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Anyone successful getting off suboxone?

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Hi, I'm new to DS and so grateful to have found it! I've been on and off mostly on opiods since i was 18, oc's, diladid, dones. Never been to rehab, but i think i will need to to ever be completely clean. I started suboxonein '05 when i was pregnant w/ my daughter. Did really well sticking ti my program for first 18 months. Then the dose was lowered to the 2.5 mg, which has less naloxone, making it to where iwas able to get high and relapse. So i'd get high 5 or so times amoth and stick to my subs the rest of the time. i just found out i have hep c as a result of my drug use, needless to say i'm highly motivated not to relapse, but i would like to have pain pills out of my life all together. But with out them i withdraw really bad, even w/ as low a dose as i have, i've heard thats because they build up and i've been on 'em so long. I'm just wondering if anyone else has been successful? my husband works out of town 2 weeks on and off and my daughter needs me feeling good enough to take care of her
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hey i have not come off it yet. but i will tell you this if not for rehab and suboxone and of corse my higher power i would not be hear. t had the roughest time comig off of methodone. that stuff liked to have killed me. i was on pills and opiates at the same time. will i have took up enough of your time so write me and tell me your story. your friend penfost
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i thought it was almost as hard to come off of as methadone it can be done good luck i have been free of all pain pills for 2 years 7 months
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I just wanted to say that I hope you have better luck that I did. I am addicted to oxycontin, I have gone as long as two weeks without it but I end up right back to where I started. Good luck to you love. I wish you the best!
~Bella
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hi. i've been on and off of suboxone for about four months now...after being taking about 300mgs a day of oxy. i has helped a lot but, i can't seem to kick it either. however, my x-boyfriend was successful in getting off of the suboxone. he is much stronger willed than i am though and knowing that is a little discouraging. what do you mean they build up? and how much are you taking? i get a prescription for the 8mg tablets. i seem to do alright on one and a half each day but i always wake up withdrawing and it's a terrible way to start your day.
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i am on a "maitnence" dose, i get the small 2.5mg tabs, i break it into quarters and take some through out the day, i always wake up at 5 or 6 am and take a piece so i feel ok when it's time to get up w/ my daughter...i just pop it under my tounge and go back to sleep, it sits there 4 like 4 hours and works really good. congrats Shanenon5! How are u feeling 7 months sober? I startd taking the dones last year and got off after 6 months, built a tolerance, was trying the dones to get off of subs...note: It doesn't work, you can't trade one for the other. When I said they build up I meant they have a half life of about 40 hours, that's how long it takes your body to eliminate half your dose...say you took an 8mg, 40 hours from now 4 mgs of that will still be in your system, PLUS whatever you've taken after that, that's why the first day cold turkey isn;t as bad as 2 aND 3. Thanx for your response guys
much love
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try the sub route again and maybe outpatient therapy.. it's working for me. im sober for 2 months almost. those little orange pills are what keeps me from temtation. even at a small dose of 8mg
kyz
kyz
Hi. Back in 2005 I was on Suboxone, and came off of them, no problem. You have to really want off (will-power!). The only reason I relapsed over a year later wil shatter bones in my left foot and put back on vic's for over 6 month's. I have an appt. with my Subonxone/subutex Dr. 11-6 at noon. Wish me luck!! Also, check out this site: www.naabt.com
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IM TRYING TO COME OFF ALSO BEEN ON OVER A YR, YES SAVED ME BUT GAVE ME A CRUTCH, I FEEL PHYSICAL WITHDRAWL WHEN I COME TO A LOW DOSE LEVEL I GET SICK I GUESS MY WILL POWER JUST ISNT AS GOOD AS ALL OF THESE STRONG ADDICTS HERE, TAPER IS THE KEY IM TOLD
SOON ILL HAVE NONE LEFT AND I WILL GO THRU WTHDRAW AND TO SUBSTITUTE YOUR OLD DRUGS DOESNT HELP SO DONT BOTHER YOULL GET BACK ON SUB-----IVE GONE TO AN N/A MEETING AND SHARED I WAS ON SUBOXONE AND LISTENED TO THE ROOMS THERE, IT IS JUST THE SAME AS USING ACCORDING TO NA,IT IS AN OPIOD BASE DRUG I WANTED TO TRY LDN THERAPY
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my doctor told me yesterday since opiates have been in for half my life i may need subutex the rest of my life..i just feel shitty even when ive been completely for a year or more but now i been on subutex almost a year and i can still get high occasionally so i think for me atleast its perfect it hasn't caused anyone long term troubles since they been using it they have had patients on it to this day....i wish i could just see the dr once a year and alwways have that insurance around weather i take it or not or what..thats just my take on it i was asking dr prettymuch the same kinda stuff yesterday
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When I needed to get off Suboxone, I didn't have any problem at all. I didn't have to "taper off" or anything like that and I had NO withdrawal symptoms whatsoever. I was on it for a little over a year. I found one of my old bottles and found the dose "2-0.5" is what it said. Anyway, I think the reason it was so easy for me, just MAY have been because I didn't know it was supposed to be hard. I didn't ask my doctor (in fact, I just cancelled my appointment and quit going one day). I just...quit. I had no withdrawals, no depression, no chills, no sweats, etc. Have been off for about seven months. I may be abnormal, but that was MY experience.
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I've been on sub for over 2yrs. now ans i'll admit I don;t want to come off. I know I should and my doc keeps pressuring me but I'm thinking of finding one who'll presc it long term if I can. Jen.
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I've been on Suboxone for 13 months, currently in the process of tapering down the dose with the intention to get off the med. The most important thing is that you taper down the dose SLOWLY and under your subscribing doctor's supervision. Even if you have to stretch the taper out several months, if you can avoid the withdrawal as much as possible you will be more successful in getting off the medication. Good luck to you! Keep us updated about how it goes.
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