Mrsyanez88I have been taking Suboxone for 2.5 yrs @ 32 mg. per day. I want to get off bc I am having a huge issue with sleep apnea at night and chronic fatigue during the day. I just want to know how bad it will be tapering off from 32 mg.. I am afraid that I will be way too sick to function. Thanks!! :o)
Plz Help Me! Want to, need to, have to...QUIT!!?
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- 26 Aug 2011 by Mrsyanez88
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- suboxone, sleep apnea, opiate dependence, sleep disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs), sleep, fatigue, chronic
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LaurieShay26 Aug 2011
Mrsyanez,
You can taper from the Suboxone slowly and have little to no withdrawal. Reducing your dosage by 2 mgs every 2 weeks at the fastest until you get to around 4 mgs a day then reducing by 1 mg every couple of weeks will ensure you won't be too sick to function. Once you get to 1 mg then reduce by half for a couple of weeks then go to everyother day for a week or so, then stop. Lots of folks have reduced and quit Suboxone with little to no withdrawals. Just have to do it slow enough.
Best wishes,
Laurie
pattishan6127 Aug 2011
I successfully and comfortably tapered of suboxone slowly and was fine, got down to .25 mgs and then skipped a day in between doses and was fine, no wd when I came off. I see you have been offered the link to Robert-325"s fast taper, and for some it works well, some are simply to anxious and afraid to taper that quickly. The chronic fatigue you feel may be the high dose of suboxone. I have my taper schedule listed in my profile, click my avatar, it actually includes my whole suboxone story and all tips I used to get off safely and comfortably with no relapse. The fear of doing it may be what is holding you back and I can pretty much tell you, as you reduce your suboxone, you will actually feel better. Keep in mind when you reduce, it takes about 5 days for you to feel the effects of the reduction in dose. You likely won't have any symptoms until you get way down, to like 4 mgs total per day and you may not have any then. Think of this as doing the suboxone brain diet, that might help you not fear it so much. We are here to help, welcome to the site. Pattishan61
Anonymous 27 Aug 2011
I highly recomend Patti's way of coming off subs. She is very wise and will be ther with you the whole way. V
19 Apr 2012
I am in the same situation. I have been on Suboxone for a year and a half. I am down to 8 mg a day. I tapered so far with no withdrawal symptoms. I am too worried about going off and getting sick. I also have sleep apnea. Is this caused by the Suboxone? I have narcolepsy too. Could this all be attributed to the Suboxone? My doctor has never asked me if I wanted to go down. About six months ago I was still taking 24-32 mg a day. I want to get off it too! I need surgery and am scared to go off ad not get pain relief. I have been delaying the surgery for almost a year. It's not a life saving surgery or anything. I need to get my knees a cartilage graph. The doctor told me I might be fine just taking the Suboxone, but I have a low pain tolerance. I was on a bunch of pain meds because of extremely bad endometriosis and finally had a Hysterctomy at 26. I had the surgery and they didn't have on record that I was on up to 120 mg oxycotton.
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Thank you for such a quick reply. I am scared to death of feeling sick! Hopefully this will help, and I can be Sub free! :o)
We are here to support you. There is a member by the name of pattishan61 who I'm sure will be writing in sometime soon. You can search her from your "friends" page and read her profile which describes her taper off Suboxone. You don't need to be afraid honestly. It wil be ok.
Please... anyone trying to get off suboxone go to this link and communicate with robert
http://www.drugs.com/forum/featured-drugs/suboxone-subutex-therapy-50887.html