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Odd experience-Suboxone Withdrawals

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Sooooo roughly around this time a year ago I made the insane decision to jump off subs at around 12mg daily. WHOA was I not prepared for that. At that point I'd been on subs for ab 5 months and after about a week off subs I relapsed back onto oxycodone quite heavily bc I had no access to subs and couldn't take the acute WDs any longer. So after ab a month of heavy opiate use I got back on subs at a much more realistic and manageable dose of 4mg/day. I quickly tapered from 4mg to 2mg w no issue tho. Over the past month or so I tapered down to around 0.5-1mg a day depending on what I could deal w bc there was slight discomfort in tapering down. Eventually I once again reached a point of being fed up of being a slave to suboxone or substances in general. I'm sick of constantly worrying ab making sure I have enough and constantly thinking ab it, not to mention the toll it has taken on my personality and energy level.

I've been on some kind of substance on and off now for ab 5 years now, I'm now 26. Usually opiates like oxy or tramadol or adderal. Kicked the addy habit clean, was tired as dog shit for weeks but did it and now I'm ready to quit the subs I used to kick oxys.

I have no desire to be high at all but HATE withdrawals. I'm at just over 3 days since my last .5mg dose and WDs kicked in swiftly on day 1 which ppl say isn't possible but I have a freakish metabolism. WDs this time are much more manageable but it's the lack of ability to be comfortable and chills that are killing me psychologically.

Since I have a fast metabolism can I expect a shorter WD period at least for the acute physical stuff. I feel pretty solid for 3 days in. It's up and down. I have ZERO connects to go back on my commitment this time and am flat broke for at least the next week anyway so I'm on the ride whether I like it or not.

If WDs set in on day 1 and aren't too bad by now can I expect it to level out w how I'm feeling now and w jumping off at a much lower dose and having freak metabolism can I expect a shorter period of the really annoying stuff? I took off work for the week and go back on day 7 and am hoping to be on the upswing my then which I know may be naive and overly optimistic.

All input is greatly appreciated. Anyone else who is going thru this your stories are welcomed also.

Thanks for reading :-)
 
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The good news is you haven't been on buprenorphine too long, but you have been on opioids/opiates in one form or another for five years. You'd ideally want to get stabilized on 0.1-0.2mg of bupe before jumping off. i highly doubt you'll be through withdrawals by day 7, this is usually the period of which they peak.

i find that phenibut helps tremendously w/ withdrawals & particularly cravings--as do most GABA-b agonists (baclofen is far superior, but requires a Rx). You may want to try this if you can scrounge up $30-$40 in the meantime. Good luck, I do not envy you.
 
I despised suboxone withdrawal the most just because even though it was not as intense I just couldn't take the extended duration of the detox. It just took forever and a day, but alas it had to be done.

That should be good news for you though since it lasts so long but is not quite (but close) as harsh as the oxy withdrawal. 4mg is a quite reasonable dose though. I can't even speculate how long it will take though.

I though id be over oxy WD symptoms by now, and here it is over a month later and It STILL takes 4 hours of kicking the rls and hot/cold flashes, stomach pain, etc to get to sleep at night.

No matter I will put up with it for the rest of my life before I ever ever go back to dope. Good luck my friend! Hope to see you on the other side soon!
 
Thanks so much for the replies. So far, not so bad. ive stayed busy and it hasnt been NEARLY as bad as last time i jumped. I'm on day 7 now and am already feeling the physical stuff subside but the sheet karate at night and inability to sleep is what's killin me. Mentally I feel great, happy even and in a sick way felt I deserved to suffer almost lol. I hope I'm turnin the corner but old if I can handle this lack of sleep. I refuse to do benzos and Benadryl and melatonin almost make it worse if that's possible. Ill look into the stuff that was suggested and thanks again so much for taking the time to respond :-) if you wana dance you gotta pay the piper lol.
 
I'm thinkin ab trying the valerian root but no kratom for me. I've heard it's just like gettin high almost which I'm not really down w at this point. Same reason I won't do benzos. Thanks for the reply
 
I'm hoping its less than that tho lol especially since I'm already feelin better. Today on my lunch break at work I walked 3 miles around the city and the cold weather didnt even bother me. So I'm optimistic. I think so many of the horror stories are overblown. I've been suffering but compared to jumping at like 12mg a year ago this is cake. More of an annoyance than true pain. No creepy crawly skin THANK GOD lol. Ugh the lack of sleep is killer tho. The more tired I am the worse my WDs are.
 
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