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r/suboxone•
mrbrinks

Does PWD trigger if you're not in active addiction?

I am a chronic pain patient, had 30 days clean, and was completely clear of any withdrawal symptoms (sleep was back, no noticeable PAWs).

I took a dirty 30 last night due to a severe pain flare-up. I feel "fine" this morning (besides the pain). I am in dire need of pain relief and all I have on hand to deal with it is suboxone until I'm able to see my pain doctor on Friday.

Would I still get PWD if I was to take suboxone today as I'm no longer physically addicted to anything?

Thanks!

E: To update anyone who finds this thread in the future, I induced Suboxone at 0.1mg per dose every 20 minutes and encountered no PWD and got the much needed pain relief.

Posted Feb 2, 2022, 5:39 PM UTC · edited

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usul-enby•

When you say 30 days clean were you taking subs during that time? I know that when I was using & on subs, as long as I had taken subs earlier the day I used I would be good to use subs after my dose. If your totally clean there's no reason it should hurt you bc the full agonists getting kicked off won't cause WD symptoms

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mrbrinksOP•

I was completely clean for 30+ days.

In similar situations in the past, where I had extended clean time, I have taken dirty 30s during the day and then took low dose naltrexone before bed without issue (I did this to flush my receptors off while sleeping to curtail tolerance build up to decent success).

So I was figuring it would be similar but know suboxone and naltrexone are different even if both work to bump off other opiates from your receptors.

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hunter_hahaa•

I would be very careful because that M30 is still in your system even if you don’t feel it. It’s better to be safe than sorry. Maybe take a very small amount of sub to see how you react

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mrbrinksOP•

Thanks, yeah. I have the suboxone distilled so I will see what will happen if I take 0.1mg (I have zero tolerance at the moment). And then go from there. Smart advice. Thank you.

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hunter_hahaa•

Of course! Hope all goes well. As someone who’s experienced PWD from dirty 30s I’ll do anything I can to help someone else😂

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mrbrinksOP•

Gods, been there too as a result of screwing around with low dose naltrexone. Was a terrible time lol.

But I have been in similar situations with an extended period of time clean where I took low dose naltrexone before bed after taking pills during the day to clean off my receptors, and did not encounter withdrawals.

But I will take this exceptionally slow and see what happens.

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surkitxx•

most likely some form of paws because your brain is not healed at all. wish u the best

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mrbrinksOP•

Oh I’m sure there’s something. But prior to this 30 days I was only using for two weeks after a surgery, and prior to that had 30~ days clean. So thankfully feeling pretty well, thank you! Just got slammed with a bad pain day today and am seriously struggling.

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