withdrawl off suboxone

I was on suboxone for 6 months. The first two days were so bad and tough to deal w. I'm on day 5 now still w no sleep and I'm wondering. Will it start getting better?? And if so when??

[nuredshuz]

how many mg of sub were you taking when you jumped off? you may be just about to round the bend and feel better since your on day 5 but im not sure... i am on day 6 of TAKING subuxone... my doctor wants me to take 24mg a day @ 8mg tabs 3 x a day... but im taking 12mg a day.... 4mg 3x a day and i feel pretty good... im going to try and do a quick taper instead of trading my opana and hydro addiction for a sub addiciton... it would sux to get addicted to these subs since they are worthless for a high.. they are awesome tho for keeping the cravings at bay... i dont have any cravings at all.. well i wish you the best...

[leon11]

Thank u I was on the 8mg suboxone. 2 a day. I just would like to kno when the sleep is gonna come back bc I've literally had none along with restless legs. The chills n sweats r still there but not as bad.

[nuredshuz]

im not sure how long it'll last but i think you jumped off at a high dose... i think you prob should have tapered a little then jumped especialy since you were on them for a while and 16mgs a day is kinda high to jump from ... if you read thru these pages and look at the suboxone info on the side of the screen... lots of ppl on sub taper down even to crumbs every other day before jumping... since  your so many days off im not sure what to tell you... but i also h8 to see you suffer... if you have any sub left maybe you should take a quarter of an 8mg pill? then do the same 2morrow.. then taper for like a week or 2 till you can jump comfortably... thats what im doing... every 2 days im going down by 2mg... but since i just started the sub last wednesday ive not felt the drops... the first two days on sub i felt terrible since i jacked my tolerance up so bad with opana abuse... im hoping to be off of sub in about 3 or 4 weeks... by dropping down to crumbs...

[leon11]

I wish u luck it sounds like ur doin this a lot smarter than me. I didn't really have it planned out like u. I don't have any subs left. I'm just gonna have to ride it out.

[nuredshuz]

well at least you are on day 5... look up the thomas recipe in the health pages on the side of the puter there is some good remedies in there to help with the wds symptoms... i think your doing great being off and free on day 5!! hopefully just a few more days of suffering and youll be done... best of luck to you... i will say a prayer for ya... i had to plan it because i did a stupid thing and upgraded my hydro addiction for a snorting opana one and shot my tolerance threw the roof! 300mg of hydro wouldnt even give me a buzz after the opana... going to a sub doctor is cheaper than buying opana when i began to need 8 a day to be happy... im a mom and im too old to be doing this stupid ****... im 45! i guess i shouldve known better... but i didnt! im going to meetings and tapering from sub and hopefully i will keep this addiction in remission for the rest of my life.. :)

[leon11]

Well I really do appreciate all ur help. I'm 23yrs old and uve helped me out. I really do wish u luck and thanks for replying to me. This is the first time I wrote on one of these things and was just hoping for some kinda advice. So thank u again and u will be in my prayers as well.