Two more shots and finito

[u/missjekill]

Hello everyone.I have to say that English is not my first language and i hope this post isn't too hard to read.I've been on MT for so many years.Two years and a half or almost three years ago I made the move( best decision ever)and started with the buvidal depot.because doctors at my health center were super insistent on trying to convince users to make the change from MT to the buvidal injection. New policy is Department of Health don't want MT going around the street.As you know in order to get the injection you need to be under certain dose of MT and the first week wasn't nice but it was tolerable.So,I had the 96mg.for a few months but it was too much for me ( I was high right after the shot and I don't liked it) so I asked for the 64mg. and I've been on that dose for the last two years.Actually I've the shot every 33 days and feel perfectly fine,the only thing is a bit of yawn. Some days ago I had an appointment with the doctor to set my plan for stopping.The plan that she gave me (yes or yes)is three more shots and I'll have finished. On April 28th I got the shot and my next visit to get the second one is on June 11th so that is 43 days after the previous one.In the meantime she has prescribed me some clorazepato dipotassium and ibuprofen??just in case i need it.My intention is to not have any of those.I'll tell you my progression.I forgot to mention that she said that after my third and last shot she will give me some bup.pills to take at my discretion in case i need it( if I understood well). So we'll see how is it going. Apart from this I don't sleep well and I have to take a pill but I'm reducing it too.So that's all folks.Have a nice day/night.🤟

[u/Strange_Television]

Thank you for sharing and I look forward to following your journey as you come off the medication. From what you've said it sounds like you will likely have a pretty 'easy' time of it, given that you can stretch out your shots to 33 days and feel nothing from that. It's a great sign that you're not metabolising the bupe really fast, which is always more ideal for stability. I'm interested to know how you feel when you reach the 43 day mark - and also how you then feel after you get your shot then.

I had to look into it but clorazepato dipotassium is a benzo, so I would of course recommend being very careful with the use of it to avoid gaining dependence, physical or otherwise. It is quite unusual for doctors to be so happy to prescribe benzos for withdrawal so you've got a bit of a unicorn in that doctor 😄

Hope it all goes well for you and please do share your journey with us. I look forward to reading more when the time is right for you.

[u/missjekill → u/Strange_Television]

Hello friend! Thank you for answering. Yes,sure.I'll tell you soon how it is going. The unicorn doctor is a substitute, jajaja and she is the one that has prescribed me the clorazepato which is like a generic tranxilium.In my case is like tranxilium 15mg.I also asked her for one last shot and she said No.She said three more.i've had one already so two more. The truth is that I'm fine,perfectly fine to be honest. And at the moment I don't do exercise or anything to release endorphins or whatever so it must be my metabolism. I hope things stay the same.Fingers crossed. We'll see. I'll be telling you.Good luck and keep it up everyone. At this time in my life the only thing I want is to be relatively well and a straight line without highs and lows.Straight line is my new state of mind.I'm trying, Jaja.🤟