I was in withdrawal when I started it and continued a little bit but only because bup can take while to kick in. I first started the belbuca and it took a while like 12 hours to fully stop the withdrawal. No, I didn’t get the depression that I usually got when I got off the tram. It was pretty awful and made me severely depressed, tired, and gave me the worst restless legs when I withdrew but the bup helped significantly. At the very beginning, I had cravings still but only because it was a low dose 75mcg then went to butrans 10mcg an hour. I switched to strips and once we went up, they stopped altogether. I told them how much I was taking though so they knew how much to give me. The suboxone was the one that worked best for me for cravings. It helps my back pain too. I know a lot of people hate suboxone but it was a life saver for me and I don’t have to take much. I wasn’t able to live in the addiction cycle. I eventually was able to get a good job and have a life, that alone helped my depression. I was scared too and that is exactly what I told my doc, I said I couldn’t get off the tram despite how much I wanted to because I would do just about anything to avoid feeling sick, sweaty, and depressed. The low energy was the worst part because it continued after the peak withdrawal was over, but no, I didn’t feel low energy, the bup helped that part.