Wants To Get Off Suboxone Quickly

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I was using pain pills for a few years! I have been on suboxone 4 mg for 2 yrs. I have terrible anxiety & depression & am on Cellexa & klonopin for that. That helps! I tried detoxing myself off the Suboxone 2wks ago & went thru hell, after a wk I was better. But still no sleep, achey, nauseous,headache & overall felt like bad flu. Well I relapsed & now am back on it! I want to wean myself off-But am getting my Dr to get me in an outpatient rehab-I have a 2 & 10 yr old & live with my parents. They know it all & My Mom helped me go thru the withdrawls before & had to hold me from shaking. I want off of it fast!! What can I do beside a month of weaning down that will flush it out quicker so withdrawls are easier?? Thanks

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From what I have read/heard from others/watched on YouTube Suboxone w/drawls are a long drawn out process. Look for user JulietsaJuJu on YouTube. She detoxed off Subs and posted a number of videos. I understand that each person will w/drawl differently but it's kind of a long process mentally. Some people will get a blood pressure patch from their doctor to help with their symptoms. It's a Clonodine patch I believe. Good luck. I am in your shoes as well. I want off this drug to.

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I am Becky's Mom-she lives along w/ both kids,my husband & I. My question is-How much & what am I suppose to do to help her thru this withdrawl? we just went thru this 2 wks ago & she relapsed!! It is all my fault that this happened,so she says. She says I don't treat her like an adult! This is the 3rd time she has moved back & am thinking this has been going on for more yrs than we realized! I have given up my job & everything to help, well for 3 wks-took total care of kids cause she wasn't capable. And have before so she could work when her 1st was born 10 yrs ago! she is so nasty to me & I get the blame for her whole life being mess up! I tell her I did not make you get into drugs & I will not take respondsibiliy for this!! She is unbearable to deal with! I try to stay away from her cause everything that comes from me -is wrong! I am the Bad person that has helped her thru other secrets & has always been their to bail her out of situations! we are feeling the financial issues of keeping 3 more ppl again! I think I am enabling her to keep doing it,so she doesn't loose custody of her kids! Plz tell me how to handle this & what I need to do 2 change it! I know I can't help her until she wants to be clean!! HELP!

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Your last sentence answered you own question."I can't help her until she wants to be clean!!"............. The only thing you can do is cut her off. Also, go to Al-Anon meetings. You will meet many other parents going through your same troubles. You will have others to talk to. You will learn valuable tools and skills to help you along the way. She knows she can fall back on Mom/Dad b/c she has done it so many times before. She needs to suffer the consequences of her own actions no matter how sever they may be. She has no one to blame but herself for what she has done. She made the decision to use drugs. My parents were just like you. They kept enabling me to keep using my drug of choice. It was not until they finally had enough and cut me off that I ended up homeless out in the streets in the dead of Winter that I finally got a clue. My safety net was gone and I was on my own a miserable. The addict has to want sobriety for themselves and no one else. You cannot get sober for your kids/mom/dad/boyfriend/etc....it will not work. I put my poor parents through hell, something I am years later trying to mend. Has your duaghter been in Rehab before? Has she ever attended 12 step meetings?

Matt

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she wasn't in rehab-just hosp! she got off her pain pills 2 yrs ago & has been on 4mg a day of suboxone since! She is down to 2mg a day now & is seeing a dr.He is suppose to get her in a day program & therapy.But hasn't yet! I have been to Alanon cause my brother went thru all this w/ alcohol! But we have to keep this a secret cause of X hus! He was abusivie badly to her & put her thru the wringer,think that is when this started! He did evil bad things to her!! I know I can't help HER-I just am helping w/ the kids-but so hard because she blames it all on me & is really nasty too me! I tell her she has to have the want & god will help her! But I don't know how much I should help w/ kids, She is somewhat functionable with them,but falls asleep on a whim! so I am always on edge. their only 2 & 10!

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I also wanted to add-she says she was only on 8 mgs in the am-didn't take it any other time! From what I read it's normally taken 2x a day-so now she is weaned down to 2mgs in am!

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I couldn't think of a more perfect response than this. He is completely right, Al-Anon meetings are the way to go. It sounds to me like you're enabling her by always catching her when she falls. We always think that if we just love them enough maybe that love or their gratitude, SOMETHING we do will make a difference...but the truth is no matter how much you love her or help her it won't matter. Addiction isn't something that can be cured. She needs hard consequences and quickly so that she actually has a reason to want to get sober. Giving her consequences means setting boundaries that, if crossed, will result in punishment. If she relapses, don't take her kids in. Call CPS. Yes, I am dead serious. It could save her life and theirs. If she goes to jail, don't bail her out. The more consequences she has the sooner she will hit rock bottom, a place no addict or alcoholic can fathom going back to. Once she has found this place and is willing to go to ANY LENGTHS to stay sober (this part is very important!) then introduce her to a 12 step program. I've been a H addict for 5 years and i've tried everything else the world has to offer, but it takes hard work and perseverance to stay sober. Half measures won't cut it.

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There is no quick fix to a long term problem. Get off at a rate that you can maintain your life at.

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