6 mgs suboxone?

[gullysquid]

I'm on day 16 of subs. I wanted to do subs for just the 21 day thing. I'm wondering if I should take them a bit longer? I'm taking about 6 mgs a day now. I started with 10 mg the first day then 8mg then I went down to 4mg a day but I am a student and my day gets boring. My Dr gave me a ton so I end up taking 2 mgs more before the day ends. The short story before this was I was taking lortabs,percs,OC for a little longer than a year practically everyday. Towards the end is in when it got worse and I was taking about 60-90mg of perc everyday. I couldn't deal with the WD's so now I'm taking the subs and they have helped a ton because I hate the physical part of WD's. I dont even think about doing opiates now and got rid of all friends that do drugs so Im never around it. But my problem now is that I study all day and I get bored so I take a little bit more sub . My problem is I don't like being 100 percent sober during the day. Back in the day i would take a tramadol or something small just to give me a buzz or dayquil or whatever. I feel so bored even if I'm doing school work or a day I go to work when I'm sober(I can go in whenever I want and not expected to be there,my boss says school first). I'm thinking about upping my dose of lexapro from 10mg to 20mg to help with my anxiety or boredom and stopping with the subs. I go to a therapist once a week. Any suggestions? I post this because it seems like I always get good advice or suggestions and I figure a good solution. And posting has always helped me in the past. Do I need to see an addiction Dr? Or be more busy with things that interest me? Oh and when I had a girlfriend I didnt have a bordeom problem,it all kinda started when I broke up with her a couple years ago. So get a girlfriend!? Haha any posts would be great.

[gullysquid]

I am doing the counseling and have told the complete truth to my Dr and therapist,but I only meet with my therapist once a week and the Dr once every two weeks. It has been the last couple days that I have been taking 2mg more and have been feeling this way. I have been taking 4-5mg(depending on my cut) when I wake up then that was it. But the last two days, in the later part of the day I take a little slit of the film. The reason why I say more lexapro is because that will help me with my anxiety. I think the boredom is really anxiety. So Im thinking up my dose of just the lexapro and stop the sub. I have a problem with being bored and doing homework all day eats at me. I meet with my therapist Saturday,I'll talk to him about this.

[IBKleen]

Hey,

You are still self-medicating by controlling the amount of subs you take, taking them when you are bored and now talking about increasing the dosage of your Lexapro. this behavior is scary.

I remember talking with you about the Suboxone and asking you if you were going to do the complete program..meaning, counseling and working on getting your life in order so you wouldn't be on Suboxone longer than you had to be. You said that you were going to do that and now I see you right back to where you were with the pain meds. Are you honest with your therapist about what you are doing and about your feelings?

I am not trying to jump on you hun, I am very concerned.

I can only suggest that you get honest with your doctor and tell him that you are taking more than you should and for reasons other than prescribed. My fear for you is that you will be 3 years down the road and unable to get off the Suboxone.

I'll say a prayer for you. I hope it all works out.