Suboxone and anxiety
Common Questions and Answers about Suboxone and anxiety
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I am on suboxone prescribed by my doctor, well I resently moved out of town and found a new suboxone dr who has prescribed me all these medications to take along with taking the suboxone. I am soooooo scared to take what he has told me to take seeing all these horror storys online about mixing benzos and suboxone. Well if anyone can help me feel better or if they have had this experience also please post keep in mind I have never took any of these medications before other then the suboxone.
Well I wish I could give you a definitive answer, but I'm not quite as far as you are in recovery. I was on suboxone for over 6 years and have 22 days off it. I'm still in the no sleep at night and high anxiety in the evenings period. I just can't shake the rls and insomnia. My anxiety comes and goes, but when it is high I try to remember what is going on and not to panic. Please let me know how your sleep pattern is and what you may have done to overcome the insomnia.
Two weeks ago I went to the ER with withdrawal symptoms, and a dr wrote a rx for suboxone with the pretense that I sign something saying I will go to his office in 3 days. (He only gave me 3 days worth of suboxone.) So I went in on a Thursday and we talked. He said "You basically have three options. You can check yourself into rehab, you can be on suboxone or subutex (kind of the same thing, just one contains another ingredient), or you can just suffer.
Ive been on suboxone for over 5 years and my anxiety has gotten so bad I cant leave the house.I dont have insurance so I get my subs on the street.They are the only thing that keep me clean and feeling normal.I also cant go see a doc for my anxiety,i.e. no insurance.Can anyone help me?Ive been in my house for the past 6 months and I feel so sad.I cant even walk to my mail box.
My husband is trying to detox with suboxone and we need to know if he can take it safely. Also, the suboxone doesn't seem to be taking away his withdrawls, he is antsy, has rls, hot and cold, sneezing, nauseaus, very very sick. He has been taking 24-32mg of suboxone and I thought that was a really high dose. He was on about 900mg of oxycodone a day, so maybe that has something to do with it? Anyone please help! Thank you so much in advance!
the clonidine helps a lot with the sweats, chills, and blood pressure fluctuations, the benzos are extremely helpful in stopping the insane anxiety, insomnia, muscle cramping and spasms, and restlessness. then i would get OTC immodium and an anti-diarrhea, and a OTC anti-nausea medicine. i also had some ambien for sleep as well. my detox was done in a hospital supervised but you can do it on your own if you think you can handle that.
I am somewhat stable on 2 mg of Suboxone but still have tremendous anxiety/fear and severe pain that comes and goes all over my body, but primarily my lumbar back and relentlessly stiff and painful leg muscles, and my shoulders and bicep still hurt when doing almost anything. I am torn between wanting more pain control versus returning to the miserable life of narcotics.
Did you abruptly quit the opiates? You could be in cold turkey withdrawal. That's one possibility. Know that wellbutrin is a stimulating antidepressant and isn't usually used for primary anxiety as it can cause anxiety. I don't know that an antidepressant is what you need, but if you did for anxiety that isn't the one to start with.
ve been reading alot of posts on here where people are dealing with anxiety while going thru detox or taking suboxone and just wanted to share my experience, 7 years ago after taking narcotics and getting addicted, I went to a doctor who introduced me to suboxone, but the one thing I had really bad was anxiety and the last thing I wanted was to get benzos and she gave me a medication called Vistaril, it's not a benzo, it's not addictive and it works great for
anxiety.
m really nervous about starting the suboxone because I am currently taking .5 clonopin twice a day and buspar 20 mg twice a day for anxiety and have read some bad things with combining these two with suboxone, my doctor said it was fine and I should not be reading about it but I'm still pretty nervous about combining the three.
For me, the Klonopin was actually a very helpful tool in tapering down my Suboxone. The biggest problem I and many have is dealing with the anxiety that creeps in when you decrease your dose. Having the Klonopin allowed me to go from 8mgs to 2mgs of Suboxone per day over the span of 2 weeks.
One of the biggest problems with quitting Suboxone or Methadone or any opiate for that matter is that people think they are going to be just fine if they taper down and quit.
My Suboxone doctor (a psychiatrist) was actually pretty saddened when I told him that none of the previous doctors ever suggested therapy for my anxiety and depression. After I finished my Suboxone taper and my drug abuse counseling I continued therapy with anxiety specialist.
In the beginning I saw my therapist every week, but with the tools I was given I was quickly able to take hold of my anxiety without medication. Now I see my therapist maybe everything 3 weeks to a month.
See if your doctor can write you a prescription for some Requip for restlessness, Neurontin for anxiety and malaise, some Flexeril or Soma for a few weeks for muscle spasms and maybe some Seroquel low dose, for sleep and Klonopin which will be helpful for sleeplessness and anxiety. It will make your withdrawals easier. Valerian and Magnesium is sometimes helpful remedies over the counter.
The residual symptoms of insomnia and depression can last another few months.
You also have some other medical conditions that may respond well to suboxone now but in a negative way later, like anxiety and depression. If you decide at some point that suboxone is no longer a benefit to you, you're facing a tough task getting off of it. Using suboxone also complicates surgery as it blocks the effects of many drugs used as anesthesia.
My Suboxone doctor (a psychiatrist) was actually pretty saddened when I told him that none of the previous doctors ever suggested therapy for my anxiety and depression. After I finished my Suboxone taper and my drug abuse counseling I continued therapy with anxiety specialist.
In the beginning I saw my therapist every week, but with the tools I was given I was quickly able to take hold of my anxiety without medication. Now I see my therapist maybe everything 3 weeks to a month.
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