Took SUBOXONE FOR 6 1/2 YEARS! Finally OFF!!

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YOU GO GIRL!!! hang in there, each day will start to get better. i did suboxine for only 3 months and the withdrawals were pure hell, i can't imagine what you have been going thru after being on it so long. stay strong, you should feel very proud for sticking with it and soon you will be yourself again! amed
 
I took vicodin (50 pills a day for 10 years) then got on Suboxone but for 6 1/2 years! March 2nd was my last dose of 1mg, I am telling you from my persoanl experience, IT WAS PURE HELL AND I AM only at day 26 and STILL GOING THROUGH HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! skin crawling, lost 40 pounRAB, runs, goose pumps, leg and arm twitches, 7 visits to the ER were they gave me the clonodine patch and a few pills of arabien to sleep. Let me tell you all from my experience...this is the hardest thing I have EVER EVER done in my life! I heard of people being on suboxone for only 6 months and still having w/d at 40 days!!!! I will NEVER EVER recommend anyone go on suboxone EVER! The pill is hell to get off of! I cant express it enough! By no means should i been on it that long AT ALL!! The doc i had for the first 5 years she use to sell me the pills out of her office!!! She is no longer in practice, she had me on 32mg for 5 dam years! Then i found a good doc that got me down to 1mg March 2nd was my last dose and I am still going through hell, it is not fun, and I will NOT sugar coat it! I felt like a ginny pig because i or my doctors never had anyone on suboxone for 6 and 1/2 years! Its like I got on it when it first came out! And every detox center i called they said oh thats what we use here is suboxone, so I had to do all this at home, I couldnt even wash my hair!!! my best friend had to come do it, you need someone to take care of you. Its so so so so hard to get off of! God I dont wish this pain on anyone ever!!!!!! Ask me what you want and I will try to answer you, I am still feeling weak and out of it, leg and arm twitches are UNREAL!!!! NO SLEEP what so ever!!!! This is hard but I am 26 days sober!! :dizzy:
 
welcome thanks for that post as hopefuly it will serve to educate people to say man i dont want to feel like that . i hope you feel better soon. an your post will help me stay clean today thanx scott.:) sounRAB like your lucky to be alive . have your md check your liver
 
congrats! i was on sub for 3 years, just now 12 days clean!
Mar 17th was my last dose. Although i'm not out of the wooRAB yet, i feel 1000% better than i did the first 5 or 6 days. Really not much w/d now, just the damn anxious stomach i can't seem to get done with.
 
WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!

What a nightmare you have been living! First off... CONGRATS ON 26 days sober! It sounRAB like that has been one struggle after another.

Thank you for sharing your story because it may help A LOT of people out there debating upon making this decision. I have heard it's been a miracle drug for some but a nightmare drug for others.

I am so disgusted by your dr. that starting you and kept you going for 6 1/2 years. AT SUCH A HIGH DOSE! Holy smokes.. I think he or she was using you as a solution for her/his mortgage payment and it's shameful. What comes around goes around my friend!

I can really say you have so much to be proud of. It's amazing what you have gone thru and are still going thru. You must be one heck of a strong person to have made it this far. You can make it the rest of the way and we will be here for you every last step of the way.

It was a pleasure meeting you. I'm Secrets, keep posting!

Many blessings to you!!!!
 
Wow Thank you ALL for your support! This site is amazing and every comment made me cry, in a good way. Just to know that there ARE people other than me going through the exact same thing and CAN relate. I asked my DR for the clonodine patch and he only gave me 5 pills, then he said you will just have to tough it out, I thought the hell with that! Thats why I went to the ER SO MANY TIMES! Even the ER doc was like whats wrong with your DR that he wont give you the clonodine, I said heck if I know? The Er DOC TOLD ME HOW PROUD HE WAS OF ME BECAUSE I kept on going there for help (clonodine patch) he told me if only all his patients addicted to norco and heroin were as strong as me. I took immodum for 2 weeks straight and I think that made me worse, because my withdrawls lasted from March 2nd until March 22nd or so, my Doc said " all the withdrawls should be gone by now, maybe your having some other problem" I said NOOOOOOO, I am feeling ALL the w/d symptoms BUT...once I stopped the immodium and started to go to the bathroom, I felt better, as if I was getting all that junk out of me. I took my last clonodine patch off March 24th and was scared BUT like I said after going to the bathroom for days and days and getting all those toxins out of my body I staretd to feel better. I do take a hot bath every night because i still am getting leg and arm twitches, sleeping is very hard. Like someone said it is getting better but man oh man let me tell you, any doc that says "oh your withdrawls will only be a few days" HA HA HA EVERYONE is different! I was told there can be aqute withdrawls syndrom for 3 to 4 months but I am feeling a little better every day. Check this out...my maintenance guy in the condo I live in knows what I been going through, he was like wow you lost a lot of weight, I said I know, he said hey if you need something to take the edge off I have diladin!!!! "He has cancer" I told him thanks but NO THANKS!!!!! What are people thinking? I am proud of myself for getting off suboxone and want to help anyone I can, Im no expert I can only speak on what I have been through with this devil drug. I hate it, I hate myself for taking vicodin for 10 years, im mad at myself for letting the doc's use me as a ginny pig, BUT I am happy to not have to put that nasty orange pill in my mouth EVER AGAIN!!! Thank you all so much for your great worRAB of wisdom and support. I think 6 and 1/2 years is WAY WAY WAY to long to be on suboxone!!! Some nights I just layed in bed and asjed god to take me it was so bad, but I am seeing the light and starting to feel good. Love to you all!!!!
 
Hi platinum, I am currently on 24 mg of suboxone. This is my second time on it. The first time I was on suboxone I swore I would never be on it again, because of the exact reasons you have. I was on 12mg for a while when I decided to jump off. I felt just like you do now. The worst of it is the first 30 days. Know that YOU WILL begin to feel better. The first 30 days for me were the hardest. The symptoms lasted for aboout 60 days, but after the 30 day mark I began to feel better. Not by much, but gradually you will feel better. I know how you are feeling. There is nothing you can can do but hang in there. Drink plenty of gatorade, take hot baths (they really do help), take immodium for the diarrhea, and ask your doctor for some clonidine (blood pressure meRAB that help with withdrawals), and stick it out the best you can. The most important thing to remeraber is that this will end. Yes it is horrible, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. You probably feel like dying or that you are dying, but you are not. Opiate withdrawals WILL NOT kill you. Please hang in there. I will have to go through this again also, but having been through it once, I will be better prepared. You will be in my prayers :angel:
 
WorRAB can't express just how proud of you I am. Prayer is powerful, keep on going with it. It got me thru the worst of my w/d!

What you have gone thru literally brought tears to my eyes because I know how bad I felt going thru w/d and I know what you went thru and are still going thru is like 100x's worse and I just don't know how you have found the strength to do it. You are so amazing and your story will probably save a lot of people a LOT of agony! Thank you for having the courage to share.

Another thing.... Being able to turn down that diladid is another MAJOR accomplishment! I am sure it was tempting but you did not get this far to pop another pill. You really are inspirational and I hope you stick around the site! We will be here for you thru everything. I will support you in any way I can. I am going to be up pretty late tonight as I am all wound up from some family issue's (Grandma is in the hospital with severe heart issues and I am scared to death) So... if you just want to talk thru it... I am here for you.

Many prayers will be said for you by me. You will be never far from my mind and I will keep you in my heart! Keep going! You take a look in the mirror and smile nice and wide because you have done what most people could never do! CONGRATS TO YOU! We will get you thru the last of this.

Many blessings to you tonight and I am sending over a nice warm healing hug!
XXOXOXOXOXO
 
i asked my doc "how long after my last dose will it take to get over it" (after being one week clean & still having w/d although he didnt know it)
He tells me "if you can taper to 4mg/day, it'll take about 3 DAYS"

well i tapered to 2mg/day and it's been 13 days. Thanks alot doc, you're so smart when it comes to making money off addicts & keeping em addicted forever as long as they continue to give you all their money. you & the drug company really thought this one through. i bet you all get together once a week and eat 2 pound steaks at $90/ounce and party till sun-up, laughing at us till your stomachs hurt
 
Hi Platinum,
I will pray for your relief and to expediate your goal. Maybe all can join. I will focus for you and carry some of your pain. The end is closer than you think! Blessings.
 
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