I have to say that my experience is much different than ANY I have found online. Took an 8mg film on Thurs feb 15th - followed by 3.5 days (86hrs) without any symptoms. I decided to take an 8mg film on Mon feb 19th, planning to kiss the suboxone goodbye forever. My mind was just in the right place and i had the perfect support system in place to succeed. Today is now Mon feb 26...1 week, 7 days, exactly 171hrs and I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A SINGLE SYMPTOM OF WD! Could this be possible? Can miracles happen with this thing? I have been searching for an answer to no avail. I'm taking it 1 day at a time. I'm ready for whatever and anxiously awaiting a surprise withdrawal symptom to come out...but I'm really hoping that its actually possible.
I am on suboxone as well. I have been on it WAY TOO LONG, I'm going on 5 years. I can tell you that everyone is different but what remains the same for every person I've known who take subs the wd kicks in anywhere from 24 to 72 hours. They are very long acting so that's why. I know a few people who take adderall when they run out and they say it helps ALOT with keeping the wd at bay. I really hope this is the case for you as well.
No withdrawals for me. Drinking tons of liquids and eating alot I went to a 1/4 strip then decided I sick of wasting money. It's all good
I too am at 72hrs without taking Suboxone. Admittedly, I've just forgotten to take it. I'm on 4mg 4 times a day. My psychiatrist is trying to substitute this for a pain medication. I was on 80mg of oxy a day before this. I'm wondering why I haven't had any withdrawals either. With just a few hours of not having oxy it's brutal withdrawals for me, but it's been 3 days without Suboxone and I feel fine. I can sleep just fine if not too much and I do everything else normally. I'm hoping I'm one of the lucky ones, if I am, I'm not taking it anymore at all.
There's nothing wrong with taking Suboxone while doing your recovery with AA or NA. You've just jumped at too high of a dosage. I tapered down to .5mg a day, and the wd's were a 2-3 on the 10 point scale (Oxy withdrawal was a 15).
I wish I had known about the loooong w/d process with suboxone, I never would have gotten on suboxone. I dont know how to deal with this, but Im starting counseling again next week & Im looking for new NA or AA meetings.(I kinda like AA better bc it doesnt trigger me)
Does anyone know how long it should take for my brain to begin producing the chemicals its supposed to?
Thanks for everything. Happy New Year!!
You're not going to feel any withdrawals until the amount in your system drops below the ceiling dosage of 4 mg. You've been stacking high dosages on top of high dosages. I'd say you may want to see a doctor in the morning. Going off Sub at that high rate is going to be very unpleasant.
you aren't experiencing wd's because the sub built up over time in your body and it should be coming in the next couple of days and it will peak till around 3 weeks, its a long slow brutal wd that last well over a month for the physical and the mental side of wd's can last well over 6 mths. youve been on it for a year and it has been at a medium dose so that will what the wd's will be like in your situation if you go cold turkey, youve been clean for so long so dont give in and take opiates to stop the wd talk to your doc or figure something out and go to plenty of NA meetings or counseling sessions they will really help, have a happy new years-christos
I dont think I said that ive been having trouble sleeping ever since I stopped Subs. Yesterday my back started hurting but I thought it was just because of the couch I was sitting on for so long. Last night I went to bed @ 3am, feeling kinda crappy. @ 3:30am some w/d symptoms hit me, I was hot & freezing @ the same time with goose bumps everywhere even on the burning skin. I almost puked when my boyfriend smoked in my bathroom & it made my room smell, & I had some muscle discomfort with mild restlessness in my arms/back/legs but it wasnt nearly as bad is it gets. I got 4hrs of sleep after taking a sleeping pill @ 6:30am, I took a 30min shower that made me feel so much better. When I woke up this morning I felt pretty "good" for being in w/d at least. Im going to get my suboxone refill today.
**Im getting off Suboxone this summer... Im going to research information on how to///if its possible to avoide or lessen w/d when getting off of Suboxone. Including all the ways to make it less miserable. Ill see what I can find searching the medical journals at school & post everything ive found in a few months on a new thread.
check out the health pages on the right...there is a post by many members there about their experiences..they may help ya.
Just wondering, What is the "normal" Suboxone w/d time frame from start to finish? I used to know this but I cant remember now & im not having any luck on google... I think ill call my pharmacist tomorrow but I know everyones different so Id like to hear about other peoples experiences....
no i dont think that adderral is stopping the w/ds, although it may help with energy, i dont reccommed it. sub has a very long half life and dont start to leave the body for about 72 hours...so you should be feeling the w/ds soon, if not count yourself among the lucky and move forward. i wish you the best and no w/ds at all. keep us posted.
Perhaps it's the calm before the storm. I would only be guessing it's because of the higher doses before you stopped.
If by some miracle you do not experiance any withdrawals, I would like for you to document everything you did, ate, drank, breathed, etc., minute by minute, for the last 2 weeks or so, so that all the other people (like me) that need to come off Sub can duplicate what you've done. LOL
Like Trenchy said, Enjoy the peace while you can. Then strap on your seat belt.
Good luck to you and please keep us updated on your progress.
hi kate. i do know that suboxe and subutex stack up in your system but 72 hrs i would of thought you would be feelin it - adderall is amphetamine i think not an opiate it should not at all stop w/d- just enjoy the peace while you can try tapering down off suboxone and make life easier for yourself. unfortunatley they will come nobody's that lucky lol. keep posting though good luck, peace.