How To Take Suboxone At Home (Page 6)

I have ten suboxones. I have been taking oxycontin for pain but want to try at home to w/d. I can't discuss this with my doctor as it will affect my insurance. This is a fact..in my case... Can someone on here tell me how to take my subs? I would appreciate any answers and no lectures. How many do I need to withdraw..Thanks so much.

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Hello, Ive been an opiate addict starting with vicodin, eventually began abusing oxy. Ive been to drug treatment inpatient 10 days. Clean for almost 5 months. A doc prescribed percocet 10 mgs 5x a day. I took over 20 a day. Got sub film, and i cut it into 8 pieces. Took my last perc last night about 1130p took a piece of those 8 and had 3 so far the last 4 hours. Stomach feels a little weezy. But happy to be on the path to be dependent on these pills.

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Not to be dependent.

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Can you tell me how the sub is going? I am wanting to try this because I want my life back. The program here in my hometown has a waiting period of 3mos or longer. I need to do something now. i know of someone who can get me the sub, but I want to do this the right way. Any info you can give would be much appreciated

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You CANNOT mix methodone with SUBS it will KILL you. Do it properly.

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hey bro thanks for the info very helpful....tryin to beat this addiction n its winnin so far but with ur paragraph of helpful words im hopeful. Hope ur still doing great. May i ask ...where do u live....i have never heard of the pills being avail or anyone being able to get there hands on them?\

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Hey ...read your story.....my thing is this ....how long from my last opiate dosage is it ok to take the first dosage of suboxone? ...thanx.

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Hey,

I know it's long but please read if you want to use subs to kick opiates! Iv been taking about 40-50 norocs a day too, somedays more...I think I killed a bottle of 240 in a freaking weekend! I took orally only but i would chew them sometimes for faster results and iv taking them for a long long time...and yes it scary and horrible. Some days i was fighting sleep so hard because i was scared that i might just stop breathing and not wake up! (Iv read stories about how easy it can happen no matter the tolerance level) i even written a letter once in my phone to my fiancée (who has no idea the degree of my addiction) apologizing if that day came... Subs help A LOT! I have gotten off norcos lots of times! Iv felt the feeling of normal emotions and happiness after...

Iv been able to completely beat the withdrawals but... my problem is I keep relapsing...ill be feeling so good normally and iv beaten the withdrawals so many times that I start thinking...ehh ill just sub it when I am out of pills... I have officially made up my mind that I will not take any more norcos ever! This is what I did every time to get off and it WORKS! Over and over and over. Mind you my withdrawals are sooooooo bad cold turkey...i couldn't function, didn't want to see or talk nor listen to anyone, it was the flu on steroids...Before you read the process please understand that it takes 30 min or sometimes 45-hour for the "feelings" to go away...and you CANT TAKE OPIATES WITH SUBS! you will honestly have the worse stomach ache in the world! Plus throwing up and feeling like the world ending is a better solution... it's just all bad...understand when you take subs you will not have the urge to take the pills so make sure you do not have any pills around...it will ruin your day...horribly. I would purchase 8mg sub strips (orange strips that dissolve in your mouth) and what I found works perfectly is splitting them by folding it in half evenly (like folding paper to make a paper airplane) and splitting it through the crease. I explain the process on a day to day basis, understand if the withdrawals are worse than what I explain you can double your days up with the dosage (not double the dosage! i mean repeat the same day again with the SAME dose!) i recommend that you don't want to be on the subs for more than 7-10 days but hey one time it took me 20 days to completely kick it...and if your kicking H it might be different, but the idea behind it is the same. if you're a first time sub user, the day-to-day as described should def. help! Here it goes!

Day 1: When you wake up (you should already feel the withdrawals) tear the strip in half, drink some water so your mouth isn't dry and put the half strip under your tongue on either the right side or left, keep it under there for as long as it takes (sometimes 30 min!) don't swallow the strip or chew it...don't swallow the spit! Keep it in your mouth underneath the tongue! If you take 40 norcos a day it might give you alittle relief after 30 min of complete dissolve but not all the way relief so then I suggest you put the second half of the strip under the other side of the tongue (only if you truly feel like you need it) I suggest switching side of placement under the tongue from the side you used first every time you take another dose.. Your day should feel amazing! No withdrawals...no shakes, no sweats...normal! By the mid or end of the day you may or may not feel some withdrawals coming back...I suggest taking one more HALF strip at night or late late afternoon and call it a day.

Day 2: You should feel a little better but the withdrawals will start again...I suggest taking a half strip now and just try to move forward with the day until the afternoon...(only if the withdrawals are non existing, which my multiple experience Showed) then when you start to feel them take the second half of the strip (try to wait as long as you can) maybe when the sun sets. If the second day the withdrawal is unbearable then just follow the first day routine one more time. Make sure your splitting them and not taking the whole thing! Subs are strong and they are made for people who abuse H and unfortunately they ARE addicting...so don't take full strips at a time!

Day 3: On your third day (or fourth depending on the second day) you should feel fine until later in the morning/noon...take a half strip and see if you can go all the way until night fall to take another half. (You can even split second half to 2/3 and take it. (Making it a quarter of the full strip)

Day 4: Next day go through your day and you should be feeling much better! (Remember it's all about how you feel, sometimes it takes longer to get off completely...(I have no idea why but there's times I went from one strip to half in 2 days) Take half a strip when needed. ..you should be able to go through the day with that alone... Now the tricky part is at night now...your mind is going to "want" to take the second half just out of habit...if you don't feel withdrawals...don't...but if you really want to...split a half to half...so your taking a quarter of a strip at night now. Now you'v been pill free for 3-4 days (maybe more if your withdrawals are much worse and again my experience is with me taking 40-50 norcos minimum A DAY for months at a time...next step now is to get off the subs Without withdrawing...

Day 5: Next day go through your day drink caffeine for energy, hot bath, workout, Or do nothing...whatever you want just make sure you wait to take the half strip as long as you can! (Nighttime) Once you take it you should be good for the rest of the day! if for any reason (be honest with yourself) you feel like your feeling physical withdrawals take half of the quarter strip again.

Day 6: now your going to take quarter of strip when you start to feel the minor minor withdrawals, goal is to go through the day without anymore but realistically you are going to take another quarter at the end of the day.

Day 7: take quarter of a strip as late as possible...if you feel like you need some more split the second quarter dose in half! So half of the quarter strip which is pretty small by now but trust me, it's potent, that should make you feel normal for the rest of the day...if for any reason you feel withdrawals...take second half of the quarter you split.

Day 8: put in your mind that you have only half of a quarter strip for the day...plan is to take it at night or maybe not take it at all!
You maybe able to go through the rest of the day with no subs! But worse case scenario if you feel you need a dose, take the half quarter dose AT NIGHT!

Day 9: my suggestion is the same as day 8.

Day 10: you should be free of subs.

There's instances that I become free of subs one day then the next day I feel withdraws, you can take half a quarter on that day...you can switch to every other day or two days off one day on... But honestly you should be good and proud. Don't be discouraged if you had to double days or even triple! If you had to take two doses of half strips for 3 days in a row so be it! Just be aware that doctors want you on it for a long time...I know people taking it for years...DON'T BE THAT PERSON! sub block your brain receptors and who knows what kind of damage to the emotional part of your brain that can cause with long term use.

Biggest issues after being sub free is the urge to go back to pills because it was so easy to get off with this program...you have understand the reason you quit...I bet your personality is so much better now? Your probably much happier? You probably can drink without worrying about the effects and for men you can actually enjoy being in bed with your woman without worn her out and making her think something is wrong with her because you can't climax! Haha. Life is too short...live it without being sedated! I am now on day 1 again for the 10th time but I WILL NOT relapse... Feeling normal is amazing...and way more fun...

Ps. There's times where I might take adderal to help with energy, issues are anxiety effects can make you feel like crap...subs help with the anxiety alot but last thing you need is getting addicted to another pill...plus when you get off the adderal there are permanent effects on your Concentration that can happen yes PERMANENT...also when you take it for a while and stop...man oh man you become lazy and you just want to sleep for days...so I suggest to sticking with caffeine to keep your day productive...but subs alone would enable you to do that!

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You will withdrawl from the suboxone too unless you taper your dose and have your dose to almost nothing on the second to last day. By the last day repeat previous days small dose. If you feel bad when you take those small doses then you're moving you fast.

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Rhonda, I don't know if you're still available to talk about the Suboxone but I am ready to start my journey. I will tell you more about my situation if you're still available to give advice or willing to speak freely about your experience. I am w/drawing from Oxy's 30mg (prescribed) but need a break. Are you still available to converse?

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i have been addicted to pills for about 10 to 15 years i recently went to a doctor for subs i have been off pills for about a month this stuff is awsome!! and i mean i took any kind of pain pills i could get my hands on ,lost my job after 20 years,started stealing money fro work,family etc...almost lost our house,pawned every piece of jewelry my husband bought for me during our 38 years of being married thank god i have a great husband.just wanted to post this to share with everyone and to let everyone know that keep trying don't give up we all can do it I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD(:

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YOU HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL... Thank you so much!! I would like to converse with you more, will you plse guide me throught the process. I am so scared!!! But I want to be relieved of Oxy's (prescribed).... I had to print out your response bcuz it was so helpful. But your encouragement will definitely be needed for me. Will you email me? {edited for privacy}

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This is correct. I have been in subs for 8 mo and attending regular three times a week iop classes plus substance and mental health counsling plus Aa or n.a. meeting s three times per week. Recovery is what the real medicine is. Suboxone just is able to keep ur head clean while you work the steps get a sponser and change ur way of thinking. Otherwise you ll be right back to square one.
I ve tried it. Several times on my own mught work for a lil bit but not in the long run.

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Hi I was wondering how long you had tostay on the sibs? Today Is my day 2. Yesterday I was in full blown withdraw and did one 8mg strip under the tongue.That was yeyesterday at 6 am. I wawaited 12 hours like they do at the clinic amd at 6pm took another 8mg strip. This morning I woke up feeling good so I cut one in half and did a 4mg strip. Im going to try to wait till 6pm to do the other 4mg. At the clinic they do subs for 4 days. I see people who have been taking them for years and i don't want to depend on nothing. Any info wpuld really help. My daily meds on a good day was 200mg morphine pill. All I do is swallow them. On ok day was 100mg. Ive been addicted for over 10 years im 26 with 2 kids and Just like everyone else want my life back. So please help me with any info.

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You don't have eoungh trust me make up your mind an do it or stay on pain meds it took me over a year just to stop thinking about pain meds

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Hi I'm addicted to Norco alot will one pill fix me ..that's all I have

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Hi Helpme, No, one pill is not enough. Never take subs until your in wd. Wait about 16-18 hrs after you took your last DOC. If you don,t you chance getting very sick. Maybe you could try tapering down on your hydros. Theres allways the suboxone route but I,d save that for last resort if I were you. If your gonna take the one sub be sure to wait, then try to cut it into quarters and just take 1 quarter and wait an hr or two and see how you feel. If your still in wds take a little more. I still recommend tapering off the Norco and being done with it.

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The relapse cycle is viscous! I was just reading about how halfway house owners and treatment center owners are actually aiding in the relapse process!!

addictiontreatmentcenterfinder.com/the-viscous-recovery-cycle

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I have been on heavy doses of oxycontin(120 mg daily) plus 60 mg for breakthrough pain for nine months.After my surgery,my pain mgmt. doctor gave me suboxone ands clonidine.Shouldn't I be tapering down first?My health is not the best,I have a cardiac issue and high blood pressure.I fear for my life going into withdraw cold turkey.What should I do?

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You should divide those a 14 day regimen from experience at rehab i would do ad follows:
Day 1. 2
Day 2. 1 1/2
Day 3. 1 1/2
Day 4. 1
Day 5. 1
Day 6. 1/2
Day 7. 1/2
Day 8. 1/2
Day 9. 1/2
Day 10. 1/4
Day 11. 1/4
Day 12. 1/4
Day 13. 1/4

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One thing I can tell you for certain is you need to be in full withdrawal before taking the sub. I would suggest at least 24 hours without any oxy. Otherwise you will have a very severe adverse reaction. I've been there.
Trust me do not take any amount of sub with
any amount of other opiate in your system. You may have to wait 24 hours after your last opiate intake but that is far better than the intense misery that comes from mixing opiates n sub.

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