SUBOXONE withdrawal story

feliciaER over a year ago

so i would def say with all the horror stories i was looking back thinking that maybe i shoulda stayed getting high and detoxed in a week then the longer withdrawal of suboxone, which is crazy considering i dont think its nearly as bad!..suboxone truly saved my life helped me get outta the habit of sniffing pills and dope and gave me the chance to have a somewhat sober life, get a better job & start school for a career, and reconnect with my family who ive been avoiding for about 5years. im (21yrsold) but now its christmas break my only week off and im trying to stop taking it im so sick of being dependent on another drug, what i suggest: to everyone is NO CAFFIENE OR SWEETS try an avoid them, as well as SODA i truly have felt pretty good the past few days by drinking lots of water Real fruit juices and real fruits bananas, apples, *strawberries&blueberries* are amazing

vitamins; l-tyrosine a multivitamin, (hylands restful legs) for RLS; melatonin for sleep, maybe a xanax for the stress and not being able to sleep, although i dnt suggest and narcotics to any drug addicts!

i do not work out at all but i heard it would help and it def does release those endorphins, as well as some vitamin b12 to get u up and energized, i run on the treadmill for about 20-30 mins it varys

my last dose was the morning of christmas eve;; dec 24th; today is december 29th so its been about five days i started at 8mg and realised that even that was too much so within the first month i cutdown to the smallest i could take without being sick which ended up being 1.3 mg nothing more or less i stayed on it for 6 months and by the last month got down to 1mg then the last week i've takin .5, tried to taper as much as possible before i jump off. the first few days were rough chills, sweats, NO SLEEP at all which is most stressful, however ill get through it and the lights at the end of the tunnel...i have a good support system which is important!

good luck to everyone i hope this has been helpful! take control of your life!;-)

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samanthag30268513 over a year ago

Hello... I was also on suboxne for 9 months.Started out on 2mg. I was hooked on tabs for two yrs before going to get on suboxne. It also changed my life. I didnt have to chase the high anymore or spend tons of money on pills. I have been clean since dec.3. The first 5 days was ok. Then hell hit. I couldnt sleep, eat, or do anything. I had to go to the er on the 7th day because i couldnt keep anything down. They didnt really do anything tho but give me meds to make me stop throwing up. I was so scared that i was going to go back to pills but I didnt. Its day 27 i feel great. I was the hardest thing i have even done. I have two kids and i would have rather gave birth to another kid lol. Good Luck!!!!!!

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recovering addict272051 over a year ago

I am in the same boat,

stopped taking suboxone and on day 5 today, jumped off at 2mg

It's been really rough stopping after 4yrs,

phenergan has sort of helped me get a few hours of sleep

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Guest over a year ago

After a double spinal fusion and three hernia surgeries in the span of around 2 years, and being on norco 10/325 the entire time, my doctor put me on subs for pain control. Had I known the hell I would suffer three after 3 years of suboxone therapy for pain control I would have never agreed to it. First problem was it never controlled my pain. The doctors answer was only to increase my sub intake to 12 mg per day. Still suffering and in pain, I felt trapped and after 2 years tapered down to just 2 mg per day, tried to jump off, and relapsed. By that time I was very depressed, impotent and losing major muscle mass. After a year of being a big fat depressed impotent slob I decided to just jump off. The reason was because I was given a prescription of Norco by my spinal surgeon after he discovered additional damage to my spine, knowing I was on subs from a different doctor, he told me to stop the subs and just take the norco. I immediately went into acute withdrawal and even taking 15 norcos a day did little to counter the symptoms. Long story short, After using up a 90 pill bottle of norco in only 6 days I was in ER with acute withdrawal, given a couple of scripts for symptoms and sent home to detox. I’m on day 34 of post acute withdrawal syndrome. I’m still sick although getting a fraction of a percentage better each day. The first 2 weeks I got no sleep one night, then maybe 2 hrs the next, falling asleep sometime just prior to dawn. Now I seem to be getting maybe 3 hours of sleep from like 4 am -7am. Still sneezing, severe headaches, diarrhea and stomach cramps, very exhausting and my entire body in severe pain. I have been in worse condition suffering for only a few hours but this is 34 days of a living hell that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. If you have choices, please consider my true story. Please do not use suboxone unless your life depends on it. By the way, after only a week off subs my libido started to come back.

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