Day 8 off of suboxone.

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I'm so proud of you! Being clean is the BEST high, isn't it? I love waking up in the morning and discovering a new piece to myself. I totally agree that the pills just arn't worth it anymore. I like to think of pills as a mirror. When you look at them all you see is yourself. I'm so happy that you are staying busy and enjoying your life again...Congrats!

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Well its finally been more than a week now and that week was hard..let me tell you!! The first three days were the worst i had no energy my body was sooo weak and i was cold with goosebumps every time i moved but sometimes i would get hot then cold again i used clonodine for the first couple of days just little pieces to help get through the roughest of the w/d. It helped a little bit but def. not with my energy..so i started coming on here and read everyones stories and that this is only temporary and you can get through this..it did help me to read other peoples postings on here. Its hard when you feel that awful i didnt even want to get out of bed. So i started taking a multi vitamin with a b-12 vitamin for more energy and been eating bananas and drinking water and taking hot showers. The next three days were not as bad but still no energy and my body was just so weak. Still have the goosebumps all the time which is the most annoying..i did take my dog for a nice long walk on day 5 and then did some crunches and push ups couldn't really do many push ups because of how weak my body was but exercising really does make you feel better i did not want to leave my bed but i forced myself to because i read that it really helps. Then i took a hot shower and had some tea and watched a movie with my boyfriend and felt ok for a little while. Today is day 8 and i feel sooo much better my mind is clearer and i feel more motivated im thinking more motivated as well if that makes sense lol. The only thing i have today is the being cold and goosebumps but its not constant anymore its now random spurts of it which puts my mind more at ease with this who process. But i am feeling so much better today about to take my dog for a walk in a little while then come home and do some more exercising to get those endorphins going. You have all really helped me get through this by posting your stories and struggles so i thank you for that.
 
Today is day 9 and im feeling great i still have a little touch of the runs still which started on like day 3 or 4. And i also still have the goosebumps a lot but other than that im starting to feel like my old self again and thats a first in years. Im going to keep myself busy today i did some exercising yesterday and it really helps it makes you feel really good. Today im going to lunch with my mom and then ill probably take a trip to the gym and its been awhile since i've been to the gym i've just been exercising at home but im ready for it and excited i just want to move on with my life and leave this all behind. It's so crazy how drugs just suck you under so fast. And then its like you lose all sense of time because of how into them you are..you dont care about anything else but getting high again..its an awful way to think and i know i'm never looking back! I really feel for those who are also experiencing w/d. It sucks i know. But the good has yet to come for you! And believe me it will im feeling so great today just a great outlook on life im excited actually. Share your experience with me on this thread i'd like to help you through it. It's a battle but we can all win this one! Have a great day everyone!
 
Hey,
I am very happy for you that you were able to get off the subs without much w/d. It makes me feel like there is hope. I am currently on suboxone and have 104 days sober. I want to begin tapering off the subs. When you got off did you get any depression? I ask bc that was a big problem when i was w/d from oxycontin. Also, how much mg of the subs did you have to taper off of and how did u go about it? Great job with everything you have accomplished!!!
 
Today is now day 10!!! I feel great I slept great and went to the gym this morning for 2 hours and it made me feel even better..i'm a little tired now since i worked out for so long haha but now i need a nice hot shower a light lunch and paint my toenails and possibly a nap after i clean up our bedroom and make the bed. My boyfriend is at paintball practice today he plays semi-pro paintball but when he's on his way home i'll probably throw a pizza in the oven.yummm. I still get goosebumps and sweaty hanRAB and feet which isnt normal for my body anyway..i never had that problem its just the lingering w/d. I dont get the goosebumps when i workout though which is great because when i dont have that i feel totally normal again. Things are def. looking up and its already 72 degrees out today its awesome I live in maine so any kind of warm weather is exciting haha but its supposed to get up to 85 degrees today!! That would be awesome and it would time for a bbq and some beers. Ahhh my life is finally all falling back into place! Love being clean! Never looking back!
 
Hello everyone!
It has now been about 30 days since i've last taken sub. I am officially feeling great..i dont' have withdrawals anymore..a few days ago i was still getting those pesky goosebumps and the other day i didnt get them at all and havent been its awesome! I am so proud of myself!

I go to the gym every day or every other day (depending on how sore i am haha) just to get those endorphins going. It really really helps to exercise it DOES make you feel better i cannot stress enough how much exercise makes you feel good. You dont want to do it but if you force yourself i guarantee you'll feel a lot better. It doesnt get rid of w/d but it certainly helps.

And now for your questions. I was taking sub for a year and half or longer. Not good obviously. I knew i wanted to get off of them so i started slowly tapering down it took a few months but i went down to just crurabs of sub. Then nothing and I feel w/d fairly soon after not taking sub so days 2-5 were the worst for me. I didnt really get too depressed i mean it comes with the territory i guess you could say..i felt really crappy and like i wasnt going to be able to do this I really wanted a piece of sub really bad when the w/d got really bad but i stuck it out thankfully.

Going through w/d makes you think a lot like how much this sucks and i'll never feel better theres no hope those kind of thoughts but i wasnt really depressed but w/d is different for everyone so someone else could def. experience depression i have read that people have bad depression during w/d but its not someone that you can't overcome. Being and staying sober is so achievable for anyone and everyone and i'll never go back to oxy's they gross me out just thinking about how much i used to crave them. I want a normal life and thats exactly what im having right now or trying my hardest to have right now. And i couldnt ask for anything better than that.

When you taper off you have to do it slowly i know your probably just like i want to be off of this already lets do it quick and get it over with but i've read that it can be very dangerous to just jump off a high does even 4mg. I always got 8mg subs. Keep in mind that i dont have insurance so i always got them from a friend and would buy them everytime i needed another one. But and 8mg sub would last me a while. I always just took tiny pieces off the 8mg sub. Once those were gone all i could get was 2mg subs which worked out well with my tapering so then i would take tiny pieces off of the 2mg sub and then once they were the tiniest i could get them is when i just kicked the habbit. It sucks but only for a while.

I want everyone to believe that they can do it just like i did because believe me i didnt think i'd make it but i did and im so happy now. You'd be suprised how much of my old self i am again my boyfriend noticed that too we're much happier because im always happy its great. Our relationship feels stronger now..my life is so good and filled with so many positive people which helps tremendously. And madhen being clean is the ABSOLUTE best high ever! Just remeraber to take things slow when you go about getting off of sub its much safer! And i thank all of you for your support it really helps to know there are people that you dont know at all that care! If anyone neeRAB me to talk to im here! Thanks so much again and would love to hear back from people! Have a great weekend everyone!
 
I too am curious about the does level you "jumped off" at. I stopped at 4 mg. per day (dosing once a day). This time is much easier than jumping off at 0.5 or "crurabs", I'm on day 6. It is now my understanding from speaking to experts that the really low doses act like an agonist where the higher doses act like an antagonist. They told me that if jumping off at 4 was too hard for me, they would run me up to 16 to 20 mg. per day for about 3 days and then stop it! They have seen much fewer side effects (withdrawal) discontinuing at higher doses than at very low doses. DISCLAIMER: I am not a physician, I am merely relating personal anecdotal evidence. Mileage will vary, and ALWAYS work with your doctor on this!
 
So it's day 11 today! I feel great i'm not even getting the goosebumps much anymore..it's awesome because that one was the most annoying w/d. It's really warm out but cloudy and damp out so today will probably be a nice day for a walk with the dog. I hope that everyone else who's getting off of suboxone writes about how they are feeling because it helps but the thing that helps the most is staying busy keep doing things no matter how much you dont want to because everytime i kept myself going i always felt better like i didnt even have w/d. Exercise is key to feeling better also. I hope everyone getting over this is doing good today. Have a great day everyone!:)
 
Hmm that's interesting. I'm not really sure. I know that i've read other peoples posts on here about some of the higher doses that people have gone off from and experienced worse w/d then I ever did. Because when you slowly taper off of it your letting your brain and body get used to a lower and lower does every few weeks and then when you get down the the "crurabs" and let your brain and body get used to that dose..then you kick the habbit and stop taking it. I mean either way you are going to experience w/d thats just a fact. Theres no escaping w/d but even though w/d suck as much as they do im kind of glad you get them because you know your body is ridding you of the toxins and it teaches you a good lesson, you know you never want to go through them again so it helps out with not wanting to do drugs ever again. Not all doctors are experts on suboxone, a lot of them don't know much about it other than the fact it is used to help people get off of drugs and they know a schedule/program to follow but other than that they can't really explain what its going to feel like when your on them and when your getting off of them because usually they haven't experienced a drug problem for themselves but a lot of doctors are well educated about it also. So i'm not trying to talk crap about your doctor i'm just saying in general. But anyways a little over a month now and i really dont have any w/d. It's really great and i can now just enjoy my life again as the real me and its awesome. I love life right now and its only going to get better! Have a great day everyone!
 
Congrats on getting off the sub! How long were you on it and at what dose? Did you taper slow near the end?
 
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