Posted by reefer on January 1, 2006, at 16:50:33
Hi dear friends!
As some of you might remember i earlier posted about me using Subutex as an antidepressant/anti anxiety med. It used to be very easy getting the 8 mg pills for about $10 a pop. This was black market from Heroin addicts who used their prescription to pay for their H habit rather than trying to get off of H. Well lately things have changed for the worse. Price has more than doubled and availability is extremly low. So i decided to stop about a month ago. Very mild withdrawal i was surely expecting something much much worse. Lowering my clonazepam dosage by 0.125 mg is about 10x worse. Anyway this withdrawal lasted about 10 days and after that i was just left with my old feeling down, lazy, and anxious feeling that i had before starting on the buprenorphine. So now i am asking myself, should i go to a "drug abuse" treatment facility to be put on prescribed buprenorphine? I would have to lie that i'm addicted to opioid drugs and that i could handle. But what bothers me is the people there will look at me like im some kind of H addict doing nothing but stealing to support my habit. And lecture me on how bad drugs are and all that. Is it worth it? I mean buprenorphine really gives me a life. Without it, sure i can live. But i'm not happy with the quality of life. I guess i could try telling them whats really up but i seriosly doubt they will help me out. And Subutex can only be prescribed for the indication of opioid substitution therapy by doctors licensed to do so. And i am not an addict so i guess i wouldn't fall within that indication. I would really be grateful for some suggestions on what you would do in my position? Thank you all!
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