How Long After You Stop Suboxone Do You Have Withdrawal Symptoms? (Page 55)

My 63y/o mother survived chemo and radiation for throat cancer but was unable to stop the morphine 15mg twice a day without horrible withdrawal symptoms. Her MD put her on Suboxone 8mg/2mg once a day in June. She even took half the strip on most days and the doctor was very pleased and anticipated that she would be able to stop altogether in November. She unfortunately had a stroke 14 days ago and has been in the hospital. The first 7 days she was confused from the stroke but now she is weak and forgetful but is no longer disoriented. She told me tonight that she thought she needed her Suboxone. She said she thought she was going thru withdrawal. I was floored. She is not having any outward signs of withdrawal: no back/stomach pain, no nausea/vomiting, no sweating or tremors. Isn't 14 days long enough for the Suboxone to be completely out of your system and for withdrawal symptoms to have come and gone??? Any answers will be greatly appreciated.

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Re: TommyC (# 1077)

I want to know what all is wrong with you. I didn't know subs have after effects. Please let me know. Thanks

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Re: The truth about suboxone and more (# 3)

God i wish inhad someone like you in my life! I need off these damn subs but I'm a single mom with two kids and work full time with no family to help me. I am desperate to get off these things but am stuck.

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I would like to know way if I'm on subs y do I still wake up feeling sick till I take a sub is that always gonna be that way

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Re: azumpire (# 11)

Hi,
I am now, where you were then. 8 years on 6mg. Last time I tried to reduce I was bed bound. I went back.. I work 6 & 7 says a week and two kids. I don’t know how I’m going to change how bad I feel, my body & mind is being destroyed.
Please tell me how you are now?

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Re: Lissett (# 1083)

I think it matters how much you are taking. I am supposed to take 4mg every day (or 8mg if I feel I need it), but I was taking 8mg every other day, sometimes every 3 days; after being on Suboxone for about 6 months.

My Doctor does a drug panel and strip count every 28 days. One Rx he writes lasts 2 months/56 days. I was shocked when I went to count my strips on Friday, to find out I only used 4 out of the 28 strips!

I take it for pain management. My and son has a new girlfriend who has been cleaning the house (I pay her) and they go to the grocery store. So I haven't done anything that makes my back hurt enough to take a strip.

I haven't had any withdrawal symptoms at all. Again, I believe it's because I started taking 1 every other day, and sometimes every 3 days.

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Re: Don (# 1085)

Suboxone WITHDRAWAL takes time to kick in. In my case I didn’t have any symptoms of withdrawal until day 8. I had weaned down to.125mg from 8mg over a seven month time period. I had been on subs for five years. It’s been 34 months and I continue to have serious PAWS and some permanent damage to my brain stem. I recently met with three doctors (pain specialists, Neurologist, addiction and psychiatric specialists) and they all agreed I should go back on Suboxone. Their rationale was based on my age (71) and quality of life.

The preferred medication for my issues is Methadone. It is almost impossible to find a Doctor who will prescribe Methadone as a result of the new laws. I have no desire to go each day to a Methadone Clinic. I have to make a decision to do nothing and suffer or go back on Suboxone. The Paraesthesia is the result of the opiate and is not common. The malaise and lower back pain is quiet common for x opiate users.

I applaud anyone who takes the time to get of off Suboxone. I hope you find life after Suboxone to be much different than I encountered. I found getting to the right Doctor is a chore. Unfortunate for me that Suboxone may be a life long medication to block CNS signals causing my problems. Merry Christmas to everyone.

One last point; the withdrawals from Suboxone is very mild. However the time of recovery is very long. I am available for questions.

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Re: TommyC (# 1086)

What brain damage? Was it from the suboxone? I feel like my memory is horrible and I'm only 37. Been on Sub for. 7 years and so badly want to stop. But two kids and a full time job being a single parent makes it hard to be any kind of sick. No family to help either sucks! I'll pray for you and hope you get answers to your health problems.

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Re: Joseph (# 6)

I did subs for 8yrs and im 39 days clean. It can be done. Weaning yourself down as low as you can. I chose to go to rehab so that i was in a safe enviroment and no chance of getting something even if i wanted too. Wanted to eliminate all risks. Wish i had done it years ago bcuz it was newhere near as bad as i thought it was gonna be. The anxiety what out of this world, the worst part for me. A positive state of mind and the attitude of refusing to give up or go backwards and have to do it all over again. Affer a out 4-6 days off, youll wake up feeling like $1m bucks. Best of luck and trust me, you can do it.

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Re: TommyC (# 1086)

I know I will be on Suboxone, or whatever they come up with next for the rest of my life. I take it for lower back pain. (I won't bore you with all the dx, but 7 surgeries, 3 levels)

The cold weather is the worst for me. I don't mind taking it, nor wish to stop taking it. I was on Oxycontin 270 mg. a day, for 10 years, and watched the world go on around me, and still in pain.

Why did I start on 8mg when others take so much more, some 2x a day?

The pill..do you need to disolve that under your tongue too?

I don't feel all messed up on Suboxone, but on Oxy I would eat every pill I could find. Wierd?

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it is Christmas time and I have been traveling I am now in San Antonio Texas and I normally live in New York I ran out of Suboxone and I'm not due back til no New York until Wednesday I have been taking 16 mg for 9 years now can somebody tell me where I can get some kind of help my doctors offices at back in New York are all closed for the holidays and I don't know which is worse the psychological or the physical and if I leave Bill to fly back to New York being this sick thanks all

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I am from New York traveling in San Antonio for the holidays for some reason I came up at 7 tablet short on my script and I'm due back Wednesday my doctors offices in New York are closed for the holidays does anybody know of any doctor that will be open on a Saturday or what I can do or how long does it take to go into withdrawal from Suboxone I've been taking 16 mg since 2008 thank you for all your help

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Re: Steve (# 1091)

Call your doctor, there is always someone on call. I am prescribed 4mg for chronic pain. I take a 8mg strip, and don't need to take another for 3-4 days, because I forget to take it. By day 4 I feel funny and I realize how many days it has been.

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Re: azumpire (# 83)

I would love to read the doctor's paper.

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Re: Steve (# 1090)

Why didn't your dr. give you enough subs until your next appointment or being on 16mg why didn't you taper yourself down knowing you would run out? Something is better than nothing. Being on 16mg and being without them shows you can definitely go down to a lower dose.

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Re: Krissy (# 8)

You think your higher power did this? Bulls***, you get sick either way.

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BabyA (# 1088) --

Your memory loss is definitely from the subs. Mine was the same way and so is everyone I know that's on it. I was on for 8yrs and I've been off since Oct 21st 2017 and my memory has gotten much better. Do yourself a favor and get down as low as you can, it will make all the difference in the world when you finally stop. Best of luck to you. You CAN do it.

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I hope some people who have read this thread won't be put off quitting subutex. The horror stories does no one any favours. Just because it took two or three weeks for you to start feeling the worse symptoms doesn't mean everyone will. We are all different, some people will quit with only minor withdrawal symptoms while others will find it much harder. A lot of it depends on healthy you are (diet and fitness), if you have adequate support, have previous experiences to know what to expect, whether you have tapered or quit cold turkey and if you have supporting medications.

As you can see so many variables to consider and that is not taking into account your genetic makeup.

Please don't tell people your horror stories as they are not universal.

Gl people stay stay.

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For me it was 4 entire days & nights, following abrupt cessation of Suboxone, before any withdrawal symptoms began. The Timeline is shaped by: how long you've been on regular Suboxone therapy AND how large your daily dose was/is. The longer & the larger correlates to a much longer delay before WD begins. And, I have to add this: I'd read horror stories about Suboxone withdrawal symptoms. However...yet...I found the WD symptoms from Suboxone much, much milder than other forms of withdrawal. Suboxone is a very long-lasting drug afterall, and long-acting medicines always have less severe withdrawal symptoms.

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Re: Krissy (# 8)

I'm not meaning to be negative but.your withdrawal is coming when the last trace of stored suboxone is gone from your body. It takes more than 6 days if you have been on it for 5 years or more

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No it takes about a month depending how long you been on it

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