Posted by Sunkistcat79 on January 14, 2009, at 23:56:44
In reply to Re: BUPRENORPHINE, posted by Neal on January 14, 2009, at 19:32:30
> Sunkistcat - you don't mention what dosages you were taking of the Bupe./day?
I was making it up as I went along, but very carefully and with thought (and with the background support of my psychiatrist - as there's no precedent for taking it in my situation and he, rightly, trusted me as I know my body and response better than he does). I think I was up to 24 mg/day.
> For me Bupe was a help IN ADDITION TO the ADs. Bupe alone will not work for most, I suspect. For many, it will not work at all. It's a lot of trouble for most people to get, so don't get your hopes up.
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Well, that is what I"m looking at actually. The AD's never never did anything good for me (except take away my sex drive when I had just been dumped - that was good). However, I started the AD's again while on bupe and it had no effect whatsoever.
The bupe. worked for about a month, perfectly...and then it slowly stopped. HEnce, my theory that my endorphin level is naturally so absurdely low that my optimal bupe dose is much higher than the norm.
So it DID work for me and I believe it still can. Anyways, I have a bottle left over from when I weaned off. And I WILL get more if I need it.
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