Getting off suboxone

[cheekysod]

kia kaha dude, kia haha,

be strong

from en zed.

[valjo191]

I got through to day 6 CT and I really had expected that to be the end of it. But the RLS and anxiety and depression were kicking me hard I hadn't slept in a week. You know the feeling. I didn't break down and call my guy, but I called my Dr. and told him I couldn't go on. He told me no more pills, no more! God bless him.

But I was still suffering and sitting on 42 2mg sub pills (see on the right forum finally!). I took three over the course of about 45 min and just about lost my mind Thursday night. Holy Moly is that stuff crazy strong. Wow.

Since then I've been taking 1mg in the am and 1mg in the pm, so two days now. I'm worried, but I obviously am feeling way better. I plan to get off it within a week to be honest, but I don't know how hard that will be. But I expect someone will let me know here. Actualy, today I didn't take anything in am and I was thinking I would just cut it down to 0.5 today, but I took my 0.5 at about 5PM and still felt kinda bad at 7, so I took the other 0.5. I think it's too much... I need a pill cutter these things are hard to accurately cut up.

Went to NA last night and that WAS something. Small meeting, but right down the street from my house here. These meetings are great, like little slices of happiness even among the messed up stuff we talk about there. I was the only rx abuser there, but it didn't matter, we are all in the same boat.

I feel proud and great and like a total failure at the same time. I have only taken a tiny amount of sub (well I guess that is subjetive, and 6 mg was a TON, but I won't be doing that again). I mean my Dr wanted to put me on 6-8mg for 2 YEARS! But we all know this stuff is not prescirbed properly. So now I'm on sub for 3 days and I am already scared and want off. Took 18 months to get there with hydro. Anyway, I want off and I think I can do it in a few days.

G

[cheekysod]

how are ya goin dude, ive been away, long way away, home now.

let me know if i can help, yep stay on sub as short a time as you possibly can.

go for it bro,

you can do this, you are ready, and only been goin less than a couple of years, kick it while you are feeling like kickin it. go hard and get it done bro.

cheeky

[newyorkgal]

It really isn't necessary to take the sub twice a day either. It has a really long half life so once a day is fine. I've never taken it twice a day from the beginning. Stay on as short as you can. Get a pill cutter or a straight razor and cut the pills to .25. Get to the .25 then skip a day. By then the pills will be out of your system and you won't have been taking the sub long enough to get an addiction. Remember that sub is more powerful than any short acting opiate so the shortest time on, the better you are.

[Mattj69]

I can't seem to get a straight answer on what it's like to taper the suboxone...then every once in a while I'll hear some horror story about it.

Glad to hear a success story!

YO

My name is Matttj69, and my taper has been kind of up and down from 4mg, starting on Oct 1st,2010....I wwent from 4mg to 3mg...and waited 9 days before going down to 2mg, and waited 4 days...then I went to 1.50mg and waited 16 days, then went to 1.25mg and waited 5 days...I just went down to 1mg (today 11-7-2010), and I will adjust and go down to .5, four days from now....I'll say on that dose for 4 days and at that point I'll skip a day, nest I'll take .5, then I'll skip 2 days, then I'll take .5, and skip three days...and then I will jump off from .5...I'm really going to have to check my body and see how it feels on the .5mg dose....If I'm experiencing w/d symptoms that I cannot handle. I'll go to .25 for 4 days then jump off...At these low doses it's IMO, that it's strickly psychological, because as the addict that I am, I am terrified of just letting go...but those who have abused our bodies using opiates, have to pay the piper sometime....right? Anyway, you will be in my prayers....remember YOU CAN DO THIS...REMEMBER, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!!! Even though it seems that way....Take care, and feel free to contact me anytime....