what helps suboxone withdrawal?

When I moved from AZ to CA I couldn't fill my subutex prescription (different laws etc) so I had to detox (long story) but it took me 3 LONG MONTHS OF LIVING HELL to finally feel half way decent!! The first 2 weeks were the WORST!! I'm not a drinker but I drank shots to take the edge off and to sleep. As soon as I got through the 1st couple weeks I quit the drinking. But it helped!! I'm sure recommending alcohol is probably wrong (since were addicts) but it did help. It can't be any worse than recommending benzos

Pls help me went cold turkey over 2 weeks ago restless legs won't stop even on 15s barely our any codone Loe mg when us the longest this could happen because can't live without the percs and blues to help withdrawal I'm not abusing them but I'm thinking crazy. N its almost over i think buy not sure been clean from dope 5 yrs

Hi I am a single mother of two and my days are filled with chasing a three year old around.I have been addicted to pain killers since spring of 2008 and hated what it was doing to me physicallyand mentally.It also put a strain on my finances.I was spending 100 to 200 a day on them.About three months ago I seeked help from a doctor who put me on suboxene.At first i was doing better feeling better ,feeling like life could be hopeful again.I was getting 30 strips a month ,one a day and the first month i took them faithfully one a day. then like a dumb*** I starting upping the dose to one and a half . My doc seems to think you cant get a high off them and says that two is no more a high than one but she is wrong.Unfortuantely i ran out 5 days before i could go see the doc again,and the withdrawls are about to kill me and seem worse than wds from pkillers.I feel like ive relapsed because just to numb the pain i took painkillers and didnt feel the effects from them that i usually would.Igo see my doc in few days and dont know if i should tell her the truth or what.I am scared that i wont get the subs abd go back to using pkillers .I do believe the subs will work if you use them and not abuse them,but i almost feel like im trading one addiction for another,dont get me wrong i love the subs and how they make me feel like life is getting better,but cant help but wonder if it is another deseption from the devil.any help on what i should do or tell my doc would help alot.thanx

I have cut back in 3 months from 8 mg per day to basically .25 -.125 mg now. (cutting them are super hard til I go back to the doc and request the 2 mg strips so I can cut smaller) I have been drinking a TON. I think its because I am trying to mask feeling crappy, and drinking jager and redbull, well gives me a little energy. Now I feel like Im in this terrible cycle. I dont know how long to stay on the .25, but I keep drinking to not feel crappy from mild w/d...workign from home makes it harder because I dont have to 'be' anywhere. that is more depressing. I am hoping that once I get through the w/d feelings because I cut to where I am now, Ive been feeling it, nothing HORRIBLE, but constantly cold, only slept like 2 hours the other night but last night took clonodine and another med and actually SLEPT til 5 am. I just dont have the time to get worse. Seriously I wish I had read these boards more before taking that leap from norco to subs. I would have taken the 4 day wd and been done... but probably would have relapsed right away. ugh

I'm trying to go from 1/3 of a 2mg strip to 1/4. This is tough. I keep cheating, and I'm back

to 1/3 again. Does it get any easier?

I'm trying to go from .667 to .5 and it's killing me. I keep cheating and going back to .667.

It seems the taper is much, much harder when you get below 1mg.

Does it get any easier? 

Taper makes NO difference whats so ever. Infact increases the half life because sub at those low doses affects you more and is potent. Your wasting your time with the taper, you will suffer either way, could be 6 months or 3 years, the depression is worst.

Current studies show nobody has ever quit sub and stayed clean for 6 months. Scary I know, one even said its a death sentence staying off it as well as on it.

Please give me a link to the study. Sorry, I don't think it's true.

At least I hope not

Has anyone gotten off this sh!t?

You should feel lucky that he is giving you 120 taps girl!!! If you don't take them at least you can pop em off and make some money.. If you're doctor thinks your abusing them he will not write you a other "RX" he will cut you off he writes you that because he truly believes you're knee does hurt!!! But he's wrong it looks like!!! But sweetie, hell yeah suboxone is one hell of a drug to come off of, i was on "Opana 40mg" daily for 5 months and i will be honest with you suboxone is worsted then opana!! Just keep your head up!! I have yet to get off suboxone, i can not do it but hopefully i can get the will power to do it soon!!!

Well iv decided to get off suboxone iv been on them without missing a day for over a yr in a half taking 1-3 8mg tabs or strips a day i had 2 8mg tabs left thought these r my last 2 i made mylast one last about 3 days and then i woke up..... MY GOD im so sick and this is just the start i hate to think of what it is going to be like. I am going to go pick up a few more today so i can properly get my self off them i kno i shouldnt go from 16mg to cold turkey im going to get 3-5 more 8mg strips and im going to take qt of them till there gone and then go from there if anyone has advice plz help thank you i used to be a strong whiled person and this drug has made me weak i miss the old me so much i was a college basketball player and now i just sit in my room all day wanting to get high this drug has ruined my life!

@clayman1980. Yes! Tricks!! Imodium pills. Bout 10 of them. Cold pills that say DM or DXM. A few of those. 5-6 Tagaments. Grapefruit juice. Prilosec OTC. One of those. Do this daily until you feel like tapering off these simple OTC remedies. This works!!

Your totally fked for good..You will never experience sober life but will destroy your life..Its terrible staying on suboxone as well as off it. Sorry but it's the truth.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU TAPER DOWN TO, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE WITHDRAWS. Stop BS ppl. I was on subs for 3 years and cut down to a quarter of 2 mg a day. no matter what your going to have withdrawals., but yes tapering makes the withdrawals less but still hell. I'm on day 4 off subs and i feel like I'm dieing

yo dont say that sh*t , your totally screwed for good n***a. it aint the truth. go to meetings and see what drugs ppl were doing and are now clean for years and love life. you obviously have the wrong info dawn. do research before you try bringing someone down whose trying to make the best of their situation

Tapering makes no difference, the sub affects a receptor in the brain that no matter what dose you take or what dose you stop from you WILL feel withdrawals, most probably 5 months--pshycal, and mental withdrawals inc depression for couple opf years AT LEAST. Nobody has made it off suboxone..In my experience methadone is MUCH MUCH MUCH easier to taper and get off, but suboxone can damage you for life that you will be suicidle depressed forever if not 10 years or more...The sub gets stuck inside the bones and fatty acids so your looking around 10-13 years of sub in the body..My own doctor verified this..If you been on sub for over 6 months your screwed. Believe me and trust me on this issue.,