How To Get Off Suboxone (Page 21) (Top voted first)

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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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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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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Thanks im just ready the friend of mine that died recently from his addiction just has me wanting off everything his dad did a memorial/ commercial add during the super bowl they are great people so sad for their loss and he was so young

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Wow I'm so proud of u! I got kinda messed up on my dosage last weekend... I'm on a tiny tiny piece two times a day... It might equal .5 or together 1 because I take a sliver in the morning and a sliver at night.... I have to get off of these and want off so bad!!!!!! I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. If u know what I mean...I've had to pay $20 a piece for 8mg of suboxone.. The cheapest I found was $15 a piece.... It's crazy!! Too much money!!!!! I don't want to spend another dime on subs!!!! I'm so scared of being sick and un comfortable!! Have u tired any supplements along with your tappering? So is today the first time u are trying to do without?!?! Wow wow I'm SO PROUD OF U!!! So do u have any advice I should try? I'm willing to try anything.... What part of ohio are u from... I'm south of Columbus ohio

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Thanks for the tip!!! I'm trying super hard!! Are u totally off of subs now?

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Please message me {edited for privacy} been on for years need help getting off can't afford it with three kids I have had enough please any advise will be helpful

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Can't message u dear it was edited for privacy ... Sorry .. It looks like u will have to ask ur questions here... I finally figured that out too.. I wanted someone to message me also..

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Hello, if you are reading this you are thinking of stopping suboxone or had to jump off too quickly. I was on suboxone for 6 years. I jumped off at 4 mg per day. I felt my worst at day 4 through day 12(RlS,sweats,fuzzy head feeling,diarreah etc.). After that I had cravings that happened a few times a day but only lasted a few minutes for about four months. After 4 months I had no more cravings. Its been 2 and a half years since ive came off suboxone and I feel normal and happy. You can do it too! I promise :)

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I am also able to say that you are able to get off Suboxone. Even though the good news is that it is possible it doesn't do you good to believe it is easier than it is.. The battle is too hard and too low and is easy to lose hope. It's to easy to believe your stuck, you grasp for any sign of it ending and when a timeline for someone else doesn't happen the same way you will give up... so the though the good new is that it is possible, It is hard and it sucks balls.. pain/fatique physically and emotionally .seems like it will never go away... At least not for you.. You can't explain it to someone that hasn't gone through it. Even though you might be feeling a little better it sucks in other ways.. But hear me.. it does end... You will win. You have to fight it with a lone survivor mentality that it will not survive and you will. In you life it will be a match for the ages... but remember it's only a matter of time. and then looking back after many years of clean and FREE living you see that those couple months of misery was worth being free for life...
The 30 day mark seems to be a rough turning point for the better also roughly day 45, Also Day 60.. After day 60 roughly it can be much better but the effects will linger... small ones you think maybe you are just that way now... but it will all go away towards 6- 12 months... mine lasted about 12 months even a few months after :)

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I know this is an old post, but if you want to go to an inpatient facility to detox from Suboxone, try Town & Country Hospital in Tampa. They will do what you want, but it is still all up to you. They will give you the necessary drugs to keep you calm and help with the wd's, but it still won't be easy, just easier than going cold turkey. Good luck and God Bless.

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I just want tp say thankyou to everyone for sharing their advice. I have been a methadone clinic for almost fifteen years. I was so ready to get off. I only recently found out about suboxone due to the fact that meth clinics do not let u know about it. Anywas from advice given on this site i did a fifteen day detox for mhself on suboxone to get off the methadone. I actually have been iff both meth n sub for three days. I've been taking one a day vitamins, melatonin vitamins for sleep, n tramadol fir aches n pains cuz i was fortunate enough to have some. Anyways day three n I'm feeling somewhat normal. In all reality it was time for me too get off cux my doctor messed up my sub prescription with the pharmacy, n i would have been waiting ten days extra without any sub. I'm finally free n just thank u all for your advice evev if it wasn't for me, i used it. Thanks again. B strong everybody if i can do it anybody can :-)

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I was on Suboxone for about a year. I could not get off of them. I had weaned down to .5 mg I could even funtion on .25 mgs but could not get any lower and still function. I did a 21 day methadone program. The entire cost was 230$ I never missed a day of work. At the end of that I had a few days of restless leg syndrome. But that is about it. As I mentioned I got off Suboxone and did not miss one day of work. Everyone is different. Maybe it doesn't work for everyone. But that is how I did it. Good luck and God Bless.

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I would love to be able to do the ibogaine thing.... can't afford it though. I can barely afford the suboxone.

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What's ur secret man. Want to kill myself. These wd symptoms are redic.

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Does valium help during tapering or after stopping subs, is it safe combining w subs in your system?

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Does valium help?

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Hi,

I'm also from Ohio--Columbus. I'm 33 and have moved in w my parents. After going to jail and being off subs (I was on 8mg) for 6 days (they did give me my gabapentin which practically saved my life), I went down to 3mg. I gave my subs to my Mom completely. We went to the doctor. for one last visit and told him I was taking 6 milligrams so I got around 90 2mg strips (plus we had some of the 8mgs from before I went to jail). I'm currently on a 10 day taper. I take both and valium but I think I'm going to go to my doctor and ask for lyrica because I heard it was stronger--and possibly xanax. My Mom has complete control over the strips and all my meds bc otherwise I know I would just take a ton of them.

I'm planning on asking her to get me some of the SAM-E and Amino Acid Supplement. But, does anyone have any advice regarding lyrica v. gabapentin? Right now I'm taking 8 neurontin a day (sometimes 9). I heard lyrica is stronger, plus I would be taking less pills. Anyone have any advice?

I also know this may be TMI, but I heard enemas (coffee and tea ones, esp, not store bought), help alot.

My bf and I are going away for the weekend and my Mom is letting me take 2.25-2.5mg for the weekend just so I'm not running to the bathroom or feeling like crap. We figured 3 days won't make much difference in regard to the taper.

My main problem is lack of energy and occasionally I will get hot flashes. I have been on subs for 4 yrs. BECAUSE OF KRATOM (so pls be careful with that stuff--it's like H) and pills. If you use Kratom to get off subs do it sparingly or you will just get addicted to it. Oddly, during the 4 yrs I was on subs, I starting doing coke and crack. I had to then go to rehab for that. Never, in the whole time I was doing pills did I ever think I would put a needle in my arm or smoke crack. Ironically, it was moving back to Ohio and making "friends" in rehab that cost me all this. Before, I had no criminal record, a college degree, and a great job in DC. I was a "functional addict". When I moved home, I got on subs and was "clean" for 3 years and last April, I ran into some drug friends and BOOM, my life was in shambles again. I ended up in jail and realized what I had done to my life. I am now determined to get off subs and my Mom has me tapering thru April. We will have some subs left in case I need a sliver.

In any case, does anyone have any advice on changing up gabapentin to lyrica? I've been on gabapentin for so long, & I know you get used to it fast. I was thinking during this hard time lyrica may help bc it's stronger? Any thoughts on valium v. xanax? BTW, I've dropped my sub dr. so all this would have to be done thru my primary care doc.

Thanks for help and advice!!

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