I am NEW here. I am on Suboxone. Tapering from 4mg.

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Author: sweet16

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:31 pm

Hello Laddertipper, I was just about to start reading your posts on this site as Romeo mentioned that you recently tapered slowly. So thank so much for the advise. I am on just one dose of 3 mg. a day. I do still get a buzz even though I also experience symptoms of w/d. I will not reward myself by taking extra sub. I did do it once, but it made me feel naseous the entire day and felt nothing like a reward. I can not thank you enough, your reply is so encouraging. I feel like I have already got this thing beat. I know I am a little ways from it being totally over, but I have a positive outlook. I will do the exercize I find it to be good for my body and mind. I live at the beach in SD and I find it so healing. I am here for a reason. I plan to take full advantage of this blessing. So, 1/16 of a mg. is where you jumped. May I ask how long you were on sub and how long it took you take to taper off and jump? Any setbacks you would like to sahre? So no real w/d for you? This is so awesome. I can not wait to get back to my normal self. I have just had no real excitement for life, no zest. I used to be so active and fun. I kind of lost my spirit.
I do have a question reguarding half life. So, lets say I take 4mg. It will take aprox. 37 hrs. for half of the drug to leave my system, correct? And then if I take no more, how long will it take for the remaining to leave my system? I am just curious as I keep reading about the half life. I will take all your advise and do a mere 10% taper till I am at 1/16 of a mg, them I may skip days for a week or two till I am off… thats my plan. At some point I will actually mark on my calandar my taper schedule. Did you do this or did you go at it blindly. I think it will help keep me on track. have a super day. I am off to work…
-Sweet16

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