advice pleeaaassseee

[shortyc1]

I have been taking soboxone for almost 9 months and I want to quit taking it!!!!! I use to take pain meds for my back then I started taking the soboxone, I really want to quit taking it because I don't want to depend on medicine anymore and I want my life back! I have been without it for about 2 days now and I am soooo miserable I didn't realize how bad the detox was going to be and I don't know what to do to get through it. I am getting hot and cold sweats, headaches, and I have no energy. It is very hard for me to go through this because I work 2 jobs and I can barely make it through the day. I feel hopeless and I can't really talk to any of my friends or family about it because I am embarrassed and they don't know I was taking it to begin with. I really need some advice on how to get through this... any suggestions that may help me?          thanks, miss chris

[shortyc1]

Thanks everyone I really appreciate all the advice it is helping me more than you know!

[shortyc1]

Thank you so much for all the advice.. I think just the fact there are so many people trying to talk me through it is really going to help. I know it's going to be a long process but I know that I want to better my life and being hooked on this stuff is not going to help be in the long run. I just keep telling myself that once this is over than I will feel so much better! GRRRR but the hot and cold sweats and the no sleep thing is really driving me freakin insane!

[Stevo977]

Bravo Feohmoon, informative post, and everyone else also. I definitely agree with Gnarly that it is a grind and can be a long one at that.

For me, it's been one relapse after another these last few years; most recently with Suboxone. I have been off for a little over 3 months now, did a quick taper off 16 mgs ( about 2 weeks ) and have really been struggling since. The withdrawals were moderate at their worst, but lasted over a month for me. It was just that over all lack of energy and appetite that I personally struggled with, but I have been experiencing RLS since I quit and it really just hangs around still. I've tried the Highlands Restful Legs, but exercise really helps the best and I know you are struggling trying to work 2 jobs.

It may not seem like it now, but having those 2 jobs will help you immensly. First, you stay busy and it will assist in keeping your mind off of your withdrawals somewhat. I know for awhile you may obsess over wanting more sub to overcome things, but with time, you can recover. Keep in mind, like Gnarly said, it's a grind. You just gotta keep on keeping on. I know NA is probably out of the question since you have 2 jobs, but prayer helps, and staying busy helps too; just keep them legs moving! Remember, take it one day at a time and worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes!

Stay with it ,it does get better. Atleast I think it does!

[gnarly_1]

HI ...coming off sub goes one of 2 ways its ether a breeze or you fight it out no rhyme to reason its different for everybody we have recently had 2 girls come off at 2mg and both did well but I have also read storys of people taking it down to crumbs and having difficultly coming off...just hang in there you should be feeling better in a week or so im sorry your having to struggle...I know the feeling I really struggled to get off methadone some times you just got to grind it out...just know you will get better...going to work is probably a blessing its keeping you bizzy witch takes your mind off it ....try to move around as much as you can eveybody I know thats detoxed says exercise helps with the energy crash keep posting for support we all want to see you succeed good luck and God bless.....Gnarly  

[ang_811]

i jumped off of my sub at 2 mgs. even though it was hard to get there i knew i had to do it. i prepared myself mentally. i experienced the wds ur talking about for about 5 days. they were very doable and found that excercise helped me out alot and getting out in the sun forr that vit D. just a simple walk to the mailbox and back will get those endorphins going. ur making the right move. i can see u have the fight n u and thats what is gonna take to make it far n ur recovery. get a good positive attitude going on as that will help u out also. good luck to ya and keep posting for support.

[shortyc1]

Well I started out by taking a 1 1/2 a day I finally realized that my tolerance was becoming way to high and I noticed that I was not myself when I was on the medication. After about 3 months I was able to get down to just taking 1 half a day for about 6 months. I figured that if I could get my self down on that low of a dosage then I could just slowly take myself off of it completely... but let me tell you it is not easy at all! I have been having hot and cold sweats, no energy at all I just feel so drained, and worst of all is the headaches! maybe it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't work so much and I could just stay at home till it goes away but unfortunately I can't do that.

[feohmoon]

2.5 years ago when I detoxed from methadone, that was the drug everyone could not figure out how to get away from.  But the pharmaceutical companies 'helped' everyone by offering another stepping stone with suboxone - this miracle drug represented as an alternative to methadone and other opiates.  The fact is that it is another maintenance drug that is more difficult to detox from than most opiates and one that the doctors are very uneducated on.  Opiates have more severe symptoms but they do not last near as long.
There is no easy way to get through this - we did not arrive here overnight and we cannot correct it overnight.  Maintenance drugs re-tox rather than de-tox.  
There are some remedies that will help with some of the symptoms associated with wothdrawal - check out my variation of the Thomas Recipe in my journals and please try to get away from this dangerous drug and live a life free of toxins.

This forum helps alot by providing education, support and encouragement while providing you an outlet for your own feelings.

[Dav125]

Boy, this is a popular subject this morning..Check out Krissy's thread here. She can give you some "realtime"insight as she quit 8 days ago I think..8 or 9..Something like that ..

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Addiction-Substance-Abuse/Suboxone-WDs-are-GONE/show/1362318

[gnarly_1]

what dose did you jump off from it makes a big difference in how this is going to go???