what helps suboxone withdrawal?

I agree...I was on subs..Tried to get off by doing 1mg for 2 weeks then off...Well, the withdrawls were too bad and I got back on. This is what worked for me. I stayed on less than .5 mg of subs for about 3 months. Then I ran out. The withdrawal was NOT bad. I was able to sleep, eat, ect. Alittle anxiety the first few weeks, but thats about it. Nothin like it was when I came down to 1mg for 2 weeks and came off. So here is the secret...go down to less than .5mg a day and stay on it for as long as u can. 3 months at least! The withdrawl is NOT bad at all. Believe me I have tried many methods to get off of subs w little withdrawl. THis is the best one i've found.

UGGGGG I tapered the right way and am in my second week of hell. Did the Thomas method but vits made me more ill. Dr gave me a beata blocker for restless legs but why haven't all these genius doctors figured out a way to get off sub without not wanting to off oneself. I was on sub for 6 years for the only reason to avoid this hell and how is one to deal with a job and family feeling like death???? at my wits end

dope wd's are horrable,thats for sure. but 3to5 days and your prettymuch ok. i take 1mg of subor less daily for a year. i tried quitting multiple times,thinking that an 8th or 16th of a sub daily would be cake to quit. i was wrong,wd's are still bad 8 days later. i would rather quit dope again than go thru the 3 days of dope hell vs 2plus weeks of sub hell. dope wd's are stronger,but not much. i been off dope for 4years,but i cant kick this sub thing

           Sub, lower amounts of oc and rox, periodically over the past few years (5) by friend and I are taking to time to finally hit this cold turkey.

            Today would be day 4 with no sub. 3 for one of us 6 for the other. 3rd time quitting cold turkey. Each time has worked. I am just anticipating the worst. Last night was a reminder of what the worst feels, 0 hours of sleep. WE have a divine friendship, we were are in this together. We have benzos, colonize, Cannibals or weed, addy. L Tyrosine, and I think moral support being the most important thing.

           Our worst experienced of sub dosage was  probably a 8mg strip. but that only being a minuscule about just enough to get by, typically about 2 mg or less for the better part of 4 years. We weren't  poor but we are the only few people who know the f**k ass sh*t that we deal with in our life, the need for something to push us to do mediocre.

        This will be the last quit, we are going to make it. What are the worsts and bests we have to look forward to...ANY advice would be greatly appreciated. This isn't my first forum either, but you all seem genuine enough. Please let me know. 

                  Eric and Jerry

Mer, I am encouraged by your experience and intend to follow it although I fear not having the patience to make it 3 months on .5 or less. I am a 62-year old woman and became addicted by prescription to Hydros for 3 years. I took 180/month until my husband got injured and I came clean after eating his. I have arthritis and stenosis in my spine, and severe arthritis in my feet over the last 30 years. The doc that has prescribed me suboxone has advised staying on for life. They have no good advice about stopping, which shocks me. They told me to ask the pharmacist what might help. I also have suffered from depression and anxiety all my life and am on 120 mg Cymbalta and 150 mg Trazodone daily. I had a gastric bypass for obesity a year before becoming addicted. I am terrified of the withdrawal, and for my health. Today is my first day of 1.5 mg. I will hopefully be able to stay at this dose for at least a month before I try going to 1 mg. I am so disappointed and outraged that this drug has been rather widely used for years, and the professionals STILL are not treating those of us who need this medication appropriately. I was tempted to follow the addiction doc's suggestion and stay on it for life, but that just seems wrong, especially after having a primary who would not make eye-contact with me, and cancelled 3 physicals with me before I took the hint that he really did not want to treat me because I had been addicted to hydrocodone and was still on suboxone. I am ashamed and scared, very scared to go through withdrawal, but I will follow that plan, Mer, and get off this stuff! Thank you (and others) who have indicated that if this is done very slowly and carefully, it doesn't have to be traumatic. However, my age and health are not in my favor. Wish me luck!

@Guest- I have been on suboxone for 3 years-and I have to tell you I was on 2-8mg. per day and I weaned myself down, very slowly to .5 If you do this slowly, the most you will feel is body aches and tylenol or ibuprofen will take care of that. It's not NEARLY as bad as you may think. IT'S NOT!! I consider myself a big worrier, and I too have been SO scared of coming off subs. By the way, I'm 50 years old-so i'm no spring chicken either! I am just furious that suboxone was even allowed to be administered without a proper withdrawal protocol. They don't care that we will suffer for what may be weeks! when we decide to come off this c**p. The dr's just want our $$. That's why they say we should stay on it for so long. Well that's my opinion, anyway.

There's no harm in taking Adderall for a month or two to ease the sub withdrawals! You're talking apples and oranges here!! At least his dr. is helping him to alleviate some of the withdrawal symptoms.

subhelper. i read all of these poss about tapering. i couldnt taper! got booted for reschedualing! cant afford it. i dropped off at 8-12 mgs a day. this is day 9 with no subs and im dying!! hints, tricks, info?

I was on suboxone for two months I took 8mg twice a day and I abused it Now I want to stop How bad will my withdrawals be

I was on suboxone for two months How bad will my detox be? 8mg twice a day was the prescription dose and I took more than I should have daily Took my last tab this morning When will it start?

I'm currently trying to detox myself from 6 YEARS of suboxone use...I've slowly cut down week by week from 8mg to now 1mg per day..I tried just stopping from the 1mg and after 2 days, I swear I was going to DIE! yet, not once during these last few days has the thought even crossed my mind to go use...but somethings got to give..I am a single mother of 2 little ones and need to be able to care for them..Are there any cleanses or vitamins that help?

i agree that it is hell on earth, every time i told my doctor they basically thought i was full of sh*t. believe it or not but i've been on every opiate and suboxone is the hardest thing to come off of. if someone has only been on them for a short period of time then it is prob a lot easier. i've been on them for five years, yes that is my own fault, but it's because the withdrawls are horrible. i recently went to my doc to get the vivitrol shot and i have to be clean of sub's for seven to ten days. going through hell at the moment and it's only my second day. i can't lay around i got a eight year old daughter, and job. can't wait till this sh*t is over!

I am going through withdrawl right now and its not too bad if you do it the way someone posted above. I jumped for 1/16 of an 8 mg strip to none and so far its not as bad as I expected.Just keep yourself busy and you will think about it less. I just keep telling myself that it is not forever that I will feel this way.

I am currently on 1 mg/day and plan to do this for 5 more days, then go to 1 mg. every 3 days for 8 doses and then off.  I am hoping that helps the WD's t be less severe.  I have only been on sub for 2 months, at 8 mg day for about 6 week.  I had detoxed off of fent and dilaudid prior to taking sub.  Has anyone out there done this type of taper and how did it work for you?  Would appreciate any suggestions.

 

Ive been on subs for roughly over a year. started at 8mg and went down to 2mg eventually. I cut down from 8mg to 4mg and was uncomfortable for a few days but it was nothing intense. Then went from 4mg to 2mg and barely felt any different. But currently tried dropping off at 2mg after being on it for about 4 months and it was a little rough. I asked my doc if i could still taper down more, go to 1mg. then 0.5mg and he said "theres no need for that, you wont feel anything when stopping at this low of dosage (2mg)." Boy he was wrong. I could tolerate the withdrawal from the subs if I wanted to, but I decided not to because going through something like that physically for a week or so will eventually break my mentality and a couple months down the road I know depression and anxiety and cravings will be repercussions from putting myself through my current withdrawal symptoms (I currently already am prescribed cymbalta for depression/anxiety and klonopin for panic attacks). Ive gone through opiate withdrawals before and relapsed because of said repercussions. So I am weening myself down to 0.25mg slowly over the next couple of months and then taking it every other day and hopefully by then the physical symptoms wont be as bad when stopping. I dont see why I should have to go through bad withdrawals if I dont have to. And especially if this medicine was developed to help addicts come off strong opiates without having to go through harsh symptoms.  My doctor isnt the most compassionate person but is willing to work with me. He tells me he'll try and let me do it this way, but if i actually feel better after coming off of it this way, that it only worked out because i put the idea in my head that it would... he seriously said that. wish me luck. and let me know what you think if you read this and have experience with a drop off of .5mg or lower.