Tryin to Kick Subutex (Day 4)

[xru11]

I've been on Subutex since October of 2007.   Before then I was addicted to Hydrocodone.  But I decided to to QUIT any any and all prescription meds on or before my 43 birthday. So 4 and 1/2 days ago I went cold turkey after tapering to .5 per day for about a week.  I'm grateful for Subutex since it got me off Hydrocodone  But I gotta say, kicking Subutex might be tougher.  I am on day 4 and the worst of it is over but the general malaise and weariness and aches and pains coupled with the utter lack of energy or motivation to do ANYTHING are driving me crazy!!!!  I must function normally soon.  My family is counting on me and I can't let them down.  No one knows about this.  They think I have had the flu.  I feel much better than I have these last few days,....BUT I could use some kind of support, someone to talk to to... I actually just started to cry typing this... I think its a symptom of withdrawal....anyway is there anyone out there familiar with this process?  Is there anything I can do now to ease the aches, pains, malaise, etc?

[refusingbondage]

Hi and welcome.  This is an old post.  Not to many people will respond.  Try posting your comment as a 'new post' question on the forum.

Good luck in your suboxone detox.  For me the gooseflesh/hot/cold sweats were the longest lasting physical symptom but got better over time.. after the acute w/drawal the gooseflesh/hot/cold sweats would randomly come and go.  There is a blood pressure medicine called Clonidine which can be prescribed by your doctor that is generally very safe, tried and true, to use which is supposed to help a LOT with this particular symptom.  I didnt use it, but I have heard many good things about it.. Its a BP med so its not addicting, non narcotic obviously.  Anyway, good luck again and stay well.

[Giuseppe74]

I am on day two of my suboxone detox/withdrawals. I stopped after taking .5mg a day for two weeks and then on my last day,  I took .25mg and decided enough is enough. I was on Methadone for 6 years and couldn't stand the side-effects anymore and when I found out about Suboxone, I thought I'd give it a try. Methadone and Suboxone are very similar in many respects. They are also very different. Methadone being a full-agonist and buprenorphine a partial-agonist. They are similar in that they are both long acting medications. I thought the lesser evil would be better, because of all the material I've read on Suboxone has said that it has the same side effects as a full-agonist opiode, but just to a lesser degree. BUT even though it's a partial-agonist, it's something like 40X more powerful in it's agonist-effects. I'll get to my real point. Buprenorphine/Suboxone has been in my system for a little over four years now and I'm just now quiting and so far it's a *****, but nowhere as bad as full-agonist withdrawals. Its like I go through moments where I feel terrible (I especially hate the live wire/high blood pressure goose-flesh symptom) and then I have moments where I have clearer thoughts and realize I feel better, but usually not for long. It's like it's leaching slowly out of my mu-opioid receptors and giving me moments where I can still feel the drug coursing through my body. It's not enough to make me feel good for long, but it's there and I can feel it. I'm just worried. I'm only on day two. Will the next several days be hell? Am I doomed to go through the live-wire feeling for over 5 days or more? How long does that part of the withdrawals typically last?
Any help appreciated. Sorry for sounding so stuffy with all the medical talk. I guess I  know a lot about the medical side, but not the practical side of detox. I've been through it before, but that was over ten years ago and that was from heroin... which the withdrawals from that get better after about the fourth or fifth day. Help anyone? Any guidance on when the goose-flesh live-wire feeling will TYPICALLY go away? I'm desperate and it's only day two. -Giuseppe

[SAPPINGTON]

i AM ON SUBOXONE AND AM DOWN TO 1/4 OF A 8 MG TABLET.  I HAVE NOT BEEN FEELING WELL AND I AM TERRIFIED.  I HAVE FLU LIKE FEELINGS AND RESTLESS LEGS.  I ONLY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT OF THESE 1/4 PILLS.  HOW LONG WILL THIS TAKE??  i WAS ON A FENTENAL PATCH AND VICODIN 20 PER DAY SO I FELT SUB. WAS A MUST.  HELP!

[worried878]

have wondered this very same thing...but i think many just know any better and some actually are great at it...finding one is the problem...quick money is definitely the stimulus for some of these sub doctors..some r just plain misinformed...most have no experience with actual addiction themselves///researching on ur own is important as we all should understand what we put in our bodies

[kathy226]

Does anyone think that suboxone is just a legal way for a bunch of doctors to make money off addicts? I havn't seen a doctor yet who I thought really got it.

[worried878]

mornings were worst for me as well...once i got up and got going tho..things got better...u have the idea///that bike ride u took did u more good than anything on this earth could do endorphin wise....get em pumping again...aminos help to but not near as fast...magnesium and calcium also helps with sleep taken before bed.....5htp helps me relax as well at night

People who are active anc exercise are less likely to get RLS which is another positve thing about exercise...push fluids as dehydration even minimal can drag u down

keep moving forward