How Long Does It Take For The Withdrawals To Go Away After Taking Suboxone (Page 3)
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Hi, I was put on the 8 mg. strips at 3 per day in Oct. 2012..I used 3 per day for a couple of month's.. I quickly tapered down to 1&1/2 of the strip's per day..I got so tired of being on it so I began to stock pile it to withdraw on it at home.. I got down to 1-2 mg.s per day for about the past month and began yesterday (Monday) withdrawing..It's now Tuesday (July 9,2013) and still feel like I did yesterday.. No vomiting nor the big "D" but sweating, lethargic, chilling, feel achy, etc.. How long will it take for the withdrawal's to completely go away..PLEASE answer ASAP & THANKS....Oh, don't scare me about it because I'm all ready an emotional wreck..

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My first though is dont. Subutex doesnt block opiates. So thats bad right there incase something happens. Suboxone has red flags on that if abused will cause bad withdraws. Are you having open conversations with you regular doctor. Tell them you dont want anything with the word subs. You need to get gabapentin. It is not a controlled substance. Get on it. So you can start feeling normal again. When is the last time you were clean

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Hi dann, i wanted to know if you know anything about subtex vs. suboxone. I know the subtex dont have that 2 mg of whatever that stuff is called. The pharmacy gave me them last month instead of suboxone for some reason Unknown but i did a little research and was thinking about switching to them from subox. Seems like that would be better with the less ingredients in it. I did not feel a difference at all and i only get generics cuz my insurance. Thanks very much and im cooling it on the xanax. I cant do that withdrawl again. Btw im 53 years old and in very good shape as far as i know...just have no energy which sucks.

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Wow! Good for you! That is a lot of codeine. Stay strong!

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You can do this. You truly can. Taper slowly dont rush it. Ive seem so many people rush it and when you go to fast it shocks ya. I really would ask your doctor to get you gabapentin so you can quit the subs. Xanax is a slippery slope. Yea with us being addicts you dont want to get hooked on those. I got hooked fast. Then you are back in the hole. Do some research on gabapentin. It truly helped me. I know it can help you.please keep in touch.

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A lot depends on how old or young you are and what kind of shape you are in. I think you can count on a couple to three weeks before you begin to start feeling like you're coming out of it. Stay with it. Warm to hot showers can help take care of the symptoms for a short while, but the best advice I got was to keep moving. My first 2 weeks I could barely walk more than a few steps. The thing is to push yourself past what you think you can do, and I mean simply just walk around as much as you can. The restless leg and sweats will start to go away. My big problem was I was unable to sleep the first few days when the symptoms started. After the second week I began to sleep 2 or 3 hours a night. By the fourth week I was sleeping through the night. Best of wishes to you.

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Hi thanx for the message. Ive been on a dose of generic suboxone 8/2 for almost 7 years. Im fighting with myself to stop asking doc for xanax because i went though cold turkey withdrawl from and it was the WORST! But anyhow, i was a junkie hardcore for 20+ years and the suboxone has really saved my life but but i think its time i get off them. Im going to taper down like i did before. I was down to 1/2 a day! With no symptoms at all. Then like i said i screwwd up and now am on one and a half. I just want to get clean for real. I dont the suboxone at all btw...no buzz at all. Just makes me normal. Now the xanax yes i do feel, and they are very bad. Kinda freaks me out that my doc even gives me them knowing my addiction history. But its up to me to take the proverbial bull by the horns and get myself together. Thanks for your imput, I really appreciate it!

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Thoebe,

My name is dan. I have been clean now for almost 400 days from vicodin. I took suboxone from my first 6 weeks after getting off of the Vicodin. if I could give any type of guidance to you I would tell you this, get off the suboxone. It is bad stuff, it's just a substitute for vicodin. that's all it is. I know it makes you feel good and it eases the pain but you gotta remember drugs going into your body is harmful chemicals. you put the harmful chemicals in your body so you gotta deal with the consequences. life on the other side is a hundred times better than any type of Suboxone high, feeling or day can give you. Gabapentin is a doctor prescribed medicine that you can get that is not a controlled substance, can be given right from your own doctor. you don't have to do anything special to get it and it helped me get off everything because I wasn't trying to get a sneak high. I have been through the withdrawals. I know exactly what you're going through because it first suboxone did not help me in any way shape or form. All of the sudden after like the first week of Suboxone finally started working maybe it was two weeks, I don't remember but it was hell and I will never go through it again. I know you feel terrible right now and nothing feels good on your body or you know whatever get out and exercise man. Go for a run go work out it sounds terrible but after you will be so glad you did it. Guys I'm on this forum all the time talking to people cuz I've been through it and I know what it's like if you haven't been through it or someone that you're around hasn't been through, they try to tell you that you just should be better, they don't understand and you know that because they've never been through it. reply to me right here. {edited for privacy}.

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Hi, ive been on 8/2s for almost seven years and i take xanax once in a while from doctor. I was on opiates for 20+ years so this has saved my life. But im terrified to quit. I got down to a half of one for a while then i just said f*** it and im back to 1-1/2 a day. You are not alone and i know yours is old too but if you have any questions, holler at me.

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Hi. I know how you are feeling. I am down to 1/2. Of. an 8mg twice a week. I still get the withdrawals. My Dr gave me Clonidine 0.1 mg. I am just starting this. When I sstartedfeeling bad in the middle of the night I took a pill instead of the sub. I seemed to feel better and I went off to sleep. That is unusual for me I don't sleep well. See if your Dr can give those to you. It is worth the try. Good luck. I will keep you in my prayers. Praying also helps me.

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I'm on day 13 n I really want to just call Dr n get back on suboxine. Please help me get to say 14

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Gabapentin was a life saver for me when I quit subs. It didn't totally take away wds but it was the only thing that eased the RLS at night. It also helped me regain my appetite and somewhat helped with the depression associated with sub/opiate wds. I would encourage anybody trying to kick opiates to get some gabapentin. Most Drs will prescribe it for this too because it is much safer than opiates. I've also heard that its addicting but I took it every day for a month and didn't feel any negative affects when I stopped cold turkey. I never would've gotten off if the subs without it.

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Shay... I wanted to offer a little help. i am 354 days clean for vicodin. i took subs for the first 6 weeks. I hated it and wanted to get clean. I talked to my doctor about gabapentin. So i stopped the subs cold turkey and started gabapentin that day. I now take one gabapentin a day for my stomach. Everything in my life started coming back normal in like 4 weeks. My brain, libido, motions, sleep, stomach, literally everything in life has come full circle. I am bout to have a 1 year celebration for being drug free. I hope everyone reading this can try to get gabapentin, it really is wonderful. i have had no withdraws from tapering gabapentin. Everyone says it is addiction, i dont see how. it doesn't make you feel high or mess with you at all.

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I just started to take 8mg sublingual film suboxone and it's been an hour now and I feel like it isn't working. How long does it take until it works? I am prescribed 2 strips a day, do I take them separately or together?

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Wayne. I found the suboxone was better than taking the pain medicine. Of course it does not help pain at all but I had been on pain medicine so long it was not helping either. Damned if you do and damned if you don't . When I went on the subs I didn't. know there were opiates in it too. I am down to 2 8mgs a Week. I still get feeling the withdrawals when it is time for me to take them. I want off of them but not up to the withdrawals. I have not found the solution yet. But I can say I do feel better on the subs then I felt on pain meds. I still hurt but I can think and I am not out of it. If you can try not to take it every day. When you can go 2 weeks without give them up. I was stupid when I did this and now I have to have some even if it is just a tiny piece. Good luck. Rely. On your gut feeling and stop taking them when you are off them for 2 weeks.
My prayers are with you
Dee

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I agree 100 percent. I wish I would have never started that drug also. I wonder if the suboxone really helps, orjust makes things worse.

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I've been on and off suboxone battling addiction I'm back on suboxone now and the first day was rough well the second day be any better because of the half life and how suboxone build up in your system

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I'm so sorry to hear that, I have no experience with any of this myself . So I can't answer your questions. Although from what I've seen/heard. You're pretty close to being "in the clear" o would say hold on, & do not try going back on them! Google some natural remedies, to help sooth you, while you go though. Be encouraged! Trouble don't last always. I myself will be praying with & for you. *Hugs*

I have my own question as well, I was on 30mg oxys, for about 2 yrs. It became a real problem, over the last yr, or so. I began taking suboxone. ...now everything in me is telling me to ride out these wd's from the pain meds. Even though I haven't been able to do so, before. Just can't handle the pain. Plus I have a little toddler to care for. So any ways, I found out I'm expecting, on my 2nd visit 1wk.later, and was switched to Subutex. Again, in not getting any real relif. But it is keeping the pain tolerable. 1st wk. & 1st day, I was taking 16mg. Knew that was too much after coming here. So I went to 8mg a day. Yesterday, I had 6mg. Today I have only taken 1mg (I believe, ) any wau. I cut the 8mg pill in half . Then cut half, in half.
So my question is now. Been on it a total of almost 12 days. Since I'm still very early in pregnancy & starting subs. Do I still taper & risk getting my body hooked on this too, or should I just completely stop?
I am in a lot of pain now. & I figure I will be because of the pregnancy, can't go back to pills. Don't want my baby addicted etc. I know I'm allllll over the place. I just need some answers.

Plus my doctor lied & said there was NO ,chance of this affecting my baby at all. Now I hear CPS gets involved etc. How can I trust the advice of someone that would lie to my face

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I was put on pain meds 10 years ago. The Drs had me on 5 percs a day and 6 roxi a day. I got tired of it. Two years ago I went on Subs I took 3 8mg a day for a while then started tapering off. Make a long story short I had myself down to 2 8mgs a week. I went to fill my script and keep tapering down but my Cigna insurance denied. I have had to appeal it. I have now had nothing for 8 days and am still withdrawing.I keep asking my Dr what I can do to help me through it and how much longer. I have custody of my grand children and a husband that does not understand. All I want to do is crawl in a hole and give up. It is not far that the insurance company can make decisions like that. I was not abusing it I was getting off. What can I do to be able to function. I went on the subs to avoid the pain med withdraws.
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drs did not tell me this was going to be even harder. I pray continually and talked to church friends. Please Lord I am at my end. I am asking for Your help Lord. You are the only way. I honestly thought I was doing the right thing taking the subs and going off the pain meds.

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chelle because melatonin is closely related to serotonin and too much of it results in serotonin syndrome. especially if your taking the tramadol too. just a bad combo. it doesn't affect everyone that way, but just be aware of it. good luck

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Thanks, Karen. I'll look Serotonin Syndrome up. I've never heard of it, but it doesn't sound good. I'm aware of the side effects of Neurontin, but why is melatonin potentially harmful?

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