my profile and opiate withdrawal

[steveo30]

just so everyone knows i am a 47 year male my profile on med help says i'm a women.i still haven't been able to fix it. i've gotten alot of help from u guys,i must be doing something wrong.i just don't want to get arrested for giving out false info.lol.      Well so far i've decided to taper off of 10 -10mg's of hydros,with hydros.i'm down to 8 for the next 4 days and then every 5 days i'll drop 1 hopefully.i also have the option to go on a methadone taper but i heard that can be a nightmare,plus i've been there.theres also the suboxone clinic,i've also heard horror stories about that,it's a wonderful drug to clean you up ,but if your on it for an extended period of time it can take up to a year after quitting to feel better.thats not worth it to me ,and nobody stays on it for life no matter what anyone tells you.i just hope i can stick with this taper.i get pretty weak mentally when trying to taper.i'll just have to try harder this time. if anybody has any suggestions i'd love to hear them

[Tiger39]

I think your tapering schedule is a very good one.  Dropping down 1 pill every 3 days or so is a good plan.  It may take awhile, but it will be the easiest route to go.

[steveo30]

i may have misspoke,iguess what i mean is i know friends now that think suboxone is there savior, and may well have been, some think that they eventually will have to taper but think this will go on for ever once they find that proper dose

[broknbck]

well everyone wants to get off drugs this "weekend". like it is going to take a weekend to do it. i kept on trying time after time.

so finally i quit working. and just dedicated my time to getting clean. my taper plan was for a month. also planned a week long vacation for the last week. me and a couple of my boys drove cross country and had a blast. saw and did all kinds of things. it was great!  even though i felt pretty crummy, it was fun. we made jokes about the bathroom emergencies and how i cold i was all the time. a fireplace in the restaurant or a space heater in the hotel and i was in heaven. hah.

but of course money comes into play which i charged everything in site for months without an income. but i would of charged even more to go to a good rehab place and i think my way was better. me and my boys have some great memories and they were the best people to be around that time. always joking and keeping me doing things.

i am finally getting back on my feet now and working for not much money but at least i am free of the drugs and have my whole life ahead of me now. just had to take some time out of life.

[hawaiimed]

I can't speak for fast acting opiate taper, because I got on sub as soon as I ran out of oxy codone after a yr  & half, but I can imagine it may be hard.
I know that tapering from larger doses of  sub to 1 mg is kind of easy, after getting DOC out of system.
But that's where, in my case, after 1 & half yr on sub, it is hard. I feel like I am slogging in slow motion anyway now, a lot of the time. Tapering down even more is like going into the fog even more.
It is easier to just keep taking the same dose, but I know I don't want to be like this.
Hope you have a better, faster, easier time tapering with your fast/acting drug.

[TrayCee]

please explain

"and nobody stays on it for life no matter what anyone tells you."

[dominosarah]

Stick with your taper plan and please avoid the methadone or suboxone route.  We will be here for you and help you get off these pills.  Are you taking any vitamins??  Those are important.  Just stay on the forum and post.      sara

Its okay to be female by the way!!!!!!  LOL