suboxone withdrawal: how long is this going to last...I'm mi

Jeremy, that's great. I am so glad to hear the taper plan is working. You may be helping so many ppl now and in the future by keeping us posted. If I was gonna stop (and do it all over again), I would do it like that. I stopped cold turkey like a month ago. I was at 2mg a day all split thru the day. The WD were beyond horrible. I really dont know how I got thru it but its been about a month. Just gotta keep fighting it. Hearing success stories and ppl that come back to support is awesome. You get a lot of negative posts here but I understand. Sub is a very strong drug that just takes over ppls lives. Good luck and remember to exercise as much as you can....even forcing yourself to move. Let us know how ur doing.

Sounds like you know what your doing. Can you get Clonidine? Especially where you are now at 21 days, that's when Clonidine really helps! Helps w the sweats, WD symptoms and your blood pressure. I HIGHLY recommend you try to get it if you dont have it. Good luck and keep us posted!

day 9 was pretty well the same .  Last night before i fell asleep my legs probaly were hurting worse than they have yet, but i think that may have been from a hard weeks work.  I have to walk up and down steps all day long, sometimes carrying stuff that weighs up to 50 lbs.  So i think they were just sore, not jumping and twitching like i have felt before.  But other than that i can feel a tiny improvement every day.  I was able to sleep around 8 hours total last night which was good.  Also id like to note that i did this taper plan while still having an unlimitied supply of suboxone.  I had 40 8 mg tablets in a bottle and never once touched them.  Just took what my taper plan required which at the end wasn't even 1 tablet a month.  Even the guy that wrote the taper plan at withdrawal ease said that it was near impossible to do a taper plan if someone didn't watch over your medicine for you.  Well I did it and I am very proud of that.  I am starting day 10 right now.  Im supposed to be very depressed and this is suppose to stay with me for months.  Will if it does I can handle it because im not depressed.  When ya get down, go to the gym, get u a good workout in and you will feel very good about yourself.  Trust me it works.  The taper plan did help, but me going and working out everyday and eating healthy every day helped just as much and maybe even more.  Also anyone going through withdrawals that has access to a sauna needs to make use of it.  A sauna will make u sweat all your bad toxens out.  The sauna was also another thing that helped me throughout this process.  But as far as the mental stuff that i have read on here and how u will be depressed forever thats garbage.  Several other and I are proof that it is possible to get off this c**p.  You can also go to youtube and watch several people go through this proccess and see that they are clearly ok and back to normal.  Subs do not give u brain damage either, that is garbage.  But i just want  people to know that it is very possible, the hardest part for me was when i started skipping days of my dose.  But after i made it through that it started get easier and by the time i had to skip 2 days i was ready.  I actually jumped off sub 2 weeks before i was suppose to but I know I made the right decision.  God Bless everyone

Jeremy

Wow Jeremy. You just gave me so much hope. I'm a month in and was thinking about giving up the past few days cause I couldnt deal. Thank you for the advice. It's very good advice. And you should be proud to have had the supply of Sub and still not take it. I did the same thing actually. Still have it and unlimited supply to pills, but dont touch. Its like a mental thing - part of the fight and winning. God Bless you Honey. You are doing great!!!!!

Hi i may be able to help if you need subutex.

Subs are terrible

Today is day 11. Last night was not a good night of sleep. 4 hours peaceful the rest'twas tossing and turning all night. I even took a sleeping pill and it didn't help. But other than that everything is the same. Legs ache but nothing that I can't handle.  I actually use the bathroom way more. Like 3 times a day. I eat like a horse so that could be why.  I was on subs for 4 years so it will be at least a month maybe 2 before I get back to normal. But I can handle it. 

Jeremy

Oh and Dina don't ever give up. 30 days is awesome. Think about how u were at day 5.  U don't want to start this process over .  It took a lot of hard work and dedication to get to where u r.  Don't throw it away

I have weened myself down from 4-8mg to about 0.25- 0.50 mg daily. I finally stopped, after feeling the sheer horror and pain that it causes with just going without the dose for an hour.

 

I took the week off because I thought it would take me 3 days to get it out of my system as subs have a half life  of ~36 hours.

 

Things have been miserable, been loading on xanax to try and counter balance the anxiety portion and it seems to be helping.

 

I'm on my 4th day of detoxing and my joints burn etc etc (you all know the symptoms) when i try to go to bed.

 

Work starts Tuesday and I am scared sh**less. Any suggestions? I am SO scared. I thought this would be over by now seeing as my MD said apron  3 days cold turkey.

 

Am I okay okay to take rescue doses? I just want this nightmare to be over.

Subs r bad

Day 13 off suboxone. Still not sleeping great. Average of 4 hours of peaceful sleep a night.  I feel like a 1 percent improvement every day. Some days seem better than others.  But overall I can't complain. I was on subs for 4 years and I can't expect to be better in 10-15 days. My energy level is about 60 percent.  But seems like after I make myself do something I'm ok after I get into the action. But I hope everyone is doing ok. It makes me kind of sad when I don't see anyone posting on here. I'd still like to see more success stories and here how Dina , Jess and all the others are doing. But I want to say this again and everyone read, if you want off suboxone very bad,  you can do it.  It's not easy by no means , u have to want it more than anything u have ever done. Get your mind right and get focused, taper down to .5 milligrams and skip days and then just jump.  If you can make it while taking just .5 u can make it through the jumping off part. Not much difference.  And if u believe in God and I hope and pray u all do because he is very real, pray every night. Prayer is a very powerful thing. If u have read any of my post I have out my taper plan, working out and all kinds of stuff that helped but nothing helped me more than God. God bless u all

Jeremy

Low doses are harder then high doses. The withdrawals dont start to get worse until the 3rd month, sorry to be negative but am being truthful. Nobody I have ever known has gotten off suboxone, most have stayed clean for 4-6 months but then could not take it anymore, so relapse or went back on subs or another opiate.

I honestly think there is no way out for suboxone users, unless you want to lead a miserable depressing life without suboxone or an opiate..I believe we got screw over once we put suboxone in our mouths.

Am sorry but your withdrawals have not really started yet. They reac their peak around 3rd to 4th month, yep its true, after that your depression for few years, this is why nobody ever comes off suboxone, they cant take it anymore, I believe we got done over once you we put subs in our mouth..Either we have to be on a opiate for all our lives and feel bad, or feel depression forever if we get off suboxone, there really is no way around it, it has damaged our brains, trust me and believe me.

Thanks so much for your stories. Dina and Jeremy have been soo helpful.  This is so scary!  I'm on day 9 off subs and looking for the light!!!  Still go to bathroom a lot, feel so anxious as if I have been hit in the stomach.  I was given clonidine and it helps a bit and at times have taken Xanax .  It's the fatigue, no energy, and the lack of concentration that is killing me!!  Does anyone really know how long it lasts????  I was feeling so strong until I read the stories of the withdrawal doesn't come until the 3 rd or 4 th month!!  I dint think I could go thru all this again in a few months.  Any advice or has anyone gotten off subs and stayed that way??? 

jeremy, are you doing this on us our own or with a doctor?.