suboxone

[bludevils31]

Help!  I battled addiction to percs on and off for 4 years.  I originally started taking them after my first back surgery.  Then two years later I had to have another one and thats ll it took I was hooked.  Anyways to make a long story (and trust me its long) short I decided on December 3rd 2009 that enough was enough and I voluntarily checked myself into a detox facility.  I am a loving husband of almost 10 years and a devoted father to two beautiful boys and knew that I had to stop.  I was started on Suboxone 8mg.  i had been tapering my doses myself and was down to 1/2 pill a day.  i was suppose to go to the clinic today but decided not to because I am afraid I am just going to get addicted to these and have fought so hard to stay sober.  The clinic doc told me there would be no swithdrawl side effects when i stopped yet here I sit feeling like **** again!  I thought these days were behind me.  If any of you have gone tgrough this please advise.  Thank you

[HenryS354]

Unfortunatelly your doc was wrong.  Suboxone does indeed come with its own set of wd woes.

I came off sub at 3mgs, which is not typical, most taper down to a small amount, but I have spoken with a few people that said anything less than 2mgs is just prolonging misery.

I certainly had wd's, and they werent pleasant, but nothing too bad either.  The first week was the hardest, and I use that term lightly.  The two weeks following things started to get gradually better.

Here I am 36 days later and feeling great, Its all but a distant memory!  

Hang in there!

Henry

[jonelle33]

You jumped off to high a dose. Your clinic Dr needs to get more training on Sub because he was completely wrong. That is a big problem with sub Dr's is that they don't know enough about sub.They only do so many hours of training and they are certified to prescribe it. Because sub is not a full opiate they think there is no withdrawals. Sub is a big money maker for many Dr's and they love putting patients on them without being 100% with them.

Like avisg said you really need to really taper down to crumbs to lessen your withdrawals.

good luck

[avisg]

You need to continue to taper down all the way to a crumb  .If you jump off here it going to be pretty hard I am guessing you are on the 8mg tab so you are down to 4mg? If so keep tapering.