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

I hope u made it. Im going through the same thing. Im on day 14. No sleep. Walking like a zombie at work. But today was a new trick. My whole damn body burning. Im on day 14!!! What do they put in this sh*t!?

Dont believe the hype. Im on day 14 and still feel the same as day five. Now, today on day 14! My whole body is burning

Hey, I hope you were able to make it another 2 weeks. I'm on day 16 and I still am having symptoms, but they're not nearly as bad as at the beginning.

My experience is that there's a problem with the way I remember the course of my withdrawal. I have this idea that I'm not getting better because I still feel uncomfortable, but then my wife will describe how I was the first few days and it's clear that things have gotten significantly better. The first couple days I was in real agony. I couldn't eat, and would throw up when I did. I was hardly sleeping and was thrashing around like crazy in bed. And I was crying to the degree that it was making my wife really uncomfortable.

At 16 days I don't feel great, but there's certainly been a state change since then. Work still feels extremely persecutory, like going in is a punishment. And I have a ton of anxiety about the fact that I'm really not interacting with people at work at all. I eat at my desk and have kept social interaction to a bare minimum. It feels like I'm never going to have another day where I wake up and feel actually good.

A couple of things have helped me get through it. One is that I have a doctor who has given me medicine to use. I'm taking gabapentin (for sleep and body pain) and baclofen (for body pain). I also take trazedone to sleep. Getting sleep is important (for obvious reasons) and also because it lets me work out. Working out makes me feel better for a couple hours and also helps me sleep.

The reason I decided to make the effort to get this done is because I feel like my fears in the past that I'm either not performing well enough at work or I have to stay on suboxone because I'm going to miss work have led me to put other people above myself and my own health. I really do believe that if I don't first focus on my own wellness, than this mess will continue forever. Generally, my fears are overblown. Health and well-being need to be my number one priority.

I've been on subs for about a year and needed my perscription called in this past Friday and my Dr never called it in so now I'm on day 4 of my own personal living hell. My intention wasn't even to kick subs but because my Dr wanted to be a sh*t head on a long labor day weekend here I am sleep deprived, feeling like I want someone to run my legs over with a truck and trying to stop my brain my devising a plan to slam an entire bundle, sit on my bathroom floor and just be happy drooling on myself. I'll be on subs forever and im ok with that because I just don't trust my dumb brain to keep me clean. Tomorrow is Tuesday and I should have my perscription by 2 pm. Good luck ya'll. Just keep it in your head that no feeling physical or mental, good or bad lasts all that long in the grand scheme of this shitty life ✌

Anyone seeking the answer to this question should pay close attention to these words, they could save your life!

First off, there's way more misinformation about this drug, either down play or dismiss first hand experiences from MANY actual real life users saying the same things that I do here and now.  

As a two decade chronic pain patient my experience with Suboxone (aka Subutex,  Bup) started around 2005. After turning off a morphine pain pump requiring a short stay at a drug rehab facility even though I was not dealing with addiction issues, it's still similar.  Long story short, I've spent the better part of the past three to four years I've personally become rather experienced with my own experiences and with many other first hand accounts of withdraw symptoms after long term high dose use. 

It should be noted that most people that are at this point are not advised to try to quit this drug in many situation! The problems that most males begin to experience are all rather familiar and similar. Starting with the first stage of problems, lowered testosterone. I'm referring to levels that are deadly low. Up to this point most will experience a declining interest in their WIFES, FAMILY, LIFE in general BEFORE THEY notice or admit how much of an impact this drug has already taken upon their lives. Many often loose their wife and families support due to do lacking desire to answer their phones, talk to anyone, or to join in life it's self. 

It's a process that usually takes many years before the patient starts to realize what MOST MODERN MEDICINE DOCS say about things like COMPOUNDING WITHDRAWAL from Suboxone. Denying that it exist or most commonly have no idea what it is or even what it really means. By the time patients are forced to seek Alternative Medicine for help with testosterone levels, this is where they should really PAY CLOSE ATTENTION!  Bypass all the BS forms of testosterone therapy, save two years of life seeking fixes with modern medicine. This is where cracks start to turn into giant holes with the medical systems inability to take accountability do to liability, Get over it! And JUST DO THE DAM SHOTS! AND TEST IT ONCE A MONTH It's the only way to keep from having roller coaster rides of F***K, FIGHT  or CAN'T MOVE c**p that's going to happen. Sad truth is that by this time most will either die or come dam close many times to stay with their wife's need to control your health care and MODERN MEDICAL DOC'S feeding her misinformation. IF, your lucky enough to live to the point where you realize that it you that must save your own life. YOUR going to have to make some tuff calls AND GET WITH THE PROGRAM OF SAVING YOUR LIFE!!!

Once there you must forget the BS and start working on a solid plan with experienced  patients or alternative care docs that are willing to advise and help THRU THE REALITY THAT  Y O U   M U S T   FACE!   OR EXCEPTA LONELY DEATH W/O YOUR SHOES ON. It's that simple.

It's taken me four years and I'm down to .10mg cut backs and under 1mg to go.  It's an experience that no one can understand or explain w/o having gone thru it. It's NEVER the first 80% that's the problem. It's that last 3mg where you start to wonder if it's even possible. IT IS.....BUT IT CAN ALSO KILL YOUR ASS BEFORE YOU GET THERE..... IF YOU LET IT!

WHAT'S COMPOUND WITHDRAWAL? Only once your down to chopping 8mg pills into 32nds or 64ths can anyone truly understand.  

***You need the support of a few good people that really and truly know what in the hell they are talking about and have real life experience with this sh*t.***

Those last 2mg are where it gets down right ugly!!! By the last one you finally believe and know your maker and you now know that what I say is a no BS DEAL!!! ONLY A REAL MAN CAN LIVE THRU!!! So grow a pair and step up, and then pray every day that you will hopefully make it w/o that sh*t killing your very soul. 

Option "B" should also be excepted! IT ALSO TAKES THE SAME REAL MAN TO KNOW HIS LIMITS and except that each day is a gift AND then except that the safest option is to die on the stuff.  

There is never any shame in BEING ALIVE no matter what!  With enough good counseling there are ways to live a better life and the side effects!.

Last, Don't be foolish enough to let the drug cloud your thinking into believing the BS and then try to be the first to do this faster and better. Those are the very ones that usually don't!!! 

IT'S A MARATHON AND NOT A SPRINT!! 

The correct answer is: IT'S GOING TO TAKE  WHAT EVER LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT TAKES EACH PERSON!             

My doc went on vacation for week and a half and forgot to send in a new script for me, so was forced to jump at 8mg. Today is day 7 and worked all week and only mild w/d up to this point. RLS and lack of sleep so far are the worst of it. No stomach issues even. Am I just one of the lucky ones or should I expect it to get much worse?

I agree with the 2 weeks after being off buphrenorphine things got better. Only thing I saw after that is low appetite and low energy. The worst is over, and I was on it for 10 months. But the first two weeks were hell!!! Aches pains,couldn't function at work so had to take the second week off. Going back to work on week 3. Hope I can hang without getting too tired cause I'm on my feet 8 hour a day

i'm on day 85 and still don't feel right, no energy

Well, here I am, just finishing out day 8, going into day 9. I feel like hell, but I hide it well, I guess. I was a daily sub user for over 4 years. I know they are different for everyone, but they gave me all the energy I 'thought' I was lacking and gave me some of the best 8 hour sleeps. I stopped cold turkey because I didn't want to depend on them anymore and I kept thinking of the ridiculous amounts of money I was spending. Keep in mind, I also work two jobs (full time & part time).
Day 1-3, I knew what to expect, as the most I have went before was 2 days.
Day 4-now: I have had diarhea, loss of appetite, sneezing and the evil RLS. I am physically and emotionally drained. I have slept a total of 6-7 hours in the past 7 days and that's only because of Aleve PM, Klonopin, pot and Benedryl. Today, I'm going to take a hot bath in epsom and smoke a bowl and see how that goes. I feel my body can't hang on much longer with the lack of rest, but I also know I don't have much longer to go with this hell.

Just do it!!! Don’t go back be proud you got this far!!!! I’m on day 4 and yes it’s rough and yes I can’t sleep because my legs are so bad but I don’t want to go back! I don’t want to depend on a drug to function anymore! There is a light at the end I promise!

day 3 getting off zubsolv it the same thing as suboxone day 1 and 2 were easy but day 3 has been a nightmare can't sleep head is going all over the place face is burning legs are so achy my only hope is going to the gym and working out will help get me through this a lot faster in time but this is only day 3 72hours and I'm feeling terrible but I'm just going to do this but my main concern is sleep I'm worried that I might not be able to sleep for days . does anyone have any tips that will help as long as its not any illegal drugs.

Sub withdrawal isn’t that bad if you do it correctly

Day 8 today for me an I am same. Stomach not sure how it feels no energy but worst is over. I'm only coming off 1mg thought 1 mg what a piece of cake. Ha. Who was I kidding. But I made it through the worst so anyone out there it gets better hot showers help an let the first 3 days happen dont push yourself its gonna suck but by day 5 you start to see it's going to get better you will survive an dont go back nobody should have to do this twice in a lifetime

No, I hopped off at 4mg after a fast taper from 12 mg (was on for only a month to get off methadone and get my life back).

It was crappy cold turkey but your mind strengthens your decision. I’ve had ten strips within reach this entire time but I’m on day 13. Wish I could say I feel 100% but I don’t. I do however know I will never take another pharmaceutical for as long as I live.

Can it take up to 2 months to get past the withdrawals? I am 46 days free of Suboxone. But still having withdrawal. Has this been anyone,s experience? Please reply i need an answer.