How Long Does It Take For The Withdrawals To Go Away After Taking Suboxone (Page 4)

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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It doesn't make you sick. You just can't feel it. I've done this before and haven't been sick. Maybe it does for some. I can only speak for myself. I am on day 2 of sub withdrawal and can feel it.

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It's the other way around. If you take an opiate and then take subs before the opiate is out of your system you will go into precipitated withdrawals. But if you take a sub and then an opiate, you will just waste the opiate. It is blocked from attaching to your receptors and you simply pass it through your system. As for only taking it one day and not needing it the next, I'm not so sure about that. Subs have a long half life but need to build up in your system. If you stop after one day, you will more than likely be in withdrawal the next day. Not to mention, why would anybody do that? Subs are supposed to break the mental habit of needing opiates. Skipping days that early in detox is really just wasting the purpose that subs are meant for.

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will serequel help with suboxone withdrawl ?

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guys, seriously. don't just be so quick to jump off suboxone. I mean, if you're a years long sub user, that's fine but be smart about it, tapering may also take years. the relapse rate after stopping suboxone is very very high. suboxone is a medication, just like everything else. they can all be "bad" for you. I'm not going to say "disease" but, if you're a serious, long term addict, your brain is broken. a short period on subs isn't going to fix it. it is a maintenance drug. wanting to get off subs is fine, but seriously think about it, consider people's advice but also remember why you're on suboxone in the first place. I can't speak on anyone else's "wonder drugs" so I won't say they didn't work for them, but remember every person is different, hell even every detox is different.some people take nothing but Imodium answer feel great. please don't think you're doing something "wrong" or "replacing one drug with another" you're not. you're broken. you have to fix your brain, and your thoughts and behaviors and habits and your feelings.

guys stop making people feel bad for needing suboxone. if you stigmatize it like dope or pills or whatever else, then they get to thinking "what's the difference?" and they can be dangerous to an addict that's clearly already vulnerable. it's not up to anyone else to say whats "no good" for someone else. you would never say "hey don't do chemo it's no good for you" or "I know you probably shouldn't take insulin" or say suboxone is so terrible while pushing some mysterious super drug that happened to work for you.

like I said, tapering is great if you can do it. but sometimes you can't. and that's OK. don't get discouraged, you just need a longer taper. it's not wrong to use medication for it's intended purposes. and I'm not just talking out of my ass, I've been taking 10 bags a day for three years. suboxone is saving my life right now and has for 4 months.

I can't believe the wrong information being spread around.

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Its not hard and also makes the benzo work 3 times better so u use way less since they potentiate each other!! I been on 20mg Subox and or subutex for last 9yrs and have one month off today!! longest I been able to stay off and its only due to being able to have some of the side effects lessened by the tranquilizers. also Temazepam or Ambien/lunesta all work great if taken 30-1hr. b4 bed depending upon med. dose, etc.. also Zofran and or Phenergan/promethazine 25mg t.i.d or 3times a day as needed for an antiemetic. Good luck everyone, Stay strong as u kno u don't wanna stay on this extreamly expensive med for any longer then needed, but they are special care cases that do require long-term treatment/ and or lifetime treatment of this drug. some are better on then off so its very personalized and u must soul search and listen to ur body and make the right move for urself!!

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Where do I start, to get on suboxone? I'm in Indiana...It has helped me get off 80-120mg of vicodins/day..but when I try to stop taking it I get terrible withdrawals...I've been taking half a 2mg pill a day now from 2-4 2mg pills/day. Actually I started taking a quarter of a 2mg the beginning of this week, trying to wean off..I'm terrified of the withdrawal as its worse than ANY other withdrawal symptoms..I've tried 4 times only mine come immediately after I stop taking it, like by the 2nd day terrible nausea, can't sleep can't eat restless legs and arms disorienting chills then sweating profusely, it's miserable..I run a business with my husband and CANT AFFORD TO GO THROUGH the withdrawal, which I've only made it to 6 days before..I just wanna know how I can get on it as every time I've tried I've been told I also have to go to counseling 3 x's a week for 3 1/2 hrs per session at a cost of 150 per session..I have no insurance, I pay cash for EVERYTHING. I have 4 little boys who I can't afford to just ignore while I detox from this evil drug...I really want be able to taper off but I just don't see how it's going to happen...

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Luckily your not on too high a dose, thank your lucky stars for that. Ive been on 2-8/2 subox for 7 years. I just recently changed to one subtex and 1/2 a sub and i feel fine so far. Going to start 1/4 subox and the one subtex then ill be totally off suboxone and ill slowly taper doen from there. I know how you fell, the world does not stop while you are trying to withdraw. Just go slow and maybe try some natural remebies too or even something light from doc for sleep/anxiety. I wish you the best and also they do make rls pills. I have had restless leg syndrome even before there was a name for it and it runs in my family. Its 100 times wosre when your withdrawing...just be strong try to walk to relieve stress or work out if possible. That helps and hot baths and hot tea. Let us know how you are doing and like i said be very thankful you are on such a small dose!

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I was 8mgx3 also, for 5 months, tappered down like u &was acky, no umph to do any thing for a mounth, it was afull, same as opides, no differance, Ive done
bouth subs and opids. sorry, Its like u have to do a half atlest a day, its hard;

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OMG, thank you!!!! Subs are the stupidest medicine ever invented!!!!! I'd be CLEAN rite now if it wasn't for stupid suboxone and how hard, if not impossible it is to get off of them and still function. Anyone who considers themselves "clean", but is on subs, ur still feeding ur addiction and are faaaaar from clean yet

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It took me 6 weeks to feel halfway normal after subs. I was useless for 6 weeks. I'd rather go through opiate withdrawals for a week. It is possible to get off them, but just be prepared. I jumped off at 1 mg and was only taking 4mg a day. I took for a year. So since August 22nd 2015, I've been successfully clean of Suboxone. I'm still not 100%. But being clean is liberating.

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I was on 2 subs a day and my doc gave me lunesta and xanax too. So it aint that hard if you know hiw to get what you want..im no longer doing that but yes, docs will do that.

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After 14 months clean I was still dope sick

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I'm not on suboxone everyday, but do take it now and then. I was wondering how long will it stay in your body? Say if I took one today, would it be in my body next week?

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There can be residual Suboxone in your system up to 14 days. Some will say 72 hours however I found that drug panel results can still be positive for Suboxone at day 14. It is recommended not to take Naltrexone for at least 14 days. When I detoxed I did not even start withdrawals until day 7.

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It would come up on my panel tests for approximately 10 days after my last dose. It lingers for quite a while.

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My depression is about to kill me and I have no where to turn. I try to find support with my family but the sad reality in life is that most people are in it for themselves and when someone see's you struggle they never want to reach out their hand. That's how I feel. I'm completely destroyed and have given up on myself and this life. 10 years clean and in a matter of seconds back to the misery. I do not and can not go through this again. I do not understand why people I have helped many times in the past have turned their back on me. When I have never done anything bad to them. I only hope this finds someone and they do not give up as I did. Your life is worth it.

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Stay clam but it may take a while and I wo ask your Dr for some anti anxiety medication to help in the mean time.

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Try Ashwaghanda. It works really well. Also buy tyrosine. Those two are a must. Take the tyrosine in the am and the Ashwaghanda both am and pm.

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If u take 1 mg of suboxones for a month take half a mg for 2 weeks. It's about a week of b*****yness. Cannabis really really helps.

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Hello there everyone! I have been on Suboxone for about 2 and a half years and there is no doubt about it, I am addicted to it. Which was the very thing I was trying to beat when I got on the suboxone, my ADDICTION! If I would have known then, that it just would have been easier to just withdrawal off of the pills I was taking, I would have done just that and been done with everything! I think the thing that bothers me the worst is the ANXIETY! I am trying to taper myself down because my doctor seems like he would let me drag the suboxone use out forever! I am just wondering if I just start taking like 1 or 2 mg a day am I going to experience bad withdrawal symptoms like I just went cold turkey or will I be okay? I think if I had some idea, my anxiety wouldn't be so bad! It is just the thought of having to suffer through those horrible withdrawals is what freaks me out and makes my anxiety shoot through the roof and then I just want to sit there and cry! Even though I know that will not make anything better! Thanks for listening!

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