Author: lamerjay
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:30 pm
Hey all,
Just thought I would share where I’m at and how it’s going. I have been on subs for over 2 years now at doses as high as 32mg a day. Like I have said in other posts, my doctor is a pill giver so it’s so easy to get whatever I want. My sub doc was the same doc giving me opiates. That being said, I take responsibility for making the decision to go down the road I have chosen. Just seems easier to accept taking drugs when a doctor says it’s ok for some reason. Well enough is enough. I did a pretty good taper starting at about 4mg a day but I would take extra when I didn’t feel well, or wanted a boost. I finally got to a point where I decided to stop taking extra and do this properly. So starting at the 4mg I decided to go down to single dosing, no more afternoon dose. Once I got accustomed to that I decided to cut back by 0.5mg every 2 weeks. This worked pretty well for me. I got down to 0.5, which is about as small as I could cut a Suboxone pill evenly. I stayed there for about a month and dropped it on the 13th, which happened to be my 35th birthday. That should be easy for me to remember. So here I am at the end of day 8 and trying to stay strong. The sweating has passed. Now the only problems I’m having are the restlessness, headache and just lack of desire to do anything. I’m sleeping fairly well so I’m hoping I’m on the way up. I’d appreciate any thought or support.
Jay
