Withdrawl from Suboxone - Addiction & Recovery Message Board

Blessing · 05-14-2003, 04:34 PM

I have to withdraw from suboxone. For one thing,I can't afford it,I'm on 20 mg. I know it's an opiate and I'm afraid of the withdrawals.Is there any
medications i.e.clonidine that could help?
What has been your experience? Thank you

sadchickster · 05-14-2003, 04:47 PM

I'm so very surprised that you are addicted to suboxone because i thought the whole point of it was to come off opiate dependence. My sister was prescribed it but she couldn't get it filled because she couldn't find a pharmacy that carried it.Plus, the DR. that prescribed wasn't licensed to do it.

timsworld73 · 05-14-2003, 05:32 PM

I would not go off it C/T. It is a form of opiate that is for opiate abuse(catchy huh). It is supposed to be weaned off of. Hope everything works out.

Ps...if you have to get off then the same advice would go for you as to a regular opiate user. Clonidine, hot baths, the recipe(sp?), and immodium. The withdraws whould not be as bad as someone who is on Oxy or Percocet IMO, but hey I am just a fellow addict.

Tim

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StacyVictor · 05-15-2003, 07:52 AM

I have been withdrawing off suboxone for 5 days now and it is pure hell!!!!!!!!! I feel like I have a 5 thousand pound weight I am lugging around. It takes every ounce of effort just to get out of bed in the morning. Yesterday, I sat at my job staring at the wall for hours, I just couldn't move. Oh yeah, and the cold chills and sweating and not to mention the depression. I won't say it was as bad as trying to get off the vicodens but I will say this, it sure isn't what I thought it would be. I weaned very, very slowly and I was only on it for 2 months at 2mg a day. I also thought this drug kept you from having withdrawal, well it doesn't. It is just a replacement for what you were taking before and very miserable to get off of. I just can't believe that I feel this horrible 5 days later. I haven't sleeped in days, I have taken every over the counter sleep medicine there is and NOTHING helps. I feel like I am going to jump out of my skin! I know now that I can never take another pain killer. If I do, I might as well just sign my own death certificate. If I don't do it now, I'll never do it. Good Luck!