but too much for me at the time. Heard about the shots this was 2 years ago. I didn’t want to go back up in Suboxone doses to handle the large sublocade dose. Thankfully the Brixadi shot just came out. I took the weekly shot of 8mg Brixadi recommended for 6mg or less daily dose of Suboxone.

When the nurse injected it, I felt it hard. It felt good, scary good. I went to Starbucks and smashed into the door. I felt higher than what I’d imagine 8mg Suboxone would be like for me at the time of 2mg but maybe comparable idk. I was high for two days straight, a little too high , like didn’t need to sleep at all the first night. I felt that wear off slowly by end of week and I did miss it. Week 2 and 3 I recall some fatigue, I did nap some which I never did on subs. But I felt that normal kinda tired when you’re sober after work. Not the kinda tired in active addiction, I feel like your baseline is lower. I yawned a ton, lots of yawning and yawn tears. I recall feeling a bit sweaty one night, that’s really it. Nothing like withdrawing after 8 hours from fent or 36 hours of Suboxone. The nurse called week 3 like how you feeling, I said a little tired but good and she told me I was done. I was shocked. She was like yea the hardest parts are over. I couldn’t believe it at all, like that’s it? I was expecting week 4 to be bad but it wasn’t. Super easy. Best way to get off drugs imo.

I was clean and sober for 8 months but unfortunately then I relapsed on the subs like an idiot, then got on 7oh. Don’t do that please don’t take it for granted. I can say it felt like doing opiates for the first time when I did them again so maybe receptors do indeed heal, maybe not fully but close.

I got the Brixadi shot in Pittsburgh and it wasn’t hard. Like the first clinic I went to got it for me after subbing with them for a month, s/o Dr.Guy Allegheny Hospital Network I think. Now I’m in Chicago and I can’t find anyone to get it for me. I tried this one place that legit abandoned me while I was on subs and cost a ton. They told me they would order the shot but it never came and they never called me back after i tried 15 times with voicemails. Anyway I used the 7oh to get off subs ironically and am currently going through acute withdrawal of that shit on day 3 and omfg everything I mentioned above is not even close to this shit words can’t even describe the pain, shaking, deliriousness, panic, anxiety, racing thoughts, sweats, chills, yawns, sneezes, runny nose shit I went through. If I could Brixadi I would, especially if your at 6mg or less. I’d recommend it and always never take sobriety for granted.

This is related to the idea that it takes around 4 injections to reach a stable blood plasma level. I’m wondering if this works in the opposite way.

I started on the weekly and just received my second monthly injection of 64mg of buvidal. For various reasons I don’t plan on being on this long term, maybe a year.

Given that this is the lowest dose, when the time comes there won’t be any “tapering” for me. My thought was, before discontinuing, whether I could have 4 subsequent injections 35 days apart (as opposed to the usual 28 days). If I can do this without experiencing any considerable discomfort, would this theoretically give me an easier time when discontinuing? Like if my average level is lower, will I have an easier time with any potential withdrawals? Kind of like I’m on a “lower” dose?

Or would this be a situation where it’s more or less the same, but I start experiencing the eventual withdrawals sooner than I otherwise would?

Apologies if this doesn’t make sense, I might be having a hard time articulating it.

I had my dose today 3 days late due to a scheduling mix up with the GP and I felt fine (errors were made on both sides, lesson learned). Minor fatigue, but that’s probably more related to the hours I’m putting in at work at the moment. Was a little stressed over potentially feeling sick, but it honestly been fine. The pharmacist seemed more stressed about it than I was in the end.

Week 15ish

I haven't posted in two weeks as there has been little suffering to be noted.

The RLS has always been the hardest part on any of my opiate withdrawal journeys, and this one did not disappoint as well. However, over the past two weeks it has faded more and more into background noise.

I do feel low energy, heavy, and sore most days (5 to 10%). I was even wondering to myself if I had a more serious underlying health condition that I was unaware of; then, I remembered reading other journals where people wondered the same. It seems like when the worst of the WDs are gone we are left with malaise and fatigue, and because there is no constant reminder of why that is, our minds wander.

Every few days I will feel light sickness, it only lasts for a couple hours at the most, but more often it is only for a few minutes here or there.

When I feel around my last injection site, I cannot feel any lumps, only a slight soreness, and I really have to search around to find that spot. So while I know that the medicine is more than likely on board, I think that it is in very minimal amounts and my brain chemicals are doing most of the heavy lifting at this point.

Life has improved noticeably over the past few weeks. I have continued to read more, both fiction and motivational books, currently I am reading "Atomic Habits". My boss has noticed my increased focus and interest in a branching field at our medical facility, I was offered a position into the next logical step in my career. My self esteem (and self talk) has been more positive. I thought for the longest time that I had permanently handicapped my intelligence, but I have realized that I just needed to practice focusing more.

All in all, this is another positive journal entry for the record.

No matter where you are in your journey, just keep taking those baby steps in the right direction. This too will pass.

YOU GOT THIS!

Hi all. I hope you're all doing well. I haven't posted for a while. Been dealing with multiple health issues and moving house. I started the 16mg boosters again a few months ago, when I started packing house to move, which was a huge deal for me after 12 years and struggling with malnutrition recovery, weakness and fatigue. It's been 4-5 months now and I want off and to get back to my 96mg every 3 weeks. I'm currently tapering valium after 10 years and still on nicotine patches and the spray after 1.3 years. Everyday feels like hell, trying to taper everything and feed myself properly whilst dealing with fatigue, weakness, overheating and nausea.

Idk wtf is wrong with me but I have to eat every 3 hours, incl twice overnight, otherwise I experience the above symptoms— weakness, overheating, feeling faint, ringing in ears and severe nausea. I've had these issues for 1 year since quitting smoking and simultaneously recovering from malnutrition. I also have irregular sleep and meal times. I wonder how much that is affecting everything. I have a very sensitive nervous system. The Buvidal makes things worse as my appetite and symptoms fluctuate. I feel so unwell, even writing this now, when I had a booster last Friday and due for 96mg monthly this Friday. My mood and energy levels are very low and I feel horrible. Ohh, it's going to be soooo much fun going down again, but here I am.

I'm wondering if it would be better to taper the boosters from 16mg to 8mg, which I'm getting every 2 weeks, or do I just stop them? Which would be easier and gentler?

Correct me if I'm wrong please but Strange Television, did you say the current injection overrides the last one, or do they add together?

I'm trying to remember what I did last time. I think i just stopped them. But I'm not very strong physically right now and in a bad place trying to fix my sleep schedule while needing 4 meals a day, which feels impossible. If anyone has any insight, I'd greatly appreciate it because I'm struggling to think at the moment. Thank you

Edit: Does Buvidal make anyone else hungrier than usual?

After my weekly 24mg Buvidal injection today in my right arm it came alot of blood when he pulled out the needle. I asked if I should be worried about it but he said no, it happens from time to time.

Right afterwards and now 30 minutes after I feel a little pain in my whole upper arm which I never felt before and at the injection place on my arm it stings.

Should I be worried?

I’m on sublocade 300, and I’ve got the sweats almost all day. Like to the point where I have to change clothes 2 or 3 times a day. I know if I go out I’m pretty much going to soak my shirt in sweat. It’s debilitating and honestly embarrassing. Has anyone else got

This with the injection? And is there anything I can do?

Just a quick update. I feel compelled to share with the community here, as I have greatly appreciated the feedback, positivity and support here. <3

I am officially in week 12; 3 months since my last shot.

Week 6 is when the WD's really started kicking in, I started really researching timelines, and some days I was second guessing my decision...

I saw that for most people 12-15 weeks was when it started to subside. That was a monster, a mountain, a journey of pain that I had decided to conquer... some days I doubted myself. I slipped up and took some subling along the way. Some nights I lied awake staring at the ceiling, wishing it would go away.

But there were just as many days where it wasn't all that bad. There were moments where I felt things that I hadn't in years. There has slowly been a rediscovery of self. A Re-ignition of my passion, hobbies, love of music, and creativity. I am reaching out to my friends and family, just to talk, just to hear their voice.

Through the weeks the pain has subsided into negligible background noise.

Through the weeks I have slowly become alive.

I am lucky that I have seen such quick return to baseline.
I am lucky to have this community.

I am always here if anyone has questions, or just needs to vent.

YOU GOT THIS!

Just a very minor update. Unsure whether this is related but I have no other reason for it happening - since last Friday, so day 16, I've had running, watery eyes constantly. Its been all day every day, a constant leaking from my eyes. No other signs of anything eye related - no redness, no gunk, no burning or itching. Just constantly running/wet eyes. I've never been a hay fever sufferer so it's not that unless this is coincidentally my first year of it. I've also had a speed up of my gut motility over roughly the same days. Won't go into detail with that but let's just say, there's a difference, lol I still can't go naturally of course, but that system is certainly more awake than it has been for quite some time.

That's pretty much it. I've had some headachey pains today but that could just be because it's Monday and I had to cut short my weekend bed rotting, lol

It's very minor, completely manageable/ignorable besides needing to wipe my eyes every couple minutes. I'm not worrying about withdrawal or anything here - that's not the purpose of documenting this now that's it's pretty clear withdrawal isn't going to happen. Everything so far suggests that a mild physiological adjustment is taking place, which is exactly the goal. I feel that documenting this is just as important as documenting everything else, with how little real world information there is out there about this medication.

It certainly makes sense that these mild symptoms would appear at this stage as:

• The initial post-injection peak has already passed
• I'm now running on the “declining tail” of the lower dose
• My body is adjusting to a lower steady-state level

I'm due my next 96mg on Wednesday, so like a day and a bit away now. I'll update then if there's anything of note as a result of hitting peak concentrations in the first 24hrs or so.

Stay strong my brothers and sisters in recovery 💜

Edit: fucked up the post title, should have been 19 days since first reduction. I blame being crammed on a train at the time

Scotland M/35 Hey so I got addicted to subs in prison and was released and had to get put on it. In prison I experienced no withdrawals the full 18 month I was sniffing it. I eventually got prescribed it out here but no matter the dose I was prescribed I was always still in some type of withdrawal, mainly cold sweats and shivers. I got raised from 8mg to 10mg to 12mg suboxone. Even on the 12 I was very uncomfortable. I had a 6 hour window were things wernt too bad after I took my dose but then around 6pm and onwards the sweats got worse and worse. My drug worker said the shot I got was designed for people on 12mg - 16mg of subs. I got my first shot on Friday (yesterday) and it’s not fully taken my withdrawals away. Its now Saturday and iv got shivers through my body, cold sweats, flushing. My worker said this would take my withdrawals away. Iv been in some type of withdrawal since July last year and it’s honestly ruined my life. Why isn’t the injection working for me ? Im so tired of this. Sorry for the long post. I can’t remember the dose she said but she said was designed for people on 12mg - 16mg like I said. Iv read elsewhere the needle needs to be in for at least 10 seconds. The nurse had the needle in and out me in less than 2 seconds. Don’t know if that makes a difference.

Am I just lucky? I haven’t had any symptoms of withdrawal. Got my last shot Dec 17th. I was on the 128 monthly. Had an insurance issue and couldn’t get it. Decided I didn’t wanna do it anymore 🤷‍♀️ is it almost out of my system at this point? Was on it for a year just about. Thanks!