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BretdaBoxer

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So I've been taking opiates since I was 16. I'm now 27 and ready to kick the habit.

I took two weeks off from work starting on January 1st but my last day of work before starting the kick is Friday.

I've about 5 bottles of Gabapentin saved up.

I've about 2 bottles of Atenolol, and one bottle of Xanax and Vistiril.

I've has kicked a couple times and always had very bad withdrawals (some ppl dont but some do)

I take half a suboxone a day (4mg) and decided to wake up Friday and go cold turkey.

I've decided not to taper because it drags it out too long.

I'm is pretty nervous about it.

I've planned it for a while and have a cocktail of meds to help me kick.

Wish me some luck and give me any advice that will help. I'll document my "journey" here.
 
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Hey there, I've just edited out the Swim bits, we don't use that here. Just say me, I, etc.

I'm not sure cold turkey is the best way to do this mate.

However, I'm going to move this over to Sober Living where you'll get much more feedback.

And best of luck!!!
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I wish you enormous amounts of luck.

I am afraid that you may be setting yourself up for unnecessary misery. As a long term sub user, have you ever considered Robert_325's plan? It is extremely popular and intended to repair your mind while tapering.

https://www.drugs.com/forum/featured-drugs/suboxone-subutex-therapy-50887.html

If you poke around in his posts you will find a more specific plan with skip days, etc.

We want you to succeed. Overwhelming yourself when you could be using this time to develop a plan and accumulate the things that you need may not be the best plan.
 
BretdaBoxer said:
So I've been taking opiates since I was 16. I'm now 27 and ready to kick the habit.

I took two weeks off from work starting on January 1st but my last day of work before starting the kick is Friday.

I've about 5 bottles of Gabapentin saved up.

I've about 2 bottles of Atenolol, and one bottle of Xanax and Vistiril.

I've has kicked a couple times and always had very bad withdrawals (some ppl dont but some do)

I take half a suboxone a day (4mg) and decided to wake up Friday and go cold turkey.

I've decided not to taper because it drags it out too long.

I'm is pretty nervous about it.

I've planned it for a while and have a cocktail of meds to help me kick.

Wish me some luck and give me any advice that will help. I'll document my "journey" here.
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I am on suboxone myself,, why don't you try to wean down? 4mg seems a lot to just abruptly stop
 
GiNa LyNnxx said:
I am on suboxone myself,, why don't you try to wean down? 4mg seems a lot to just abruptly stop
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Because the weeks have already been taken off work. Ive weaned myself down many times and I feel it just drags it out. Anything under 4mg is uncomfortable for me so I decided to suffer really bad for 2 weeks instead of suffering kind of bad for however many months.
 
GiNa LyNnxx said:
I am on suboxone myself,, why don't you try to wean down? 4mg seems a lot to just abruptly stop
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Because the weeks have already been taken off work. Ive weaned myself down many times and I feel it just drags it out. Anything under 4mg is uncomfortable for me so I decided to suffer really bad for 2 weeks instead of suffering kind of bad for however many months.
 
This week i switched to 1mg 4 times a day and one neurontin a day.

Friday (day 1): Woke up and took 1mg to get through work. Also took 1 neurontin. This is going to be my last dose. I have been nervous all week and I'm more than ready to start the kick. The week has gone by very slow up until this point.
 
How are you feeling today? Is the gabapentin helping? I'm doing a short sub taper. 1mg today, .5mg tmrw, and maybe .25mg Monday. I'm super nervous to jump off like you are doing today. I'd like to hear your experience and will be following your thread. Wishing you the best of luck!
 
4mg is a HUGE dose to jump from, waaaay too much. Please reconsider, or you're in for the ride of your life. Someone said Robert 325 plan, that's a 25% decrease every 4 days, and has helped thousands jump off relatively pain free. All the way down to .25mg, then skip a day, then dose, then skip 2 days, then dose. Then 3 days, dose. Then 4 days, dose.... final dose.
 
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Two weeks will not be enough. Your withdraws will last at least a month from that jump, and probably 2-3 months.
 
Friday night (still day 1)
6:00pm I started to feel very uncomfortable because I was arguing with my boss about a bad paycheck. It seemed like the stress made it worse.

7:00pm: I got home and immediately took 2 Magnesium L-Threonate (that stuff is amazing for social anxiety) I also took 4 300mg Neurontins.

9:00pm: Took 4 more neurontins and I'm started to get surprised at this point that I'm not feeling very bad. The cocktail I've used seems to be doing wonders. However I'm nervous about tmrw.

12:00am: Took 4 more 300mg neurontins
And 1 2mg Xanax and 1/2 of a 100mg Atenolol.

3:00am: Went to the bedroom to go to sleep. The Xanax and Atenolol are starting to make me very tired.

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Saturday (day 2):

12:20pm: I woke up at this time. Its been well over 24 hours since I took only 1mg of suboxon. (My daily dose was 4mg of suboxone) Honestly I woke up and I'm amazed at how I feel. I feel GREAT. I feel zero body aches (which is always my worst fear about withdrawals). I do not understand why I'm feeling so good. The cocktail must have worked. ( in the past I've kicked from only 0.25mg daily suboxone in jail and it was agony). This cocktail seems to be doing wonders and i cant believe it. I usually get horrible withdrawals. I just took 4 more 300mg neurontins just to be safe.
 
Pghlady6972 said:
How are you feeling today? Is the gabapentin helping? I'm doing a short sub taper. 1mg today, .5mg tmrw, and maybe .25mg Monday. I'm super nervous to jump off like you are doing today. I'd like to hear your experience and will be following your thread. Wishing you the best of luck!
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Thanks I appreciate it and good luck to you too. My advice would be if you can get your hands on neurontins (gabapentin) they work great. Try my cocktail of at all possible. Its working great for me. Either way I wish you luck bud.
 
I have a bottle of 300mg gabapentin. I will most definitely be utilizing them when I jump off of the sub on Monday. Thank you for sharing your experience! My thread is in Sober Living called Taper Journal Day One Rapid Suboxone Detox from Heroin if you're interested in reading my experience thus far. I'm so glad you're doing great and I hope that it continues. No matter what though, we can do this! I'm sure we are going to have a rollercoaster to deal with! I will be here on BL through it all, please reach out if you ever need it!
 
Hello im not sure if im going the right way or not but i started suboxone 8mg strip today after 22hrs without oxycodone 30mgs 7-10 a day does anyone know how to take the next dose and when based on my usage and long term addiction?
 
Saturday (day 2):

3:00pm: took 4 300mg neurontins (gabapentin)

6:00pm: Im amazed how well I feel. Starting to believe I found the best withdrawal cocktail for me. Took a xanax for another nap.

9:00pm: woke up took 4 300mg Neurontins. watched UFC fight. Amazed at how well I feel.

11:59pm: did a little boxing workout. Still amazed I feel zero withdrawals but feel slightly drunk from the drug cocktail. Took another 4 300mg neurontins.

3:00am: Took another 4 neurontins. 1 50mg atenolol. 3 vistirils. Half a xanax. Laying down to go to bed. Feeling great.
 
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Pazza, that depends on what you're looking to do. Try starting your own thread, and people will come in with their thoughts.
 
Sunday (dat 3) woke up at 10am. Took 4 nuerontin and a small bite of a xanax pill. Went to walmart with my wife. Was kind of fucked up from the withdrawal cocktail.

12pm: Took another four 300mg nuerontin and also ook a bite of Xanax (probably tookn1/2a mg) and then 3 Magnesium L-Threonates. Then grilled some steak.

2:00pm: Took four 300mg nuerontin (they are also known as gabapentin).
Took another bite of a xanax.
Then I passed out.

8:00pm: Finally woke up. (Took four 300mg nuerontins] This cocktail has me fucked up. Started watching TV. Asked the wife to cook me some food.
Still feeling ZERO withdrawals and it's making me wonder. I hope the cocktail isn't holding back the withdrawals and I'll maybe suffer later?

10;00pm took four more 300mg nuerontins

1:00am:: Took four 300mg Nuerontins, 1mg of Xanax, 50mg Atenolol,
Laid in bed with wife and watched tv.
Actually I'm feeling comfortablr. The only thing I'm feeling from opiate withdrawal is that I'm having no energy.
 
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Monday: Took a shit load of neurontins. Feeling ok.

Tuesday: Took a shit load of neurontins. I notice when I havent taken like 4 300mg neurontins every 4 hours I started feeling bad muscle aches.
 
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