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Need help on tapering off of subs its been awhile for me?

Need help on tapering off of subs its been awhile for me?

I'm taking 2mg now only once a day how can I taper without having bad w/d symptoms? I was previously taking vicodin but tapered down to about 3 a day and then went into w/d and started taking the sub but I only have 6mg left before going back to the dr and I just don't have the money!! ***** it was cheaper for me to be a drug addict but I'm done with evrything and I'm tapering the sub down and hopefully it won't be to painful!! The last time I w/d from subs it was really bad I was pregnant and had to quickly get off them and I was only taking them 2 and 1/2 months and the w/d symptoms were really bad!! So if anyone is familier with sub please help! Thank you
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Hi,
If it were me, I'd take those 6 mgs and start doing crumbs and I mean crumbs.  The withdrawals from the 3 vics a day would have been a piece of cake compared to the sub withdrawal as you seem to know :)  I am also on sub but am sick and sick and tired and tired (yes I meant to do that lol) of it and just jumped - at 4 mgs.  I started at 16 mgs. 270 days ago, 3rd time on it.  Anywhoo, that was a week ago today and it gets worse and worse everyday.  Can I ask how long your sub withdrawals lasted when you got off them when you found out you were pregnant?
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Hi~   Some people jump at 2mg and ride it out. Others, as ANew said,taper to teeny,tiny bits.  The thing is,you don't have enough to do much here. No wriggle room. All I can say is,see the doctor once more,get a really slow taper rx from him,and keep going down with his/her help.
We are not allowed to give a taper plan on the forum, or in private, so do your best.

Good luck!
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