Baron27
Greenlighter
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2014
- Messages
- 46
Greetings,
After much research and trial and error, I feel that I may have come up with a reasonable suboxone tapering plan. Please feel free to comment or add any suggestions. Any input from anyone who has had some success in this area is encouraged. I'd like to not draw this out but feel that I should begin with some brief background information for the purpose of perspective.
In my early adolescence, I began experimenting with opiates and eventually became addicted to oxy, 200-300mg's daily at it's worst. I ended up on methadone, 35mg's per day for 6 months. I was 22 years old and decided to quit cold turkey. This was not without help and severe struggle. I flew to another province (I live in Canada) for the worst of the withdrawals. Let me tell you, they lasted for months and it was the most difficult and awful thing I've ever experienced in my life. The depression that followed was so horrible that I contemplated suicide on a regular basis. It was such a traumatic experience that part of me feels at though I never truly recovered. I was left with symptoms that resembled PTSD. I was eventually able to rebuild my life and almost all negative symptoms disappeared. After two years of being clean, I moved into a new apartment in the city and was starting a new job, only to discover that my neighbor was a dealer. Within a month, I was addicted again. Due to the nature of the severe withdrawal that I experienced the first time I came off opiates, I've been terrified of coming off of them and have been for the past 6 years.
Fast forward 6 years, I'm not on suboxone and have tapered from 12mg's to 1.5mgs. My first attemt at a suboxone taper I failed when I reached 1mg and rapidly increased my dose back to 12mg's. I've been on 2mg's now comfortably for several months. I've decided to try a 40 day taper plan. My plan is as follows:
Current dose: 2mgs
1) 1.5
2) 1.5
3) 1.5
4) 1.5 * (Current day)
5) 1.5
6) 1.5
7) 1.5
8) 1.5
9) 1.5
10) 1.5
11) 1.25
12) 1.25
13)1.25
14) 1.25
15) 1.25
16) 1.25
17) 1.25
18) 1.25
19) 1.25
20) 1.25
21) 1
22) 1
23) 1
24) 1
25) 1
26) 1
27) 1
28) 1
29) 1
30) 1
31) .5
32) .5
33) .5
34) .5
35) .5
36) .5
37) .25
38) .25
39) .25
40) .25
What do you think of this plan? Anything that can improved or changed? Any insight or thoughts would be much appreciated!
After much research and trial and error, I feel that I may have come up with a reasonable suboxone tapering plan. Please feel free to comment or add any suggestions. Any input from anyone who has had some success in this area is encouraged. I'd like to not draw this out but feel that I should begin with some brief background information for the purpose of perspective.
In my early adolescence, I began experimenting with opiates and eventually became addicted to oxy, 200-300mg's daily at it's worst. I ended up on methadone, 35mg's per day for 6 months. I was 22 years old and decided to quit cold turkey. This was not without help and severe struggle. I flew to another province (I live in Canada) for the worst of the withdrawals. Let me tell you, they lasted for months and it was the most difficult and awful thing I've ever experienced in my life. The depression that followed was so horrible that I contemplated suicide on a regular basis. It was such a traumatic experience that part of me feels at though I never truly recovered. I was left with symptoms that resembled PTSD. I was eventually able to rebuild my life and almost all negative symptoms disappeared. After two years of being clean, I moved into a new apartment in the city and was starting a new job, only to discover that my neighbor was a dealer. Within a month, I was addicted again. Due to the nature of the severe withdrawal that I experienced the first time I came off opiates, I've been terrified of coming off of them and have been for the past 6 years.
Fast forward 6 years, I'm not on suboxone and have tapered from 12mg's to 1.5mgs. My first attemt at a suboxone taper I failed when I reached 1mg and rapidly increased my dose back to 12mg's. I've been on 2mg's now comfortably for several months. I've decided to try a 40 day taper plan. My plan is as follows:
Current dose: 2mgs
1) 1.5
2) 1.5
3) 1.5
4) 1.5 * (Current day)
5) 1.5
6) 1.5
7) 1.5
8) 1.5
9) 1.5
10) 1.5
11) 1.25
12) 1.25
13)1.25
14) 1.25
15) 1.25
16) 1.25
17) 1.25
18) 1.25
19) 1.25
20) 1.25
21) 1
22) 1
23) 1
24) 1
25) 1
26) 1
27) 1
28) 1
29) 1
30) 1
31) .5
32) .5
33) .5
34) .5
35) .5
36) .5
37) .25
38) .25
39) .25
40) .25
What do you think of this plan? Anything that can improved or changed? Any insight or thoughts would be much appreciated!
