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Suboxone withdrawals never seem to end

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So i got down to 1-2 mg suboxone for a few weeks and was fine, then i didnt have any for 4 days and on day 5 i got one since i couldnt take it . so i had 6 mg which i made last about 6days or so , not sure exxactly , anyway i ran out 2 days ago and im sick all over, not quite as bad as the 4 days with none but still feel real depressed , body aches, tearing eyes etc. will this ever end ?
 
The clinic I went to had me on 12mg of suboxone every morning for 6 months. It was the only one in my area and was a round trip of 70 miles. They refused to give me take homes and between the cost of gas in an old SUV and the cost of the suboxone it's self, I quit cold turkey. I can't remember exactly how long the withdrawals from it were, but it had to be of been damn near a month +/-.
 
I just got out of 7 days of withdrawals from an oxycodone addiction, cold turkey. It will end, I didn't think it ever was going to, but it did. Just be strong, and hold out, you'll reach the end of the tunnel.
 
I stopped 8mg a day cold turkey. Yeah they seemed to drag on forever. Physical withdrawals lasted about 10 days. Akathesia sucked, went about a week with no sleep. Mentally, expect sadness/depression/anxiety for a few months afterwards. Random crying for no reason. It does end, even though it seems eternal. I desperately wanted to take more just for relief but now I'm so glad I didn't.

Bite the bullet. You're a tough bastard, don't pussy out.
 
so i made it 3 more days with none then took a little yesterday . i am thinking that i should skip days and just take small pieces when i cant stand it ..............anyone have advice ? so here is what ive done so far ........
4 days none
day 5 1-2 mg
day 6 none
day 7-10 1 mg or so
day 10-12 none
day 13 1-2 mg
 
I know it's really rough, but the wonderful and awful thing about time is that it always passes. You can get through this, believe you can do this, then do it.

Stay strong brother, you've got it in you!
 
Dunno how useful that's gonna be for you Jake. It might help lower your tolerance a little taking small doses less frequently and that might make tapering easier, but apart from that there's maybe not much point putting yourself through the discomfort of early withdrawal for a while if you're gonna stop it every time with a dose. I think you'd probably be better doing a taper over a coupla weeks, dropping your dose every few days and giving yourself time to adjust to the lower dose before dropping it again. Getting it down as far as you can will help with the withdrawal symptoms when you do jump off to an extent, though you'll still feel pretty shit for a good few days all the same. It's unavoidable unfortunately so you're just gonna have to tough it out in the end. May as well be sooner than later, get it over and done with. Get some Loperamide and some sleepers if you can, grit your teeth and ride it out. It's hard and it sucks but I promise you it's perfectly doable and you will never regret putting yourself through it and getting clean. It's like being handed your life back. Took me 7 years to get off Heroin but honestly, I've never looked back. You can do this, no question. Best of luck!
 
Yeah, that's par for the course too Jake. Opiates are great at elevating / stabilising mood and the sudden absence of them does tend to cause a good bit of emotional flux that persists for a while after the acute withdrawal phase. It will take time to settle down as your brain adjusts and finds some balance again but that too will pass. You should find that you get used to functioning without the opiate crutch pretty quickly so long as you don't use. Even infrequent use will interfere with your recovery and drag things out, so total abstinence is what's required. It can feel at times like you've got past one major hurdle only to be faced with another that's just as difficult to deal with but you just gotta tough it out long enough to get past them. It gets easier day by day I promise you. Couple of months from now you'll look back to how you were, realise you're in a totally different place, and feel pretty damn good about it. It's worth fighting for so don't give in. :)
 
well on top of trying to get clean i may have to leave my home soon because i cant pay rent and i have no clue where im goin . fun
 
GO DOWN TO A NATURAL FOOD STORE RIGHT NOW AND BUY BEE POLLEN- GET THE GRANUALS OUT OF THE REFRIDGERATOR SECTION! After going thru acute withdrawals for a week, i tried the bee pollen today and i feel like a million bucks.. no joke! WHY ARENT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS STUFF??? PASS IT ON!
 
This dude must get kick backs from the bees or something. Excuse me for being a nonbeliever but I doubt bee pollen does anything other then take your money for something that could actually help you.

Don't worry man in time all this will pass just stay strong. Also don't buy withdrawal ease or bee pollen. If you can't do it yourself find a group to join and draw strength from.
 
I feel ya man! Ive been clean over a year but my fkn doc still has me on 2 8mg subs per day! Ive been slowly weening myself off (cant stress the word slowly enough) and I feel like shit. Im tired all the time, I can sleep a full day and still not feel rested, I crave shit foods like caffine, carbs, and sugar. Ive been trying to eat right and force myself to exercise to speed up the process. I started cutting back too much at once and it left me feeling nauesous and sick all day long so I went back to cutting out .5mg every 4 days or so. Just know your body, youre gona feel like shit regardless but just dont force yourself to do too much at once. The emotional toll seems to be one of the hardest parts of kicking subs especially since their shelf life is fuckin eternal. Chances r if ur on subs u used to be addicted to a much worse substance so remember how far youve come, stay strong, and hope that if u stick with it long enough all ur suffering will be rewarded
 
I'm just coming to an end with my maintenance and want nothing more than to get off. I've been taking a very low dose of less then .5mg since march, attempting once to quit completely only to have that backfire because I used Oxy, but I won some money at the Casino damnit ( no more gambling - it was my first time! ) but for the next few months I know that it's just work/rest for me. I struggle badly on the 3-4th day and if I don't have anything it's BAD. I withdrawal somethin fierce, but I have yet to really see what happens if I tough it out for a week or more. I think i'd probably start feelin better at that point, I just can't get there yet....Suboxone is just so hard to get off of, I suppose it's the half life. So in the beginning it's a god send for most and then during maintenance we feel wonderful and we're productive for that time, but then as usual we have to get off the ride. I know that if I want to be safe I should form a plan and begin attending meetings again - it's the only sure fire way to stay clean and it works 99.9% of the time!
 
How could i possibley get kick backs on bee pollen when there are quite a few brands out there and i never mentioned one? I am a recovery addict and i stumbled on something that works and thats not bullshit. Furthermore, u can buy a half pound of this for $10, how is that taking your money? Cuz i dont know about u but i was spending 5 to 10 times that a DAY on my habit and this bottle @$10 will last be months. I am jyst telling you all if ur feeling like dog shit, what u got to lose? You dont wanna listen, suffer then. I got ur back dude seriously..
 
Suffered for 8 days begore i finally tried this stuff and now its day 10, for the last 2 days i have cleaned around my house, went for longer walks, and just yesterday i went for a bike ride. Thats not a miraculous recovery, its this bee pollen im tellin u. I know what its like to be dope sick and i'm gonna do what i can to let people know about this so they dont feel like dying... or relapsing!
 
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