Subutex/Suboxone withdrawal after long term use, HELP!!!

[tommm70]

I am in day 4 of Subutex withdrawal. I was on it for 5 months. The first 4 at 4mg a day, the last month gradually tapering down to .5 mg.

I am in withdrawal HELL. No energy, I take vitamin B supplements, which help very short term. I am taking clonidine, which helped some as well. But the RLS is driving me insane. HOW can I stop this? And when will I start to feel better. Can long term sub users who have gone through withdrawal please help me?

I was always told the withdrawal would be very mild, and this is a miracle drug. I will say, my life and habits have changed. I have no desire to use any pills at the moment, and I don't expect that to change. I was abusing hydros after 2 shoulder surgeries. Counseling and support from friends and family (who I was deathly afraid to talk to) has been amazing. My best friends wife came over and took my hydros from me, and basically helped save my life. I am lucky to have them.

[rgm1]

hi in reply no your not going to be in danger of dieying or anything like that just wd for awile first few days bad then it easis up but you will feel bad for about 10 days if you havent been taking a lot like 24mg a day as long as your below 8mg you will make it fine just get it in your head this is what it is and hold on 2 weeks of feeling bad is worth the rest of your life so be strong and stay the course. good luck im in the same boat day 6 see you on the other side

[1rbosshog]

yeah i know what you mean, just came off subs 7 days ago..... well day 3 i broke down and took a half of a quarter piece because even after taking clodine and valium all night the pain was too intense, my wrists hurt so bad i felt like cutting my hands off. So now im back to day four i guess, feel like sh*t but nothing like the first day 3. For a moment today i felt at total peace even though it only lasted about 10 mins, it gave me hope that maybe the worst is behind me. Just have to keep fighting everyday no matter what hell on earth you must go though. I know in my heart there are better days ahead. Keep the Faith. I'll check back in here later, let you know how long these god auful wd's last. The Lord is my shepard I shall not want.

[solitary1]

Day 3 after a little over 7 months of Subutex use. I took a quarter of one from the beginning till the end, except for the random (time to pop a half of one) days. My stomach is twisted in a knot, RLS, sleeplessness, hot flashes, etc. When I started drugs I started with pot, then came xanax for a long time, my family knew of the xanax addiction for years because you cant stop the slur after having 2 24 oz's and 1 bar. That part of my life is history, xanax ruined my life and now that I'm off it, I'm finally getting trust back from my family, somewhat. My family is drug free, me and my sister are the outcasts. I started taking all of these because I've had manic depression and anxiety since i was 8 years old.

A year after defeating xanax, I went to live at a friends house, and since I was a user all my life, all my friends are too. I started taking inhaling roxycodone at this house, and I lived there for 6 months, I couldn't beat the setup I had because my long term friend was the main supply for that, so I did about 3 Roxy 30's for 6+ months until he got busted and showed up on the news with everything the police apprehended from him. So I kicked that, started taking the subutex to rid the withdrawal and so that I would quit taking opiates all together and have motivation/encouragement in my life because I've always been lazy, and it's not by choice, I know some of you would argue differently, but you're not me. I don't have any real support from anyone, nobody knows whats going on with me right now because I'm scared to tell my mom that i quit xanax only to pick up a nastier habbit, they will never trust me again, ever. My mom and dad are all I have, I'm 27 and I've lived a life of drugs and misery, and so did all of my friends. The conversion of having tons of drug addicted friends to having nobody at all because I want to clean up is really hard for me,

So day 3, I'm prescribed klonopin and I don't abuse it, but it is helping along with smoking extremely high potent smoke profusely and it's still painful, I'm taking the week off of work because my work requires me to be ultra nice with grade A appearance. I'm going to the doc today to be put on clonidine, I've already been exercising for the past month so I'm not quitting now, especially since it helps.

I know what to do, but I don't. Know what I mean?

[blueer]

If you were only on the subs for 12 days and you reduced down to 1mg, you should feel better in a couple of days. were you only on heroin when you went into detox? How did you feel over the 12 days?

[ambitious_1]

u need a new doc,  i was on heroin for 11 yrs and just came out of a 12 day dettox 3 days ago! i had my last suboxon 2mg monday  and then 1,2 subutex  just on tue 14th feb 2011worse day yet!  any idea when the wd` stop~?
cheers

[ambitious_1]

im in my third day too! when did you get better im feeling like ****!
thanx