SUBOXONE DETOX OVER... NO ENERGY

EVERYONE FEELING TIRED AFTER DETOXING FROM SUBOXONE ( OR ANY OPIATE ) LISTEN UP - I dealt with this same issue, I have been on and off narcotics INCLUDING suboxone a few times. Once the initial withdrawal fades, after 2 weeks or so, that feeling of being really tired/ having no energy will last for about 1 month maybe 2 at the most. After that period you will regain your energy and you will feel awesome.

So tired of people telling me it's in my head ugh. It doesn't make detox any easier.

I agree methadone is the devil and should be banned or used in only very severe cases. Going to that clinic was the biggest mistake of 30 yrs of life that I've ever made. They call it recovery, but the recovery from the recovery is worse than my previous addiction to opiates. It's just completely over prescribed. I would try to discourage anyone from ever taking methadone. It's a beast, and it has taken so much out of me,I've been off it for 6 days. And have now been on sub for 2 days. My methadone detox was becoming excrutiating. I hoping to b completely off the suboxone w/i 6 mos. Does this sound logical. I hear it's easier to detox from the sub?

hi,,,,i been on suboxone for the last years and half,,i was on 8mg a day for most of that time,,,,in the last few months i got my dose down to 2mg a day,,,it wasn't hard at all to get that low,,,i had had enough of being addicted to heroin and morphine and decided to use suboxone for a year then get clean,,,,,,the hardest part was once i decided to detox off it and get my dose down too .25 ,,that was difficult,,,at ,5 i wasn't feeling it too much but had a few days where i was pretty sick and didn't sleep at all,,i stayed on .5 for about a week,,and before that i stayed on 1mg for two weeks,,,when i got down to too .25 i started detoxing,,i wouldn't sleep at all nearly except a hour here and there,,i stayed like that for a week then jumped off all together,,,,,

WOW!!, I CANNOT BELIEVE UR STORY, IVE MADE THAT TERRIBLE MISTAKE TWICE<,AND,MY BROTHER, AND COUSIN, WE REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DIE, IM ON SUBS NOW FOR 3 N A HALF YRS, AND BEFORE THAT ON METHADONE , ROXIES, AND ZANIX, IM WANTING TO GET OF SUBS SO DAMN BAD, I JUST DONT KNOW TO EVEN GO ABOUT THIS sh*t AGAIN:{ BUT ANYWAYS UR STORY REALLY STUCK OUT N I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW COURAGEOUS UR R FOR GETTING TO WHERE U R ON UR TERRIBLE JOURNEY.SO THANX N GOD BLESS:}

I've been off suboxone for 6 weeks now,,,,my body is feeling a lot better my head is a lot clearer and i am sleeping a lot better toot took me three weeks or so to start even getting some decent sleep,,,,,,but it did happen,,,my legs always hurt as well as my shoulders and back,,,,i couldn't even try n exercise as i was always so tired and had no energy,,,,now 6 weeks clean i am sleeping 5 6 hours a night,,,,i have energy and starting to exercise,,,,i try and stay positive and always remind myself how lucky i am to be free from drugs,,i have struggled my whole life with heroin morphine etc,,,,then got on the subs for a year to see if they could help me,,coming off them was very hard work,,,but not impossible,,,it just took a 100 percent commitment from me,,,tapering down as much as i could and then jumping off,,,,it was hard work but nothing like coming off a full opiate,,,,it just lasts a bit longer all the tiredness and hurts in the body,,the best thing i did was accept that i wouldn't sleep much,,its easier to get up and watch a movie or something then too stay in bed and toss n turn all night,,,,now i go for rides on my bike i eat healthy and i try n stay positive,,,,,,

You prolly are gettin sick after three days because that's when its half life ( half way out of your blood stream) go to a doc

I am thankful for a post from a healthy suboxone detoxer. I am on day seven, after 5 years of 12 mg down to 2mg (when i jumped off). The chills and other symptoms have subsided but sleeplessness and tiredness are a problem. I found pushing myself to run / walk to build endorphins is helping to give me boosts of energy.

MUSIC!!! Music has helped me so much. When I can't sleep.. or I sit in the tub with epsom salts, I put my headphones in. You'd really be surprised how helpful music is to get your mind off the WDs. I for one couldn't watch TV.. I couldn't focus on it at all. Music on the other hand gets in your head and is pleasurable. 

I read a lot of these posts and I gotta say, Sub W/D is no picnic but it's nothing compared to straight opiate W/D. Chills, diarrhea, and fatigue are the biggest b***h of it all. My advice is like a lot of others. Stay busy. It's hard to move sometimes but do it. It definitely helps. Another thing I've been reading is people having trouble sleeping. That one is new to me because I went to literally 1/10 of a 8/2mg Sub a day for two months before quitting, and all I've done is sleep since being totally off of them. I'll feel really exhausted and I pass out for at least 7-8 hours at a time at night and I take an hour nap or two in the day, too. Although, Klonopin or Clonodine will help greatly with this. Also there's a natural melatonin supplement you can buy for sleep that also helps a bunch. 

I'm not an expert by any means, and only on day 7 with zero Subs, but truly I think the taper helped a lot because the restless leg feelings and the sneezing and chills started a few weeks ago. But I'm still at work. Can still function well enough to get through. I really do think a lot of people psyche themselves out on these boards though. First few days are the worst, but again, weren't terrible compared to Vicodin W/D. You can be depressed naturally without having Sub W/D, too, although I know what you guys mean by getting emotional for no apparent reason. Day 2 was really funny. I mowed my lawn which takes about an hour and a half to do by hand. I kept thinking just keep moving forward, there's nothing truly wrong with you, you've just gotta get your brain to adjust. I actually fell down twice while mowing from slipping while pushing the mower. The neighbors thought I was drunk! Lol.

The more positive you are, the more active you are, the better you eat and sleep, the better you will feel. I know Subs have helped many people, and I'm not knocking them. But I do resent my regular doc referring me to a Sub doc after taking Vicodin for a misdiagnosed fractured sternum from a car wreck. I was on about 20 mg a day of Hydrocodone for about six months and literally just should've bit the bullet and sweated it out a year ago. This Sub stuff to me was more powerful and attached to my brain longer and harder than the Vics, and I really feel it's just a legal way to keep people paying a fortune to stay in the med system. It'd be one thing if it was generic and cost $2 like Klonopin does. But with insurance, the visits are $200 and the meds are another $75 which was INSANE compared to the generic vics that I got also for $2. A total racket. I'm so pissed at my doctor.

But, let me again say, each day it's a little better than the last. Not huge steps between days, but a little, then a little. And it's starting to add up. I'm looking forward to feeling totally normal again even if it takes weeks or months. I don't care. I refuse to let our warped medical system ever hold me hostage again with some ridiculous chemical I didn't need in the first place. 

BJ

I actually went thru da same thing get some vitamins n drink energy drinks also listenin to music helped me to motivate just hang in der da worst is over n u definitely can do dis

Clearly, you have never been through opiate withdrawal if you think nightime cold medicine will help.

This is incorrect. Half life works: 8 mg at approx 37 hours it goes to 4mg. in the next 37 it goes to 4 mg. at the next 37 it goes to 2 mg. and continues till out of system. Why so hard to detox from.

There is so much more to Suboxone detox than it's half life. Any drug that attaches itself to your brain receptors messes up your brain chemistry. Suboxone is not suppose to be used for long term they are just finding out this information. I believe as the years go by more & more information is going to be revealed. Suboxone is a big money maker. Now they are stopping the tablets (that medicaid pays for) and only making the film. I have been on this drug since it was first called Buprenex, than Subutex & now Suboxone. I have tried over and over again to tamper off and failed. Now I am detoxing again but with more success taking a vitiamin supplements that increases nurtrtional support for restoring and rebuilding my brain chemistry. First day off Suboxone I was able to sleep though the night and take naps in the day. No moods swings. No cravings. I am eatting and not having uncontrollable crying spells. If any one wants to try this supplement please let me know. For I have tried Withdrawl-Ease and that did not help at all. They even told me that I might have to be on this drug (Suboxone) for the rest of my life! I am 57 years old and been on opiates most of my life. This is the first time that I feel hopeful. That there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Hey guys.  I've been slowly tapering down super-low, this morning I think I only took about .25 mg.  The last few days I'd gone from 1mg to .666mg to .5mg and less.  The past 2 days I've taken only super small amounts.

My thighs are killing me, and I have ZERO energy.  My sleep is weird; I'll knock out for a few hours and then wake up feeling SO uncomfortable but not want to get up. 

I'm not sure I felt anything from the suboxone I took this morning.  Literally, it was a piece of the 2mg strips that was smaller than my pinkie fingernail. 

I've been eating a lot, but now the yawns and runny nose are coming.  I've been on suboxone since 2005, slowly tapering from 16mg when I started to about 1mg over the past few months. 

I'm wondering if I should just jump, and if there is anything I might do from here on out that could help ease any discomfort?  My doctor gave me a Clonidine rx (He ignored that I'm having trouble with Adderall right now which I've already ran out of after a week, I can't control myself on it) and my inquiries as to whether I need to go into a treatment facility to get off.

 

I've been living a very functional life, but i'm sick of having this weight over me, reminding me of a past that is no longer a part of who I am today. 

Any correspondence would be great, my email 

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thanks guys,

Greg