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[thedukeofraoul]

Hey duke, I am glad you decided to do it this way. I am not versed with the strips as they aren't available here but in your case and if getting more is no problem I would reduce 1mg per week until you are at 1mg per day. Then go lower in smaller increments like 0,75/0,5/0,25/-->0. And always try to stabilize on the lowered dose.
It is good you have an addiction-specialist on hand and I guess you can get comfort meds like clonidine and Lyrica etc. Check that out and good luck!

Yeah believe at 1mg I'll jump to 750mcg or 500mcg (.5mg)

 

[thedukeofraoul]

Hey duke, I am glad you decided to do it this way. I am not versed with the strips as they aren't available here but in your case and if getting more is no problem I would reduce 1mg per week until you are at 1mg per day. Then go lower in smaller increments like 0,75/0,5/0,25/-->0. And always try to stabilize on the lowered dose.
It is good you have an addiction-specialist on hand and I guess you can get comfort meds like clonidine and Lyrica etc. Check that out and good luck!

Also even if you can't score strips which are so easy to slice into smaller doses, just crush a tablet and measure out the powder amount. Full amount is 8/2mg half would be 4/2 and so forth, it's just a trick I learned. Just grab powder and drop under your tongue.

 

[Streetcow]

dude I Have to say your gonna have a bad time

if you want to quit seek help explain the situation to a treatment centre and they will take you in and taper taper taper

if you don't want to quit stay safe using opioids, opiates,barbiturates, and benzodiazapines I would say taper taper taper if switching drugs or else it going to fuck with your brain so bad Trips will feel half hearted and you will feel chemical (its like a feeling of too many chemicals rocking your body to a point where you feel chemical as a whole)

-streetcow

 

[thedukeofraoul]

dude I Have to say your gonna have a bad time

if you want to quit seek help explain the situation to a treatment centre and they will take you in and taper taper taper

if you don't want to quit stay safe using opioids, opiates,barbiturates, and benzodiazapines I would say taper taper taper if switching drugs or else it going to fuck with your brain so bad Trips will feel half hearted and you will feel chemical (its like a feeling of too many chemicals rocking your body to a point where you feel chemical as a whole)

-streetcow

I'm so conflicted on what you were trying to get across to me. Can you please explain what is going to cause me to have a bad time? I'm tapering off benzodiazepines and on a steady dose of bupe/nalox.. Or did you misunderstand what I was saying?

 

[Zerwas]

It doesn't make much sense to me either. I think you are on a good way with the planned taper. Definitely much better than your previous plan so stay on track.

 

[spacejunk]

Yeah believe at 1mg I'll jump to 750mcg or 500mcg (.5mg)

This seems reasonable to me.
I'm a big advocate of rapid bupe tapers. If you've only been on it a month, a rapid taper should still be possible.
I'd recommend dropping your dose as aggressively as you can manage, and believe (IME) the best results come from jumping of at 0.2mg or less.
I've gone to work in the various days of the week following a rapid bupe taper, and been absolutely fine.
I would recommend getting counselling or some kind of post-detox support for the months - and years - after coming off, as required.

Not to make this sound like an impossible task (it isn't!) but kicking opiates doesn't end with your last dose.
Cliché as it may be, it's just the start...

Good luck man, keep us posted. You can do this!

 

[thedukeofraoul]

all and all the benzodiazepine detox wasn't even bad. I went from 6mg fast-acting to 15mg very long-acting

 

[MrRoot]

As what spacejunk said about the last dose being the start I definately have to agree. I can get even through acute withdrawals quite easily but then I relapse during PAWS.

You can get plenty of help on Sober Living and The Dark Side on the Recovery forums at here. Maybe check out if there is something that interests you.

Just noticed where that awfull beast in my nightmare last night was from. It was your profile pic

 

[Jabberwocky]

Anyone ever use Belbuca?

 

[CruelBri]

bro, just take ur bupe until you down to 2 mg a day.... cause even people stopping bupe after getting doqwn to 2 mg a day... have had horrible withdrawals...


get down to 1 mg a day if you can *you should easily be able to with the strips* and then jump.