When To Take Suboxone?

Hi, I am new here, although I have been reading up on these posts for my own benefit for similar situations...so, anyway, I have a question, I think I already know the answer to...but here it goes. How long do I need to wait after taking a 10mg Oxy at 3pm, then a 10mgill) methadone at 7pm on friday night, THEN a half piece, (half a pill) at 2pm sat afternoon. It is now 10am sun morning...Im not feeling withdrawls yet.
I am an opiate addict & have been for 6yrs now. I am considered a"functioning addict" I think because I have a family, a 3yr old daughter...while I was pregnant, I taoered myself down on my own & took lortab 10's, yellow norcos, less acetaminophen. I then started taking suboxone last yr for 4month. My rehab counselor says Im too smart to be using but I dont know, thats her opinion. No one knows or can tell I do pills at all,like I said, its been a loooong time secret. So I have suboxone, 3x 8mg films, I want to take them soon. I have gone through precipitated withdrawls, it was horrible. I was using Roxy & methadone abd took subs too soon, I think I waited 16hours with mild withdraws, thought I was ready to take the sub 2mg, I did, then BAM, IMMEDIATE withdraws, worse than I already had. It only lasted 2hours I think because I took more suboxone to fight it, after 1hour under attack, I took another 2mgs, which I think made the withdraws go away...? who knows?

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Suboxone actually contains the opiate Buprenoprhine with Naloxone, to prevent someone being able to freely abuse other narcotics while they are being treated with it.

Thus, yes it can throw you into severe withdrawals if you take it too soon. So you actually do have to be in full, complete withdrawal, before you take it. There is no set time frame, it really just depends on when the full withdrawals hit you.

Learn more Suboxone details here.

I wish I could give you a more precise answer, but there isn't one to be given, because it can vary from person to person.

Does anyone else have any suggestions or advice to offer?

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Thank you very much for your response. I actuaslly did end up taking the suboxone after exactly 26hours on the dot, I started feeling a little withdrawls before that, like agitation, nausea, headache, cramps & anxiety, so I took the film, hoping for the best & it worked out for me. I cut it into as 1-2mg piece, that was it! Anyways, everyone is different, however since then, trying to make my sub last, I ran out and am now back on lortabs because they are easier to find & cheaper...not in the long run, but short term, to function & get by to work, its fine for now. I did notice my memory goes to s*** on tabs :-/
So as my experience with all this led me, NEVER, EVER take subs too soon, you WILL regret it, 100%. I did just take 4 lortab 10's (its

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