Hi everyone - I am new to all of this - very new! I have just started taking suboxone (this is my fourth day) and I was wondering if any of you have had extremely itchy skin and an all-over "drowsy" feeling when taking suboxone?? - my eyelids are so heavy all of the time now and I'm almost afraid to drive! (I am on the lowest dose supposedly?) - have any of you experienced these things? Does this go away with time? I do not like feeling so "heavy"... but, I do think it is helping with my cravings for pain medicine... any advice from you all would be very helpful - thank you!!
yes i have taken that. i was taken off by my doc due to it is a narcotic itself. i have just got out of treatment due to being on that. i took was taking 3 a day of the 8mg.
Unfortuately, I am still taking suboxone and I will be probably the rest of my life?? unless my new Orthopedic doctor decides Im a candidate for another surgery. Im praying it will take place.
It still til this day makes my eyes feel droopy, and I feel groggy if I dont make myself move around right after I take it. Try to keep yourself doing something physical for at least an hour , even if its just cleaning house. Just dont watch tv or sit at a computer etc...for me it makes it worse. PLEASE dont drive until you have worked this issue out and know for sure you will not go to sleep. I still "pass out" at times, not even feeling tired before I did! As for the itching, nope. I didnt look but I dont remember it being one of the main side effects either so I would definately ask about that.
Please be careful. Shot up it can cause a severe withdrawal and an overdose can definately kill you. Sub. slows down the respitory systym. A woman in my rehab 2 years back was taken away by ambulance because she tried saving up her medicine to get one good "high" and stopped breathing. Take only as prescribed!!!
I was given a narcotic/opioid-inclusive medication 7 years back which I remember did induce heaviness/drowsiness that you describe above... it affected the way I felt within me and my way of being so much that I did not feel at all like I was clean I remember... it felt like just another altered state of mind/being, chemically induced, just like it was while I was using... so I eventually stopped taking it with consultation of my Therapist, and increased my talk-therapy sessions with my Therapist instead, coupled with seriously getting involved with working the program
And as for Buprenorphine, that was my primary drug of choice in my last 5 years of using, and that was what brought me to my knees and surrender finally...
However, I would like to emphasise here that these are just my personal experiences, and I can only share what I went through...
One thing that I never skipped throughout my experiences is that I took all decisions in consultation with my Counselor as well as my Doctor... that helped me try out alternatives...
-- Edited by Tahir on Tuesday 8th of September 2009 11:46:52 AM
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