I have been clean for 10 years now! Suboxone has saved my life literally. I am a nurse for 23 years now and own a restaurant. Nice to meet you all. The only issues ive been having is severe migraines. Anyone on suboxone experience the same thing?
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Welcome Jessica. 
Congratulations on 10 years! 
I was on suboxone at the start of my journey but never experienced migraines, only headaches when I was on a high dose (24 mg daily). The headaches subsided as I tapered down though. Have you asked your prescribing physician? I would guess…If the migraines weren’t present from the start, it’s probably not due to this medication. Migraines are debilitating and I feel for you. Please see your doctor and get to the bottom of it.
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I have done a MRI of brain and that came out good. I have 2 herniated discs in my back and my doctor thinks thats what is possibly causing the headache. I just did 12 sessions of physical therapy so ill go back soon to get a mri of my back ordered. My back pain has been unbearable lately. What continues to happen though is the headache starts 30 mins after i take my suboxone. I did research and saw that nalaxone can cause headaches 
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Hey Jessica, so sorry to hear about your herniated discs. I sympathize with your pain. I had disc surgery 5 years ago after alternative methods failed to relieve any of the pain. Sending positive and healing vibes. 
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Hey, everyone. hope all is well. I have been going through it. I lost my 2nd brother unexpectedly at 39 years old 2 weeks ago. I had my 3 MRIs done, and i have several buldging discs and degenerative changes, mild scoliosis. I have been in so much back pain that it is excruciating. Ibuprofen has always worked but isn’t working anymore. I am being referred to a neurosurgeon but dont know what my future holds for pain control. They say suboxone should help with pain but i don’t get any extra relief with it.
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So sorry for your loss, Jessica. Losing a sibling is devastating but even more so at young age. And dealing with extreme pain complicates everything.
Sending you lots of love and big hugs 
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Pain is so hard - it makes you feel like your body is out of your control. It is a heavy burden.
Have you explored mindfulness and pain? It is an active area of research and an additional avenue to explore in your personal journey. There’s nothing to lose by trying it:
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Hey everyone hope you all are well. Ive been okay, still dealing with severe back pain. I am being referred to a spine doctor so im hoping they can do something. I lost my family dog of 11 years at the end of last month which was sooo hard on me. Other than that just been super busy. Thanks for all the great responses and condolences on my baby brother. Appreciate you all.
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Oh no! So sorry for the loss of your fur baby. You’ve had an extremely a tough year. Hopefully, the new spine doctor will bring you some relief. Sending well wishes and hugs.
Good hope you are all well. Ive been doing good. Recently lost my grandma. Its been a hard year for sure. This week i have classes and inspection’s for my business. Its probably going to be the busiest week of the year for me. Hope you all have a great day!
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Good morning my beautiful friend’s.
Hope you all had a great christmas and new years. Ive been good just so busy. Working my business 6 days open to close. Praying for god to send a good crew so that i can have time off. Its been rough but im pushing. Going to a conference next week that i think will do my soul some good. Ive been so wore out its unreal.
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Hey hope all are well. Just suoer busy with life per usual it seems. I am doing good otherwise. Migraines a little better since finally find8ng correct meds. My sober journey has been great!
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Hello my friends hope all is well with everyone. Its sure been a hot summer. Ive been good, sooo very busy with work. Never worked so much in my life haha. Been dealing with more back pain lately, I am sure from being on my feet all day everyday. Other than that doing good, sobriety going good. Had family visit and that really helped my heart so much.
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Good morning friends hope all is well. I’ve been okay. Recently lost a little girl I’ve been taking care of for over 10 years so thats been hard. Life has just been flying by, work has been so super busy for me. Its all I do these days, literally!! But I take it as a blessing. Everything is going good with my meds. I do experience cravings from time to time which I don’t understand. Some say it will never go away. I pray daily for complete restoration Have a blessed day friends
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Congrats on 10 years, that’s huge, and wow at juggling nursing and a restaurant too.
You’re not alone on the migraines. Some people on Suboxone do notice headaches, but they’re often made worse by dehydration, stress, poor sleep, skipped meals, or living on caffeine. It can help to notice if they hit around dosing time or later in the day. Definitely worth mentioning to your prescriber since small dose or timing tweaks sometimes help, and they can rule out other causes too.
Migraines on top of everything else are rough. Hope you get some relief soon.
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Hey friends hope all is well. I’m doing good, just a super busy life. I am very blessed and grateful for a growing busisness that keeps me busy. I have started once a week physical therapy for bulging disc in my back and neck and that is really helping my migraines. I deal with so much tightness in my neck so I think that was causing my migraines. Still doing great with my recovery. Being a busisness owner with such a fast turn around on workers has been rough but I am staying positive!
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