Thread: Severe Depression, Exhaustion After Detox
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Old 06-30-2009, 10:19 AM
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Hello again, I came out of detox from pain medication three weeks ago. I was taking Subutex for a long period of time, and decided to get off of it. I made a thread about not being able to sleep, etc. after coming out. My doctor put me on Trazodone, which is helping me sleep somewhat (about four hours per night now). It's also an anti-depressant, but I am getting more and more depressed by the day, instead of feeling better.

I read that taking Subutex has some effect on your adrenal and thyroid. I don't know much about either of them, but I think thats why I have absoloutely no energy. I can barely get out of bed sometimes. I've been taking lots of vitamins, and I've tried forcing myself to exercise, but nothing has worked.

Does anyone know what I should do? Is there a medication that can restore my adrenal (I still dont know what that is really)? I think that if I wasn't so exhausted all the time, my depression would go away. At first it was like a roller coaster of emotions, now I'm just down all the time, and I seem to be feeling worse mentally and physically every day. I'm about to turn 28 years old, but I feel like I'm 88.

Thanks for your time
I have been trying to get off opiates for 7 years the depression is to much for me to take.I'm currently on methadone and trying to stop all together I'm trying taper down to 1mg a day for 3 months.I tried to stop at 15mg but was still lathragect 3 weeks later and could not afford to stay that way.So I went back on methadone and I'll try again. I won't give up, I won't surrender,I WILL BE FREE!I think that people need to slowly come off opiates.The longer you been on them,The longer you should take to come off them.Little by little so you body can start to adjust to the imbalance that the drugs have caused.I was on 120mg at one time so I Know you can come down with out noticing any ill effects.I just haven't been able to stop yet but i will do it.I know where your at and I've been there before. I hope you can beat this horrable illness.
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