How do get off Suboxone?

[JAS3]

Hi, I have been on 16mg of Suboxone for over 5 years after abusing Oxycontin for less than 2 years.  My mood is content, but I am a shell of a person.  I do not work and I never leave my home.  I get up in the afternoon and go on my laptop until I go to bed around 4am, and then I repeat the same thing the next day.  I am extremely constipated and have no energy.  I know I need to get off Suboxone, but I don't feel strong enough to and the more time that goes by, the weaker I get.  There was only 1 time that I was ready to ween myself off Suboxone.  It was after being on it for 6 months and a psychiatrist had put me on an anti-depressant.  I mentioned to my doctor, that was prescribing the Subs, that I was ready to ween down and he said I shouldn't think about that now.  So here I am, 5 years later.  I get frustrated to why Suboxone affects me so much because I know plenty of other people who take it who can work and function properly.  I used to be a very hard-working, family oriented person and now I don't work, hardly every see my family, and lost touch with most of my friends.  But still, none of this motivates me enough to even go one day without Suboxone.  I've called a few rehab centers, but they only offer like a 5 day detoxification, which makes no sense for the long term nature of Suboxone.  Does anybody have any suggestions or is anyone in a similar situation?

I'd like to make a note, though.  I am not condemning Suboxone.  It stopped my life from spiraling out of control and I know I wouldn't be in this situation if I got some kind of co-therapy when I initially started taking Suboxone.  I am blaming myself and the doctor who only cared about my urine samples every month I saw him.  (Sometimes, I would have to stay in his office bathroom all day until I could produce a sample because the Suboxone also causes extreme urinary retention for me, even though the doctor didn't think that was possible.)  I have a new doctor now who prescribes the Suboxone and thinks everything in my life is going great because I don't know what to tell him.

[soonerbob70]

I would also like to get off of suboxone. Should I start by going to a week long detox or should I just taper off? Can you help me? My email is ***@****.  

[toots992]

if you have nothing nice to say then dont say anything you are making alot of ppl upset and the ppl that come on here are just looking for words of advice and encouragement im sure ppl know he isnt a dr and yes of coarse you should always go to your dr first on things but this is a forum and if you dont have an addiction or any way of helping ppl with advise i suggest you stay off i was going to join the forum and share my story but wont now cause of ppl like you

[change82]

what would u suuggest about tapering i been on subs 4 5mn or so taking about 10mg a day. I just tierd of reaching for something everyday just want to be completly free. Its so mental

[adamm1980]

Hi my name is adam and i buy suboxen from a friend im trying to stop but the withdrawls are bad for me I took a quarter today and want to stop what should I do I dont want to buy or do them any more I hav no insurance just cash plzz help

[ninebagger]

One word-Ibogaine. I took my son to a clinic in Canada that was affiliated with a hospital to watch him. They have since closed. I held his head for 3 days and we stayed in a hotel room for 6 more days afterward. He has been clean from opiates, alcohol and nicotine ever since. He had been on sub for 2 years and working the AA program. We treated his sub addiction just as seriously as his heroin/oxy addiction. GLTU.

[steve896]

Hi Robert i've been on subs for 2 years. I only take 2 1/2mg a day half in morning half mid afternoon and one early evening. I'm sick of it. I was taking vicodin for two years(which I will never go back to) and heard about Suboxone, so i went to a DR. and he started giving them to me it was great at first because I said wow this was easy but now it's just a substitution. I can't sleep can't go to the bathroom properly and sex drive is terrible. I 've heard so many different stories. Just trying to get an opinion. Thanks