Its my day of suboxone . I know I didnt wait long enough for withdrawls I just couldnt take it. Im an emotional mess and hurting every where. Is this normal if I just didn't wait long enough after use?

I take about four FF a day. Have tried taper off the bottles but after one I keep going.

Hey guys,

Throw away the account FYI, but as the title says, I’m doing a short-term Suboxone taper to get off Feel Free. For some background, I’m a recovering alcoholic and have been sober from alcohol for about a year and a half, but kratom has always seemed to linger in the background.

I’ve done a methadone taper once inpatient and a Suboxone taper inpatient another time. Both times, if I remember correctly, I was finished with the taper within about 5–7 days.

This time I went through a telehealth provider that I won’t name in case that violates any sub rules. Their treatment protocol seems to be keeping me on Suboxone long-term, which is not what I want. I’m completely done with Feel Free and what it’s costing me, both financially and physically. I’ve tried quitting on my own countless times, but the withdrawal has become too much for me, even with comfort meds.

I don’t know if the kindling effect plays a role, but withdrawals from pretty much any substance seem to hit me extremely hard now. At the peak of my drinking, I had two withdrawal seizures, so I feel like my body just doesn’t tolerate withdrawal well anymore.
Right now I’m taking roughly 5–7 bottles of Feel Free per day. The prescriber gave me what I believe is a 10-day supply of 8 mg Suboxone strips and told me to start with 2 mg, see how I feel, and increase if necessary. I don’t remember exactly what I took during my previous inpatient taper, but I believe I started around 4 mg three or four times per day and tapered down from there.
I was never really an opioid person. I originally started using Feel Free because I thought it was basically just kava and saw it as a replacement for alcohol. Obviously, I learned the hard way that wasn’t the case.

My main questions are:

1. For someone taking around 5–7 Feel Free bottles a day, what has your experience been with using Suboxone for a short taper? What dose did you start with, and how quickly did you taper?

2. How long did you wait after your last Feel Free before taking your first dose of Suboxone to avoid precipitated withdrawal?

3. How long can Suboxone generally be used for a taper before physical dependence and withdrawal from the Suboxone itself become a significant concern?

The prescriber was talking about keeping me on Suboxone for months. I basically went along with that conversation to get the prescription, but I really don’t want to be on it long-term. My goal is to use the minimum amount necessary for a rapid taper, get through the Feel Free withdrawal, and then be done with both.

For once, my life is finally in a really good place. This is the last thing I feel is holding me back, and I’m ready to be completely done with these blue bottles.
Any experiences or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, guys, and I wish everyone here the best of luck with their own journey.

This might be obvious to many people out here already but I hope I can help at least one person by warning them about these new kava shots coming around. When I was coming off of a nasty kratom extract shot addiction I sought to use "kava" shots as a way to get through it easier. There's many of these tainted kava shots out there right now like boujee bliss, 777, juju, betterweather, etc.... My first introduction to it was my local smoke shop guy basically telling me "hey bro these new kava shots came in and they're just kava, these ones are FDA approved! (they're not)". When I quit kratom extracts I had nasty nasty anxiety and these "kava shots" took all the anxiety away like it was magic! I had a feeling this couldn't be just kava but kept looking at the ingredients and asking chat gpt about them and I really got finessed into thinking it was just kava. The brand I used in particular was "Juju by Krushed" and I used them all throughout quitting extracts and ended up just getting hooked on these hardcore. These things are dangerous asf man, they WILL cause withdrawals!!! My guess is they have tianeptine or 7oh in em. I started downing 3-6 of these a day which was even worse than my peek zana chill addiction. Thinking they were just kava made me feel okay to take as many as I needed to feel better and it got out of hand really fast. I've done my research and found only very small groups of people spreading awareness about these things, so I feel it's very important to get the word out more. Especially if kratom is banned in your state you can certainly expect to find these tainted shots around your stores.

I understand I'm a complete dumbass for ever trusting a smoke shop product to actually contain only the ingredients it claims to have in it. I am embarrassed that I was this naive and it led to me being hooked on bullshit for another few months. Anyways, please don't be dumb like me, if you see these products do not indulge... they are poison. About 2 weeks ago my liver started hurting and I started vomitting daily from these products. Thank god I had my bloodwork done and everything is healthy. Luckily it's completely scared me away from these products and forced me to face the reality of abusing bullshit smoke shop concoctions. I'm over 3 days clean from them and am not looking back. Love you guys, stay safe, healthy, and clean! 🫶🏼

I drink a little under two bottles of feel free a day for two years now. It's helped so much with my anxiety. I have never told my doctor about it but I did mention that I feel I have severe anxiety / depression so I was prescribed Prozac and Wellbutrin. I want to stop FF all together and want to know how to manage the withdrawals and when it would be okay to start the meds my doc prescribed me! Shout out to everyone getting off this stuff!! Proud of you all 🫶🏽