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Tapering Day One Suboxone Rapid Taper from Heroin

have no fear in taking another .5 today if you're really sick. I just wouldn't go past 6-7 days using it, even at that low dose. The acute stage should be over after 6-7 days, so then it's just dealing with the mental and physical (building energy) part of it, along with trying to get good sleep.
 
Alldonewithit, my fiance is going to get the Eagles logo on his calf soon! Your tattoo sounds badass!
 
I agree with alldonewithit. Take it if u feel u must! But don’t go over a week. You seriously don’t want to withdraw from suboxone! You will be able to beat this and going back to work will be hard but a good thing too. The worst part is sitting in your own mind and fear. Forcing and forcing and forcing yourself to keep moving helps so much! Literally sometimes i say in my head “just keep swimming just keep swimming” from dori lmao! #momlife lol
 
Lol notaclue! Sometimes it's " just keep crawling!" I will get through this and come out a better person. I do have to say that every time I've gotten clean I've progressed further and developed my life more than the last. I sure have learned a ton about myself over the last 10 years of struggling and succeeding.

On another note, my neighbor texted me to tell me she made it through the night again, so she has 2 days clean, I'm really proud of her. I actually just dropped her off some clonidine and neurontin to help her through the next few days. She's ahead of me now technically.
 
Alldonewithit said:
short term is better with sub if you're determined to end opiate life. If you're looking for maintenance, then long term is the way to go, as long as you taper down to mcgs. People that are on sub long term and try jumping from even a half mg withdrawal for a month+. I can point you to a journal where a father watched over his son who was on sub for 2 years, tapered to 1mg, jumped, and 3 months later was finally able to start working again. Whereas i and many others did a 3-6 day detox with sub jyst to get through the acute stage, then used an assortment of otc meds, vitamins, protein shakes, exercise, and some also had benzos short term to get through the next 1-2 weeks. It's up to the person, and how determined they are to stop. Gl on your route, stay strong.
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I did a short sub detox and am covering it (almost live!) in "Other Drugs". I advocate this approach for milder habits. I still had to go through w/ds after 9 days n sub. It was so painful and noting helped but time and baths. Now on Day 8 and weak and sweaty and hoping I turned the corner.
 
Elle, thank you for writing a daily log of your process! It sure does help the rest of us and gives hope that this can be done!

I am on day 5, I ended up taking .5mg and hope to jump off fully tomorrow. I have a pcp appointment tmrw for follow up of pneumonia hospital stay 10ish days ago. I'm nervous about the jump off, but I do not want to stay on the sub any longer. At the very worst, I will attempt .25mg sub Wednesday if unbearable. I will continue this thread throughout this process. I know I can do this. No matter what or how I feel, i know that it will pass and my life is worth more than throwing it away for some poison.
 
Day 6! Back to work today. I'm feeling okay this morning. Here's to hoping 5 days was the sweet spot! I'm going to take a .25mg piece to work with me in case I need to save myself. I think just having it with me will help ease my anxieties. My chest/lungs are still goofy so I can't wait to see the doctor at 10:30 for that. I'll let you know what she says! They almost did a ct scan prior to leaving the hospital, I want to ask her if that is still an option. Something just feels wrong in there even though my 02 is good. It could just be that I'm just now feeling the residual effects of the painful coughing from the pneumonia, but better safe than sorry! Getting ready for work now, wish me luck today! We have a new girl who is going to help me catch up and file, which is a big help! My work is awesome to me!
 
Yea i agree to do the .25mg today if you have to leave the house. There’s no way i could have left the house on the first day (at least for me) but your keeping up the good work! It will come to an end! That it will!
 
Also the fact you have clonodine and neuroton is key as well. It helps tremendously! I haven’t been able to get ahold of my dr bc the holidays -_-
 
Well, I did it again. I got off the sub and used that same afternoon. 4 weeks later here I am, literally inducing the sub right now after an agonizing 24 hours of cessassion. I'm gonna give this another go! I did the taper successfully, but the cravings are what got to me. I'm feeling a tiny bit better after dosing .5mg 4X today for a total of 2mg of sub. My tolerance is a little larger than the last time so I think I might need more for my first day because I still feel like total shit. But honestly, I'm so overjoyed that I didn't go into precipitated withdrawal, that I can handle this overall shitty feeling. I thought I'd feel embarrassed posting this, but I really dont. Relapse happens, I didn't die, although at moments I felt like it, and here I am with another chance to change my life for the better.
 
So I dosed a total of 4mgs of sub today. I'm feeling great, actually. I only have 6mgs lefty unless I can find another one (crossing my fingers). I have plenty of klonapin though, so I will use that to try and spread out my sub doses accordingly. I am going to try for only 1mg tomorrow at 1pm as that was the time of my first dose today. I ate okay today. This week is very scary as I have a lot of important work meetings to attend. I cannot go back to using. I will lose my amazing fiance and my family will disown me. My family still doesn't know that I picked back up since 2012, so hiding it isn't easy. I would've loved to enter rehab and start with a fresh slate. Who wouldn't want 4 weeks to medically detox and work on themselves? I do have an appointment at a local rehab tmrw at 12:30 for outpatient evening groups. That is the best I can think of in my predicament. I have spent and maxed out every single CC, and account I have. I am down to absolute zero. I'm scared about when I get my taxes back what my mind will think up. I'm getting married this year and there's still so much to get done! I'll just have to hurry up and spend it all on that! Last night my fiance took me out to an amazing dinner (I was just starting to get sick and I took 1mg klonapin to get through it) followed by the casino, we lost but had a great time celebrating 'our Valentine's Day' . He bought me 2 beautiful diamond heart necklaces that I felt I didn't deserve. I almost lost him to this garbage. He cried and went into a rage when he found out I was using again; he drug tested me. I have never seen him raise his voice or show any type of vulnerability in the 6 years we have been together. It was so frightening and really woke my fucking dumb ass up! Will post again in the morning. I'm going to try and only dose as little as possible as needed. Any input or thoughts are appreciated! I'm glad to be back and alive. There is some crazy heavy stuff going around here in pgh.
 
Yesterday I dosed a total of 2 mg of sub. 1mg in the a.m. and 1mg in the p.m. I had and evaluation at a local rehab and they suggested an 8-12 week evening outpatient but it does not begin for 2 weeks. It'll be 3 nights a week 3 hours a night. I need the accountability. I can't expect my fiance to babysit me. He tried, and I still found a way to use. Today I will dose just 1 mg of sub. I have been completely comfortable since induction. I'm hoping to complete my subs on Thursday and ride the weekend out with klonapin and Imodium.
 
having klonopin will definitely help, but its still not going to be easy. You've got to accept that you're not going to feel good for maybe a month+. The physical will probably be over after 7-10 days, but that mental fog and urge stays for a while. Accept it and beat it.
 
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