How do get off Suboxone?

[JAS3]

Hi, I have been on 16mg of Suboxone for over 5 years after abusing Oxycontin for less than 2 years.  My mood is content, but I am a shell of a person.  I do not work and I never leave my home.  I get up in the afternoon and go on my laptop until I go to bed around 4am, and then I repeat the same thing the next day.  I am extremely constipated and have no energy.  I know I need to get off Suboxone, but I don't feel strong enough to and the more time that goes by, the weaker I get.  There was only 1 time that I was ready to ween myself off Suboxone.  It was after being on it for 6 months and a psychiatrist had put me on an anti-depressant.  I mentioned to my doctor, that was prescribing the Subs, that I was ready to ween down and he said I shouldn't think about that now.  So here I am, 5 years later.  I get frustrated to why Suboxone affects me so much because I know plenty of other people who take it who can work and function properly.  I used to be a very hard-working, family oriented person and now I don't work, hardly every see my family, and lost touch with most of my friends.  But still, none of this motivates me enough to even go one day without Suboxone.  I've called a few rehab centers, but they only offer like a 5 day detoxification, which makes no sense for the long term nature of Suboxone.  Does anybody have any suggestions or is anyone in a similar situation?

I'd like to make a note, though.  I am not condemning Suboxone.  It stopped my life from spiraling out of control and I know I wouldn't be in this situation if I got some kind of co-therapy when I initially started taking Suboxone.  I am blaming myself and the doctor who only cared about my urine samples every month I saw him.  (Sometimes, I would have to stay in his office bathroom all day until I could produce a sample because the Suboxone also causes extreme urinary retention for me, even though the doctor didn't think that was possible.)  I have a new doctor now who prescribes the Suboxone and thinks everything in my life is going great because I don't know what to tell him.

[Sleone3255]

NEEED helpl weening myself off subs. PLEASE cant do this anymore, drugs suck.

[Alisonrae]

Hi Roger, I would like ur help tapering.  Ali

[Alisonrae]

I  need ur help

[Dav125]

Hey tkm, you've made a common mistake many new people make (including me) as to not noting the date of a thread you just asked your question in.

This particular one is a couple years old..

My suggestion is you "post a question" on the main page for feedback from those familar with what your dealing with...My understanding concerning suboxone is that it is suppose to be tapered under doctor supervision to reach the ultimate goal..Please post the question in a thread created by you which will get noticed immediately by those that can advise you as to the proper way to approach this...Dav

[steedo]

Sorry but robert was run off by the idiots above that attracted him. The kings and queens of this site drove him away because they think they are always right

[tkm373]

I would really like to talk to you about the method you use to help people get off subs.  My son has been on this medication for 2.5 years and he is beginning to think about tapering off (very slowly).  I am scared to death that he may relapse, Some doctors believe that almost everyone does. I would love to see him drug free or on a lower dose, but I am concerned.