How To Get Off Suboxone (Page 25)

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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Monkey its just my opinion but i think i would keep going till i got down to .5mgs it will help with the wd and a better chance of not relapsing also excersize and eating good meals will help i know that 3mgs dont seem like a lot but suboxone is very strong and very hard to stop i hope you do get off this i know how hard it is ive been trying for awhile and its hard just keep faith and keep strong you can do this let us know how things go were here for support if you need us if we dont know we will find out thanks. Steve

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Monkey I agree with Steve, you should go as far down as possible. I started on 32 mg and went down to 24 mg then to 16 mg, then 12 mg then 8 mg and I dropped 1 mg every week until now I am on1 mg and I can't for the life of me get off this 1 mg. it's much harder than you think. It does also depend on how long you have been on it, I have been on it for 7 years. I think If I would have stopped after a year I would have been good but after that it just gets harder and harder.
I hope you are strong and continue to come down, if anyone has any suggestions on getting off this 1 mg I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Cheri

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everyone is definitely different when it comes to tapering....i went from 8mg to 2mg in a matter of a week and a half and had no issues at all...i was on it for 5 years....i know some people who got sick dropping down just 1mg but i never had that issue at all.....i never took over 8mg though....i think people that take anymore that 8mg is a waste and not needed....32mg a day is just beyond ridiculous....to me its definitely a mental thing when it comes to how much mg u should be taking....8mg is plenty to take trust me...but when it comes to tapering i would try to do a big jump (ex: 8mg to 4mg) just to see how ur body reacts to it....thats exactly what i did....one morning instead of taking a full 8mg strip i said screw it and i took half (4mg) and i was fine! In my opinion trying it like that is the best way at the very beginning because you dont know how your body is going to react to it.....its best to do it at the very beginning of your taper because if you are fine doing a big jump then doing a slow taper would be a waste of time....now if you cant do a big jump then obviously a slow taper works best....you have to try every option first...you will hear a different taper plan from every single person because there is no correct way to taper....its all about what works for you....after i jumped from 8 to 2mg i stayed on the 2mg for a while tho then i gradually started cutting down after that...at my last few months on subs my Dr was only prescribing 5 (five) 2mg strips a month and they would last me an entire month....i started cutting the 2mg films in 6-7 little pieces and just started taking them that way....i was a little uncomfortable for a couple days but it was nothing major....i was down to about .2 mgs when i got off the subs....but i used tramadol at the very end and that stuff saved my ass big time!!! a week or 2 on trams at a maximum of 200mg a day and it 100000000% worked for me....you arent replacing subs with an opiate when u do trams so dont listen to that nonsense if people tell u not to take them....you arent gonna get addicted to them by being on them for a week or 2 and you arent going to have seizures from them....all they do is take away the WD symptoms so dont expect to get an opiate high from them and definitely do not take more than 400mg in a day (u should be fine at like 150-200mg anyway)....my last 2 days i took a half of a 50mg tram and that was it i never looked back!.....unfortunaltey there is no possible way to get off subs without having some type of WD symptoms but tapering down to the lowest possible mg will definitely make it easier to deal with....but trust me if u can get trams from your Dr then do it!! It will make it 100000 times easier.....

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Thanks for your feedback! I know it will be very tough. Sounds like I need to get way down to .5 before I take a week off. Ugh. I'm not looking forward to this. The doctor said that many people don't have a difficult time getting off of it. I can't imagine this is true. I'm a licensed therapist and I specialize in addiction for many years. Not sure I would encourage someone to go the Suboxone route.

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Monkey everyone is different when it comes to wd symptoms some do very well and others like me dont i have to say suboxone really saved my life i was takeing about 25 to 30 norco 1000mgs a day i had got really bad and a girl i was dateing got me to try this and it worked i was on the norco for 11 or 12 years and now all i do is 2 8mgs subs but ive been trying to get off them also ive not relapsed but ive not been doing what i want to accomplish because i went to fast im getting ready to try again i hope and pray i can do it this time im just gonna go slower this time and get down as low as possible before i stop it may take several months but i will do this ive started catting back today when you begin its easy to cut down by half till i get down to 2mgs a day thats where i always want to keep cutting by half and it has got me a few times my plan is to cut down by half every 10 days till i get to 2mgs then im going to cut by 1/3 see if that works i also plan on excercise and eating good meals ive never had a weight problem in my life ive never been over 165 lbs and now im up to 180 but i needed to gain some and i hope with the excercise and meals i can tone up some i feel great and i know ill feel even better when all this is over keep up with your plan keep strong you can do this

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I would try licking the package. I don't even care. That's what I would do if I was weaning myself down. Isn't there suppose to be 4mg strips? That would be much easier to wean then the 8mg strips.

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Hey Lala, Don,t know if there are 4mg strips but I do know they make 2mg strips.

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Yes they make 4mgher strips.

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Thanks guys. I wonder if I could get the 4 or 2mg strips? I will try asking my doctor. And does anyone know what I can take for my stomach dropping. I started weaning myself down and been having bad stomach cramps and diarrhea. Pepto is not helping. I think I spelled it right. thanks!!!!

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Amoduim is the best for that.

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I was relieved to see that others were having problems with food and weight. I didn't realize it was the subs. Does anyone have problems with nighttime eating on it? I never had a problem with this until on the subs. I have a feeling that it's more related to hormones, but curious if other on subs experience nighttime eating. I'm talking about also getting out of bed and eating in a fog! Never did it until subs.

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I've been on 2mgs of suboxone for 7months. I cannot afford it anymore. And I am tired of being onthem but don't have energy to go about my day if I don't take a little piece. I have a whole bottle of tramadol.do u think in can stopthe sub and go to tramadol with no pain or sickness

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Hey jill you can do that just be very careful i know people say that they are not addictive but they are i take a class every week and there are several people in there for being addicted to them just take what you need to get through the day and eat healthy meals take vitamins you have to make yourself get motivated and excercise thats really the key to this i know you can do this if your down to 2mgs keep getting lower on your doses and try to get down to .5mgs of less before stopping if you eat healthy excercise and take the vitamins you will see a big difference thanks and have a blessed day. Sprinkle

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Ive been on .5 each day and its so difficult still...had a family emergency come up in the midst of my 'time to get off completely andhad reside to taking again just to get by. Seems hopless...im bout out my subs and sooo unbearably tired, withdrawn. Need help, a doctor, something, how can I live this way and function to take care of my children too?

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What area do you live in?

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Hey jill, sprinkles is right. If you could get down to .5mg a day it would be better. Try going down .5mg a week till you get to .5mg then after a week just stop. You have some tramadol for the first few days if neccesary. Don,t take over 150-200mg of trams a day.

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I'm having trouble figuring out the 2 mg, and 5 mg. Right now I take a 8/2 and cut it into 4 pieces, so am I taking 2 mg ? I want to start cutting them in half next week. But I have to know how much I'm taking. If anyone could help me I would appreciate it. Thank you. God Bless You.

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Blonde,
An 8 mg strip cut into 4 pieces leaves you with 4 pieces of 2 mg.

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Hey Jill- that's awesome that you have some tram to help with the withdrawals once you stop taking subs. jolter is right. Take just what you need. And then wean off that everyday. From what I read about tramadol it seems to help with withdrawals. Just please be careful and take only enough to help you get through the day. Blondie-from what I was told there are 4 mg strips. Maybe if you can get those that will help in your weaning. None of the walgreens around here carry the 4mg strips. It's frustrating! Cuz that's what I need. Monkey- I used to wake up in the middle of the night and eat a huge bowl of cereal. Sometimes, I didn't even remember doing this. But it got better as time went on. There is still times I wake up and feel like I have to eat some junk food, but I tell myself to lay back down. That I don't need to eat. I do have eating issues. I just want crap food. I don't eat healthy meals ever. And I think that's why I have teeth problem.

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Yes, your right. Those 4 pieces you got are 2mg each. If you take one of those pieces and cut it in half you will have two 1mg pieces.
If you were to cut one of those 1mg pieces in half you would have two half mg. pieces or two .5mg pieces. When folks say there taking .5mg it just means there taking a half mg.
In the past when I got around 2mg I would taper a half mg a week.
It,s hard to cut the strips so small but ya gotta do what ya gotta do I suppose.
Have a good weekend.

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