Today is day 10 being off Suboxone and feeling great mentally and physically. My past: I used OC 80's for awhile then realized I had a pill problem so found a Dr and have been on Subxone for about 4 years, the whole time on 8mg/day. Last year I dropped down to 2mg/day, then down to 1.5mg/day, then 1mg/day and so on until I was breaking the 2mg pills into little pieces equal to prob 1/6th daily. I did this for about 2 weeks, then two weeks ago I just stopped taking it, with my Drs blessing(who also said I would withdrawal-BS). On that same day I also quit drinking, I'd drink an 18pack a day after work for about 2 years now.
I have a behavioral health Dr who prescribes me 600mgTID of Gabapentin which I take daily for about a year now. I believe that drug is the reason why I have had no withdrawls from the subs or booze during the days, minimal sweats on days 2 and 3 then everything got better from there. EXCEPT during the night sleeping, which sucked days 2-7 having tingling sensations in my arms so bad I had to get up and pace around. After the weekend I called my Sub Dr and spoke to his secretary explaining that im not sleeping and its effecting my work, and that during a brief stay in rehab previously they gave everyone in there Trazadone at bedtime to sleep and I wanted, no needed some. I picked up my script on the way home from work, and that night I took 100mg Trazadone and must of passed out withing 10 min because next I know its morning. Yippie. Its day 10, felt great today, woke up earlier had a big breakfast, great day at work, layed on the beach after, now relaxing. I was thinking withdrawals would be hell, and I know they would without the Gabapentin and Trazadone, though just my opinion.
Also from day one of stopping ive been eating healthier and more often(at first forcing myself to eat bananas all day with lots of gatorade and grilled chicken salads for dinner) take walks at night for excercise, and bought a mess load of vitamins and minerals(dont take magnesium unless you wanna be sitting on the toilet all day ive learned) at the health store just for fun in hopes my body will get better that much sooner. Now im hungry all the time and find myself wanting to do things all the time, like right now about to take a walk downtown and try to meet some new people since I recently moved to a beach south of Boston.
One last thing, ive ran out of subs before before my refill was ready and know exactly how horrible the withdrawals can be. But the last few months got alot easier once I finally got SERIOUS about not wanting to be on drugs, I knew it would be hard and uncomfortable, but instead of focusing on when and how hard the withdrawals will hit I focused on how with every week I cut my dose down a tiny bit then its that much closer I am to being off forever. I wouldnt advise just jumping off at anything but the tiniest dose, crumbs of a 2mg pill, cut down weekly or even biweekly. I read posts where people say that they are taking "approximately xmg's a day", meaning they just take whatever they feel like with no strict cut down schedule. Get a calender, set goals, cut down slowly, then when your ready to get off finally stock up on everything you will need to get thru the withdrawals because there will be some without it. I hope everyone who reads this gets at least something out of it, some advise or hope that your not the only one and it can be done with little uncomfort as possible.-
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