Was on 8mg a day for about 9 months been on every opiate there is for 10 years ever since I tried heroin. I moved last month now can't afford another Dr. Took my last dose Sunday morning. Today is Tuesday still havnt slept. The restless leg syndrome is really in my arms I can't stop moving my arms so impossible to sleep just want the burning in my arm joints to stop hopefully tomorrow that's just what I'm going to keep telling myself
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To offer a counter point here, I was able to quit suboxone with absolutely no withdrawals. The key to it is an incredibly long, slow taper. No doctor will instruct you to do this and will try to get you to jump off at 2mg or 1mg, but that will be guaranteed to leave you in pain and suffering for weeks. The key is to take a fraction of what your doctor tells you to take (which will always be high) and stockpile as much suboxone as you can. I took my last refill of 50 strips, which was supposed to be a 30 day supply, and made that last for 8 months. Every few weeks, lower the amount you're taking per day by just a hair. I dosed twice per day to avoid any spikes/dips throughout the day. Toward the end I was only taking doses that were the size of a flax seed or so. I then went down to dosing once a day, then every other day, then not at all.
I am not exaggerating when I say that I felt ZERO discomfort. I ended up quitting with several strips left when I realized that I had forgotten to take my dose the day before (this was when I was dosing every other day, so I hadn't dosed in three days) and felt no different from my dose days. It can be done, I have been sober for 7 years now. You just have to advocate for yourself because chances are your doctor will not take the time to taper your dose as it's more lucrative for big pharma to keep you on the meds for the rest of your life.