How will this go down

[Marassa]

I am a 27 year old female who has decided once and for all to face my worst fear of Suboxone withdrawals and not be controlled by a substance any longer. I met some bad friends when I was younger who introduced me to heroine when I was 20. I was on and off (only smoking) it for about 6 months in total without first learning of the deathly addictive side of the drug. So you can imagine I was in for quite a surprise when I tried to get off it. Anyway I eventually learned of the Suboxone program. From what I read from the experiences of others, you American folks have a different system to us here in Australia. We have clinics provided by the government which take around $40 AUD per week for as much Suboxone as you need.
So I got on to the program and fast forward to now.
I have been at university for the past 5 years getting my life together again and developing every other aspect of my life other than my health. Now I am happy with where I am in life for once and I feel more than ready to free myself from the controlling substance.
I just wanted to document my experience here in case it can help someone else. I have found it very helpful reading other people's posts as they reassured me that it will all get better eventually.
I started off on 8mg daily, and have reduced down to 4mg for the past 3 years. 6 weeks ago I decided to stop going to my dosing clinic as I have just moved out with my boyfriend of 3 years and it was cutting into our rent money. I have been wanting to taper off for the past year but only now did I feel the motivation to take action. So I cut down 0.25mg every 4 days, and am currently on 1mg for 2 more days after today. I feel exactly the same as when I was on 4mg, which made me regret so much not cutting down earlier to ease the withdrawals.
I have also just got a job and luckily I got my first shift for this Thursday (I am taking the last dose on Wednesday) which I will still be feeling fine, and my next shift will be the Thursday after that. Therefore I will have exactly 7 days to heal the worst of the withdrawal symptoms and hopefully work will take my mind off the depression etc. I have also booked in for a psychologist appointment for next week (my first one ever).
I went to the doctors last week to ask for a sleeping aid. He prescribed me Temazepam. I will post updates on here as much as I can. Please feel free to leave me advice or questions. I am going to make the most out of my last 2 days of comfort for a while- watch some movies get the housework and errands done. I am going back to my parents place on Thursday after work as my boyfriend works full time and will not be able to take care of me as much as my parents can.
Have hope.
:)

[Marassa]

Day 1 update:
Yesterday I took 4x of 0.5mg of suboxone film from the morning until the last one at around 7:30pm. I had work this morning so I didn't want to feel too sick to go in. In fact I felt absolutely fine, and it is currently 8:30pm at night and other than a little bit of lethargy (maybe from not getting enough sleep last night) I am feeling ok. My mood is stable and I can feel more (good and bad). Because of the half life I might even feel ok tomorrow, we will see. I'm going to fill in some paperwork and prepare everything so I don't have to do any work in the next few days. I also went shopping for some vitamins which I have started taking today:
Mega Magnesium by Ethical Nutrients
Super B Daily Stress by Ethical Nutrients
Brahmi+PS+Ginkgo Focus by Bioglan Brain Support
I also have some Temaze Tabs for sleep which I dont think I will need tonight.