Author: Rmac04
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:50 pm
Hey thanks Romeo! I know I never get tired of reading tapering threads. All the positive ones out there have helped me immensely prepare for mine. All the horror stories had me worried for awhile but fortunately for me it has been a breeze considering how I expected it to go. I have followed your story as well and have to admit I got mad respect for you man!
Ladder, I am using the 2 mg strips actually. I use a CM ruler and a razor blade. Pretty simple really. A 2 mg strip is about 2.1 cm, so pretty much every .1 cm is .1 suboxone give or take a few points because of that extra .1.. For example, I am currently at .3, so I just place the film on the ruler, align it right, and then cut at the 3cm mark with the razor blade.. I haven’t checked my blood pressure yet though. Ill have to do that. I know I def will before I hop onto the clonidine when I jump just to make sure I wont be passing out ha! Some days when I delay my dose I don’t even think about it till late afternoon, and others I am craving it pretty bad by noon. Kinda weird how that works. I haven’t been delaying too much just cause I have been busy at work and notice I get pretty irritable and lethargic once my body starts telling me I need it. I think it is still a lot more mental than anything. Just the fact that Im so used to taking it everyday at a certain time for the last year it is gonna take some time to get used to not taking it. I think that will be the hardest part actually, not so much the withdrawal. My advice to you would be to just slow down and hang around .5 for awhile. Listening to your body is def key in tapering. You will stabilize eventually!
So I have been at .3 for the last 9 days or so now. I have felt awesome all week! I never thought I could feel this good on this low of a dose. I honestly feel better now than I did on 1.5mg. Ive surfed 2 days and ran 3 days so far this week, and Ill surf in the morn and run in the afternoon tommorow to give you an idea how good I am doing. I also worked 5 days this week. I have this next week off work so Im gonna drop to .2 and maybe even try to skip a day. Im def going to fool around with delaying my dose as well so I will update when I get a feel for how skipping a day might go. At this rate I think I am just gonna get as low as I can go, but we’ll see!
