So I am posting this for the people like me who read these horror stories about jumping off of Suboxone online. I was so freaked out by everyone's posts that I had it built up in my head that this was going to be horrible. Mostly being that I was going to jump at a dose of 2mg and most people who taper jump at .5, .25 or even .05. I just can't tapper that low I am a all or nothing type of person, which is probably why I had such an addiction in the first place.
Little history:
I started doing oxy just for fun about 4 years ago. At that time forth of a 30 would get me very messed up, ah the good ol' days! As with many people this turned into me chasing that same feeling and needing more and more to find it. Eventually I was doing 5 30's a day and was only feeling normal. I did not know anything about Suboxone and went through a cold turkey detox. This was 5 days of hell!! Like having the worse flu of your life, I'm sure many of you know what I am talking about. But in the end I did get clean.....for 2 weeks. Even after I swear I would never ever ever do that again some how found myself in the same situation not only one month later. I was spending all my extra cash just to feel normal and then a friend told me about Suboxone. I thought this was the answer, and in some ways it was for about 2 years. Because I was not under a doctor, I never took more than a quarter of an 8mg pill at a time. Which I thought was great I could spend the same amount I would for one 30 and it would last 4 times longer. So for two years that is what I did, a quarter a day to take the pain away.
As with any drug, I was getting sick of my life revolving around trying to find them and the worries of running out.
So 5 days ago I decided to jump off and hold on for the ride. As I said above I was very worried about the detox. Of course I got the Imodium, some vitamins, lots of water, aspirin and started a raw diet with added protein to my morning shakes.
I knew day one, two and three I would still have Suboxone in my system, so when I woke up feeling fine I expected this.
Day three I did have some aches and pains in my legs and back as well as feeling hot, then cold, then hot again. but I took some aspirin and most of this whet away. On the night of day three I had trouble sleeping waking up every couple hours and of course of jimmy legs, but nothing like i had experienced with oxy detox, not even close!!!!
Woke up day four and did not have very much motivation, took a nice hot bath and laid out in the sun for an hour because I heard that helps. I went for a short hike because I also heard that exercise is good too! over all I was expecting to feel much worse! On the fourth night I had jimmy legs again and started to have some stomach cramps so I took some Imodium, not 12 pills like they say to do just the amount listed on the bottle to stop the diarrhea, the last thing I want is to get addicted to Imodium!!
Well here it is day 5 and I feel even better then day 4!! I know some people had told me that day 5 can be the worst but for me it's better then the last.
Now let me just say I am a complete baby when I get sick, so it's not like I just have a huge tolerance for pain, because I don't! I just wanted to post this positive note on detoxing off of Suboxone because I know the internet is flooded with bad experiences. To me detoxing off oxy was way worse and makes detoxing off of Suboxone seem like a light cold vs. the most horrible Flu with oxy. I was Curious If anyone had the same experience?
I was also wondering If the people who had such a bad detox off of Suboxone never had a full detox off of oxy, therefor don't know what a real detox experience is all about. Because as I said before I don't think this experience getting off Suboxone is even remotely close to getting off oxy or H.
Please don't comment if you are only going to hate, my only reason for posting this is to give hope to those who are trying to get off Suboxone, so that they know they can do it and it's all in the mind, with some mild wd symptoms. Thanks for your support or questions!
Little history:
I started doing oxy just for fun about 4 years ago. At that time forth of a 30 would get me very messed up, ah the good ol' days! As with many people this turned into me chasing that same feeling and needing more and more to find it. Eventually I was doing 5 30's a day and was only feeling normal. I did not know anything about Suboxone and went through a cold turkey detox. This was 5 days of hell!! Like having the worse flu of your life, I'm sure many of you know what I am talking about. But in the end I did get clean.....for 2 weeks. Even after I swear I would never ever ever do that again some how found myself in the same situation not only one month later. I was spending all my extra cash just to feel normal and then a friend told me about Suboxone. I thought this was the answer, and in some ways it was for about 2 years. Because I was not under a doctor, I never took more than a quarter of an 8mg pill at a time. Which I thought was great I could spend the same amount I would for one 30 and it would last 4 times longer. So for two years that is what I did, a quarter a day to take the pain away.
As with any drug, I was getting sick of my life revolving around trying to find them and the worries of running out.
So 5 days ago I decided to jump off and hold on for the ride. As I said above I was very worried about the detox. Of course I got the Imodium, some vitamins, lots of water, aspirin and started a raw diet with added protein to my morning shakes.
I knew day one, two and three I would still have Suboxone in my system, so when I woke up feeling fine I expected this.
Day three I did have some aches and pains in my legs and back as well as feeling hot, then cold, then hot again. but I took some aspirin and most of this whet away. On the night of day three I had trouble sleeping waking up every couple hours and of course of jimmy legs, but nothing like i had experienced with oxy detox, not even close!!!!
Woke up day four and did not have very much motivation, took a nice hot bath and laid out in the sun for an hour because I heard that helps. I went for a short hike because I also heard that exercise is good too! over all I was expecting to feel much worse! On the fourth night I had jimmy legs again and started to have some stomach cramps so I took some Imodium, not 12 pills like they say to do just the amount listed on the bottle to stop the diarrhea, the last thing I want is to get addicted to Imodium!!
Well here it is day 5 and I feel even better then day 4!! I know some people had told me that day 5 can be the worst but for me it's better then the last.
Now let me just say I am a complete baby when I get sick, so it's not like I just have a huge tolerance for pain, because I don't! I just wanted to post this positive note on detoxing off of Suboxone because I know the internet is flooded with bad experiences. To me detoxing off oxy was way worse and makes detoxing off of Suboxone seem like a light cold vs. the most horrible Flu with oxy. I was Curious If anyone had the same experience?
I was also wondering If the people who had such a bad detox off of Suboxone never had a full detox off of oxy, therefor don't know what a real detox experience is all about. Because as I said before I don't think this experience getting off Suboxone is even remotely close to getting off oxy or H.
Please don't comment if you are only going to hate, my only reason for posting this is to give hope to those who are trying to get off Suboxone, so that they know they can do it and it's all in the mind, with some mild wd symptoms. Thanks for your support or questions!
