Its very possible that the headaches are a part of the withdrawals....or are a part of taking too much. Suboxone is a narcotic also and a very powerful one at that. The best way to wean is to not take suboxone at all but wean off the oxys, otherwise you are just replacing one narcotic with another.

I think the headaches stem from getting too much opiates in your system so I highly recommend a safe medical detox, otherwise, you could go into seizures!

We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers. Please keep us posted.

God Bless!

Hiya,

I was a drug addict for years also. I think that drug addiction destroys lives and bodies. Many of my former friends stated that quitting a hard drug was easy if you turn to marijuana. I think that to quit drugs you have to just quit, even caffeine or tobacco.

Really, there are no shortcuts to quitting drugs other than just stopping completely. Even if you just smoke a cigarette you are getting back into the habit. The drugs often just remind you of other drugs, which may be because of metabolites in the brain.

When you quit you may notice that your body is far more damaged than you had reckoned. Healing from drugs can take many years.

The most difficult part for me, in recovery, was realizing that I will never health completely. I've taken meth and I will never be as healthy as I was beforehand.

I was on suboxone to deal with my opiate addiction. The suboxone is supposed to kill the urge to take the oxycodone for one and two, with suboxone in your system, the oxycodone should not affect you in the same way as if you were not taking suboxone, ie, it prevents that euphoric feeling. I was on suboxone and never had the urge to take any opiates or drink. I was on it for about 3 years. WAY too long. I even abused that at times because if you take enough, you get a nice mellow feeling. Bad news.....when I wanted to get off suboxone, the withdrawal symptoms was lengthy and more severe than just cold turkey on the oxy's and percosets. It was a good 2 months before I even felt like I was getting better. The first three to four weeks were brutal. I think you should talk with your Dr. about upping your mg dosage of suboxone and eliminate the oxy's all together until that gets out of your system. Then get off the oxys by tapering down slowly....as soon as you can. Note: If your Dr. finds out you are taking Oxy's and Suboxone together, you may loose the suboxone prescription. I had to submit a urine test every month to check if I took any opiates. If I ever tested positive, and I never did, I would have lost my suboxone program.