How To Get Off Suboxone (Page 2)
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Im Marina Im 24 years old and a mother of 2 beautiul little boys. From the years 2006-2007 i was heavily addicted to Oxy 80 and eventually started doing herion. I got help in sep.2007 at a methadone clinic, it worked for as long as i was on the methadone i had NO relapse's. In June 2009 i was completly off of the methadone that first day that i was on 0Mgs I went through extreme withdrawls i went through things that i would never wish upon my worst enemy! i stayed that way for a day and a half and decided to go to a suboxone doctor. He put me on 32 mgs a day which i thought was pretty high of a dose but he explained to me that methadone withdrawls was worst then any other withdrawls. so i trusted him. Now when i go to see him every month i pretty much beg for him to start the weining process and start lowering me and he pretty much refuses. After months of being on 32mgs a day he finally started tapering me down slowly, i never really thought any thing of it till now but i realized he's keeping me on the suboxne for as long as posible so that he can get my $200.00 a month. all he is, is a legal drug dealer bc now im highly addicted to the suboxone. I recently had to go a few days with out my suboxone bc i didnt have the money to see him and i went through hell. i thought methadone withdrawl was bad OMG there is no comparison. i wanted to either use which i havent done in years or rip my face off lol its funny now but it definatley wasnt funny a few days ago while i was feeling that way! So i spoke to a good friend whos going through the same thing and he told me that they just came out with a new pill to get you off suboxone. I just want to know if that's true. I tryed googleing it but i cant find any thing. If you have heard of this new pill please respond or if you even have a good way to get off soboxone as painless and posible... thanx

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I'm Michael been on 16 milligrams for a year year and a half when I had 30 left a taper down then. me and my wife I went from thirds for 2 weeks 2 quarters to 1/8 after a month of tappering down we did a little unorthodox rather genius plan to beat the 2 weeks hell of detox i thought cool baby we made it and we did threw that part but still more to come because now we need sleep what's that where is it all i had to do is close my eyes and out like a light praying to god more then a hour please i can't sleep I don't want to be awake as i tell my wife pit the a.c. on 60 it feels like were two pieces of wood on fire under the sheet my mind raceing how how did I do this to me but I know I've always been a smart ass and I would always tell people don't ask questions you already know the answer to and I find myself asking myself the question I already know the answer too so 3 day's no sleep no $ we can't work Saturday 330 a.m. God's talking to me watching church. T.v. I'm going to church tommrow we did in the sermon was on adversity how would you deal with it good or bad it was pointing right at me I thank God that I wasn't going through it alone my wife were each others back bones we just kept telling each other it's going to get better it's getting better and it has been getting better and I had been looking up herbs and natural remedies and we went to the vitamin store and got some vitamins to help with anxiety and mood swings. Kratom for the body pain and we tried it and it's been working great my brain is focused her brain is focused I went out yesterday and found me a job I'm starting a job Monday I never thought I'd be able to do it so soon I'm looking for things to do around the house I feel great thank God for all his blessingsshe feels great we are blessed and there is light at the end of the tunnel there is hope it does get better we've been supporting each other and we could have made it without each other we don't want no drugs its it's truly a blessing so beautiful day sleep life is good you can be there to you will be there too just know in your heart that it's going to happenjust don't forget the main thing thank God for your blessings every day and know that he's with you and it's been 21 days sitting outside on the porch drinking a cup of herbal tea about to cut the grass 9:30 in the morning good luck everybody

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I have been on suboxone for years at 16mgs and am doing a 50 day detox. Going all the way down to .13 mgs. Its my 8th day and i feel ok. I know.i have a ways to go but I'm optimistic about this. If anyone has any advice or anything could you please let me know.

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I would love to hear how you did it. Ive been on subs for 5 years and want to be done

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If you are not sick and have gotten over that, just get an anti-depressant. Any doctor can give you a script for that and stay on them for awhile until all the sub is out of your body. The body will heal and this too will pass.

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There is a old saying why jump out the window when you can take the steps. Coming of anything is not easy, but it can be done if you don't rush it. I am on suboxone , however I found the answer, the best thing to do is bring your blood level down slowly. I've taken my suboxone and cut it up into small pieces , I told my doctor and now I know why he didn't want me to do it. You can come off when you do it that why, don't take big doses, only take enough so you won't get sick. You my get a little sick at first ,but take small bits and it will go away. Keep doing it this way and in time slowly decrease your pieces. I was taking 8mg a day ,now Im down to half 4mg. When you take small pieces for a long time and then take a big piece you will be high as hell because you have lowered you blood level. In time you can decrease the pieces bit by bit and you can come off. At night get a sleep aid . Don't jump out the window take the stairs come down step by step and it will work.

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He is on way too high of a dose. He is having the effects of taking way to much. It's kinda the same effect that opiates or pain pills can give you if you take too much as well. Get him help in a rehab and don't let him stay on suboxone for long it is a horrible drug for many reasons. The most important is honestly from a former opiate addict myself it is easier to taper yourself off the pain meds then it is to get off suboxone. See suboxone goes in your bone marrow and stays there for many many months after you stop taking it which makes the withdrawals horrible for a long period of time. He really should go to rehab and get the help he needs most.

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That's all he gave you was Cloludine? That doctors a cop out. High blood pressure med. Most don't know s*** about Suboxone, let alone an exit plan on getting off. It's a lousy 8 hour class room course that I think they can even do it online as well.

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No lolo I'm great . I think you should forget about a rehab center ,they don't really help. A really compassionate Md / GP etc will help you with the gabipinton and tramdol . Google them . Well it took me about a total miserable 7, to 8 months to do the taper . Then I jumped off completely about 3/1/2 months ago. It was a b..ch .
the restless leg thing and the anxiety the worst . Gabipinton for the restless leg thing. Tramdol for lingering pains and get a anti depression if you need it . Plus ,I went into my doctors office with my own list which he trusted me enough to kinda let me take the lead. One because I took a year studying Sub and getting off,and two because he didn't hardly know a thing about getting off it. I've also been extremely pro active when concerning my health needs . I am always when I go to the office . With anything . I always study up on whatever ills me before hand . Which leaves him much more time to really help you. Trust me though ,I get allot of lead way simply because . I've been going to his office for years and he trusts me. I have zip issues now . No PAWS etc no na/aa meetings ,no bible and God ? none of that stuff . Just believe in yourself . Lots of sub issues I'm starting to believe . It mess's with your brain receptors and your kinda always in a perpetual state of fog. Also the doctors giving you the subs. Most are rip offs and have no idea how to get you off . Why should they at $150 a crack. Ten minutes in their office and your gone. I asked the one who had me on the Subs. So many times till I got pissed and said you don't have a exit plan do you. He said no. I was done with his smart ass. Started my own studies ,by googling . And like I said went to my long standing GP's office . Rest is history . My wife is actually on suboxone ,,I have no issues with it being in our place . Doesn't bother me in the least . When im done with something ? I'm done ! Plus she doesn't think she can ever get off seeing what I Went through. Also want to add my doctor, GP? He didn't think I should get off either . Statics show ,95% can not do it . Plus it's hell . But you can ,be the 5% . I have faith in human beings! have faith in yourself and find a good human being first,that just so happens is a GP as well.

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I've been on subs for 6 years now have tried multiple times to get off. I've been using the strips and I've cut down to a 1/8 of a strip in morning and another around lunch. My doc let me pass over 6 drug panels for marijuana before he decided to kick me out the program. Leaving me cold in the wind with nothing. So I had to start getting subs by other means. I would love to know there's doctors out there helping people with this problem but like I read earlier it's all about the money for them. I feel like I will never get off this stuff the way things are going and it scares the crap out of me. I don't have two weeks to get off work and recover. And not only getting over the physical part it's the mental part that is the hardest to get over from what I hear it can last too a month. What do I dooooo?

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Suboxone was awful trying to get off of. I ended up in a 7 day detox
They stepped me down in a week. I will never go back on them.

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Hi I have been taking sub for a few years I'm down to about a half to a qurt a day but when I stop I feel so depressed and can't get out of bed then feel wd am I able to get off ? Or am I going to have todo this for life

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Cookie, wow that is still a high dose to jump from. What mg film was it. I cut my 8 mg films into like 40 or 50 little pieces. I had to use razor blade and tweezers to cut and hold them. Even then when I finally jumped from a tiny sliver a day I still went through sleep deprivation for 6 weeks. I however was super sensitive to dosage and think Most people probably are not. Sooooooo glad its over. I have been off for 7 1\2 months.

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Brendan and anyone else that has ask. The key is TAPER. You've seen it a million times. It's the only way you can do it. I tapered down to 1/8 of a strip for about 3 weeks, then I got off. It's not a easy road, in fact it is very uncomfortable but if I can do this anyone can do it. You must keep yourself busy, no laying around feeling sorry for yourself. My dr. gave me clonodine, which helped the most. I'm still not sleeping well. But I am determined to beat this crap. I've spent so much money on these, it makes me sick. Just remember if you want off, you have to work for it, it does not come easy.
God bless you all and the very best of luck to all of you.

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Start weaning!! Cut dose by 25% every 2 weeks. Even then you will need restless leg meds and sleeping med. Contact your doctor because you will need their support with medication to help. When you jump you will need someone to help with childcare. You can do this. Quicker you start quicker its over. I took 6 weeks after I jumped off from very low dose but I also wasn't on sleeping med which was a big mistake.

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Please help me with how to get off suboxone with no withdrawals please I am a single mother of a very active 7 year old. Plus I have college work and my daughters sports. I just want to be finished with this all and have a normal life again so my husband will come back home and so I can be who I was 5 years ago

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Going threw the same thing but how many days did it take..

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My fiance has been on subs for 1.5 years an has been trying to stop cold turkey for 2 weeks.. its been hell!!!! Please help I'm scared he's going to relapse

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Don't you get it Roxi. 99% here can't afford that. I here it works yes. But hardly any can afford it. Do it the old fashion WAY! suck it up and find a kind, cool GP.

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Hi,it took me months to taper down then do the jump off from being on 6 years plus 8 mg That was oh about three months now totally off . Actually was clean within first week, as far wise as blood results . But the lingering effects took all of first month for me to get by. Goggle tram and Gabi ? Leg pains and the anixtity. Three months now I'm pretty much good !! nothing other then the lingering side effects from breaking bones skydiving . I hope My receptors are healing ,but no scientific evedence to back that ? my moods are ok. But mostly ? I'm just glad to not have to deal with the jerk doctor that was working me for all those years,the sweats and that foggy feeling and just mentally knowing I was not again addicted to something. No hard luck stories . I broke bones Skydiving back ,legs etc etc Fentynall for pain ,then Subs to get off that . But not for years for Christ sakes. Couple months was all I ever needed. I want to add, I drink beer ,never exercised other then bike riding and I took lots of vitimines and eat to well. I want to ask add,no NA or the Chrstian thing . No no,I don't need others to brain wash me. Had enough with the one doctor . So on the mental part. I went back Skydiving ,no need to NA,working a program . Laughable to me , or turn to God? Work your own program! Just hard core knowing You can and will do it. And my long standing GP doctor ,that was into seeing me back to my old self. In the past now ,it can be for you too.

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Lala08, I did have a drs. help, but I think it's totally up to you. He gave me Clonidine, I am on permanent disablity from worker's comp. for an injury at work. I was taking quite a bit of pain killers, and decided one day, that was enough, so I went on the subs, not knowing what I know now. The biggest thing is the tapering. I never thought that I would ever get off them, but I hated that awful taste, and they weren't really doing anything for me so I decided to try. I have a wonderful family that sticks by me and helps me. Thank you for your concern, and I'm so happy to be rid of them.

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