Posted by pseudoname on November 22, 2005, at 9:39:42
In reply to Re: opioids and sleeplessness » pseudoname, posted by Declan on November 22, 2005, at 3:48:25
> The commonest initial effect with a decent one is to feel almost asleep and yet awake at the same time
That's interesting. By "initial effect" do you mean that this goes away with tolerance or that the effect happens right after taking it?
I'm hoping the keep-me-awake-in-bed aspect will go away with tolerance.
> I haven't taken bupe so dunno, but is it stimulatory, more so than the others?
I have no opioids to compare it to, but buprenorphine seems cognitively stimulatory in the way that Adderall is. I feel some of the same warm-fuzzy feelings and a desire to focus or concentrate or something. But it's much milder and smoother than the stimulants I've tried. Adderall for me goes PEAK!-pit-PEAK!-pit-PEAK!-pit in the span of 1.2 seconds.
> could be an indication to reduce the dose a little
I expect to need to increase the dose (now at 0.2mg/day) for depression, so I'm taking it early morning and hoping the bedtime wakefulness subsides...
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