what helps suboxone withdrawal?

I too was prescribed the subs about 2 years ago and I'm not sure how any of you are or were able to make 8-16 mgs a day work. The addict in me feel in love with the feeling of the subs and because my dr was giving me 120 8mg a month I was taking anywhere from 28 to 40mg a day for two years. And I tried the taper thing but it just wasn't gonna work for me cause I abused them just like I did every other drug, especially oxy's and heroin. I quit cold turkey 7 days ago off of about 40mg a day, cause I just had a daughter and I've never felt any opiate or even alcohol withdrawal like I am now. It didn't even start till about day 5 and pretty sure I have a whole hell of alot of bad withdrawals in store. But the way I look at it is the pain and all the suffering is gonna suck. BAD!!!! But it's temporary. Also just an idea to those that can, instead of all these different/other narcotics that have potential for addiction. Think about that one natural green flower that God has created that is not addicting. It helps with sleep, anxiety, appetite, depression, and many many more.
This is just the way that I know I have to look at the subs, or any drug, to getting clean and staying clean. No matter how bad it seems, just remember it's temporary.

So to sum up my last post I'm coming cold turkey off between 32-40 mgs a day and yes at times I feel like saying f**k it and just getting back on the oxy's and coming off them, but who am I kidding, I'm an addict so I just have to remember that know matter how bad it gets I have to remind/ convince myself that it's all temporary, and a pretty short period of time to recover compared to people that suffer insane accidents and go threw years of rehabilitation to learn to walk on prosthetics and TRUE life changing situation. So when your sitting around whining and feeling like you wanna end your life or use the withdrawals as an excuse to use to " take the edge off". Think about that you are actually lucky enough to get to make the decision to get clean on your own.
And damnit smoke a bowl of some herb, can help with almost every one of the main symptoms of sub withdrawals.
Good luck to you all and no matter how bad it seems, it's not gonna last for long.

 I have been on suboxone for 3 years now and I'm going to a facility to detox in 3 weeks. Before being on suboxone I was solber for 2 years from a 200mg oxy habit a day. Living in Florida the doctors want to prescribe you what your willing to take... Who needs 120 30's a month and 90 15's for break through pian... The last ten years of my life have been consumed with getting clean staying clean, relasping now trying to get clean again. Iam sacred to death and especially after reading alot of these posts, but the way I look at it is I go away to get the worst of it behind me so my 2 children dont have to see mommy like that. I was told that it it take 3-5days for the worst of it to be behind me.... I'm reaching out to see if anyone has ever done a medical detox. This is the only way. I do not have enough self control to taper myself off this shitty drug....

same here I have absused it. I was prescribed 8mg a day and i would take 16 then but the sh*t off the streets till i could go see the doctor again. I came clean to my doc and he stopped seeing me... I was basically begging for help to get off these fuckers... I go to detox in 3 weeks and have myself down to 6mgs a day right now. Have you ever done a medical detox, or know what I could expect? Thanks for any help possible

i was on hard pain killers for many years was prescribed oxycontin 80 3 times a day oxy 30 8 times a day and my favorite opanas 40mg 2 a day, i could do 4 opanas at once and 5oxy 15s each time every 2hours or less a day was very very very very bad - my prescriptopns would last 4-5 days max which is insane - i started suboxone feb 28th and went up to 28mg - still used for a lil while but then stopped completely and focused myself on subs started detox got down to 2mg and this tuesday the 25th stopped todays my 3rd day and im not doing so well work everyday i cant do this! please tell me it gets better soon or what to do

I too am on day 11 i jumped off at 8mg days 6/7 were absolute worst. Do you get paws and if so are they bad or tolerable

I have major gum surgery in 14 days. Is that enough time to get off the suboxone. Most days I only take it once a day. I have been on it for a month.

 

I have been on saboxone for a month now and need to get off. I have gum surgery and bone replacement on the 1st of November.. I need some advice please!!!

You don't have to be a jerk about it dude. It may be hell and waaaaaaayyyy worse for someone else. If someone is trying to do something positive like stop opiates whethere is a partial or full you need to build them up not tear them down.

Yesterday I took 8 mg and today I haven't taken any. Why is it I just feel a little down, not sick or queezy. If I just go into the opiates they give me for about five days after surgery, am I still going to be sick after this?

You don't know what your talking about. Heroin ("A Full Opiate" or a full agonist) takes less than a week to finish withdrawal, it is more severe and intense, but it is over much faster than suboxone or methadone which can take months if youve been on a high enough dose for long enough period of time (like a year or more) The problem is that while the full agonists are short term withdrawl but more intense, to the person who has gone through both all the pain is the same, there is really no relativity - if you are in withdrawl (no matter how intense it is) it just sucks, you can't really compare it to another withdrawal you went through and say "well this time isn't as bad as the last". That's why to a lot of people the intensity of withdrawal isn't really relative you just feel like sh*t period, so the shorter period of time a withdrawal is, the better. Ask anyone who is going through a month long suboxone withdrawal, they will tell you they would trade for the 3-5 day heroin withdrawl in a heartbeat.

Adderall is working great for me.  I wasn't even planning on quitting the 12mg/day Suboxone but my Dr. gave me adderall and almost instantly I was ok without it.   I'm on day 5 and haven't experienced any of the depression or other symptions except a little throat drainage.  As I'm writing this, I'm not even sure I'm going to take any adderall today.

I am so relieved.  This is my second time coming off suboxone and the first time sucked.  I've been on it way too long (3 years) and I was expecting terrible withdraws.  This is like getting a get out of jail free card.

 

 

hey - i have a very similar set of things going on. I have a 2 yr old, wife (to be..:) ) good family, all that jazz. im in the very beginning stages of getting off subs. I just need some damn motivaiton from someone who has been there. my fam is great, but my mother has never so much as drank a beer, and my fiance, well, hes the non-addictive type. he smoked CRACK for fun. FOR FUN!!!!! and never had any type of addiction problem. I feel like such a f-up. I got arrested when i was taking the subs for the first time, when they make you suuuuper loopy and sh*t. so im still on probation, still stuck on subs, and still hemorraging money to a dr who has been telling me NOT to come of my 16mg a day does for OVER 2 YEARS. hes a real jaded as****e. anyway....if you could possibly shoot some motivation to my inbox that would be greatly appreciated. :) i feel like i want to punch myself in the face right now. or something. maybe someone else. UUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHGHGHGHG

One pill for another that's smart! Adderall that's just as bad.

I realize this is an old post but not a whole lot out there as far as help.

I recently started taking Subs after a 2-3yr stint on Perc/Vic. After a friend told me he got off them PK's with no problems I figured why not, was much cheaper too.

A year later, I am no longer able to get subs. I went from 4mg/day to nothing. I've never felt so shitty in my life. The insomnia is literally going to kill me. Like posters above, the anxiety is almost to much to handle.

I have no where to go to get more. I am on day 7 without any Subs and it isn't getting any easier..

How long will this take..