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

Hey Steve, How have things worked out for ya? I know what ur going thru and I've prayed to no avail. Even prayed to not wake up, just go in my sleep u know? But none of that worked so I'm still here. lol
Let us know how your doing. RR

Hi I have been on subutex for four months to come off of methadone , i now find my self with pains in my groin lower back and pelvis, can any one please shed some light.
Thanks Nick

god bless you

Hi everyone, I have been on and off opiates for 10 years.  I am what the sobo doctors call a veteran. Listen, here is the problem.  Subutex or any form of it is HIGHLY addictive in any case.  Now this is not for pregnant mothers....Back in the mid 2000 I actually had a doctor who rapidly detoxed me from heroin with suboxone.  2mg.  not the 8 they give you now.  Here is how it was done and it actually worked if you have the controll.  24 hours after your last opiate, take up to 16 mg as needed to make yourself feel well.  But you have to wait the 24 hours.  This is crucial. Next day come down to 4mg or whatever your need is to feel well. next day wean lower and so on within 6 days I was off everything not sick and clean.  This method has proven well for me.  However, I have found it easier to just come off the heroin directly.  Methodone, Suboxone, all of it is very costly and you will become addicted to it.  Trust me.  I have only experienced Heroin withdrawal so I cannot speak for other forms of opiates.  I know its tuff and I still battle it,  But your only trading one addiction for another. It is only a quick fix.  Im not sure about you guys but here they charge 350.00 to see the doc and 14 strips cost you about 130 to 140 dollars.  All cash usally except for the prescription. Then you have to see them once a week in the begining so it is very costly.  Just know most of these docs are out to make money.  So check your doc out too make sure they are not just bringing you back for the money.  The older sobo docs know of the rapid detox.  If they tell you that form doesnt bode well for recovery find someone else.  Recovery is what you make it.  If you want to stay clean you will.  So good luck and I hope this helps

When you pray and Yahwhey brings things about that are far beyond what is in your hands, and these things are limitless, thats when youll know he is real! I am sure he will give you a reason to reach for something beyond what you understand, at that point you will call out to him and recieve a answer, and you will know his love!

Jeremiah 29:11 is said by the leader of my Christian 12 step meeting every week. I am 59 years old and have been on Subutex @ 8years. My Dr of 25 years put me on the blues after the pain threshold was considered in the US. In 2005 hw wrote the most prescriptions in the US. He got carried away went to jail and lost his license. That is not why i contacted you. I have wanted to get off subutex for years but it was never the right time,, work, kids, husband, ageing mother, grandchildren and a job. My oldest boy also got addicted to the blues from the same Dr. He was making 6 figure salary, got laid off, 3 dui's in 3 months, lost his educated wife and 3 sons. Heartache for a mother. Recently my younger son 25 who despised his brother for doing all that became addicted to the blues.(his brother was a good role model prior). Since then my younger son took steps to withdrawl on his own and did. Thank the lord!! This is when I decided I must get off subutex, what kind of role model am I? I have been doing it slowly for the last couple of months but when i stopped completly I thought I would go crazy. So I went to the Dr who put me on clonidine and valium to sleep, I also am taking long baths, but I work a very strenuous job and I am so fatiqued. In 11 days I have to go to training for a better job, I will be gone for two weeks staying at a hotel far away from home and my responsiblites although i will be going to school during the day. How long will I feel so Blah and tired? Is there anything else I can do? I also believe in the lord although in the last 3 weeks I haven't had the strentgh to go to chuch i am so tired. I know i would feel better if i did but all i want to do is stay in bed on my 2 days off, which don't happen much because of all my responsibilities. Boy do i sound like a pity party. Please pray for me, I need it. I almost eliminated God from my life and I know i need him more now then ever. I am trying to get back to him.

This addiction sucks big time. I've been working on cutting down but I've been on Suboxone for 5 yrs at 12mg per day and I have a long road to go. What did you do to get off?

Good luck to you and anyway else going thru similar issues. We can all get through this.

Thank you soooo much for your words of encouragement. I have been trying to get off suboxone for 4 years now and have failed. I have hope and faith that GOD will get me through this but somedays I just want to give up. I have lost pretty much everything and cry myself to sleep every night. I know I'm not alone out there but your diary was truly godsent. Thank you

I stopped suboxone at a sliver of a 2 mg. I started weaning for about 2 months. I am happy to report I did not experience the awful withdrawal I have heard about. I felt al little edgy. However, I am not 30 days off suboxone and I also have chronic anxiety/panic disorder and take 2 mg of clonazapam twice a day. In the last week my anxiety is going crazy. I don't know if it has anything to do with suboxone b/c it has be 30 days. I am calling my doctor about this. I cannot live in this state. It seems the 2mg twice a day is not working anymore.

Dear ThankGod,

I want to thank you so very much for your story. I am 36yr old female, a wife and doggy mom of 4. I was put on suboxone for a strong opiate (pain pill) addiction which I had for over 4 years after a surgery to reconstruct my left wrist. I have now been on the sub for about 2 years. I started at one 8mg per day and have never taken anymore than that. I have been taking only 4 or 2 mg per day for the last few months and I no longer have the money to get anymore & have no insurance. I only have four 2mg strips left and those WILL BE MY LAST! All I want is to be ME again. The me before any drug was ever taken. I miss her and I want her back! 

I have been reading 100s of horrible posts about sub withdrawal and had myself almost in a full panic attack. I am determined to get off of this devil drug and I pray to God for help with this every night! But these stories were scaring me to death!!! Then I saw yours!

As I read your story I cried because I know for sure that I can do this. No matter how long this takes me I can do this. I will try my best to keep posting my progress in new posts for others to read. If you are still out there please pray for me and all of us out there ready to kick this! 

Thank you!

That is the greatest recovery story I have read yet!! I am in day 3 of subutex detox and feel very bad, I can't even go to work. I too put my trust in God, Jesus is the only reason that I have not went crazy, PRAISE GOD!! He is the driving force in my life and He will see me through this horror along with my wife, she is the greatest and I was crying bad this morning because I just know I have missed so much with her. We will be married 33 years this June. I was a painkiller addict for about 10-12 years, and I started out on Suboxone and then switched to Subutex which I was on for 6 years. I hate this stuff so bad, I jumped off at 5mg. I know I could have gone lower but......... If I would have known all this I would have quit much sooner. Like you, I can't wait to get my life back!!!! Thank you, RA

Dear thank God

That is by far the best recovery post I have ever read. All the glory to God. 

Gentlemen ,

 

Suboxone withdrawals are the worst. The depression is unbelievable. I stoped August 23, 2012, from a 4 mg day dose. I was on 4 mgs @ day for about a year. When I stopped, I didn't know what I was expierencing was from suboxone withdrawals until I visited my doctor on August 28, 2012. He wanted to place me back on suboxone, but I refussed. I couldn'tr handle the sweating, restless legs, zero energy, depression, etc. So I decided to figure out what alternative I could use. I found taking very small doses of a opied did the trick. After 6 months, I quit thew opieds. But the depresion still comes and goes. Sometimes its very bad.

 

I hope it goes for good soon !

 

i have read your story and im so happy for your recovery,i have a 29 yr old daughter into day 5 of suboxone wd your story has given me hope that she can do this and become drug free these doctors are pushing this drug and are making a killing off it especially off poor people.id like to get the word out and put a stop to these drug pushers that are raping people.please contact me thru my email

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i could use your help with my daughter

Thank you so much for your story.  It helped and inspired me so much!!!!  Today is day 3 for me and the worst part so far is the leg tremors and feeling like I want to crawl out of my skin.  I would love a prayer from you to help me through this.  I also believe in the power of prayer...I have been helped through other situations with prayer.  I may have to read your story everyday,  but I'm so grateful that you posted it!  My name is Kami, and I'll take all the prayers I can get!!  Thank you!!