Hi all...hope everyone is having a good day. This question is for experienced Suboxone users or those who may know what could be going on with me. I had a 15-20 pill a day Norco habit. Almost 4 weeks ago, I found a Sub doctor and made an appt. Luckily, she had one space left in her Sub program. I went to my initial appt. having not had any opiates for almost 24 hours.....needless to say, I was in severe WDs. The Dr. gave me a script for 30 Sub pills, told me to fill it and come back at 2:00.....this was about 11:00......those had to be the 3 longest hours of my life. Anyway, I filled the script and went back at 2:00.....the Dr. has me take 4mg.....and wait about 30 mins.....I was still hurting......then she had me take the other half (another 4 mg)........30 mins later was quite possibly the best feeling I have ever had in my life.......I had NO desire to take any pills and felt quite normal actually.....a little euphoria I suppose on the first round or two but nothing like what 30 mg of Hydro gave me......well, I eventually settled in on a 16 mg a day Sub regimine......did that for about 2 weeks.....felt fine.....no desires, felt 95% normal (still just a bit tired, lack of energy)...dropped to 12 mg......no adverse effects (dropped from feeling 95% normal to maybe 92-93% but certainly nothing drastic)....anyway, over the last 4 or 5 days, I have begun feeling about 70%.......completely out of energy alot of the time, VERY moody at times, as well as emotional (and I am not an emotional guy). I have not been able to get in touch with my DR. and will make no changes until I do, BUT do you guys think upping back to 16 mg would help with this? I am not panicked about getting off of sub in a hurry......it has stopped my drug-seeking behavior, stopped my cravings for my DOC, and made me feel as normal as I can remember for a long time. I just want to continue to function normally and get as far away from that 20 pill a day habit as I can before I try to stop completely....I am just curious as to whether that extra 8 mg a day could make this big a difference?

Also, I used to be a social drinker, never over the top but I would have 3 or 4 beers with the guys or a couple glasses of wine with my wife on the weekend. When my Norco habit got out of control, I stopped the drinking alltogether. I am sure the Acetamiophen intake was doing enough of a number on my liver.....I didn't need any alcohol to help it along. Well, I was wondering, with this amount of Sub intake, would it be OK for me to have a drink or two on the weekend or is that still too risky? Any experience with that anyone?? I know there is no Tylenol in this medication however, I am quite sure that alcohol consumption while taking it is not reccommended. Any thoughts on either of these issues would be much appreciated. Thanks!!!

Daybydayinsc...these are issues you need to discuss wiyh your doctor. My experience was started at 16mg a day for 4 days, then 8mg for 4 days maybe 5, then 4mg for about 2 weeks, dropped to 2mgs and I felt like you described, I adjusted to the 2mgs.
Then 1.5 for 5 days and 1 for 5 days, my last dose was 1 week ago today. To be fair my doctor gave me some suuport meds to get me over the bumps, clonidine and lorazapam, which helped agreat deal, I slept for the worst of it...JT