How To Get Off Suboxone (Page 30) (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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Hey chaz I'm from aurora colorado. I am at 5mgs a day now for a week. I have one half of a strip which is 4 mg. So I will cut it with something sharp into 16 pieces and it will be .25 mg. So then I have 16 days well I think I may start skipping days after a wk. I hope I don't get too sick. I'm really scared. I can't tell my family and I did tell my sponsor but I live alone and have to take care of myself and I'm such a pansy when it comes to being sick because it causes anxiety and I already have severe anxiety. I'm hoping tramadol helps. I have a script for it and haven't taken any yet.

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Robyn, could u tell me exactly what to take for sub wd. And how much. There's a whole foods by me.did u do it? Did u have any wd symptoms?

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Jill if you cut it into 16 prices that is 1/2 of a mg .50, 8 prices would be 1 mg so if you could the 1 in half that is .50. I am done with them, today is day 16 and I am still not %100 but it is getting a little better. Suboxone has a long half life, I think 8 days which means it takes that long for half to get out of your system. You are going to have to get some because you can not come down that fast, you have to kind of do it slow or you are going to be really sick.

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Hey Monkey, Chaz is correct. Once you get on those low doses you gotta do very small drops. Something like 0.25mg drops at a time. And pay attention to your body.
Don't drop again until your system feels comfortable. This can take a week or two.
Tapering off subs takes time due to the long half life but it's well worth it.

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Chaz- Congrats to you!!!!! That is amazing that you did it. I'm sure it was hard, but little by little I'm sure you will feel better. I know some days are better then others and you might feel good one minute and the next minute you might feel like sh**! Take advantage of those moments. Walk! Even if you don't feel like it. I'm sure you already know all this. Be proud of yourself!!! And reward yourself even if it's just a scoop of ice-cream! Lol! I hope your spouse is supportive and is encouraging your progress. That is a huge thing that you need.
I wanted to know how long you were tapering before you stopped? And what amount were you taking before you started to taper? I am just trying to figure out how long the tapering process will take. I'm sure it's different for everyone. I need to get a big calendar to keep track of my progress once I start tapering. Good luck to you. And keep up the great work!!!
-Crystal-

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Jolter,
Yes, For sure! I dropped from 12 to 8, did that for 2 weeks, and now I'm cutting a sliver off the 8 mg strip. I feel fine but I'll do this for a week. Next Monday I will double the side of the sliver and go for a week. I will not reduce unless I feel good for several days. For sure when I get down to 2 mg I'll start feeling it and will need to wait longer to reduce most likely. But I feel so good!

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Monkey I think you would be surprised if you cut your strip in half and took about 2mg off and did 6 mg a day instead of just cutting slithers. Your body will be fine until you get down to about 3 mg a day, what I did when I was coming down was took half my dose in the morning and the other half in the afternoon-evening, your body doesn't have time to get sick.

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Chaz and anyone else with suggestions....yay! I got two more strips to help with my slow taper.I'm on .5 now. I plan on going to .25 but then I have to cut the strip in 32 pieces.how do I do that? Has anyone done that? Please someone tell me what to do with these last two strips to make the wd as easy as possible.

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Jill it is possible to cut it that small but difficult it would be better if you had the 2mg strips to work with good luck you can do this we will be praying for you. I have watched your progress for the past weeks and it gives me hope that i can do it also. Hope you have a blessed day.

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Chaz,
I think you are right! I'm going to do that. Thanks for the suggestion!
Monkey

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Please reveal what the method is! Everyone would love to know.

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Who are you asking about the "method"?

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Sprinkle, I don't have a way to get the 2mg. Strips. So I HAVE to cut the 8 mg into 32 pieces to get a .25. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU CHAZ AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS JUMPED OFF. The ? Is at what mg do u fo the jump? Do I do it at .25? How long do I do .25 for? I mean, I'm already cutting an 8mg strip into 32 pieces which is a crumb. CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO USE THE LAST TWO STRIPS I HAVE TO GET OFF FOREVER? SINCE I'm down to .25 now? Please. And u all have a blessed day

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Jill you can do this, if I was you I would try to stop while you have some left because it is in your mind as well. If you know you have some I think mentally you don't get as sick. I am on day 20 I think and I am still not %100 but I know the end is coming, I stopped at .50 so you are further along than I was. I have been taking tramadol and that eases it a little. I still can't sleep completely but it is getting better.
Your down to the nitty gritty! Try to skip a day or two and see how you feel, I would get some tramadol though

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I was on suboxone a few years ago, and I did real good on it. I was actually getting myself of of it, until I couldn't afford the office visit, unfortunately I went back to methadone, which I could kick myself in the ass now for. The way I did it was for a week or two I only took one waffer....then the next week or two I split it.......then the next week or two I split that....i was down to a quarter piece a day. I didn't feel bad at all, I still had some of the suboxone in me. You should try it .

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Thx. Chaz. Good advice. I do have tramadol and I will stop before I run out. I think ur right . Its in my mind and I fear... I will try skipping a day. Thank you. Oh yeah, how long were u on subs for? And hiw long were u on .5 before you jumped off? And how badly do u feel sick? Sorry for all the questions.

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Jill, Are you taking just .25mg once a day. If so, for how long have you been at .25mg daily?
Do you feel comfortable on .25mg?
The reason I ask this is because its hard to make a suggestion without knowing this.
A quarter mg. is a good dose to jump off at as long as you tapered down to it and can get through the day on it.
You do want to be on this dose long enough so that your body gets used to it. With the long half life of subs that's at least a week and maybe longer.

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Jill I got to day 20 and took a little piece because I still feel like crap. I have no energy and I am hoping to be able to go another couple weeks on that piece I took. This medication really sucks, I got off methadone easier than this stuff.
I have too much going on to feel crappy, I am leaving tomorrow for florida to visit my dad who is dying of cancer, he just found out like 3 weeks ago. It's crazy, and he is pretty young 65 I think so hopefully I can push through another 20 days. Anyway I was on it for I think 6 or 7 years maybe longer. No worries about all the questions...that's how we learn from each other.

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Day 6 off Suboxone. I wanted to post my diary in the beginning but, I was too tired. I must say, the withdrawl hasn't been as bad as some of the stories I've read. I must admit, I did take medicine to help ease the symptoms:
God
Benedryl
Imodium
Clonidine 0.1 mg
Tylenol 3
So far I sleep all night. The benedryl helps with all the flu like symptoms (sneezing, watery eyes, etc..). The Imodium helps with diarrhea and cramps. Clonidine helps with anxiety, chills, sweats and restless legs. Tylenol 3 is very weak compaired to all the other opiates but it helps.
This is very hard being that I do have 2 active kids and my husband slap me with a divorce out of no where. I feel like I'm dying inside. I know alot of people say by they start to suffer from depression. I got depressed when I got served with divorce papers. I then made up my mind that I needed to get it together. I'm about to be single from a 20 year relationship with 2 kids. I'm so scared but this suboxone dependency needs over for me to get on with life.
Ok Day 3 & 4 was ok. Just a lot of yawning and the need to stretch.
Day 5 I ws extremely tired. My muscles in my back are feeling weirded. I don't really have an appetite. i force myself to eat something like bananas and drank Gatorade.
Day 6 today I'm ok just yawning a lot. At 4:32am I woke up and took 1 of each of my meds. This sofa is my best friend. I'll post later today to let you all know how it goes.

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Hi Subsucks, Congratulations on getting off subs. It,s the halflife that makes the jump from this med so unpredictable.
Don,t get discouraged if in a day or two if it really starts to hit you. This will pass. I,ve jumped off subs several times in the past. For me I really started feeling it around day 4. Other people say around day 7.
I guess it all depends on what kind of shape your in, age and if you tapered.
What dose were you on when you quit? Did you taper down first?
Sorry to read about your family problems.
Have you got any plans for staying straight? That has allways been my big problem.
Remember that exercise really helps. Even if you can just walk around the block in the morning or evening when it,s cooler out.
Write back when you can. Theres a lot of folks trying to get off subs and theres also a lot of horror stories. Personally, I,ve never had much problems getting off subs.
It was nothing like an oxy wd. That's just my opinion.
Good luck!

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