buprenorphine 10mcg patches and nightmares

[MyStar86]

Hi,

Has anyone else got any experience being on buprenorphine 10mcg patches? I have been on them since December but since I have been on them I am getting awful terrors every time I close my eyes and doze or try and sleep, it’s very upsetting and scary. The patches seem to give me insomnia and I’m forcing myself to sleep and just end up in a nightmare to wake up really scared and boiling 🥵 I know it’s partly due to the pain I’m in but it has to be the patches as I didn’t have anything like this before.

Has anyone else experienced this? Do you have any advice on how to prevent them? Has anyone come off the patches and got experience with that as I tried but I didn’t have anything to replace them with and due to the pain I had to go back on them and I did only last 2 days. I speak to my pain specialist on Monday thankfully but any advice would be welcome because I am really struggling.

Did anyone else find it have them stomach problems with them as well?

Many thanks x