Rapid suboxone/bupe taper -- will this work?

[Rakshasa]

I really, really, really don't want to do fucking dope anymore, but the sickness nails me every time; my other thread 'Relapse' contains much crying on this front...

So I started microdosing Suboxone with little slivers of a strip. I induced at approx 0.5mg while very sick, felt somewhat better within 90 minutes, took another 0.5mg and was reasonably stable. Again the next day. My plan is to cut this does approximately in half every day for two more days and then jump. I don't feel good, but I'm not sick. If I get sick after stopping the bupe, I have some kratom extract I plan to use to taper further and jump from there.

This is a shot in the dark. If this fails, I have to figure out how I'm going to get to a Suboxone doctor.

Am I just fooling myself? Am I risking a bupe addiction and likely to be real sick again for even longer when I stop? Any thoughts at all?

 

[Turk82]

Rapid taper for me has never worked but I won't say it can't for you. Anytime I've done it rapidly (2 weeks or less) my withdrawls have been a nightmare. To be quite honest I've had the best success when I've switched to opiates for 2 days after the bupe ran out. In my experience and many on here Suboxone withdrawls last 10-14 days where the withdrawls from hydrocodone or oxycodone lasts about half that physically speaking. Basically when my bupe runs out i'll get between 6 to 9 opi pills and eat 3 per day for 2-3 days then withdrawl from that. Works for me in making the WD's shorter and much less intense. Everyone is different though, best of luck and stay strong.

 

[Rakshasa]

Thanks man ... I guess I intend to likely use the kratom similarly after jumping from the bupe, but yeah, the bupe WD scares me. I'm hoping that since I've stuck to such tiny doses (and feel fairly marginal) I might be upregulating enough to make it relatively smooth... I guess there's really only one way to find out ...

 

[Rakshasa]

Just checking back in. Doing it this way did seem to mitigate most of the physical symptoms; by now all the bupe should be out of my system and I feel fairly okay. Not great, but not sick.

I will say that I understand now why Sub doctors start people on massively high doses. This stuff is super strong when it comes to removing the sickness -- not so much when it comes to cravings, anxiety, etc.

Just taking it one day at a time & eating a little bit of kratom extract in the morning and evening.
I know better than to think I'm anywhere near out of the woods. My mistake in the past has been thinking I've put this nonsense behind me...