How To Get Off Suboxone (Page 33) (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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That might work. If it does let me kno

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Ali I did the same thing last year, I had a double mascetomy and took the percocets as needed and thought I would be fine to get off the subs. Unfortunately the subs have a very long half life and even after being off for 3 weeks I was still having WD symptoms. If you are going to stop the subs I recommend that you go down to taking about .50 or .25 of mg first for a few weeks. Once you are comfortable with that dose then I would jump off. I got off and took tramadol to ease the WD symptoms. I didn't really feel bad until about day 8, after day 8 I was misurable for the next 2 weeks with no energy and hot sweats and no sleep. So after 3 weeks I ended up taking SUbs again but am getting ready to try again. Right now I take .50 mg a day and I am going to cut that in half first for a couple weeks.
I hope things work for you but my experience after being on this for 7 years is getting to the lowest dose first
Cheri

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It's another form of suboxone made by a competitive pharmaceutical company. I went to my legal drug pusher this week and he ripped me off for the last of my money and then told me to fend for myself to find the money to fill the script he gave me. OMG he's the worst person I ever met. If you find a way off this drug let me know !!! I did it for 3 ,months and went back on. Now I have COPD and nobody will touch me! I have MEDI CAL and think I'm going to just die !

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If your on suboxone for abusing drugs I dont think a doctor is going to turn around and give you what you want. especially benzo's. using a highly addictive drug to get off anothet wont work. Everyone would be using xanax to get offf bupe /done if that was the case

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Hello I have a question I'm on 2 mg every day and a half .. I still wake up with wd ready to jump off a bridge. how many days before the hard part passes?

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Denise
You should probably take it everyday but lower your dose. If you are feeling sick you are coming down too fast. You really can't jump off until you get to about .50 or .25 mg a day and your body has adjusted to that.
2 mg is too much to try and stop on.
I wish you the best!
Cheri

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So what's the way to get off without sub?

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Hi. .I would be interested in any advice in coming off suboxone. ..ty very much

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There is no easy way. I've been trying for 2 years and I've gotten down to an eighth and tried to jump ur gonna hurt for awhile no matter what. I feel like I got hustled by the governmentr

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So did u finally Succeed and was able to get off the sub? How big of a sliver is an 1/8th? And how do u cut them? I take a small piece in the morning and a small piece at night.. Not sure how big it is, but a suboxone strip 8mg lasts me 2 weeks? I want off BAD!!!! Like yesterday!!!!

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cheri , please clarify for me one strip is 8mg right and 2 strips keeps you for 16 days?

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Hey ive been addicted to suboxone for about 3 years i dont want to live my life this way. I feel completely hopeless I cant take off work for any amount of time. Im very serious, ss I want to be a mother and im about to get married. Please help me!!

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I have been on suboxone for 3 years and was on 8mg a day and now I am a 1 month clean not goin to lie its the worst thing I ever went threw I will never go back to suboxone. But anyway after day 5 of coming off I felt a lilttle better still have no energy to want to do anything but pushing threw it.....

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Hello everyone! I would just like to share my sucess story of finally getting of subonxe after 5yrs. I never ever thought I would be able to do it.. I managed to get myself down to a quarter of pill (8mg) for the last yr. We ended up doing an intervention on a family member that was addicted to percoct/Oxy and during the intervention my addiction to subonxe was mentioned in retaliation.. I was so upset and frustrated along with just being sick of depending on these pills.. I would sweat out of no where for no reason, I gained weight from my natural endorphins being blocked leaving me no energy and just not caring about much.....I finally have had it!!! Had my roomate throw all but one in trash.. and I decided this last pill was it.... I waited for the withdraw and waited it out for as long as possible.. I took my last pill and scrapped off the worlds smallest piece and it would subside the withdraw.. Then do it all over... I'd wait as long as possible before taking more... Toward the end I broke up the subsolve so fine it was dust and just put that under tounge when withdraw was unbearable.. I honestly never thought it was possible.. This was the hardest thing I ever had to overcome! I was never an addict or addicted to anything for that matter.. I would just dabble with subonxe because my x-boy was an addict so we always had subonxe... Not sure which is worse... I feel so good being able to say I'm not addicted to anything anymore!!!! I feel like a new person! Good luck to you all I hope my story gives you strength and insight of how it really is possible..

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It takes 2 years for your brain to heal. Must take supplements...l tyrosine and Sam E vitamins minerals etc....find an adrenal supplement. Spend the money for 2 years worth of supplements it's the only way...if you can take subs like I have for 8 years then you can do 2 years of healing your brain from this stuff! I'm doing it....if anyone wants to just get together and take legal action because it's obvious no one can get off this stuff...it has destroyed our brains and bodies...let's do it ok....I've had enough

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Hey Everyone. Im sorry it has taken me so long to respond to the post I've gotten. Guess what?? I am 114 Suboxone clean and my God, it is the best feeling in the world. The only thing im taking now is a multivitamin made by Spring Valley. I will tell you guys that it has not been easy physically. Mentally im good. You gotta workout, eat right (even though you may not have an appetite). Dont put yourself in the company of those that use any type of narcotic. Just know that staying clean and feeling normal is the best feeling you'll ever have. Keeping faith in God has made things in my life look different. If anyone has any questions for me, just ask.

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Ovsiously you have 0 idea of what your talking about. This girl made some bad decisions yes, but she went to a doctor for HELP the operative word ! She wants to get off everything and go back to being normal and being productive. She is young and has an addiction. Look up that word so u have a better understanding of what it means. I don't have much tolerance at my age for people that speak before they understand. Please do your research before you speak. Words are harmful. Doctors should stop prescribing this before they understand this drug fully. This is a Hugh money maker for the pharmaceutical company and the doctors. This must stop and the people must become award of the dangers of this drug. It is worse than herion methadone and all the rest put together. And it's disguised as a help drug, a gateway to get off drugs ! It is NOT!!!!! It takes a full year to get off this drug and there are only two clinics set up to do this. This is one of the biggest crimes I see in the 2000's right now!!!! Doctors are a big problem in this !!! The little 45 min. Coffee class to get your suboxone license is a joke and they need much more education in this drug and stop all before one more is written !! Period ,,,! STOP nobody should take more than a few of these strips under careful watch during withdrawal and that's it. That's its only good use to this horrific drug !!! Spread the news so nobody has to go through this please !

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I have 0 idea? thats funny. I'm a drug and alcohol counsellor who has used pretty much every drug there is, a poly drug user for those playing at home. My main problem was opiates. I have seen people destroyed by drugs and a massive problem here in Australia ATM is ICE, meth, crystal. They have nothing to help them withdraw. I have done extensive research into not only buprenorphine but all illicit addictive drugs. Methadone is the worst IMO but any drug you take has an effect on the body. My point, why is Bupe the problem? When someone is going through W/D's/Hell, the doctor will say "there is something you can take to make you feel ok" you would say ''No, its ok, I heard it was addictive and damages your body and it's hard to get off'' (but heroin/oxy is ok?) Most doctors would be stoked for you to do it on your own but we're addicts, we're not strong enough to say no and we need instant gratification. If we left feeling like s*** what would YOU do? just go through it? or use again? which is when most users OD. I admit I wish I never used bupe for W/D but we all have perfect 20/20 vision in hindsight don't we? Bupe is hard to get off because of its prolonged half life, heroin leaves your body a lot quicker but the withdrawals are very acute, the worst for acute W/D's are Benzo's but within a week most tend to feel OK. There is a medical term that escapes me but it is in regards to the withdrawal you are going through now is always worse than before, If bupe is what you're coming off it's always going to be worse than coming off heroin but it's not the case. You lose memory of what its like before, when you're in the grip of withdrawal now. I'm not having a go at anyone, I think it's ridiculous and pointless to try and sue bupe. Can we have a debate without you getting nasty please

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That's awesome. I'm stoked for you. I bet you feel great not being weighed down and constantly having to take it to feel 'normal' I don't know if it's possible but I'd like to know more about how you did it and how you're going ATM. More than half my clients are struggling with opioid (mainly methodone from H, oxycontin) addiction/withdrawal. The rest are ICE and a few alcohol. I don't give medical advice but recommend was to stay strong and divert or redirect their way of thinking or the cognitive process in which may have lead them to use in the past. You're 100% with the mental aspect. I would love to know more and maybe use you as an example if we can get in contact some how?

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This is not true . I have never been a user of drugs. I was given Suboxone for depression when my family died suddenly on 9/11. They use this drug a lot for depression in New York. I did as much homework as was available at the time in 2002 and with much thought decided to take a chance. This was one of the worst decisions I have ever made. One I would take back and change in a New York minute as they say. I would never sue the company and never expressed that in any of my thoughts. I do think the drug can be used for some good. Unfortunately it not being used much of the time correctly and is getting people in for something they don't know from and don't know how to get out of. This drug was covered when I first went on it for a few years but for the last 5 I've paid $450 to $500 a month. This is rediculas for me to pay this every month. I am much better, miss my children and husband more than u can imagine but have started a new life and am doing well. I moved on so to speak, I will never never stop loving or forget them may the rest in peace. The key to this drug is education and the proper use and the amount of time not to cause addiction. Do not stay on this drug any longer than u have to please. I've been on this drug longer than anyone I know and hate it .

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