rthor4573
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You're not the first person who has told me the lower the dose, the more you feel the effect from it, which I kind of find fascinating. This is exactly the opposite of what I thought before I was in recovery, because more was better for sure. But the reasons you mentioned make sense to me, considering blood levels and half life. I guess I'll play it by ear, maybe report back here from time to time as the milestones happen. Moved down to 6mg last month. 4mg will be next.Addiction is partly genetic/hereditary. So if you know that then the answer is clear to not take anything. One side of my family, cant have one of anything, its all or nothing in every catergory of life, good or bad.
i will say the less subs you take everyday. The more high you get on them. When i was on .5 mg of suboxone. I got just as high as a any ither opiate. When on 3 mg or more. The high feeling never happens. So for me it was harder to come off at a lower dose, because the felling of getting high is much more apparent. This is due to half life and blood levels. So tapering iff subs is hard since you get high when you take less.
i tell the teenagers in my family to make sure they know our family is very easily addicted to things.
And interestingly enough, even tho I commented on the genetic aspect of addiction, my family does not have a history of it (to my knowledge anyway). But I have learned that I have an extremely addictive personality. Go figure, right?