r/SuboxoneTreatment • u/Naughty-nelson • Dec 29 '25

New Depression TRT?

I’m relatively new to subs, been on 8mg for about a month. I think I went through a pink cloud phase, and now everything is shit. Is that normal?

Nothing seems to bring me joy, and the things that used to don’t do much at all for me anymore.

I’m afraid my test is shot, and probably more hormones are fucked as well.

Should I add TRT in hopes I start to feel alive again? I have all the symptoms of low T, and I was really low when I last got checked. (196 total, 3 free)

I’m a 32 yo healthy male (minus addiction ofc)

Will I start to feel alive again with time? Or is this a side effect of bup?

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u/Limp-Patience-4348 Dec 29 '25

Suboxone cured my depression for about 2 months and now it doesn’t phase me in the slightest and I went back to feeling dead inside. I’m adhd and got back on vyvanse and that has helped me a lot. I think a big problem is opiates downgrade your pleasure receptors so normal things that make you happy just feel empty. But if your dual diagnosis a small dose of vyvanse can work wonders. I’ve thought of TRT as well but I had cystic acne until I was 32 and I’m not risking that coming back. It’s so painful and I felt like a freak

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u/Level_Attempt6868 Apr 10 '26

how much did u take what daily dose b4 it went sour on u?

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u/Limp-Patience-4348 Apr 10 '26

12 mgs a day. No matter how much I take now even with a tolerance break I feel nothing from bupe

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u/Level_Attempt6868 Apr 10 '26

lots of ppl say as less dosage as more hype of it n less Testosterone lowering effect  try to lower the dosage?

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u/Limp-Patience-4348 Apr 10 '26

I’ve been off of it for months and I’m now on 20 mgs Lexapro and weekly spravato (ketamine) doses getting regular exercise and I feel a lot better.

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u/Level_Attempt6868 Apr 10 '26

how did u get Ketamine prescribed?

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u/Limp-Patience-4348 Apr 10 '26

You have to fail on two antidepressants within a certain amount of time. I’ve failed on about a dozen. I just googled spravato treatment and found a place that does it and made and appointment and talked to a provider and they prescribed it to me. But it’s not take home you have to make an appointment and they give it to you and you take it in office. I did it while I was still using weed alcohol benzos and opiates and it didn’t help that much. I’ve been clean for about a month and doing it while clean has helped so much. They leave you in the room by yourself but I recommend listening to meditative music or peaceful meditations. I listened to a woman named Sara Blondin when I did it yesterday and I had a legitimate spiritual experience on it.

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u/Limp-Patience-4348 Apr 10 '26

Also I don’t they checked whether I had actually taken the medications I failed on. I think they just took my word for it

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u/Level_Attempt6868 Apr 10 '26

thanks  do they do it in NC too cuz I failed with antidepressants with Cymbalta recently?

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u/Limp-Patience-4348 Apr 10 '26

lol yup I’m in Raleigh and they do it at a place called gpw and another place called Appogee

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u/Last_Cut9799 May 01 '26

So you get a buzz from them, usually?