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Methadone to Subutex and benzos

I have been on methadone for 6 years with a max at 120. I am down to thirty and my doctor gave me subutex i waited 24hours to take it and it sent me straight into intense withdraw.  I tried it again and same reaction i feel hopeless because of how good people speak of getting off subutex is.  Also methadone took my testosterone levels very low and am on injections I want to detox quickly to keep up my test.  Will taking two months to get off 30 lower my test levels greatly.  Also I am trying to detox off xanex at the same time.  Every  night around eight I feel horrible. I went off 120 cold turkey and 5mg xanex and was hospitalized for 3 weeks but was at a rehab.  I have no more rehabs left under my insurance so its up to me without support.
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i just completed my rehab they woulnt even take you if you were on more than 20 ml of methadone so get down to 20 then try i promise its hard as hell but well worh it
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i found its difficult but i have always waited more like 36-48 hours...subs have also induced an ungodly wd...its f**king horriable. just try to get sleepy pills like benadrly, sleep for a few days than start the subs
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you need to be at 20 to switch in 24 hr or what happened is going to happen again at 30mg its mor like 36hr of detox b/4 you induse sub that comes strait out of the physicians desk reference for sub your doctor need to get his SH it strait sorry about what happened
just trying to prevent it from happening again good luck and God bless......Gnarly  
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