Suboxone;I need advice/help...

[vicodinabuser]

I will start from the begining with my pill battle.In Apr of 08 I messed my back up at work(I do construction;Heavy Highway) and was prescribed Vicodin.I wasn't new to pain pills bc I had spent 6yrs in the restaurant buisness and pills are as common there as females are at a brothel.I was never really addicted to pills then.Although for about a year I did 5 or 10mg(can't remember) methadose pills(at the time I didn't know what they were bc I wasn't a pill head...yet) only eating a chunk or maybe a half when I was at work.After realizing what they were I stopped,I had a couple of bad days WD and never touched them again.A year later went into the Navy,I weighed 135lbs.When I left boot camp I was 160lbs.After boot and Aschool,I came home to be in the reserves.6 months later I started construction,a year later is when I hurt my back and weighed 170lbs.At first the vikes weren't an issue,then in Sept 08 I broke my leg in 2 places.I was prescribed perks for my leg and was still getting the scripts of vikes.Ortho doc gave me 150 perks and family doc giving me vikes.In Oct 08 my pap died and the abuse started,but I also was hurting bad from my leg injury.I pretty much layed on the couch until Dec 31 bc of 3 different casts and pain.Physical therapy was brutal and painful,but I managed to get back to work in May of 09.Upon returning to work the Vike abuse was bad 7-10 750's a day.In may of 2010 the perk 30 abuse started.My ex gf introduced me to those blue guys and if it wasn't the perks it was the vikes.After going through $1500 in a 10-14 day period on perks(off the street),and my rx of 120 vikes only lasting maybe 2 weeks I needed to stop.I had tried to stop other times and the longest I had gone was 3 weeks.I figured I just quit for 3wks,I can quit anytime I wanted.In Oct 2011 I decided Subs would be the way to go.I had used subs before for WD's from perks and vikes and they worked.The sub doc prescribed me 3 8mg a day,& I took them as prescribed.After burning 2 cig holes in my couch and around 15 in a blanket I put 2&2 together;WOW this sh#t is powerful.I never nodded from perks and vikes to the point of burning my things,lol.About 1.5-2 months after starting 3 a day was done.I cut back to aroun 1-1.5 a day.I didn't notice any WD's,but I was also smoking some green so that could be why too.For the last month or month in a half I take around a half a day or every other day.I will get off of this sh*t on my own bc the doc isn't any help.The doc still gives me 21 a week even after I asked for 14 he claims it's to early to cut back,lol ok dude.After returning to work in May 09 my weight was roughly 150lbs,but due too the vikes and perks little by little the weight was dropping bc I wasn't eating as much.When I started subs I was 144,as of today I am 137lbs.Has anyone else lost weight taking subs?Do you noticeably eat less?Could the loss of appetite be due to cutting back abruptly?I will ween off these simply bc I want too be done and I want to eat 4 meals a day again like I did prior to Sep 08.If anyone could respond with helping get off these subs and on how to eat more while on them it would be greatly appreciated....Thanks

[vicodinabuser]

honestly there is a long waiting list at every sub doc in the PGH area.There wasn't one here and a friend went here previously so thats why I went here.Out of 21 subs only 5-6 get used by myself.I'm tappering now.I don't need docs in it for my money telling me nows not a good time.I used subs for WD in past and never took a whole one in a day.A strip would last 3-4 days.I want the weight back and that mentally is my insentive to get off these.Thanks for the response

[Elmijack15]

Stupid spell check I meant to make sure , not site , sorry hope it made sense

[Elmijack15]

Everyone is different,  but have you had blood work done to make site nothing else is going on? Thats alot of weight to lose. I have never lost a pound on subs. I eat the same as I always did. Good luck to you and keep going on your taper.

[Map1944]

Sub has definitely killed my appetite.  I currently weigh 180 at 6'1.  While on sub for the past 4 years I would usually only eat 1-2 meals a day.  The best advice is to taper as much as possible.  If your dr doesn't want to taper you find another.  Seems like a lot of dr want ppl to maintain on sub for a long duration, which I don't recommend.