how long

[riri93]

just got off suboxone after 1 1/2 yrs of use. i quit cold turkey i was on it for heroin addiction. I have faith i will feel better havent been able to excercise yet but everyday my body feels better (except for sweating and stomach pains) but my mind is bad. Ill be happy til about 3 then 3-5:00pm i get horribly depressed any suggestions and how much longer before im able to have some zest back.....thanks

[worried878]

agree with outotown..we used for a reason..and that reason will side swipe u in the head a few weeks/days/after u quit...if we were trudging along hunky dory in life//why in the he11 would we turn to abusing narcotics...sumpin aint right!  and we gotta work on whats not right...using is a dead end street and will cause so much stress and pain that it is not an outlet for our depression/whatever////i dont believe i was that depressed at all//so why me?  but when i look back..i was...and timing played a large factor//plus availability..plus i guess perhaps i was prone to abuse...dunno..just know this is where we r at

there is not certain time that wds pass...we r all different...only know with time it gets better....the brain will heal and tomorrow is another day...do u go to meetings?

[minim]

how long have you been off for? what day are you at?

[outotown]

Sub is a very hard w/d i was on it 13 months taperd to 2mg for 4 days and stoped, most people that use already have soom type deperssion and dont know it, thats one reason you feel the way you do during w/d. The hard w/d lasted bout 8 days for me the tiredness lasted a month i would feel good in the morning and in the afternoon and couldnt hardly get out of my chair. take plenty of vits and vit b 12 and vit b-6, drink gator aid or something like that and water, and make yourself exercice!! Good Luck

[riri93]

i tapered to 2mg but only for one week. i will never go back to pills ever or drugs but i do want to get my new life started my body is always fast at recovering. in a way though i feel like suboxone withdrawal is worse than heroin. thank you so much

[worried878]

everyone is different...sub is a narcotic with a long half life...how much did u jump off at?  For me that doomy fatigued feeling lasted off and on for a few months after a hydro addiction ..exercise helped alot with getting off my couch cos i was melting into my couch...rocket shots to get out the door for work...the fatigue was horrible....and i am a get up and go type//dont like laying around....I do know one thing that helped me is tyrosine...but u gotta wait til after the anxiety part is finished if u r in wd....later on i got on wellbutrin which i think helped as well...i do want to let u know that this doomy feeling gets better and better...less and less frequent....u know evev non-addicts have doomy days....guess accepting that was hard for me cos I was used to making my gloom go away with pills...hang tight..the brain will heal and nrg returns..keep posting