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

Hey guys just wanted to share my little story i been on subs for a year or so now doing any where from a half a sub strip a day to small pieces im on day 3 with the usual withdrawls but i dont have time from to work to burn so yea im just gona suck it up be a man and do this sh*t.... again u see its not my first time lol w/e yea im a ideot but just wanted to let u know u guys arent the only ones going thrtough this sh*t so stick with it we can all see the light u just gota open your eyes a bit, but everyone must deal with it their own ways be safe guys im off to work lol uh been a sh*t day and gona be for maybe a month if im lucky cheers.

I'm 7-8 days into sub wd and gettin pretty nuts...I abused sub for abt a 3 month period and just stopped cold all with no knowledge of what I was doing at all...I have all the typical symptoms and am pretty worried abt how long this could go on...I haven't been able to do much of anything for myself or my family in about a week and the mental/emotional toll is adding up fast as well...after becoming miserable enough I started reading about what I have just done and seeing these posts has me freaked out sure enough...any advice would be appreciated..

I guess I am a recovering addict. I found Suboxone to be highly more addictive than these pain pills and also a pain in the a*s to get. WD off of Subs was the worst feeling of my life. I've WD off of pain pills years ago and did it in like a week or 2 with no side effects. The side effects from Sub WD lasted months for me and I needed to get back to work and not feel like cr*p every day all day long. I never turned to H. I do believe Subs are an effective drug for H recovery, but do not believe it should be prescribed for vicodin WD, maybe high level percs/oxy's. I was taking 3-7 vicodin a day when Doc prescribed me Subs. I never felt higher in my life - from Subs. I was immediately HOOKED. I was far more addicted to Subs than anything ever. I took Subs for 3 yrs and am off since March. Then started back on Vicodin in May. I only take 1-2 pills a day. I try to take as little as possible and next time off I have from work, I am going to try to stop again. We shall see. Good luck hun.

I am on day 13 with no subs the WD have been hell..I started taking pain pills to ease the symptons and its helped but I feel so mentally drained...I was clean for almost 8 years when I got a bad toothache and took pain pills until I could get in to see a dentist before I knew it I was hooked...I want to be clean more than anything in this world certain circumstances have come up in my life recently that has made me want to get clean or I will lose everything. So yesterday I took a urine test and finally passed no subs in my urine and this morning I didn't have the leg aches and restless feeling I did have but I am completely drained of energy to do anything and I have a small child at home I must take care..please anyone how long will it be before my energy level starts to return I thought it would return pretty fast once subs was outta my system and I was only on subs maybe 6 months which I didn't take everyday because I didn't go to a doctor plus now I know I gotta detox from the pain pills..in the end I don't know if that was the right decision to make but now that the subs are outta my system I was hoping I would feel better after 3 or 4 days of no pain pills..

I was on subs for a yr and a half w my other half...... we broke up and he left w his script .. I was tapering on my own... prob not the right way ..feel like c**p and no one knows around me what is going on... just that I stopped taking a Med ... haven't slept n two days ... and can't afford to loose any more weight ... scared.. and want to b done w all of this mess ...

hey guys, help plz.  i abused suboxone for about 3 months  about 3 times a day about 1mg each dose.  i got down to one dose a day of same 1mg for 3 days then tried 48 hours off.  was tuff but fought threw it with no sleep.  now i am at .5 mg right before i sleep and sleep great but then feel sickly about 12 hours later .... its not kiling me to do this but i need to get off      any advise for my addicct dumb tail? 

Well I jumped off 6-8mg each day for a Lil over a month,it's been 4 days now an I have had very little withdrawls.very light cold sweats,maybe a half hour or so between the 4days.ther were times I thought it was coming but it never showed its face.ive ears of people not feeling any withdrawal after cold turkey like I did.maybe I'm one of them.dont let these people's stories scare u,u have to exsperience things for yourself.i did it on my own,so far so good,an I work daily.

Dang I'm so jealous of you! Great f***ing job! I'm on day 15 and still have stomach and anxiety issues, but its really, really mild. I just whine. A lot.

Sounds like you have a good amount of clean time under your belt. I would suggest that you don't try to detox off of subs using pain meds. It's a vicious cycle. As addicts, we'll take anything to numb the pain (physical or emotional) and substituting one drug for another is in our nature. As best you can, try alternatives that aren't addictive

HEy going down hill. I was a major heroin addict earlier in my life. My worst habit was close to 2 bundles a day of fabulous junk. Took me countless spots to find it, but as a good addict I found it. Anyways after multiple stints in the joint and 3 rehabs I was ready to quit. Got on the suboxone and it was a life saver. Problem is I was on it close to 6 years. Weaned down to 2 mg and just jumped 4 days ago. Its actually not that bad compared to a good dope habit. Even a 5 bagger a day suboxone withdrawal doesn't really compare. Can barely sleep, have the jimmie legs a good amount of the time. Feeling crappy most deff. Ive been smoking massive amounts of cush and its helping some what. Anyways its do able. My question is to the board and anyone else is, have you ever gotten bloody diaherra from wd's ???? IT has never happened to me and I've withdrawn 100 times. What the hell is going on ??? Should I be worried ??? I just happened to me twice within the past hour this morning since I woke up. I did drink red Gatorade last night and have barely eaten much other than a slice of pizza last night. Should I be worried ???? This is very strange and I hear nothing about it on other boards.

Some optimism for suboxone withdrawl. Almost 3 years of 6-10 daily percocets finally led me to seek suboxone. I am right this moment on The morning of day 5 since my last 2mg sub, and I am clearly out of the woods. I had tried several times during 30 months of suboxone treatment to withdraw / taper, but each time gave in to the discomforT an re-upped my sub script. For me, and my guess is for most, the key is the length of the taper. I spent about 6 months on only a single 2mg dose each day. After my final 2mg AM dose, I slept fine that evening. The second night after NO AM dose, very restless sleep, aches, sweats, but NOT horrible except for the terrible and maddening time sleeping. Day 2 after no subs, exhausted, depressed, another horrible night sleeping. Day three, tired and depressed again during the day, but not as bad, and actually slept a few hours that night comfortably. Day 4, napped during the day, felt much better, and actually slept all night for about 8 hours! For me, the key was a long time on the tiniest of suboxone dosage. This really made the withdrawal tolerable.

Take 1 week of from work or whatever you can, have someone who loves you and supports you with you. Committ to yourself that this WILL end soon because it will.It really helps to have a loved one who will get you whatever you need.

My advice is take clonadine and benedryl to help you sleep at night. It won't help much in day one or 2, but day 3 and 4 it will help you sleep. Drink only water, take vitamins take Advil and lots of it for the body aches, it also helped me sleep. No caffeine Or only 1 AM cup. Smoke EM if you got EM. Watch good movies to get your mind off it, long walks and exercise really help sleeping. You may find this difficult, but it does help.  But by day 4 or 5 you will be free of the subs. The key really is the LONG taper. For me, and I'm a 48 year old male in decent shape, that was 8 months of a single 2mg tablet a day, even skipping a day now and then, or every other day if you can, before you finally go cold turkey. Don't give up, by day 5 you will feel so much better!!

 

A final note, your doctor or clinic will most likely be happy to take your money to continue seeing them indefinitely, you MUST committ to this on your own! You can and will do it!!! Suboxone is not perfect, but it's the best option IMO.

Good for you , Finally did it. Glad to hear it. I'm ready and just like you have been taking 2 mg a day for a year. No other drugs at all including all narcotics or benzos. Just some weed here and there. Im on day 4 and other than no sleep, jimme legs/midnight dance I'm fine. Also had Diaharrea the past 4 days. But hey all of a sudden after grabbing a few hours of sleep over of 2 10 mg ambiens, I woke up and crapped bloody diahaerra. This has never happened to me before and I have kicked bundle's a day habits in the joint on several occasions. Should I be worried ??? By the way ive been clean from drugs and have been in suboxone every single day for 6 years.

Am sorry but day 5 is not even the beginning. The half life stays around for months and months and months and months going to years. No joke. It is the "TRUTH".

It seems to me those who jump from higher doses of around 4mg and over have a "MUCH" easier time. Why is this?..................Perhaps the half life covers the withdrawals?....Perhaps the half life makes a exit from the receptors quickly taking down most of the half life too-compared to low doses the half life only accumulates as it is not strong as high doses but still has a long half life-therefore the receptors has a enough space to accommodate the half lives-this in turns accumulates the sub-thus making it much difficult to come off the sub? hence long intense withdrawals coupled with extreme lethargy-not to mention depression.

I do not know but I have heard too many times that staying on sub or/and coming off it-is a death sentence. You cannot ever recover from suboxone-and staying on it you feel just as bad. Apparently it affects some our receptors to the extent of destroying them permanently-hence of never ending PAWS and terrible withdrawals.

I cannot fathom how much I wish I never started subs :( I was addicted to Vicodin for about 3 years taking about 10 mg pills 10 pills or more a day....I started suboxone about 6 months ago finally tapered out to taking 1 mg once a day sometimes twice if I forgot lol...my boyfriend JUST 4 days ago got arrested for obviously being stupid and he is usually the supplier of my stuff ....I know where to get it from but I've decided to take the horrible route and just withdrawal to just stop it...I really want to change my life for the better.....On top of deciding this as I just said my 6 yr boyfriend who is not abusive And is honestly a blessing is in jail for a stupid crime cuz of drugs....it sucks and on top of that I have decided to stop subs cuz I feel like I've tapered down to 1 mg I thought I could handle the withdrawals...obviously not haha. The whole being depressed thing sucks and just adds more with the position I'm in....I really wanna know how y'all get the motivation to move in the morning.....I literally wanna stay in bed depressed all day and I can't imagine that for the next 3 months.....I have a life to attend to! Haha any suggestions? Thanks for all the help above though I just am nervous to be depressed for more than 2 weeks....even.though I know that's what is going to happen :/ I'm 25 by the way I don't know if that matters at all lol

eal classy girls do not get bfs like that..Real guys are those who do not get arrested, do not do drugs or supply them and actually respect their girl and find them attractive..Man what kind of life you got? you call that a bf? what about girls who have boyfriends that are educated? intelligent? clean? financial secure? sexy? usually girls who have them kind of guys are pretty and slim girls with confidence, education, intelligence and class. It is people like you that makes girls end up alone in life unable to settle down, if you have a have a bf like that then am sorry you are one naive person. You must be desperate to seek validation and a desperate for a guy, am sorry that is a choice and its embarrass..Am sure your parents are proud of you of having a guy like that. Only douches get arrested and a cowards.

Secondly the sub withdrawal will start around 1 month, and go on for 6 months, then comes the mental games of PAWS, which last years and years..Staying on sub is just as bad everybody says.