How To Get Off Suboxone Successfully - Step By Step (Page 19)

If you are struggling with getting off Suboxone successfully, you may want to take the time to read this. I have read a ton of hype about Suboxone being impossible to get off. How the withdrawal symptoms carry on for days, even months. Below, I would like to encourage you and let you know that it can be done. I AM LIVING PROOF YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS FEAT!!! I have been free of Suboxone and all other drugs and alcohol for 3 months and I have never felt better in my life!!!

THE WAY THAT SUCCESS HAPPENED FOR ME AND CAN HAPPEN FOR YOU:

For months I read Suboxone blog sites in the effort to gather some element of hope that would encourage me to make the “jump” to get off my final 1/8 tab (1mg) of Suboxone. At the point I started reading these blog sites, I had come down from 2.5- 8 mg (total 20 mg) tablets of Suboxone. It was fairly easy to get down to 1/8 tab (1 mg). Don't get me wrong, I had moments of mood swings and depression that would fool me because of the way that the mood swings would creep up on me. I felt bipolar during the final ½ tablet to ¼ tablet and finally to 1/8th tablet before I “Jumped off”: The good news is that earlier dose decreases do not affect you as much as you would think. I went from 2.5 tablets to 2.0 tables per day in one week. I didn't even notice any withdrawal. Then, in just two weeks I had the courage to go down to 1.5 tablets per day…. Still, only slight mood swings. Then, I went down to 1 tablet per day a week later. Then 3 weeks later I went down to ½ tablet per day. Again, at this point only mild mood swings that I could deal with because I was expecting much worse. NOTE: I ALWAYS DIVIDED THE DOSES TO AM / PM DOSES.. IT HELPED.

THE BEGINNING OF THE CHALLENGING PART:

Going from ½ to ¼ tablet per day it started to get a little tougher for the first week in terms of mood swings and a tricky onset of depression. Expect bipolar behavior. Tell your family and whoever is in your life if you can. Let them know that they can pray for you if you or they are believers in God. If you don't believe in God, don't stop reading this posting.. I will get to the Spiritual side of things later in this posting. For now, it is my heart and hope that you will read this method of getting off Suboxone. No punches held though, I will be up front with you, I am personally a believer in the one true God- Jesus Christ. He is the One who encouraged me to get on this website and help you with encouragement, hope and truth about what to expect on this tough, but wonderful journey of getting off Suboxone. The choice to believe in God is yours, but I will say that the prayers of my dad and wife were powerful and effective. There was times when I simply could not pray for myself because I didn't feel sane enough to even pray at times, though I still gave it my best. I brought up the prayers right now for you because the bible tells us in Psalm 145:18-19 "The Lord is near to all who call on Him; all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him. He hears their cry and He saves them". That said, let's begin the final jump shall we.

THE FINAL JUMP FROM 1/8 TABLET:

NOTE REGARDING SUPPLEMENTS: I wish that BEFORE I jumped off at 1/8 tablet, I would have used these endorphin boosting supplements. They can be found at just about any health food store. DLPA 1000 mg twice per day, GABA 500 Mg twice per day, Reloria two capsules twice per day, and 5HTP two capsules per day. I would have been better off to have started these supplements a couple of weeks prior to my final jump, but I strongly believe that they helped the process probably more that I could imagine. I am still on these supplements, now some 3 months off Suboxone. (I am not a doctor, nor am I acting in the role of a doctor, so as always please consult a physician prior to starting these supplements)

When I was on 1/8 tablet for 2 weeks I tried to completely stop taking Suboxone and had such a bad first night that it scared me into staying on 1/8 tablet per day, taken in the morning, for 2 months. The problem now lay in the fact that I was going through withdrawal in the middle of the day and a few times I even chose to drink alcohol in the afternoon. I didn't connect that the withdrawal was actually causing my fiending for drugs and alcohol. Those two months were not good times for me. When I finally came to the conclusion that I might be better off just getting off Suboxone completely, it was time to plan. I work for myself and I could hardly afford to take the time off work for fear that I might lose all my clients. I wasn't sure how long it would take to get off Suboxone and get back to a working state of mind? Drum roll please…. Here is how long it takes to start feeling better….

IT TAKES 6 DAYS BEFORE YOU START FEELING BETTER THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED!!! DO NOT LISTEN TO ANY LIE!!!

What You Can Expect:

Day 1: This morning skipped my morning, and only dose of Suboxone. I worked out pretty hard lifting stretching and lifting light, high repetition weights. Don't forget to push yourself to work out even if you don't feel like it. It is hugely important! That night I took two Benedryl and it didn't work like I hoped it would. I was so miserable, achy body, cramping in my calves, a "drive a person crazy" kind of feeling. At this point I had gotten 2 mg tablets from the Dr. because I told her I needed to be able to cut them down while I weaned myself off of them. So I cut a 2 mg film tablet into ¼ which is .5 mg of Suboxone. In summary, I chickened out the first night. I did sleep after that for about 5 hours. For those of you who still have the 8 mg. tablets, this means that you would have to split one up into 1/16 which is pretty hard to do, but possible if you have good eyes and you don't cheat and take the bigger portion. :)

Day 2: The .5 mg from the night prior made this morning like a fairly normal morning. So I stretch for a long time and then worked out hard. After work out, I felt even better, but by afternoon the withdrawal set in again. Felt like I drank all kinds of coffee but I didn't . I was agitated and twitchy, making my mind and physical body feel terrible. To combat it, I stayed very busy all day with cleaning and yard work in the effort to keep my mind and body occupied. I couldn't focus on God yet…. My mind was too messed up. Yes, a person's mind can be too messed up to “feel” God, but trust me He was there with me. Hind sight I see that He was with me every step of the way. I just couldn't believe that He would let me go through such agony, but He is a God who loved me enough to let me feel the pain enough so that I would remember it. This way I would not go back!! Night came and I became scared that I would give in again, but instead about two hours before bed I took another couple Benedryl and this time it worked a little I slept about 4 hours and was miserable the rest. I recommend taking lots of warm baths or showers when you can't sleep, instead of just lying there.

Day 3: Day 3 and Day 4 are the worst. The greatest advantage you have though is that you are starting to get used to the twitchy, feeling like you are crawling out of your skin feeling. Go ahead and stretch your calves as frequently as you can. Flex them as often as possible. I heard from one doctor that it helps work the withdrawal out of your body. I did manage to get out in the yard and work on Day 3. I waited until I felt my best, then took advantage of the moment and went out and "spazzed out" on yard work as much as I could handle it. I even broke a sweat which lifted me up considerably. I took a couple of Benadryl before I went to bed, but only slept a total of about 2 hours the whole night. I couldn't focus enough to read, nor pray, nor watch a movie. None of that was going to happen, so I would either jump in the bath or shower or even find something to do I could tell that sleep was not an option. The first part of the morning on Day 4 is among the greatest challenges I have ever faced. Glad I did not have much planned, because Day 4 morning was the worst of the whole experience.

Day 4: Morning was awful because I was up the night before almost the whole night. That lack of sleep will mess with your head and try to get you to go back. On this day the middle of the day gave me a few very small ½ glimpses of hope. I felt my first surge of my own endorphins come back. Only a couple ½ hour spurts, but hey it gave me hope to NOT turn back. I figured I went this far, I might as well finish this.!! I thought I was going to sleep well this night, but it didn't happen…. Only 4 hours combined , but hey that was progress from the night before. Remember, baby steps. Celebrate the small victories. Relish them! Stay tuned and hang in there because the reward came to me in Day 5!!

Day 5: I worked out first thing in the morning. I pushed myself to do it. I started with a stretch routine. Then I felt like working out. So, try stretching first, then consider working out. I have in my notes 50/50 written down. This means that half the day I felt bad and half the day actually felt good. Did you hear that?…. I felt good. …. That is right … you can get past this. For half of Day 5 I felt better than I ever felt on Suboxone. It was natural and it was the way that God designed me to feel. My own endorphins made their first appearance and they showed up in fine fashion. The bad parts of this day caused me to want to take a nap, so if you have the liberty to do so, then by all means, indulge in that nap. Nap , nap , nap. Because if you answer the call to the mid day naps you will wake up feeling better each time. Don't worry about the extreme tiredness on day 5 and 6, just become a temporary nap person. Listen to you body and what it wants. God is trying to let you know what you need.

Day 6: Congratulations!! You have made it to the other side. I may have had 2 hours of bad feelings today , but the rest was AWESOME. I was productive, back to work, working out hard etc.

Day 7 and 8:

I am putting day 7 and 8 on here because I did hit some tired spells and down times but only a couple hours each day total. I encourage you to nap when you feel like napping. Also be encourage that it only gets better and better from here on out.

Why I Got Off Suboxone:

Everyone will have their reasons for getting off Suboxone. I can only share with you what my reasons were. If you have read this far then you must be pretty determined for your own reasons.

I started feeling like I was feinding for other drugs when I was on two " 8 mg tablets per day, so I asked my Dr. to increase the dose to 2.5 tablets per day. Two months later I started feinding for other drugs or alcohol again. So I asked my Dr. to up the dose to 3.0 tablets per day. Two months later I started feinding for other drugs, chew, alcohol etc. Are you starting to get the picture? This may not be the case for everyone, but it seemed to be the case for me. The whole purpose of Suboxone in the first place was to decrease these cravings and for a time, Suboxone was effective. It gave me enough time to get it through my head that I didn't want to be a heroin or pill addict anymore and that I wanted to get my life together.

Another reason that I decided to get off Suboxone was that I was also curious if it would feel better to just be on nothing? (Except the supplements that I mentioned above) The outcome that I came to is that I feel way better than I ever have in terms of physical, mental, and Spiritual well being.

THE TESTIMONY:

If you have read this far you may as well keep reading because the best part is yet to come. Remember, I am of the opinion that it was my faith in God that led me down this long and intricate road that I just described above called, "How To Get Off Suboxone " Successfully". God worked in ways that I never would have dreamed. I could have strategized all month long and never came up with the plan, method, or the outcome that God came up with. The Bible says in the book of Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways my ways", says the Lord.

You may not believe in God, or maybe you do, or maybe you know God, but stopped believing. If you are one who is running away or does not believe in God, know this, drugs and alcohol can certainly fog your view of God. It is my opinion that first you must get clean and sober then you have a better chance of making an informed decision as to God's authenticity.

Whether you believe in God or not, you will one day face Him. Either he will be welcoming, or judging you. I have chosen to give Him my life and submit to everything that is written in the Bible. I accept it as truth. The bible says that the Word of God is Living and Active. It also says that every word within it is inspired NOT by man, but by God. I have chosen to believe this and it has changed the way I think. Romans 12:2 "Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

If this part of my testimony and experience sounds too Churchy to you, then at least do yourself a favor, … Ask God to help this "Christian talk" make sense to you. Seriously, have you even told Him that the "Churchy Stuff" makes NO sense to you? Have you even told Him that? Have you bothered to share that with Him? Do you know that He cares and wants to hear that come from your mouth? He wants to hear you humbly express to God that you don't know. Have you opened yourself up to the fact that if you open yourself up to Him that He will begin to show you the "mysteries" of His Word like you never imagined possible? 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land."

If you have read this far then, then I believe that the Spirit of God is calling you…. Listen to it!!! Jesus states that "My sheep hear my voice"

The place where you are if you are reading this is not a comfortable place. I have been right where you are. With all sincerity, I want you to get to where I am. True Joy is in my heart every day that I awake. There is a peace that surpasses all understanding that guides me now. I strongly encourage you to seek God first, because I want to see the peace of God enter your heart and mind.

RELAPSE PREVENTION:

For me, I have found that devoting myself to praying and studying my Bible and reflecting on what God has done and what He promises has been life changing. The Bible says, "Who is going harm you if you are eager to do good" 1 Peter 3:13, It also says, "a prudent man foresees evil and hides himself" Proverbs 27:12

I have a half hour to 45 minutes carved out each morning to spend reading my bible, praying much thanks and reflecting on what the bible is saying. I also listen to J. Vernon McGee on Through The Bible .org the web address is ttb.org. You can't claim to not understand the Bible, because this website WITH AUDIO walks you through the Bible verse by verse in an exciting way. And it is FREE!! If you don't believe the Bible at this point, try listening to the Dr. J. Vernon McGee's audios. There is a new one posted every day. Or check out the archives.

CONCLUSION:

I do hope that you put some thought into all of this. If you can't think straight right now because you have already started your final descent off Suboxone, then wait until you feel good enough to really absorb what I just shared with you through the "Testimony" section of this posting. I am not trying to sell you on anything… I simply care for you because that is what God has put on my heart. I have been through what you are going through and I want to encourage you. I would like to leave you with this scripture:

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

May God Richly Bless Your Life.

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Well I really want to try life without my 3 8/2 strips a day of Suboxone. It's been almost 5 years and I am 73. I am self employed and my business is doing very well and I love my work and am fairly healthy and very happily married. I have tried 4-5 times to taper down as per my Holistic docs instructions and have failed. Very frustrating and I am trying again this month I cut off about 1 5th of a strip per 3 strip day. I feel good doing it but can't seem to keep regular dosing times so they fluctuate a little bit daily. At the end of the month I end up not having decreased my amount at all! I am very frustrated at this. I have been on 3 strip for 5 years. I never crave more and basically feel very good and normal. Unlike my miserable life before with Dr. prescribed Opiates for severe chronic back pain for 3 years that stopped working and made me ill at the end. I thank God for Suboxone a getting my life & health back but now am thinking I really want out. Please my Dr. I think is disappointed a bit in me as we have become good friends he is great and I love my wife so so much I know it would make her even happier and I am wondering if I might live longer and better without it. Appreciate any help. Thanks. God bless.

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Good story and great info. I just made my first attempt to get of Subs. It didn't go so well.. Here is my story for anyone who cares or has any feedback:

Broke my back in 2010, went on percs... doctor stopped giving them to me, so I turned to other means (typical story) 8yrs later... I was taking 6 30mg blues in the morning, 4 in the afternoon, 6 at night... Yes 16 a day, very expensive. This was before the counterfeit fetty pills. Finally went on subs about 4yrs ago. Went on 1 8mg strip a day. I was on the 1 8mg strip for years. This past year, 2022 I decided on my own to start getting off of them. Forgot to add, by this time I've completely made a career for myself, family, everything. Subs saved my life, I can't say it didn't. I just hate that I'm still on them. So in 2022 I switched from 1 8mg a day to the 4mg strips. Half in morning, half at night. The switch wasn't that bad, the first few days was maybe a little withdrawal feeling, but not bad at all. So I was on the 4mg strip for about 3 months, then I asked for the smallest strip which is 2mg. Which is what I have now. I stayed on the 2mg strip for about 2 months. I then started cutting them into 1mg strips a day. So now I'm taking .5 mg in the morning, .5mg at night. Did this for a few weeks. Feel fine. The other day, I woke up on Saturday, had to go do errands. Normally I take the .5mg when I wake up but I didn't have time. By the time I got home around 2pm I hadn't taken anything and I just finally said F it! not taking it. I decided to take some Kratom I had, just 1 gram of it. In my mind I thought it helped, but probably didn't do anything. I was able to surprisingly sleep that night and said to myself... ok this isn't so bad. haha yeah.. woke up on Sunday wasn't feeling too too bad, so I decided to take more Kratom. I don't know if that made things worse but s*** went downhill fast. I actually made it through Sunday, I ended up smoking some cannabis and I slept for a few hours. Monday morning I got up in complete withdrawals. Really bad, didn't take any Kratom, just felt terrible. Like I had the flu but 10x worse. Sooo I gave up... I ended up cutting my .5mg strip into 3 pieces. These pieces are the size of like the tip of a pencil. I took 1 of those tiny pieces and it freaking saved my ass, but... I'm not back on subs. Today is Tuesday, I slept and I feel good. I'm taking another one of those tiny pieces of a .5mg strip as I type this. I'm going to try just taking this 1 piece today. Then I may attempt this again, but with some of those medicines you mentioned. Not sure how else to get through this. Thanks.

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Re: T time (# 360)

Have you personally done the Ibogaine treatment? Very interested in this, but also very skeptical..

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Hello GB, that is way to much subs a day in my opinion. Not sure how or why they put you on that much but here is my input... Before I was on subs I was taking 6 roxy 30's a morning, 2-3 in the afternoon, 6 at night. That's 450mg of blues a day... this was before the counterfeit pressed fetty pills now of course. I finally went and got help and I was put on 1 8mg sub strip a day. This worked. I was on that 8mg strip a day, sometimes more when I felt like it but this went on for years. About 4yrs later my life was/is 10000% better in every way, but I'm still on these damn subs. I finally went against all doctors and decided to just stop this s*** and start my process of getting off. I started cutting pieces off of the 8mg strip. Just little slices here and there, then learning a new "routine" (we all have a damn routine). Finally after a few months of doing that I made the switch to the 4mg strip. Started by taking half in the morning, cut a tiny piece of the other half for afternoon, then the rest at night. Honestly I did feel a little bad, not like total withdrawal bad at all, not even close, just a day or two of being lazy and tired. Then I was fine. I'm now on 1 4mg strip a day. Did this for about a month. Then said F it, I want the smallest strip which is 2mg. Did the same process, cut in half, save a little piece for afternoon, rest at night. No issue going from the 4 to the 2mg strip. I then cut that in half and did this all over again for a few weeks. I was down to pieces of the 2mg strip. I take like .5mg in the morning now. I did this for a few weeks, then last Saturday decided to just not take any. It got pretty s***ty the first day, second day I gave in... I probably could of made the jump but the WD's were kicking my ass, even after the .5mg in the morning and night. I will try again soon. I'm already down to 0.25mg in the morning and night. I'm going to try some of these products the original poster put or someone did about GABA and other pills. Good luck.

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Amen! I am a catholic and I believe God hears those who truly want to do their part and meet him half way! I talk to the lord daily and his mother Mary who is beautifully displayed on my nite stand holding baby Jesus and the lamb of God. Your journey gives me hope so thank you for sharing! I've had countless cancers, surgeries, and treatments. Got addicted to Percocet, then started abusing them and that led to other things, then my doctor put me on 8mg Suboxone three times a day, so I weaned down to less and less, and tomorrow is my first day with nothing, but I'm already feeling the effects of detoxing. I'm not giving up either!! If I could survive everything that I've been through, this is a walk in the park!! I commend and thank you for sharing again! God Bless.

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Hello. I’ve been on zubsolv (for those who don’t know it’s basically suboxone) for about 4/5 years and I’m trying to get off of it. I’m on a very very low dose but I feel like mentally I’m not gonna be able to get off of it. I have to work and take care of my daughter. I’m all she has. I’m scared to go through the withdrawals and I know being on a low dose they shouldn't be as bad. I’ve tried to talk to my doctor about this but she wants me to keep taking them which I don’t want. I want off of them. I want to be drug free. I want to live my life and be happy. I also feel like they have made me get angry and frustrated easily, and my anxiety is bad also. Anyone have any pointers on getting off of them, like what to do or how long is it gonna last (the withdrawals)? Any feedback would be great!

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I realize this is an old forum but thought it was worth replying just in case someone stumbles upon it and possibly helps somebody. I'll get straight to the point.....

Sublocade is the only reason I was able to get off of Suboxone successfully and with no withdrawals. I'm trying to make it short and will have to leave out some details but the Sublocade injection is very very long lasting and will assist in helping you tremendously in getting off of Suboxone & Sublocade without suffering. Read up on Sublocade and ask your Doctor if you're interested in learning more.

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I am in AA (almost 40 years) and find it difficult to work with people on Suboxone. I feel like they cannot hear what we are saying. Anyway, I am printing and keeping your post to share with others. Your post gives me hope and I understand it is supposed to be only for those on opioids. I have heard it is handed out wholesale at some treatment facilities. If you have comments on this, please post them! And hang with sobriety, it is worth every effort. Life gets so big and wonderful and this design for living is the best!

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I want to get off Suboxone badly. I was on 1/4th film and insurance switched me to tablets. I struggled to break them up and went back to 1 in the AM daily. I can wean down. I walked off methadone and was so sick and didn't sleep for 6 months. I also couldn't eat and lost about 40lbs. I really want to kick the subs, my doctor is extremely inappropriate and I hate seeing him. Your testimony is similar to my experience with getting off methadone. I prayed for a sane mind. Although physically miserable for upwards of a year, it was pain but remained sane. If my mind was craving and body aching I don't think I would have succeeded. I went on Suboxone after having a child due to severe cravings. Now I'm at a normal state of health in my life but am still taking them. My doctor is a pig, I have tablets, and I am scared. I really appreciate your time in writing this. I will follow the path, Lord willing, I too will be successful.

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