How To Get Off Suboxone (Page 19)

Im Marina Im 24 years old and a mother of 2 beautiul little boys. From the years 2006-2007 i was heavily addicted to Oxy 80 and eventually started doing herion. I got help in sep.2007 at a methadone clinic, it worked for as long as i was on the methadone i had NO relapse's. In June 2009 i was completly off of the methadone that first day that i was on 0Mgs I went through extreme withdrawls i went through things that i would never wish upon my worst enemy! i stayed that way for a day and a half and decided to go to a suboxone doctor. He put me on 32 mgs a day which i thought was pretty high of a dose but he explained to me that methadone withdrawls was worst then any other withdrawls. so i trusted him. Now when i go to see him every month i pretty much beg for him to start the weining process and start lowering me and he pretty much refuses. After months of being on 32mgs a day he finally started tapering me down slowly, i never really thought any thing of it till now but i realized he's keeping me on the suboxne for as long as posible so that he can get my $200.00 a month. all he is, is a legal drug dealer bc now im highly addicted to the suboxone. I recently had to go a few days with out my suboxone bc i didnt have the money to see him and i went through hell. i thought methadone withdrawl was bad OMG there is no comparison. i wanted to either use which i havent done in years or rip my face off lol its funny now but it definatley wasnt funny a few days ago while i was feeling that way! So i spoke to a good friend whos going through the same thing and he told me that they just came out with a new pill to get you off suboxone. I just want to know if that's true. I tryed googleing it but i cant find any thing. If you have heard of this new pill please respond or if you even have a good way to get off soboxone as painless and posible... thanx

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Yes, I would be interested in how you sped up the detox process - getting off suboxone. I've been on it for more than 3 years now and believe it's leading to depression.

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I need to know it, the easy way to get off subs over been on 8mgs for 5 months and 4mgs for 3 wks, please help me.

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Hi Teairu,
Drop 1mg per week until your at 1mg.
At the end of week of 1mg drop to .5mg for week.
Drop to .25mg for week.
You may feel a little uncomfortable when you get below 2mg but thats normal.
I did this taper under a sub drs. orders. It was his plan, it wasn,t something I came up with.
He also made it clear that if I felt really uncomfortable at the end of a weekly drop to stay at that level until I my body adjusted to that dose and I felt comfortable, then drop dose.
The big thing with suboxone when it comes time to come off it is to come off as slow as you can and get to as low a dose as you can.
It helps to mark it all off on a calander.
Good Luck.

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Jolter, thanks for that info, I know it was intended for me, but I sure can use it. I'm down to .25 mg a day. I want off of this so bad. I wish I wouldn't of started it.
Thank you and God bless you.

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Dont be ashamed your only human
You.wernt born addicted im prof the only way to.stop.is to know this is your 1life to live do u want to live this way
You can stop.and deal with it for a bit
Its like.traden 2weeks of your life for the rest of a good life well drug free anyway i hope everyone gets off

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Hi Emma,
Thats fantastic your down to .25mg/day!
Are you gonna stay at that dose or are you planning on jumping off soon?
Be sure your body feels like its gotten used to .25 dose before you jump off.
For me it would take at least a week for my body to get used to any drop below 2mgs.
My old sub dr. said "the slower and lower you taper the milder the wds. will be"
I relasped since I had that sub dr.
I,ve been on sub twice. The first sub dr. didn,t have any openings the second time I tried to get straight so I went to another dr.
My insurance ran out and I just can,t afford it.
I,ve been tapering myself. I,m down to .5mg.
I,m getting older and I,m so tired of living like this.
Hang in there and don,t be a stranger.
Love to know how your doing.

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Sorry, meant to say I,ve dropped to someplace bettween .25-.5mg
I can,t cut these 8mg strips accurate.

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Me either! I'm having the hardest time makin acurate cuts on an 8mg strip! I'm not sure what I'm taking either! All I know is I WANT OFF THESE THINGS, like yesterday!!!! Ugh

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Its the eazy way

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Which is the easiest way? I must have missed the rest of your Messege. :-(

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Jolter, I got injured at work and on workers comp. permanent disability. The dr. had me on morphine, vicodin and soma and then he decides he's not going to do that anymore. I had a couple nights that I thought I would die or wish that I would. I don't have ins. and it's so expensive here in Ohio. So I find them off the street and make them last as long as I can. Now I want off and working hard at it. It's hard cutting those strips, I'm a nervous wreck by nature and this whole thing isn't helping me any. You sound like a wise man and I sure wish I was in your place. But I'm praying that soon I'll be able to jump. I know I'll be a little uunomfortable some days but I want to and have to get away from this junk. Thanks for listening to my sad story, I live alone and have no one to help me so your post really helped me.
God bless you. (sorry about that uncomfortable word)

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Your taper suboxone plan

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At 6 mgs and need help with sub wd. Wife just had a baby and I need a sure fire way to get off.

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Hi Fresh,
Theres no secret bullet. One thing for sure is you got to taper slowly.
If your at 6mg, drop to 4mg for a week or more.
Some people will drop 1mg per week after that.
When they feel comfortable on 1mg drop to .5mg.
When you feel comfortable on .5mg drop to .25mg.
When you feel comfortable on .25mg jump off.
The trick is to start feeling comfortable with whatever the drop in dose is before you drop again.
Some folks like to skip days when they get down to .5 or .25.
Thats totally aceptable too.
I,ve come off subs twice before doing this and its just not all that bad.
Getting off subs is not my problem, staying straight afterwards is.
Good Luck!

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I appreciate the response and information. Im going to try and taper slowly and see how it works. Wish I had more of a cushion with time. Im financially sound and have family support but also have 4 kids. 1 a newborn. So its not easy being able to function properly and try to remain focused. But ill have to make it work. Thanks again.

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Ya, Tapering slow is the only way with subs because of the long half life they have.
It takes a couple of months but the benifets outweigh the time involved.
When done slowly you can get off without the bad wds.
Sub wds in my opinion aren,t as bad as an oxy wds but they last 3-4 times longer due to the long half life.
So going slow and as low as you can is really the only way.
By the way, I didn,t experiment and come up with this.
I got this method from a sub dr.
It works but its a pain in the butt because it takes so long.

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I'm from ohio too!!! Hang in there! I'm tappering off these things too! I have no doctor either and am finding them off the street! So I know how expensive it is... I'm just done hunting and the money makes me sick! I'm taking away from my life when I have to buy subs! They aren't cheap in ohio that's for sure... Good luck

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Good tips

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Emma how are u doing? How is the tapper going for u

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Hey jolter im back going to try this again i had a relapse it was just too quick of a ween and the sickness got me in the end but im in a little better situation now i have plenty of suboxone to help me ween slowly this time im going to start today by cutting down half of what i was taking and do this for a week then cut that in half and then in half and so on ive got confidence i can do this

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