Author: Romeo
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:17 am
Hey Luke,
Welcome to the forum!
I completely understand your first post, when I quit Suboxone, I was pissed as hell because I was told, by my doctor, that it was no sweat to get off of. She said after 3 days I’d feel fine…..HA!!!!
Anyway, Suboxone has an extremely long half life, about 37.5 hours. Most people report, like Tearjerker said, that days 5-8 are about the roughest. In my case, day 10 was my peak, but I jumped from a fairly high dose.
Immodium AD helps a LOT with the stomach issues (aka, the shits) and I found Clonidine (a blood pressure medication) helped quite a bit. I tried a bunch of other herbal remedies and whatnot, but nothing came close to the help that Immodium AD and Clonidine gave me.
I have heard MANY people swear by putting Epsom salt in with your bath water, something about the Magnesium?? Oh Yeah, hot baths/showers help tons. Shower 50 frickin’ times a day if you have to.
Suboxone wd is long and drawn out, but if you’re hell bent on getting off of Suboxone, you can make your way through it. I never thought I had it in me to REALLY quit Suboxone and opiates, but I did. Kinda shocked the hell out myself actually.
Don’t be afraid to post all you need, that’s part of why this forum is here.
