Suboxone and Insomnia: What Users Say (Page 2)

• eve...
• January 18, 2016

For Opioid Use Disorder "For me, I had a terrible time with Suboxone. It relieved the opiate withdrawal a number 3 out of 10. Bones started to creak, teeth started cracking/breaking, insomnia, legs wouldn't stop moving, headaches, backache. It just didn't work for me, doesn't mean it doesn't work. Initially, I felt as though it was just the process of the other opiates leaving my body, but after a month of feeling like rubbish, I relapsed. I could no longer take it, it took a lot more to get relief due to the effects of the sub. After a year and a half of Suboxone and feeling badly all the time, I gave up Suboxone and the second job to pay for it and went back to full-time drugging until I found methadone and have been happily and contentedly clean without any pain since."

• Jef...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 6, 2022

For Opioid Use Disorder "I have been on Suboxone for 6 years. I started using opioids at 23. I am 50 now. I have been tapering down for months. My doctor prescribes 15 films and they last 3 and a half months. Thanks to Sub, I had my life back. A good job, nice apartment, and the trust of my family. I have decided it's time to quit and used my last small doses on Friday at 8:30 a.m. I am on day three and the worst part has been the urge to move my arms at night. I did not sleep last night. Took like 5 hot baths, and I almost gave up. I keep saying to myself to hold on. There is light at the end of the tunnel. You can do it. But jeez, I know I will feel better soon, but when?"

• Woo...
• December 21, 2015

For Opioid Use Disorder "I have been on Suboxone for 14 years. I was on 12 mg and now I'm down to 1/12 mg daily, but if I drop any at all, I can't sleep. I want off, but don't know if I can make it off of this stuff. It really helped me, but now I want off. Has anyone heard of being on it for 14 years and getting off?"

• ede...
• January 12, 2009

For Opioid Use Disorder "This is the real deal. I was smoking a gram a day of heroin for about a year. I had tried to quit cold turkey-didn't work. I didn't even last two days before I went out again. Then I was prescribed other medicines to help with the detox. I gave these up after three days of insomnia and being anxious and depressed. Finally, I tried Suboxone, and it made all the difference in the world. I was super cold the first two days, but on day three, I woke up feeling great. I've been on one 8 mg pill a day for about three weeks now, and I feel better than I have in years. Even people who don't know I was a junkie have commented on how much better I look. The best part is I have no cravings, and I have money again."

• old...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 12, 2025

For Opioid Use Disorder "I will tell you what the rest won't. If you are strong enough to kick heroin, do it. Because when you're a real drug addict and not just taking some pills and have been around, it's all about the detox. Now H has some harder detox symptoms than subs. Having said that, with H, you count the days till you feel better, typically for a hard user, 2 weeks. Suboxone is miserable. The symptoms actually get worse as time goes by. I was on 3 8-milligram strips a day, then I went to jail. The first month being sick was hell, then came month 2! I could not sleep, trying to eat was horrible. Now the 3rd month was 'better.' The only reason I got off was I got into a fight and broke my arm. I went to the hospital, and when I went back to jail, they gave me 10 mg Vic. For about 2 weeks after that, I felt fine. My warning to you is you will have to detox eventually."

• run...
• December 28, 2010

For Opioid Use Disorder "Suboxone was great for my opiate dependence. I was using 160 mg of oxy daily and really wanted to be free from its painful grip that it had on me. I tried quitting cold turkey but couldn't stand the withdrawal symptoms. So I went to a doctor and got on Suboxone. Things were great until I started tapering off of it and eventually quit. The withdrawal was not as painful as opiate withdrawal but lasted a lot longer. Day 3 was when it began, mostly when trying to sleep: cold sweats, the kicks, could not sleep at all. Day 7 now, and I have not slept more than 2 hours a night yet. I have read posts on other sites, and everyone else has had the same problems. I hear day 10 is when it starts to get better, and that it takes about 2 weeks before it's over."

• Jli...
• December 18, 2011

For Opioid Use Disorder "Started 8 mg of Suboxone 6 months ago. Tapered down over the last 6 months to 1 mg by cutting the Suboxone 2 mg film in half. Suboxone is amazing and does everything it says. Make sure you do it with a doctor. The withdrawal symptoms are not fun for at least a week, I am on day 5. Chills, flu-like symptoms, anxiety, insomnia, headache, nausea, loss of appetite among symptoms. First day I'm feeling better and haven't used Oxy in half a year. Take some Tylenol, some Ativan. All helped me, now I'm off it."

• Nik...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 6, 2022

For Opioid Use Disorder "I'd taken Suboxone for 4 years and 2 months (this time around). I'll first say that this got me off fetty and all other things mind/emotion numbing. It works. I regret not knowing more myself and trusting the providers. I was started on 16 mg daily. I had massive headaches, insomnia, and nausea (from how terrible they taste). I'll say don't take your doses anytime close to bed - insomnia. Headaches were due to the mg being too high for me. I was always a functioning addict. I always maintained two jobs. That being said, I worked and went to the gym. My brain was stimulated, and I'm (only guessing as I know myself) that I was making my own endorphins. I'm on day 5 with no subs. I'll post my experience so far."

• edw...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 10, 2022

For Opioid Use Disorder "Day 6 without Suboxone. The first three days/nights were very difficult. RLS, insomnia, anxiety. I could not sleep. My doctor prescribed Trazodone and Neurontin. Trazodone helped on night 4. Slept 2 hours. Today I still feel the need for subs, but it is more mental than physical. Looking forward to being free of any kind of opiates."

• Ann...
• December 3, 2010

For Opioid Use Disorder "My fiancé has been addicted to Vicodin since he was 9 years old. He is now 23. I am so thankful that they came out with this medicine. I can remember the fight over the addiction. The sleepless nights and the shits. He was never the same after he had started treatment. He has been clean for a year and a half. Thank you so much. He can finally live free of an addiction."