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getting off suboxone

AHHH i want off suboxone, i want to be drug free! i've been prescribed suboxone for about 6 months now and i want off bad bad.  searching the net i see all these horror stories, and they do nothing but freak me out. i've currently tapered down to 1mg a day max (been at this amount for about 2 weeks) and i'm scared, idk where to go from here.  From what i've read even at a 1mg jump the WD are said to be horrible =| has anyone been in this situation? should i try to taper even more? or just go for it?!

any help would be appreciated, thanks <3
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i messaged ya, thank you for the help =)
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okay. I cut my strips wit scissors.I wanted to know what u were on b4 and remember what those wd's felt like. Clawing the walls.To me sub wd's r a 1/4 of that. withdrawals r a crappy experience for everyone. I took sub for a short time almost 3 months but jumped at a low dose and never took more than 8mg in a day at the begining.I know ur sick of taking em and sometimes the right things align up and it happens.I started on contins and codones and without writing u a novel it's hard to explain the wd's.anyway if you have any questions hit me up and i'll tell u my experiences wit the 2.It's so possible to jump at ur dose so don't get discouraged with what u read.You just have to go thru it once,that's it.I believe ur ready
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thx for responding! i was doing oxy and fentnayl (patches) so where i'm at i feel amazing that i've come this far but i'm horrrrrible when it comes to the WDs it's so hard for me to just sit their and take it so i'm just trying to figure out a plan because i keep saying "i'll do it tomorrow" and tomorrow hasn't came for a few years =|

right now i take .5 in the morning and .5 at night so i guess it's 1/16th of the 8mg strip, which is a TON of folding and tearing =P

thx again
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684067 tn?1314292786
   Try not to believe everything you read. 2 people can experience the same thing and tell two totally different stories.what do you do break a 4mg into 4 pieces?what were u on b4 sub?withdraws suck period and its not ez. you said u want off bad bad so 1mg is low low.When i came on this site at 1st I read wd's were 3-5 days.Not True.The problem wit sub is its a long wd but not as bad as u have read,not at 1mg
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