A doctor prescribed me Suboxone for pain

[NonAddict]

When I was 18 a drunk driver hit me  in a head on collision at 55 miles an hour breaking my back both of my ankles and cracking my skull.  I was in the hospital for nine months in the coma for three months then another nine months in the hospital rehabilitation center I'm not paralyzed but I was in a great deal of pain obviously and being 18 years old at the time I never took any drugs I was always afraid of doing drugs  I was severely injured originally I was given narcotics and didn't like the way they made me feel but when I was 18 that's all they had  I would say about 6 to 8 months after I was released from the rehabilitation center to help me walk again I made it choice not to take the pain medication  because I couldn't stand how it made my brain feel fuzzy and I was not able to function right and lived my life accordingly in pain all the time without taking anything except anti-inflammatories and dealing with it. In 2002 I believe that was the year my doctor prescribed me Suboxone before I took it I asked lots of questions and I was told it was a medication that blocks the pain receptors  without making me feel fuzzy in the head and if I wanted to stop taking it at any point there would be no problem whatsoever and  and most importantly my doctor told me it was a non-addictive drug!  I was super excited needless to say.

Well now it is 2017 and  because of the Harrington rods in my back I have lumbar scoliosis and I have spinal stenosis  and I have all these kinds of other medical things going on  so I made a conscious decision to  stop taking the Suboxone.  Much to my surprise I was utterly shocked how I felt so I began doing research and I found this place.  I don't really know what I'm asking as I've never been through something like this.
I'm just quite beside myself that not just one doctor but both doctors that I saw because I had moved I needed a new one told me that this medication  is not addictive is not a narcotic it isn't difficult to stop taking but I find myself feeling not too well because eight days ago I quit cold turkey after taking Suboxone three times a day for 10 years  after eight days of the cold turkey I  Felt my body just going crazy I can't even explain how I felt I'm sure you all know the feeling I'm talking about so I don't need to go into that it did it doesn't feel good I've never experienced anything like this I mean when I stopped taking the narcotics after my surgery I didn't have this problem.  So I went to my general practitioner and she told me  that going cold turkey it was not a good idea because this medication is an addictive narcotic much to my surprise.   My general practitioner knew that I was taking his medication but because I never asked her about it I suppose you never told me anything about it after speaking to her I got a little bit afraid because not only is this medication a narcotic but it is one of the worst kind of medications to withdraw from she informed me at this point I'm posting this  simply because I'm reaching out to people who have gone through this or who are currently going through this even though I'm not an addict and never have been I still feel the same thing you are feeling the withdraw it is don't crave it I'm not quite sure what to do my general practitioner doesn't prescribe this is so she said she couldn't give me advice in this area and I don't want to ask the Doctor Who prescribed me the medication because I really don't  have a high opinion of my doctor this at this moment.   I did send him an email informing him of the choice I made to stop taking this medication his reply was vague what he said exactly was OK thank you for letting me know.  Not once did he say wait a minute you can't do that because you're going to have withdraws he just said OK.
My apologies for this long post but I thought I might be able to get some advice here.
Thank you very much in advance for anyone who replies with advice.

[atthebeach]

Hello and welcome. well yes as you now know you have become dependent on it.
yes you will experience withdrawal but won't have mental cravings. ten years is a long time. your body definitely will take time to adjust.
how many mgs were you on each day?
stopping cold turkey is not recommended. it is  better to taper from suboxone.
why did you decide to suddenly stop?
well now that you have and say you don't want any meds to help ease withdrawal.
which symptoms are the most troublesome?
we can give you suggestions to help ease those symptoms.
it will take about 21 days  for the suboxone to be totally out of your system. at that point you still will have to totally detox this will take some time.
you have an advantage because you won't be craving.

let me say that staying hydrated is extremely important.
congrats on  9 days.
let us know your symptoms.
Debbie

[NonAddict]

I'm not quite sure how to edit my post and I just wanted to add that taking any other medication for me  to help these feelings that I'm having in my body from coming off cold turkey is out of the question I don't like taking medication I don't even take anything over-the-counter and trusting a doctor at this point well I just don't