SUBOXONE 16mg a day, Went cold turkey

[slapperman]

90 mg of oxy a day + pot, coke, and booze for 2 years (12 years all but oxy). failed drug test turned down help. Went to doctor put on suboxone 8+8 each day. quit smoking, booze, and coke, 1st week felt great then after that very very depressed. started to hate the suboxone tapered to 8 the quit cold turkey. bad withdrawals followed by pot, coke, and booze to help but. now on day 5 of withdrawals. Very depressed and wd are still strong. should i hang in there or go back to the Doctor and still be depressed or stick it out.

When do i feel normal ?? i keep thinking if i go back i will just extend the unavoidable

hours seem like days, days like months, make it go away

[1scaredy_cat]

i wish i had an option. i have been on 8mg of sub 3xday for 4 mos. now my husband just told me if i didnt quit suboxone cold turkey that i would have to leave and he would keep the kids! im so upset i dont know what to do. he says if i love them enough i will quit. im so scared about this i dont know what to expect. will i be in pain? will i be depressed? will i be able to get out of the bed? someone please help!

[GA Guy]

You're headed for a world of hurt by going cold turkey off of 8mg a day. I'd say to get back on the Sub, look into treating the depression (lexapro is used a lot with people on Sub), and then taper off the Sub slowly. I'm betting the depression isn't from the Sub as much as you quitting everything else. Plus, your dose may have been too high. Next time, try taking 2mg at a time every hour or so until you feel normal, then stop. Sometimes higher dosages make you feel worse.

[wannawean]

Hey there
Sorry ur feelin so rough...If you feel really depressed I'd probably go back to the MD... Alcohol is a depressant it may make you feel better acutely but actually makes things worse.Suboxone has a really long 1/2 life( for example if you took 8mg today 4 mg would still be active in ur system 36 hr latter....) So withdrawl last a long time for some.
I hear ya about not wanting to go back...maybe the MD would have a different approach? If you have to try to only take a small amount of the sub.... Ur body is goin thru soo many changes.Hang in there.Good Luck.

[avisg]

ohhhh boy CT off 8mgs of sub is burtal You may be better off going back on it and tapering all of the way do and off I would go all of the way to a crumb then a crumb every other day then off