Day 10 - No sub

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Hi to all. Its been a while since I have visited this site. On Day 10 of no suboxone....need some encouragement!! I was on sub for about 2 years and tapered to a final 2 mg. Its a familiar feeling.....just no motivation at all. Exercised yesterday and helped a bit but still absolutely no motivation. When is this going to stop?
 
I have never used sub myself, but have some understanding of it from my time here and from my own withdrawal experience from Oxycodone.

That motivation WILL come back and don't doubt it ever. It is a slow, baby-stepping process. Keep pushing the physical activity and forcing yourself to do something regardless of how little motivation there might be. Often , we can not recognize the progress because we are hoping so hard for it all to be normal again. Might be helpful to chart any and all acomplishments each day... I did that for quite a while. When I looked at my chart, I could see in black and white that I was doing a bit more each day. It countered the thoughts that I was going nowhere.

I think by the time another two weeks passes ( and I know that can sound like forever), there will be a big hunk of progress made in feeling more like what you are waiting for.

From all I have read, the jump from Sub at 2 mg is still a jump from a pretty high amount. Give the brain and body some patient time. I wish you all the best.

reachout
 
Feeling much better today. Still feeling some anxiety at times but the motivation has started coming back.
 
The damn anxiety was a killer for me. I learned to do a couple of things to corabat it... 1) use all the breathing techniques like slow and even breathing to mcorabat it, and 2) continually remind myself when it hit that it WOULD pass and I would feel alright again.

Glad to hear the motivation coming back some. Sometimes, if we can force ourselves to tackle a task, even with no motivation, we can get in the groove and find that the motivation just creeps back in.

It is all a process. We just have to finish out the process with patience. Kepp on keepin on, Buddy.

God Bless
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Thanks for the reminder. I just got sick of the cost of the sub....just seemed like they were in it to make $$. So many times, I have thought about calling them back. Thanks goodness I didnt!!
 
I have no experience with that but I wanted to say good luck to you! I hate when people say take it one day at a time.... it should be more like 1 hour at a time. Good for you for not submitting in to the temptation of calling to get more. That's a HUGE accomplishment! God Bless and take care!
 
I am on day 18. starting to finally feel normal. still small bouts of withdrawl creep in but not as severe. It took day 14 to 15 for the worst part to be over. Best advise is lots of water, vitamins, and try to keep busy even when you want to crawl up in a ball. Good Luck!
 
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