Need Suboxone taper help from Robert 325 or anyone else?

To reach Robert_325, go to the forum part of the site and post a thread to him. If you don't mind, I would like to explain what I think might be going on, and why this latest treatment with suboxone may not work the way you have planned. When a person takes opiates long enough to develop a dependence and suffer from withdrawal when they stop the opiates, the neurotransmitters(signal senders) and the receptor sites( signal receivers) stop functioning normally as they are having their jobs done for them. That natural pain relieving system of the brain goes crashes and goes offline so to speak.Each type of symptoms from withdrawal are attempts by the body to bypass the damaged system, and get the brain to release its own opiate or make you miserable to take some opiate, the brain and body do crave opiates. Each time you have a relapse, you are creating some more damage to that system, therefore, this time when you treated with suboxone, you realized it wasn't as easy to get off of it and not experience withdrawal. It does need to be taken long enough to stop withdrawal, quell cravings, and it does help heal the brain. Just given what you are saying, you first took short acting opiates long enough to develop a dependence and have withdrawal, then you took a long acting opiate replacement ( suboxone) very briefly, then you took more short acting opiates, then you took more suboxone. I am not sure what exactly Robert_325 will tell you to do, but, I am pretty sure that you will have to stop taking any of the short acting opiates, and take the suboxone a bit longer, in order for the brain to heal. Once the brain gets used to the suboxone ( long acting opiate replacement) it is NOT wisdom to expect the short acting ones to work well or to simply go back to those to get off the long acting opiate replacement. Suboxone does need to be tapered off of, and each time you have a relapse or get back on suboxone, your withdrawal will likely be a bit longer, as their is more damage to the natural pain relieving system of the brain, and it will take longer for it to reboot and come back online. If you are unfamiliar on how to start a thread to Robert_325 on the forum ( I sure don't know how) you can also go to his profile, click "ask a private question," and put all your info and question in there to him. He does prefer the forum, and may answer more quickly there, but he will answer your private question to him, when he sees it. He doesn't post on this side of the forum anymore, that I have seen, haven't seen him on this side for about a year, be patient, he will answer you. You need to periodically check your profile, then click questions and answers, then you should see text saying my private questions, click that, and he usually sends a separate post to you, but it could be on your pq to him under response, just scroll down. I wish I could tell you that your plan will work, but I fear it may be a bit more difficult this time for you. Remember to give Robert the amount of time you were on the opiates this go round, you don't have to write a long post to him, but include how many times you have been on opiates, what you were on, how long, that kind of thing. Best of Luck, Pattishan61