Posted by Chuckie on June 22, 2004, at 20:30:40
In reply to Re: MEDICATION ASSISTED W/D W/BUPE 2 THUMBS UP, posted by sofarsogood on June 22, 2004, at 19:45:52
Please don't talk to me in capital letters. Thanks.
I'm not trying to kick at this time. I have posts about it all over this board but the upshot was that i wanted opiates to treat my depression. Originally, i actually wanted buprenorphine because of all the stuff i'd read about it. But it seemed impossible... couldn't find a doctor, and surely couldn't talk one into prescribing for that purpose. So i got an illegal poppy habit. When it got out of control, i tried detoxing in the hospital and couldn't take it and went back to the drugs. After which i found a doc to prescribe bupe for my chemical dependence. Heh, so i couldn't get it for my depression so i got it for my bad habit instead. %)
I've been on it about two months now and i still feel like i'm adjusting to it. Or adjusting it to me, or something. I'm taking more than i intended to, although not more than i'm prescribed. I'm going to cut it back down again. Like i said, i have no specific plans to quit at this time, i'd just like a lower maintenance dosage and decide from there what i'm gonna do next.
I don't know for sure because i haven't tried, but i understand it's impossible to "slip up" when on Bupe because your regular drugs won't work for like three or four days after you quit the bupe. So it doesn't make any sense to do that, unless i'm wrong.
poster:Chuckie
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