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Hey all,
I have been on 8mg of Suboxone for 7 years. Over the past 3 weeks, I have cut myself down to 1.5mg every other day. Last week, I jumped off. I am able to go about 3 days -- and then it just gets too much -- and I take 1.5mg to take the edge off and get some sleep.
Does taking the 1.5mg every 3 days or so, for lack of a better term, 'reset' my withdrawal timer? I'm thinking since I've been on 8mg for 7 years, the huge amount has to be leaving my body.
Also, oddly enough, the only symptoms I have gotten thus far have been constant temperature changes, constant anxiety, runny nose, watery eyes, constant crapping, no energy, and restless legs. I have no nausea, vomiting, nothing. Its just like a very bad flu + crapping + restless legs. Not as bad as I thought it'd be.
Restless legs are the worst part.
I've been taking about 4mg/day of Xanax to ease the anxiety, 1000mg of L-tyrosine for the malaise, and 20mg of celexa for depression.
Have I not hit the worst part yet or is the 1.5mg every 3 days what is keeping it 'mild'? Whenever things get very bad, I just think about how my ancestors fought in the crusades, and hell, if they can survive in the desert on little-to-no water, in chain mail, fighting in a foreign land, I can lay in bed and suck it up. They fought and died so we can be here today. I really feel like it is a mental battle, I just ask myself 'what would my ancestors have done?'
But I may just be fooling myself.
All help greatly appreciated.
Hey all,
I have been on 8mg of Suboxone for 7 years. Over the past 3 weeks, I have cut myself down to 1.5mg every other day. Last week, I jumped off. I am able to go about 3 days -- and then it just gets too much -- and I take 1.5mg to take the edge off and get some sleep.
Does taking the 1.5mg every 3 days or so, for lack of a better term, 'reset' my withdrawal timer? I'm thinking since I've been on 8mg for 7 years, the huge amount has to be leaving my body.
Also, oddly enough, the only symptoms I have gotten thus far have been constant temperature changes, constant anxiety, runny nose, watery eyes, constant crapping, no energy, and restless legs. I have no nausea, vomiting, nothing. Its just like a very bad flu + crapping + restless legs. Not as bad as I thought it'd be.
Restless legs are the worst part.
I've been taking about 4mg/day of Xanax to ease the anxiety, 1000mg of L-tyrosine for the malaise, and 20mg of celexa for depression.
Have I not hit the worst part yet or is the 1.5mg every 3 days what is keeping it 'mild'? Whenever things get very bad, I just think about how my ancestors fought in the crusades, and hell, if they can survive in the desert on little-to-no water, in chain mail, fighting in a foreign land, I can lay in bed and suck it up. They fought and died so we can be here today. I really feel like it is a mental battle, I just ask myself 'what would my ancestors have done?'
But I may just be fooling myself.
All help greatly appreciated.