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Anyone quit with subs and or sublocade? How long does it take on average for the intense anxiety that comes from stopping 7oh and mgm? The anxiety I get is consuming. It takes up my whole thought processing. Mornings of impending doom feeling. The depression too is awful. I thought after a few days the subs would stabilize me and I’d be ok. But I feel like I’m wrecked mentally even with the shot. I dodged the awful acutes, but the residual anxiety and depression are awful. Also, the cravings are still intense. I just want it all to stop. That’s why I got on the shot to begin with, but I keep breaking after a few days because of the cravings, anxiety, and depression.

I’m on my second shot of 300mg. It definitely feels more active than the first. The first felt heavy at times, but my cravings were still there. I used a few times while on the first shot because of cravings. I tried supplementing with sub films that didn’t work.
After I got my second shot I could tell I was more stable, but my cravings are still there. I want to get past the using. I keep reading people have zero cravings. Should I still be supplementing sub films for a week or two to get past the relapses. I think that’s where the cravings are. I’m also having a hard time just being sober. I go to meetings. I quit drinking alcohol two years ago. That was so hard to quit. This has been far worse. I have no complaints with the shot other than my cravings.
Financially I can’t keep using. If I come up dirty on my test next month I won’t get treatment. My girlfriend of three years is going to leave if I don’t stop. And once I start I can’t stop. Even though the effects are practically not there. It still does something to the brain that eases the anxiety.
I’ve gotten some days of clean time together and it seems to subside with a few days.
My main question is would I hurt my treatment by adding more sub suboxone to kill the cravings or hurt my treatment.
I really just need a week or two away to break the habit.

I’m on my third week of my first Sublocade shot. When I first got it my cravings were low. Shortly after that my craving subtly starting creeping back in. Then out of bad habit for when I’m craving or feel remotely off I went for what know best, relief.

Back and forth with this day in and day out I’ve came to the conclusion I’m not as stable as I thought I was. I’ve thought about supplementing with small dose of films.

When I got the shot I asked my clinician if I would have to supplement. She said no. That I was covered for at least 40+ days before worrying about that.

Due to my cravings getting the best of me and my few slips I am now in a bind. Around 24 hours I start to slowly spiral into WD. I don’t know how intense it would be because before I have my self anytime I self medicated. I have comfort meds. I chose not to take them.

I am now willing to get back on my treatment plan and to stop messing up. I was thinking that supplementing with a little suboxone. Mainly to curb the cravings. I know suboxone can take away cravings for the most part. The fact I have them is why I figured I’m not quite stable yet.

I figured I’d start with .5. I just need to be stable enough to take care of my son and be a husband to my wife. Also, a good employer at week. I don’t plan on going above 2mg. And I don’t plan on supplementing the whole time. Although, I will if need be until I get my next shot.

Any advice or suggestions other than stop using. I am aware of that part. Thank you!

I am foolish, selfish, and weak. I quit 7oh and MGM products and got on suboxone films. I stabilized and then got on 300mg shot.

I was just fine. Felt great actually. And then I decided to take some gas station garbage. Been in a run for two weeks.

Thing is that I am having little to no effect. This has caused a great bit of compulsion on my end to take more than typical to achieve something. The craving just gets out of control once the monkey is out of the cage. Every morning I wake up anxiety free still and no WD. By the 24 hr mark I start feeling some WD. Anxiety, sweating, cold, loss of focus, irritable, ect.

My question is if I stop now. Will I go into WD even tho I’m on the shot, or am I good to go. I’m not asking so I can keep using. Quite the opposite. If it’s just cravings then this cycle is over.

I just can’t afford to lose work and or any more money.

Another idea I have concocted is that I could use my SR17 for a few days while
I clean the crap out of my system to curb the remainder of WD.

Any thoughts on that as well?

I tapered down to 10mg today. I’ve been using SR. It was brutal today. I threw up. I was shitting all day. Sneezing, leaking, confusion, anxiety. Everything. I took 10mg. I’m ok now. Not dying. Not 100%. But not dying. Is 10mg a lot? I’m going to try to go without tomorrow. I went 24 hours before taking the 10mg

My prayers go out to everybody living in Florida that got past the 70 band and got caught up in the following products that came afterwards that got hooked on them and now that they’re getting banned, I hope that you have enough to taper and have some safety plans lined up to make a safe detox. The stuff was no good for us. No good for our families no good for our banks. This is a sign as painful as it it is it’s time to let go and for all the gas stations that are trying to sell under the counter I suggest staying away from them and just accepting that the band is here. These are felonies. Now there’s a reason for this. It has to end at some point so it’s never meant to be a forever thing.