How To Get Off Suboxone Successfully - Step By Step (Page 2) (Top voted first)

If you are struggling with getting off Suboxone successfully, you may want to take the time to read this. I have read a ton of hype about Suboxone being impossible to get off. How the withdrawal symptoms carry on for days, even months. Below, I would like to encourage you and let you know that it can be done. I AM LIVING PROOF YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS FEAT!!! I have been free of Suboxone and all other drugs and alcohol for 3 months and I have never felt better in my life!!!

THE WAY THAT SUCCESS HAPPENED FOR ME AND CAN HAPPEN FOR YOU:

For months I read Suboxone blog sites in the effort to gather some element of hope that would encourage me to make the “jump” to get off my final 1/8 tab (1mg) of Suboxone. At the point I started reading these blog sites, I had come down from 2.5- 8 mg (total 20 mg) tablets of Suboxone. It was fairly easy to get down to 1/8 tab (1 mg). Don't get me wrong, I had moments of mood swings and depression that would fool me because of the way that the mood swings would creep up on me. I felt bipolar during the final ½ tablet to ¼ tablet and finally to 1/8th tablet before I “Jumped off”: The good news is that earlier dose decreases do not affect you as much as you would think. I went from 2.5 tablets to 2.0 tables per day in one week. I didn't even notice any withdrawal. Then, in just two weeks I had the courage to go down to 1.5 tablets per day…. Still, only slight mood swings. Then, I went down to 1 tablet per day a week later. Then 3 weeks later I went down to ½ tablet per day. Again, at this point only mild mood swings that I could deal with because I was expecting much worse. NOTE: I ALWAYS DIVIDED THE DOSES TO AM / PM DOSES.. IT HELPED.

THE BEGINNING OF THE CHALLENGING PART:

Going from ½ to ¼ tablet per day it started to get a little tougher for the first week in terms of mood swings and a tricky onset of depression. Expect bipolar behavior. Tell your family and whoever is in your life if you can. Let them know that they can pray for you if you or they are believers in God. If you don't believe in God, don't stop reading this posting.. I will get to the Spiritual side of things later in this posting. For now, it is my heart and hope that you will read this method of getting off Suboxone. No punches held though, I will be up front with you, I am personally a believer in the one true God- Jesus Christ. He is the One who encouraged me to get on this website and help you with encouragement, hope and truth about what to expect on this tough, but wonderful journey of getting off Suboxone. The choice to believe in God is yours, but I will say that the prayers of my dad and wife were powerful and effective. There was times when I simply could not pray for myself because I didn't feel sane enough to even pray at times, though I still gave it my best. I brought up the prayers right now for you because the bible tells us in Psalm 145:18-19 "The Lord is near to all who call on Him; all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him. He hears their cry and He saves them". That said, let's begin the final jump shall we.

THE FINAL JUMP FROM 1/8 TABLET:

NOTE REGARDING SUPPLEMENTS: I wish that BEFORE I jumped off at 1/8 tablet, I would have used these endorphin boosting supplements. They can be found at just about any health food store. DLPA 1000 mg twice per day, GABA 500 Mg twice per day, Reloria two capsules twice per day, and 5HTP two capsules per day. I would have been better off to have started these supplements a couple of weeks prior to my final jump, but I strongly believe that they helped the process probably more that I could imagine. I am still on these supplements, now some 3 months off Suboxone. (I am not a doctor, nor am I acting in the role of a doctor, so as always please consult a physician prior to starting these supplements)

When I was on 1/8 tablet for 2 weeks I tried to completely stop taking Suboxone and had such a bad first night that it scared me into staying on 1/8 tablet per day, taken in the morning, for 2 months. The problem now lay in the fact that I was going through withdrawal in the middle of the day and a few times I even chose to drink alcohol in the afternoon. I didn't connect that the withdrawal was actually causing my fiending for drugs and alcohol. Those two months were not good times for me. When I finally came to the conclusion that I might be better off just getting off Suboxone completely, it was time to plan. I work for myself and I could hardly afford to take the time off work for fear that I might lose all my clients. I wasn't sure how long it would take to get off Suboxone and get back to a working state of mind? Drum roll please…. Here is how long it takes to start feeling better….

IT TAKES 6 DAYS BEFORE YOU START FEELING BETTER THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED!!! DO NOT LISTEN TO ANY LIE!!!

What You Can Expect:

Day 1: This morning skipped my morning, and only dose of Suboxone. I worked out pretty hard lifting stretching and lifting light, high repetition weights. Don't forget to push yourself to work out even if you don't feel like it. It is hugely important! That night I took two Benedryl and it didn't work like I hoped it would. I was so miserable, achy body, cramping in my calves, a "drive a person crazy" kind of feeling. At this point I had gotten 2 mg tablets from the Dr. because I told her I needed to be able to cut them down while I weaned myself off of them. So I cut a 2 mg film tablet into ¼ which is .5 mg of Suboxone. In summary, I chickened out the first night. I did sleep after that for about 5 hours. For those of you who still have the 8 mg. tablets, this means that you would have to split one up into 1/16 which is pretty hard to do, but possible if you have good eyes and you don't cheat and take the bigger portion. :)

Day 2: The .5 mg from the night prior made this morning like a fairly normal morning. So I stretch for a long time and then worked out hard. After work out, I felt even better, but by afternoon the withdrawal set in again. Felt like I drank all kinds of coffee but I didn't . I was agitated and twitchy, making my mind and physical body feel terrible. To combat it, I stayed very busy all day with cleaning and yard work in the effort to keep my mind and body occupied. I couldn't focus on God yet…. My mind was too messed up. Yes, a person's mind can be too messed up to “feel” God, but trust me He was there with me. Hind sight I see that He was with me every step of the way. I just couldn't believe that He would let me go through such agony, but He is a God who loved me enough to let me feel the pain enough so that I would remember it. This way I would not go back!! Night came and I became scared that I would give in again, but instead about two hours before bed I took another couple Benedryl and this time it worked a little I slept about 4 hours and was miserable the rest. I recommend taking lots of warm baths or showers when you can't sleep, instead of just lying there.

Day 3: Day 3 and Day 4 are the worst. The greatest advantage you have though is that you are starting to get used to the twitchy, feeling like you are crawling out of your skin feeling. Go ahead and stretch your calves as frequently as you can. Flex them as often as possible. I heard from one doctor that it helps work the withdrawal out of your body. I did manage to get out in the yard and work on Day 3. I waited until I felt my best, then took advantage of the moment and went out and "spazzed out" on yard work as much as I could handle it. I even broke a sweat which lifted me up considerably. I took a couple of Benadryl before I went to bed, but only slept a total of about 2 hours the whole night. I couldn't focus enough to read, nor pray, nor watch a movie. None of that was going to happen, so I would either jump in the bath or shower or even find something to do I could tell that sleep was not an option. The first part of the morning on Day 4 is among the greatest challenges I have ever faced. Glad I did not have much planned, because Day 4 morning was the worst of the whole experience.

Day 4: Morning was awful because I was up the night before almost the whole night. That lack of sleep will mess with your head and try to get you to go back. On this day the middle of the day gave me a few very small ½ glimpses of hope. I felt my first surge of my own endorphins come back. Only a couple ½ hour spurts, but hey it gave me hope to NOT turn back. I figured I went this far, I might as well finish this.!! I thought I was going to sleep well this night, but it didn't happen…. Only 4 hours combined , but hey that was progress from the night before. Remember, baby steps. Celebrate the small victories. Relish them! Stay tuned and hang in there because the reward came to me in Day 5!!

Day 5: I worked out first thing in the morning. I pushed myself to do it. I started with a stretch routine. Then I felt like working out. So, try stretching first, then consider working out. I have in my notes 50/50 written down. This means that half the day I felt bad and half the day actually felt good. Did you hear that?…. I felt good. …. That is right … you can get past this. For half of Day 5 I felt better than I ever felt on Suboxone. It was natural and it was the way that God designed me to feel. My own endorphins made their first appearance and they showed up in fine fashion. The bad parts of this day caused me to want to take a nap, so if you have the liberty to do so, then by all means, indulge in that nap. Nap , nap , nap. Because if you answer the call to the mid day naps you will wake up feeling better each time. Don't worry about the extreme tiredness on day 5 and 6, just become a temporary nap person. Listen to you body and what it wants. God is trying to let you know what you need.

Day 6: Congratulations!! You have made it to the other side. I may have had 2 hours of bad feelings today , but the rest was AWESOME. I was productive, back to work, working out hard etc.

Day 7 and 8:

I am putting day 7 and 8 on here because I did hit some tired spells and down times but only a couple hours each day total. I encourage you to nap when you feel like napping. Also be encourage that it only gets better and better from here on out.

Why I Got Off Suboxone:

Everyone will have their reasons for getting off Suboxone. I can only share with you what my reasons were. If you have read this far then you must be pretty determined for your own reasons.

I started feeling like I was feinding for other drugs when I was on two " 8 mg tablets per day, so I asked my Dr. to increase the dose to 2.5 tablets per day. Two months later I started feinding for other drugs or alcohol again. So I asked my Dr. to up the dose to 3.0 tablets per day. Two months later I started feinding for other drugs, chew, alcohol etc. Are you starting to get the picture? This may not be the case for everyone, but it seemed to be the case for me. The whole purpose of Suboxone in the first place was to decrease these cravings and for a time, Suboxone was effective. It gave me enough time to get it through my head that I didn't want to be a heroin or pill addict anymore and that I wanted to get my life together.

Another reason that I decided to get off Suboxone was that I was also curious if it would feel better to just be on nothing? (Except the supplements that I mentioned above) The outcome that I came to is that I feel way better than I ever have in terms of physical, mental, and Spiritual well being.

THE TESTIMONY:

If you have read this far you may as well keep reading because the best part is yet to come. Remember, I am of the opinion that it was my faith in God that led me down this long and intricate road that I just described above called, "How To Get Off Suboxone " Successfully". God worked in ways that I never would have dreamed. I could have strategized all month long and never came up with the plan, method, or the outcome that God came up with. The Bible says in the book of Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways my ways", says the Lord.

You may not believe in God, or maybe you do, or maybe you know God, but stopped believing. If you are one who is running away or does not believe in God, know this, drugs and alcohol can certainly fog your view of God. It is my opinion that first you must get clean and sober then you have a better chance of making an informed decision as to God's authenticity.

Whether you believe in God or not, you will one day face Him. Either he will be welcoming, or judging you. I have chosen to give Him my life and submit to everything that is written in the Bible. I accept it as truth. The bible says that the Word of God is Living and Active. It also says that every word within it is inspired NOT by man, but by God. I have chosen to believe this and it has changed the way I think. Romans 12:2 "Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

If this part of my testimony and experience sounds too Churchy to you, then at least do yourself a favor, … Ask God to help this "Christian talk" make sense to you. Seriously, have you even told Him that the "Churchy Stuff" makes NO sense to you? Have you even told Him that? Have you bothered to share that with Him? Do you know that He cares and wants to hear that come from your mouth? He wants to hear you humbly express to God that you don't know. Have you opened yourself up to the fact that if you open yourself up to Him that He will begin to show you the "mysteries" of His Word like you never imagined possible? 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land."

If you have read this far then, then I believe that the Spirit of God is calling you…. Listen to it!!! Jesus states that "My sheep hear my voice"

The place where you are if you are reading this is not a comfortable place. I have been right where you are. With all sincerity, I want you to get to where I am. True Joy is in my heart every day that I awake. There is a peace that surpasses all understanding that guides me now. I strongly encourage you to seek God first, because I want to see the peace of God enter your heart and mind.

RELAPSE PREVENTION:

For me, I have found that devoting myself to praying and studying my Bible and reflecting on what God has done and what He promises has been life changing. The Bible says, "Who is going harm you if you are eager to do good" 1 Peter 3:13, It also says, "a prudent man foresees evil and hides himself" Proverbs 27:12

I have a half hour to 45 minutes carved out each morning to spend reading my bible, praying much thanks and reflecting on what the bible is saying. I also listen to J. Vernon McGee on Through The Bible .org the web address is ttb.org. You can't claim to not understand the Bible, because this website WITH AUDIO walks you through the Bible verse by verse in an exciting way. And it is FREE!! If you don't believe the Bible at this point, try listening to the Dr. J. Vernon McGee's audios. There is a new one posted every day. Or check out the archives.

CONCLUSION:

I do hope that you put some thought into all of this. If you can't think straight right now because you have already started your final descent off Suboxone, then wait until you feel good enough to really absorb what I just shared with you through the "Testimony" section of this posting. I am not trying to sell you on anything… I simply care for you because that is what God has put on my heart. I have been through what you are going through and I want to encourage you. I would like to leave you with this scripture:

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

May God Richly Bless Your Life.

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I am not addicted to any drug. Took care of my demons several years back. Wanted to tell you that the time you took to tell your story was and is awesome . I pray that it will help a lot of people. Quickly, I was so sick and tired of being sick and tired that God stepped in and gave me the courage and strength to beat my demons. I do believe that I had devine intervention. Being sober and living a clean life can be done. Albeit not necessarily an easy go. Learning to trust yourself and your thinking without pills or alcohol or whatever takes time. Like having to get to know someone again. The fog will lift and life will be Awesome. Time , love and tenderness...
So, thank you again. May God continue to enrich your life with his love

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Cookie what day are you on? I've actually been forcing myself to walk everyday but I walk so slow! Slower than a 90 year old lol! But it's something! I just want sleep at night. I think if I can get the sleep my anxiety won't be so bad. I don't have a bike , I wish I did! At least that way I could sit lol ! I'm not going back I promised myself that ! Today I'm gonna start lifting weights! I need to! My arms are so weak. Thanks for your kind words! I sure am glad I found this site. I've read too many horror stories. What I wanna know is why are some people taking like 50 Imodium to help with withdrawal that stuff can kill you. I think if ur gonna stop do it the right way under a care of physician and just suck it up buttercup! We did this to ourselves and if u can't do it stay on til you can. I was ready after 5 years being a slave to this stuff cause the doctors said I needed it. I was the one that told them I wanted off and the one doctor was so happy for me and the other was pissed! He wants money. Anyways today is a good day so far! Just want my sleep! It's day 10 for crying out loud!

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The only thing you can do is stick to it... rough it out, it does get better. and you'll feel much better after it's all said and done.

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Thank you God for this post! I am 45 and have been fed narcotics since I was 11. I should explain that statement. At 11 I was diagnosed with scoliosis and by 12 I was in a body brace called a " Milwaukee Brace" just thinking of that horrible thing has started my tears. I actually have blocked memories from most the years I wore it. Besides the unbearable pain I dealt with kids are absolutely mean when they don't understand what you are. I do remember having to ride the bus and endure being spit on and gum put in my hair. (When wearing this brace you can not turn your head or turn at the waist or bend over from the hips) so I could not get away.
Another problem that arouse from this time in my life is that I learned my parents only heard the doctor not there daughter. Those days they didn't know squat about what that brace was actually doing to my muscle strength or the bone structure. I started taking 800mg of Motrin and muscule relaxers at 11 and progressed to stronger pills and stronger muscle relaxers by the time I was 21 all prescribed by doctors. I had a running scrip for Vicodin and a strong muscle relaxer I can not remember the name of. To make a very long story a bit shorter by the time I was 43 I could not live with out OxyContin and Vicodin and muscle relaxers and cannabis and alcohol AND uppers. If a doctor ever tells you to keep on top of your pain, which means take your pills even if your not in to much pain, run screaming from there office. I did not, I did as I was told, I would have done anything to Not have pain, anything including taking my own life and as a 16 year old child and then again at 40.

Not one of my doctors knew anything about what the pills where doing to my brain, if I became depressed it had to be some other reason, if I tried to kill my self it had to be something other then the meds I was on because not one person my doctor or physiologist ever thought to go there. Lots of other terrible things happened along the way like my husband and I divorcing then remarrying. Are youngest daughter drug us through the mud with her in high school but came out the other end better for it. We just had her wedding this past summer and she is managing our business and doing a great job. I suffered from debilitating panic attacks, I was an emotional mess any time life was at all dramatic I made it worse because I could not control my self. The summer of my 40th birthday my middle daughter was getting married and as any mother would I planned the whole thing, down to the color of thread. See I was a functioning drug addict I worked more then full time and raised 3 daughters, 3 beautiful smart non drug addict kids, Thank God!
My daughters are 30, 28 and 23 all married now and my oldest has given my husband and I 2 granddaughters and a grandson on the way in February, I thank god every time I feel there love for saving my life. I'm not all together sure what I'm supposed to do for God but I'm waiting to find out!

Back to the ugly stuff the whole time I was taking all these meds along with self medicating did I Ever get rid of pain. See what no one tells you is that nerve and bone pain can Not be helped, muscle pain can be helped with meds somewhat but never ever will any drug take the pain away it "masks" the pain in other words makes you feel high so you don't think about it so much. So by the summer of 2012 I was maxed out on the amount of OxyContin each dose I could take and was eating Vicodin like candy and uppers or I could not function. I knew that something had to change but I did not know what else todo except take my drugs and by this time I thought of all of it as drugs. My life was out of control and i wanted to die, I had enough and could not see my self living like this any longer. I had suffered through withdrawal many times because I had taken all of my meds before the refill day and was doing this every month. I could not stop my self from taking extra even though I knew I would be going through withdrawal again. I stole pain pills from my dad many times during these weeks of withdrawal something I never would have done had I been thinking clearly. It was a terrible cycle of self defeatism.

So I made a deal with my self I would make it through the wedding and my daughter on the plane headed for her honey moon before I did anything. The day of the wedding came and I had been awake for 3 days getting all the details finished, including sowing on beads at 4am to fix her dress the morning of the wedding. I did not make it through her whole reception because I couldn't keep my eyes open or have a clear thought even with uppers and drugs so I missed a lot of things I thought I would always be there for. What an awful mother, how could I have left is all I could think, look what my pain and all these drugs have done to my family it has destroyed my life. These thoughts resolved any misgivings I had about leaving this earth, they would all be better off with out me. So the Monday after the wedding I left my phone and my dogs, ( this is something I never do ) at home packed some sweat pants and gathered all my drugs. I finally loaded my hand gun and left for my parents cabin in the middle of 80 acres in the middle of no where, here I could be alone and do what I needed to do.

When I arrived at the cabin I drove my car down the trail to hide it from view, walked back up to the cabin and let my self in, locked the door behind me and left the shutters on the windows so no one would be able to tell that I was there. Took every last pain pill I had and ate a very large pot brownie. My goal was to fall asleep and not wake up. I was roused 24 hours later by my husband, sister, EMS along with police. I was pissed I woke up and pissed they where there. I was an angry drugged up b**** to every single person in my vicinity. I was hauled off to the hospital and forced into treatment, they can do this because I told them I wanted to die. The first days there I did not do well, I was very very angry, why did every one want me to live in pain, why? Why where the forcing me to take pain pills I didn't want them, I wanted withdrawal, I wanted it to kill me, I wanted to suffer for my sins. All the awful things I did because of pain pills and alcohol. I did get my wish because I had to be in withdrawal for 3 days before Suboxone was given to me.

I thank god for Suboxone and my Addictionologist, they saved me! I woke up like I had not been awake in years. Now it has been a very long road to this day I went through intense therapy that made it possible to see a future. I had to leave all doctors I had and was introduced to new therapies for pain management. After my first procedure at a pain clinic I discovered that I can live with out so much pain and don't have to take pills for this to happen. It was miraculous, why had all my doctors before not helped me? Why had no one thought of RFA or epidurals before? Why had no one listened to me about how much pain I was in? I told them over and over that the drugs where not helping, why didn't the listen? See I now have two titanium 24" rods holding me up because my back was going to kill me by 60 from circulation being destroyed by the compression of my body on its self. So it's not like all the doctors didnt know I was a candidate for pain.

I've been working on stepping down my dose of Suboxone for a year now, from 5, 8mgs where I started 3 years ago to 1, 2mg film today and I am ready to get it over with. Your post has given me much to work with. I've been through withdrawal many times and it's time to do it one more time, the last time. I've talked with both my doctor and psychologist and now will read up on the supplements and order them to prepare for my last week of Suboxone. Thank you for sharing your story you have lifted my spirits and strengthened my resolve to see this to the end.

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I wasnt talking smack, just giving her the benefit of the doubt. But yea i was only on 4mgs a day, and my withdrawal was the worse thing I've ever been through...took 30 days to feel anything resembling normal.

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LEONARD: I know how frustrating it can be to deal with all this. BELIEVE ME, I know. But my doctor has said the same thing to me, that I need to look at this as a diabetic looks at insulin. And I know for a fact that my doctor isn't saying this because he is "greedy". He is saying it because he knows that I will struggle without it. (I am on tablet Methadone at this time, but was on Subutex in the past).

I am a long time opioid addict, and I am one of the ones who really may need to be on some sort of ORT for life. And that's ok. I am currently trying to AT LEAST lower my dose very slowly. But every case is different. If your son is likely to go back to dope if he stops the Suboxone, then the doctor is right. Now in my opinion, anyone who can successfully stop the ORTs without going back to their drug of choice? More power to them. But if the alternative is going back to drugs, then Suboxone or whatever ORT we are talking about is of course the better option. So I don't know your doctor or your son, and I don't know the specifics of his situation, but I do know that when MY doctors say this, about me needing to be on ORTs for life, they are only saying it because they think I will struggle to stay clean without it. You and your son need to figure out what is best for him REGARDLESS of what the doctor thinks. You may be right, this doctor may be a greedy jerk, but that doesn't mean he is wrong about your son. I just wanted you to know that your son's doctor isn't the only one who has said this kind of thing. Some people can successfully get off of ORTs, and others will, indeed, struggle. Like I said, every case is different. But if your son DOES decide to titrate down on his dose, he needs to do it as slowly as possible, or it may become counterproductive, and he will end up either going back UP on the dose, or going to his drug of choice. Slow and steady wins the race with this stuff. He needs to be FULLY ADJUSTED to his new dose before going further.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do. I'm sure you being a person of faith, you really think that "God" is all he needs to get through this. And I am in no way wanting to get into a theological debate with you over it. But actually, he is going to be very uncomfortable at times, and there are certain things he can take to help with the symptoms. Some require a prescription and some don't. All the prayer in the world isn't going to change the fact that the whole reason your son is even on the Suboxone, is avoidance of extremely unpleasant physical symptoms. And using the term "extremely unpleasant" is putting it lightly. I have been all over the map with this stuff, and I am also involved in medical research involving opioids. Let me know if you have any questions and good luck to you both.

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I know you are right about God . He is so wonderful. And you are also a good person. You are doing just what our Lord wants you to do. Thank you so much and God bless you

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Thank you for this post. It is what I needed to read today. Not only because of the Suboxone info but because I am a 44 yr old man who is tired of the drugs and alcohol. It has literally ruined my life and I appreciate your message of hope. I have managed to quit drinking and taking opiates but I do still use cannabis and take subs. Please pray for me!

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Thank you so much. Your post helped me see the light at the end of tunnel. I started at about 3mg per day and was having difficulty getting past 1mg. I've been on .25 for about 4 days and plan to jump off in about a week. The mood swings are awful. Constantly apologizing to my wife. There are days when I feel great, like my self for a couple of hours and then BAM , anxiety, depression, etc.
I take .25 in the morning and then around 3pm start to get edgy, depressed, tired. Do you think I will go through what u went through after u stopped completely since I'm only on .25 for 8-10 days before I jump?
Thank you very much for sharing your experience with the world .

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Thanks Humbled! I really do appreciate all your help, everyones help...it really means so much to me and does help me a lot. This has been like my NA. I too want to fill my voids with God but having not been raised religious don't really know where to start other than praying to him and reading my Bible. I'd really like to find my self in fellowship though and that's my goal however immediately it's getting sleep :-) thanks again and...
RF your not taking a lot it's really not that bad, if you really want to do it you will make it....I don't think I ever took as little as .25 and I'm doing fine minus sleep. Good luck!

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RF and Kris, Yes you are torturing yourself RF, however, I know what that is like to have family stuff to attend. I recommend that you wait until that is over. If it is in the evening then I would wait to take your 1/32nd right before you go to the family function. I think that it is going to be tough to jump of now matter how far you have gotten down to. I was at 1/16 mg and I went through the tough part in 6 days as I wrote in my original post. Not trying to make you feel nervous about jumping off , I just don't want to see you get blindsided by unexpected withdrawel.
Good for you on the sleep!! And the Cleaning... that is what I did, lots of yard work got me through some of the tougher parts. Kris, great job on 3 weeks. You are in the clear now. You have the upper hand now!! Great Job.!!
I am happy for you both. Keep me posted on your progress, it is inspiring.
Still going strong here on my end. God bless you both.

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Hi Chief,
Still going strong here day 27! I feel ok, some days great, some days not so great but that's normal in life right..lol. It does seem to correlate to the amount of sleep I'm getting and yes I don't take the sleeping aids every night. I didn't take the stuff humbled recommended however I personally found taking vitamins, B complex and eating right helped my energy level somewhat...I guess it'll be there 100% one day...fortunately I didn't have to work during my detox and have lots of respect for anyone who can jump off and still work...I agree taking off at least a week helps ...
RF
Hope you are doing ok!

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Kris, RF, and Chief,

You had mentioned that you took a lot of Vitamin B and you thought it helped your energy levels. I want to give a word of warning from my experience with Vitamin B and Caffeine.... THEY CAN SEND YOU BACK INTO FEINING FOR ANYTHING TO BRING YOU BACK DOWN!! There is a time during the withdrawel process that you cannot keep you eyes open to save your life. If that is where you are at during any point during the process then I recommend caffeine or B12 only if you have something that you have to stay awake for. But be aware, that both can send you right back down the opiate road. I speak from some experiences that I had when I was quitting Oxycontin years ago.
Kris, I know that you had mentioned that B complex had helped you. I'm happy that it worked for you. Everyone is different and responds differently to different things. However, if a person is like me in their chemistry, then I have just experience that too much B12 or Caffeine can attract every opiate or alcohol pest that ever knew and then some. ! So I guess my advice to Chief, RF and anyone reading this is just be aware when you take B12 or Caffeine that it could trigger some feinding. (not sure how to spell feinding?) In a nutshell, use caution when using these two vitamins/drugs and really pay attention to what they make you feel like in terms of your opiate addiction.
Kris, I really appreciate that you mentioned eating right. I have gone all organic and gluten free since I quit Suboxone. I spent the Summer eating some of the best salads, fish, wild rice , gluten free bread etc. that a person could ever imagine. I kind of swapped my drug addiction with an eating healthy addiction and it turned out to be a good addiction. Lol.
God Bless you Chief, Kris and RF keep up the good work and let me know if there is any way that I can help. Humbled

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Hi my wife and I read this I'm 26and I have been wanting to get off suboxone films and I'm really scared but you're message is what I'm going to try I want to be completely clean for myself my son and my wife {edited for privacy} message me if you will. I will not blame you If something goes wrong. please I just want to talk to someone real, I wish anyway

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Those feelings are normal. This stuff takes 2-3 months before you will feel better in the area of natural energy. Look for a supplement that you can find any any supplement store. The herb is call Ashwagaunda. Great for natural energy. Give it a few days to kick in . It won't make you feel wired like everything else ie. B12, caffeine, etc.
Get some physical activity in as much as possible.
I have prayed for you and hope the best. I have been off Suboxone since June 6th and am doing very well in my life... Praise be to God. Check out the suppliments that I mentioned in my first email. They really help. God Bless you. Keep us posted.

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I was on Suboxone for almost 2 years before I finally jumped off on June 5th, 2013. I am still free of using Suboxone and am doing very well with addiction at the moment. Hang in there,.... read the original posting closely and if you have further questions, I'm here for you. God Bless You, Chey

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Very powerful message. Thank you so much for posting it. I am so close to being done and now I think I can do it. Thank you for such words of wisdom. It will help me in my trying days ahead.
May God Bless You.

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I want to be completely honest because even though I don't want to promote any type of wrong behavior per se, I do want to be completely honest with those who may have decided to try this route and may not have gotten through it exactly as you did or I did but still decided to keep going through it all and made it through to the other side. Within the last week since Saturday I stop taking suboxone and I jumped off at around two milligrams per day. today is Wednesday which means this is my 4th day and I haven't taking a suboxone sense and even though I'm tired I'm not sick. I smoked some cannabis (which took away the horrible pain in my stomach that was preventing me from moving at all), I even took a couple percocets but not many like 2 a day, however what I took the most was amino acids. I took the ones that are listed in this post such as gaba, 5 HTP, Sam E, vitamin b drops, l tyrosine, and a combo package of amino acids which include l phenylamine, magnesium, vitamin c, and some herbal detox pills I bought a long time ago...I was detox sick the first two days (different than dope sick and not as bad) and didn't smoke or take pain pills those days.) I just slept a lot. Then I got dope sick on Monday. It wasn't as bad as the last time I tried this. Tuesday I was pretty sick too. But no creepy crawls no shakes no feverish and chills. These days even though not bad I didn't want to fail so instead I did something to calm my nerves and help my pain (smoke). The fourth day I was not sick and this time I took the amino acids and stuff I got tired! I expected any second to feel dope sick and waited all day...it never happened! Can't wait until tomorrow.

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Hello, I am so happy for you that you got some hope out of my posting. It has been over a year and I am about to have my first child and like couldn't be better. God has been good. I prayed for you this morning when I read your post. I prayed with all the faith and belief that I could muster. :) Don't lose heart and know that the other side is better. The turning point was day 4 or 5 so have your sites set on that point.
I would recommend that you read the original posting again when you are feeling like bailing out. In the mean time know that I am praying for you. Keep me posted.
God bless you and yours.

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This was a very nice post. Very well written and almost perfect punctuation, speaking and grammar. I appreciate that kinda stuff. I'll read on and on if the post seems educated. I recorded some help and insight from you. Thank you. I really like the Romans post you wrote. I believe it was 12:2. Even though I am not a religious person that scripture really hit me like a rock and made me think about God seriously for the first time in a long time.

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