How long will Suboxone Subutex Withdrawal Last? My Story of Recovery, Happy ending.

Thank you so much for your posts. I am a fellow Sister in Christ, struggling through WD from Subutex. I weaned myself off slowly because I am 2 months pregnant. You are an inspiration, and that is everything to a Sister. On top of morning sickness, I am sooo hot all the time. I completely know what you mean about the "jump-out-of-your-skin" feeling and it's probably the worst part. Thank you for your encouragement and Scriptures. I got addicted to Percocet the same way you did - always a prescription, never anything that wasn't. My prayers and heart go out to you and your young family. Again, thank you! In His Grace, Erin

I am on day 18 of my recovery off of suboxen and it has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride, i do believe that me asking for god to help has helped i even began going to church last sunday which i really enjoyed so i plan on continuing to go, i still have alot of anxiety though which gets to me mentally sometimes. I jumoed from 1-2 mg a day because i went through a sickness that scared me do i decided to quit everyhing that was doing me harm including subs, smoking, excedrin migraine which i was taking everyday from the headaches from the subs, and caffiene. i do occassionally use the electronic cigg though. I found your story to be truly amazing and inspirational and i plan to print it out and read it whenever i get down. i do ask that you please pray for me , my name is Brenda .

much love and thank you

Thankyou so much your story has given me hope. I'm at day 11 off subitex and xanax still feeling lazy and and sweaty.

At just 5 days clean I feel almost normal! I slept for 6 hrs last night, I no longer have the anxiety or chills. I feel like I would if I had taken a sub this morning. The key for me was to stay busy for the first 2-3 days. I mean busy all day. Also I have found that the best way to taper is to drop down to 1mg or less and then try your best to skip one or two days then remain at the same mg but just skipping. You don't have to do it for weeks either. My fiancé and I have tried to quit after 4 yrs of roxy addictions and one year of suboxone and in the last 3 weeks we tried twice before after a taper to one mg or less and it was harsh for 2 days but then ending up taking more until this past Sunday and after all of the very bad wds in the past and this month this time it was not that bad, seriously. Remain positive and stay busy and lean on family or friends and mostly lean on God for strength. You will come out on the other side. At 5 days I feel great and have felt pretty good since day 3, just still lacking a full night of sleep but it will come. Just remember to tell yourself you can do it and you will feel better and God will not put you in any situation that you cannot handle. It feels good to be done. Much better than subs or pills will make you feel. Good luck and God bless

Thank u for ur post. I've tapered down to .25mg once to twice a day for the last 3 1/2 weeks or so and today is my first day not taking anything. I was starting to feel anxious, but reading ur post helped. I know I can do this and am at least fortunate to be weaned down lower than a lot of others get to, before they quit completely. My name is Kevin & u mentioned being able to say a prayer for anyone who would ask. If u could keep me in ur prayers I would be very grateful... and I will keep u in mine. Thanx again for ur words and thoughts. -Kevin (NY)

Just read your story and your right these forums are full of doom and gloom. I am day 6 off of my subutex (16mg) cold turkey and its brutal at the moment but early days. I've went cold turkey to many times to remember from heroin, oxy and methadone and subutex is by far the easiest i've done over the last 15 years. I ain't a big believer in god but its something i have never tried so i would appreciate it if you included me in your prayers. All the best for the future.

Wow this is incredible and helped me sooo much! Thank you! I am 17 weeks pregnant, have two sons and am working six days a week. I have been off my subutex for a couple days now and: 1. Cannot sleep hardly at all!!!!! 2. Have terrible diarrhea! 3. Cry over everything! 4. Have horrible body aches! 5. Have severe drug cravings, and am praying I get through it! So your blog really helped build some confidence back up! Thanks, Amy I was a meth user for five years, got sober for almost 7, relapsed at age 29 turned to herion and meth for over 2 years and have been cLean from both since May 26 2014. However I have been on suboxone for the past 2 months and subutex once I found out about the pregnancy.

Please pray for my son Jon  he has been taking oxycotin for a couple of years.  he tried detoxing three times but the cravings were horrible.  He just could not stop.  He is starting subutex tommorow night.  How long should he stay on that before getting off and being free from cravings for oxycotin.  How bad id detox off subutex?  I want him off everything and donnot want him to be addicted to subutex either but he has terrible cravings without taking .  anything. I really appreciate your prayers for him.  I am a believer and want him to turn back to God too.  I know God Is the true answer.  Thank you for ay feedback.

TomHello, You're story is a great one to hear, truly it is! I'm on Suboxone, now at 4mg, once at 24mg. I'm 22 now, but I started using opiates at 14, so I've been "under the blanket" for a long time. Being on an opioid has become my normal. I'm serious about living a sober life, but just afraid, very afraid. Everything was in black and white until opiates came along. To include I also live with an addict father, so that makes things very difficult. I don't consider myself religious, although I do look toward to spirituality of Hinduism. I am just extremely lost and confused...

Wow! Thank you so much for posting your experience with quitting suboxen. I am a Christian and I've been trying to quit for a while now and everything I read or hear is how impossible it is and that makes it so hard to even to want to try! I've made a mess of my life with drugs and then things got slightly better when I got on suboxen. I was able to get a job and work and see my kids but all that did was hide everything I was feeling and needed to fix. It was a disaster in the making. Needless to say, the disaster happened. I'm in so much pain and miserable and all I want is to stop taking suboxen so I can feel again and so I can start to fix things. Literally everything I've read and heard about quitting has made it so hard to actually try but I've been " on the fence" about quitting for months and today I've been feeling something telling me to just do it. It will be ok. That's when I decided to look online agian to hopefully find something encouraging. ANYTHING to help and the fist thing I saw was your post. I cried reading the whole thing but it was a good cry. It was a " I'm so sick of this stuff controlling me and it's time to have faith in God again and quit this c**p" kind of cry. I took my last piece this morning. I've changed my phone number and deleted all of my contacts that are associated with suboxen. Thank you so much for writing your post. It's exactly what I needed! God Bless! John

I am now on my 19th day and mood wise I feel great! My body is still trying to catch up I think. I can't stop sneezing! Also, my stomach has been a little "irritable" still....is that normal? I would think by now it would be good...

Thats awsome and a amazing testimony. God is by the best way to do it. I literally did oc80 and brown for 5 years and a lot every day god made it possible to have no sing's of DT its amazing what the holly spirit can do for us

Wow just want to say that this story was exactly what I needed. My name is Joseph I am 26 and I have been on suboxone for almost 5 years with stopping twice for about 30 days. And I have been so scared to do it again because I work long hard days and the wd's are for so long. I have been up and down in my doses as well.. But today is a brand new year I have a half of one left I am thinking about doing the smallest doses I can and then stopping and dealing with the pain. I have heard that some people never recover from suboxone and that scares the hell out of me if I'm gonna do it it better be now. I have just recently found Jesus again so your story has given me so much hope. I thank you so much you are an amazing person. Literally just ready your story made me make up my mind to do it. Please write back with any tips or suggestions I am open to anything. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from.

I have been on suboxon for about 5 years. My DR. gave me 3 8.2 a day. However I never took that much. I would take 1 a day. What I did was go to the Dr. 6 months. Then I had so many I would not go back to the DR. for almost a year to save money. Still at that dose my sex drive was gone. Sex what not even a thought. I was going #2 maybe twice a week. I dropped down to 4mg daily with no wd. I did that for month's with the same issues. Then 3 months ago my Dr. said he will no longer be prescribing suboxone. He was the only Dr. I found that excepted insurance. He said to me maybe this would be a good time to stop. At this point he thought I was on 1 daily. Over the next three visits I was down to 1 mg. My sex drive was coming back. I was doing #2 daily. My last vist he said 1mg is a very low dose. Now cut that in half. However all I heard was very low dose. So I jumped. The first two days were not bad. However days 3 to 10 it felt like my head was in a vice, anxiety like I have never felt before and I suffered from that previously. Days 11 to 20 I felt a tiny bit better. It still sucked. If I stood up I felt like I could fall asleep on my feet. Then when I laid down I felt wide awake. Day 21 I woke up after 4 hours sleep split in 2. When I got up there was the light. The first time in 3 weeks I thought I might make it. I sneezed twice. 12 hours earlier I had a suboxone in hand ready to give up. But I had come to far so I said f that. Feeling better on day 21 I contribute it to forcing my self to eat at much as I could. I lost 15lbs in these 21 days. I think not eating made it much worse. If you can force the food down. Day 21 I went for a walk maybe 20 minutes. It took away some stiffness. Night of day 21 every other sneeze was 3. Slept again 4 hours split in 2. Clonidene a friend gave me a bunch. The only way I can sleep at all. However it does make you groogy. I'm on day 22 looking for the depression and it's not here yet. Maybe it is. I want to cry but can't. Would love to have some more energy. I wish a had read about coming jumping before I did. I would have tappered much more. From what I read the younger you are and the better shape you are in. The easier time you will have.