I will be detoxing from longterm suboxone use and would like to extend an invite for others to join me so that we can help support each other

[suboxoneaddict]

I am about to emabark on a detox I have planned for about a year now. I have been on suboxone now for almost three years and I am finally paying heed to the downside. First, on the good side. Suboxone has helped me to stabilize my life along with AA and therapy. I have gone to school, become a drug counselor(I graduate this friday May 9th) become involved in a loving relationship, drastically improved my relationship with my family and stopped most of the negative behaviors associated with addiction. On the flip side however, suboxone is taking it's toll on me. The last time I was free of all drugs, was July of 05' after a protracted and painful detox from suboxone and methadone, which I had been on prior to the suboxone. I want to be completely sober again. Suboxone has ruined my sleep patterns, my creativity and robbed me of much of my enthusiasm for life. Since I no longer get natural highs, except from sex, I am ready to go through the arduous and drawn out detox that is a suboxone detox. I have been through many short term detoxes using suboxone and buprenex some as early as 95-96. I would like to share what will be my final detox with this community as I am actually going through it. In fact, I would like to invite others to detox with me at the same time. I will be done with school and have finished my last internship as a drug counselor and have set aside about 3 weeks to get through the worst of it. I am planning on using benzos during the first week and would like all the feedback possible. In exchange, I have a wealth of information about so many drugs. I have lived in 5 different countries and have been in more than 25 programs. The longest I have been in recovery is 21 months(current). While I have progressed in my life on suboxone I believe I have reached the point where it's effects are more harmful than helpful. Recovery is all about self-honesty and I know that to fully spread my wings in life, I must get off the suboxone. So, my detox starts on May 26th at which time I hope to be down to 2 mgs or less. Right now I am at 5mgs and I have been as high as 32mgs daily. I found that it is so much easier to taper when you split the dose into three or four administrations. A couple of months ago I got down to about two mgs a day but when it got tough at the end I decided to put the rdetox on hold until after my semester ended. So talk to me, I am originally from the NY/NJ area but have lived in the SF/ east bay area for the last five years.

[midodasdas]

hi i'm worried as I'm on subutex for about 4 years but never take more than 8 mg per day some are saying its can be a life time- but as I'm worried person myself i always under the impression that this can kill me any time- i decided to reduce my intake to 6mg for 4 or 5 days and then go to 4 and so on- i need some one to courage me as i cant open such matter to any one and i will have to share this experince all alone and its freaking me as well- i'm just adding this comment as i need to talk to some1-

[midodasdas]

Hi i totally support you in your action and god be with you-  and i also started my detox from Subutex - i been taking it for the last 4 years i usally take 8 mg per day and now i started to feel its an evil its destroying my life- i'm panic from withdrawal - 2 stories here one says stop all now and face hard 2 weeks OR reduce it every 6 days till you reach 1 mg per day- for me I believe i cant stop it all at once as i cant offer to have a vacation for 2 weeks specially during such hard period in economy- i cant offer to lose my job - i will start today to reduce from 8 mg to 6 mg for 4 or 5 days and then go to 4 mg and so on- what i will hate to face is after stopping and making love it will not take me a second to c?? and i hate this feeling- but i have to face it as either i enjoy my sex life or enjoy my full life- I'm with you and supporting you and will log every day to tell you whats going on- but you have to drink lots of fluids,  take lot of hot water showers (very hot water) as it expadite the detox and eat well-

[armsopen]

Hello. I have been on suboxone for about two years. I am female, 34 years old. About 1/3 of my life i have been addicted to some form of opiate. Yes i have detoxed from opiates and its a *****. But today I am different. I am not high and im not worried and ill tell u why.....If i wasn't on suboxone , would i be trying to take those vicodin my husband got from his dentist? You betcha. Being on suboxone has offered me a life without being high. For me....I need this stuff. Now have i felt that my time is up with this drug? Yes, i do often. But all i have to do is think of how awful it was that i wasnt present for my son when i was high on some sort of self medicating poison_ opiates. This stuff has saved my life. i take 2mg 3 xs a day...if i even remember. sometimes i get away with not taking it to...its weird. Ready2help...i totally understood your postings and also want to know where "suboxoneaddict" is

[Dog55]

From my brief experience, if you start at the right dosage, it will feel miraculous. I don't know what you're coming off of, but I was on vicodin. After a couple days i learned all i needed was about 4mg daily. I cut down to 2mg shortly thereafter. I learned that suboxone has two of the same side effects as vicodin, namely constipation and low libido (sex drive). I took my last dosage last saturday and have been very fatigued and lethargic since then, and today I got some of the the classic opioid withdrawals (diarrhea, stomach cramps, runny nose). I understand it will take a while to get back to normal, but I believe the drug has helped me.

[insearchof4]

I suggest that you post this question to the forum in a new thread.  Most people will not see your question because you asked question in a "response".  Start with a new posted question and you will stand a much better chance of getting great response from others.  Your question is too important to get lost...

[denny9600]

I m on subs for the first day what  can I expect