suboxone addiction/withdrawal

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I like how you put this. suboxone stop withdrawal for me and i am thankful to God for it too. I fell 17 feet through a ceiling while working with my husband. We were electricians together for truland services and while working i stepped on a weak place in the ceiling and fell through to concrete floor 5 surgeries later i'm taking methodone 4 years was enough for me i hated being a pill addict but no one would tell me how to detox myself. sometime being african american female sometime we don't get the information about treatments that some do. I'm not saying people are racist but understand when your poor and looking for help a lot of people won't tell you the truth about things, i'm thankful for persons like yourself that tells it like it really is to help others.

i feel ya

You are off your rocker. There is 100% addiction possibility with sub. It's harder to detox from than pain pills. You did great by only being on it for a year, but watch out! This stuff is strong and it's super hard to kick.

Hope your story is EXACTLY like mine as if i could have written this post. Can you keep me posted on your recovery and maybe we can support eachother. I was on 2-4 mg a day for 6mo. No one knows at all and i jumped off yesterday at 1mg

Hey maria, I went down to 1 mg for like 3 days then for about a wk or so I was just taking a lil corner peice off the sub film (maybe like .25mg) then 5 days ago today I stopped completely and was waiting and waiting for the withdrawals to come and five days into it I havnt had none:):) other than cravings.. I have been taking milk thistle to help recover my liver and alot of b vitamins along with joint juice. Idk if it's helping or not but Im not gonna take the chance an stop taking it just in case lol..I know that will power is the number 1 thing you have to have to stop. I caught my addiction at an early stage so maybe that's another reason it's not so bad but I have tried an tried to stop an have not succeeded cause I didn't have the will power. But this time I'm not looking back. An u have to remember sites like this will terrify you cause you read all the horror stories but don't let it. I will keep u updated as the days go on but I am feeling better than ever after only five days knowing that I'm completley drug free is a really good feeling. Oh an also keep god close:) I've been praying an going to church like crazy so maybe it's him helping me get thru this too. But good luck to u an I hope this helps

Thank You!!! I needed to hear that PainfulDude....I agree absolutely...Iam 4 weeks past back surgery and needed to get off the vicodin. Been on subs for 4 days only and have started the gradual as long as it takes, to taper down. Been told just play with what you are comfortable with and it and you will know how fast to taper for yourself and it will truely help you ! Iam comfortable enough with the post surgery pain, that the little pain relief I also get from it is all I need now and gives me some time being off the vicodin to adjust to being med free...Just don't use it as a subsitutuion for your other drug...

First you say methadone is sooooo much more good, then you tell people to shoot heroin or take methadone(same thing as far as you're concerned). You're such a f*****g hypocrite!!!!

All of this BS about "getting high" off suboxone is a load of sh*t coming from any real opiat addict. I'm a 25 yr old female who was addicted to oxycodone and OxyContin for 6 years- I've been on suboxone for almost a year now and you do not get high if you are actually taking the sh*t for a purpose! To wein down from opiates! The only reason this drug should be taken! Wtf... Lol

My boyfriend is an addict (almost 15 yrs) and has tried numerous times to get off and stay off on his own but has been unsuccessful. He is now seeking help through an outpatient program. He is not currently taking sh*t loads of pills or anything hardcore(to my knowledge) but he still craves all the time, has issues with sleeping and even being social with people. All he thinks about is drugs. He has been drinking nightly after work, and smoking weed or taking pills here and there (so he says). We have always been anti suboxone as we still saw it as feeding your addiction. (He used to get suboxone off the streets to get high). Now he is all about suboxone as a means of getting sober and will even relapse just to get on it if he is not approved for it by his doctor. Obviously I am not supporting his decision. However I do not do drugs and can not even begin to pretend I understand. I am not sure if he plans on coming off suboxone at some point or always be on it. He says his counselor told him he will feel normal on it. It hasnt even been two months yet of out[patient rehab. I know it is difficult and I would never want to be in his shoes. I give him a lot of credit for going through this but I also feel like he is not putting up a strong enough fight. It is not meant to be easy. It is suppose to suck and be difficult. I see it as his way of legally supporting his drug habit. The only thing that drove him to rehab was geting into some legal trouble. He claims this time he means it when he says he wants to be clean but how many times can a person say that. We are in two different states too, so it's not like I can monitor him or really see what is going on with him. Anyway I guess I just wanted to see what other people have to offer on suboxone. Maybe it just comes down to every person and situation is different and there is no black and white.   

You're an id**t, I take subs recreationally for about 7-14 days taking anywhere from 1mg-4mg(low dose compared to ppl with addiction). I have just stopped and on day 4, chills from days 1-3 and today experiencing nausea and can't stomach any food. Buprenorphine is a narcotic plain and simple, and there are withdrawals from it. Im not even dependent on these and can tell you that

LEAVE SUBUTEX ALONE!!! WHAT DID IT EVER DEW TO EWE!!?

I agree man suboxone is like f*****g gold to me. Never think about pills, I function great and feel awesome not so much hi just like myself. But you can get sick on it. When you take it your brain releases dopamine and if your on it long enough like an opiate based pill and quit talking it. Your brain doesn't release enough and makes you physically sick. My doctor explained that to me and I have experienced it. So really it's just switching from 1 addiction to another. But i'd much rather be on this than roxy 30's and oxy 80's everyday. So yes you can get sick off suboxone or subutex. Take it for 6 months and just stop and see how you fell i guarantee you'll change your mind. Suboxone are the first narcotic drugs available under the Drug Abuse Treatment Act (DATA) of 2000.Buprenorphine may cause precipitated withdrawal syndrome. The following are signs of opioid withdrawa from subutex and suboxonel: This is from a doctors website. Look it up yourself its real easy • Craving • Diarrhea • Distress/irritability • Dysphoric mood • Insomnia • Lacrimation • Mild fever • Muscle aches/cramps • Nausea or vomiting • Piloerection • Pupillary dilation • Rhinorrhea • Sweating • Yawning

Sub withdrawls are terrible. I did the exact same thing as you man and truthfully i would rsther come off the pills than the subs. Your screwed man the only thing I can tell you do is get as many subs as you can and tapper your self off slowly. Its screwed up man they give us this sh*t saying its going to help when really its way worse. Hope the for ya.

this by far has to be the BEST review i have ever read. Was on heroin for a good couple years got clean and went to suboxone almost a year later im weening myself off and ya know what i feel no different than i did taking 16 mg a day when i first started ! GREAT READ!!!!!