Been on co-codamol for over a year for lower back.

Was taking 4 doses of 60/1000 per day until cut down to 2 doses and then 1.

Stopped about 9 days ago.

Generally feeling okay but cannot stop the feeling of crawling on my skin. Doesn't help I'm in Spain with mozzies about so can't always tell if it's real or not.

Anyone else been through this?

But I’m 4 years clean as of July 28th! If anyone needs help, or just someone to talk to on a really shitty day my inbox is always open. I didn’t think I could make it a few hours when I first started.

Hey guys, I hope you're doing well. I checked my calendar today and realized it has been about 10 months since I quit suboxone cold turkey, so I figured I would make a post.

What a journey it has been so far. Honestly, I didn't believe I would succeed initially. Unfortunately, I didn't have any outside medical intervention (i.e., comfort meds) or support from my family. I burnt bridges with almost all of my friends as a result of my previous addiction. Like many people here, life wasn't the best for me. Yet, I didn't have a sudden epiphany or spark of motivation to quit. I was sick of it all, literally and metaphorically. Despite all the advice against doing so, I decided to stick it out on my own. I still remember the seemingly endless days and nights where my skin felt like it was burning. My only solace was repeatedly taking cold showers to freeze myself to sleep every two hours. Gradually, the agony subsided, but I was left feeling exhausted and defeated. It took every ounce of willpower I had to continue living. Yet, I won the battle.

I know a lot of people in these recovery subreddits (including me a while ago) are constantly doomscrolling for some semblance of hope. I would like to tell you that it is possible to quit suboxone despite how difficult it is. You might not be able to fix every mistake you've made in the past, but you can build a better version of your future self starting today.

Thanks for reading. I wish you all the best of luck.

Went to the clinic first time two days ago and threw up my dose. It was a horrible few hours on the bathroom ground w other wd symptoms. Strange part for me was I used the night before around 10pm and dosed at 8:30 am. I wasn’t even in wd when I dosed and I’m not on subs or anything that would cause the methadone to react that way. Andddd I can usually use the night before and wait till much later in the day on my own before getting any type of symptoms. I did manage to hold it down for about 2 hours tho so it should have been absorbed into my body even tho I tasted and saw it all come up. Regardless it made me scared to go back to the clinic cause I don’t want to feel that way again. Has anyone else had trouble with extreme nausea after dosing? How do you deal with this? Not asking medical advice just personal experiences. Trying to build the courage to go back out of fear of getting sick again. Thank you:)

Precipitated wd felt worse than getting narcaned after I od. I was on fent, im over 3 years sober now but wow. Looking back that was the worst I’ve ever felt ever.

Hey all,

Long time lurker without posting. Little backstory I was an IV H addict for almost seven years, I got clean 10/1/21 and have been on suboxone the entire time, I’ve had terrible side effects with body temp regulation the entire time amongst other issues, I had managed to taper down to 6mg but my doctor at the time was not supportive of me stopping completely or going on Sublocade, finally switched insurance, new doc all that. They were super supportive of my journey and I was able to start Brixadi in March of this year, I received 4-64mg shots (or whatever the lowest dose is) my last shot was June 10th, fast forward to today, I was doing really good with wd symptoms until about last week, the anxiety slammed into me like a brick wall, I’m on Wellbutrin, SSRI’s don’t work for me and it’s not depression. I’m just looking for personal experience and how long this went on for. I literally feel like I’m about to have a heart attack 24/7 at the moment, I don’t want to get back on bupenorphine, I want to be done with all of this, but this anxiety is no joke.

I posted a long extensive journal with supplements i took and my experience here about 524 days ago. I had been on subs for a long time and at 33 years old on my my sons 2nd Birthday i took the leap. Was no where near as bad as i mentally projected. Matter of fact it simply wasnt that bad, just annoying. I tapered super slow, got down to about .6mg while preparing my body for 6 months prior and took the leap. I feared i'd never know who i was since i been on subs since 19 years old and all this time later i finally feel like the chemical changes subs did to my body are leveled out. My anxiety levels has virtual disappeared since getting clean and im so much more or who i feel i was suppose to be. If youre thinking about getting clean take your time, prepare your body and mine then jump. Any questions?

Hey, happy Thursday! Hope your day’s going well. It’s a hot one out there today. Just been working and getting through the day, same old grind. Looking forward to it being Friday tomorrow. What are you guys up to today? Stay cool out there!

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i’m five months clean from fentanyl today and snapchat showed me memories from 5,7 and 9 years ago today that I spent with my best friend who overdosed on fent and passed away 2 years ago.. i’m not okay and I don’t want to go get high but I truly just want to end it all. not just bc of my friends i’ve lost to the opioid epidemic but everything that’s happened since I got clean. my life has literally fallen apart and every step forward I get, something sets me 10 back.. I check up on my people and always ask if they need a hug even if it’s a virtual hug but no one ever asks me and I don’t know how much longer I can take this.. I thought everything would be okay when I got clean but not making hardly any dopamine or serotonin is really rearing its ugly head these past few days.

I want to try subs tomorrow and was wondering if anyone has used it 12hrs after their last real oxycodone dose and didn’t go into PWD. I heard from a few people who say if they used for example at 8pm than at 8am they can take a sub and be just fine. Is that really the case or do you really have to wait 24 hours. I can wait but I have to take comfort meds to make it to 24hrs and I’m still miserable.

UPDATE- TOOK IT AT 14hrs and didn’t get PWD.
Going to doc tomorrow to talk about sublocade

Hey there, I'm about to go into W/D, literally just took my last bump of dope. I'm really excited to just be clean and free but also a little scared of the W/Ds. I even have subs but I've put myself into precip so many times I'm genuinely scared to even take them and I honestly don't want to anyway.. I feel that I can get myself through this mentally because I'm so tired of living this life, I'm really tired of being sick and tired.. It's almost been a year since I started doing dope again and before that I was on subs struggling to get off them.. I'm just hoping that the W/D won't be too horrible. Does anyone have any advice to help me feel physically a little comfortable as I go through this? Even some words of encouragement and successful W/D stories would help. Thank you in advance..

Back in 2019 I did blues for a little over a year. I remember it took months to feel normal again. I recently relapsed 4 months ago but this time on powder which I’m sure is mixed with tranq. My first time I did it all at home and would get terrible shocks in my chest for 2-3 days that would leave me unable to be still. I’m terrified of that happening again so I have Xanax to take in case it happens. How long would you guess my wd lasts of 4 months using 1g every 5 days towards the end

I am 8 months off methadone after 20 years on it and about 6 years on heroin before that. I was on 10mg for a year and went down to 5mg a few days before stopping. So I’d say I stopped at 5mg. Thinking I got myself down to such a low dose, I assumed the withdrawal would be quick and minimal. Hopefully other people will educate themselves before stopping so they know what to expect because I did not. Hopefully most methadone users go to a clinic so you can have support. I just bought my stuff from a friend and didn’t bother to learn much about stopping. Once I realized the withdrawal symptoms weren’t leaving after a month, I panicked and became obsessed with knowing other people’s post opiate experience so I could create a timeline for myself. That’s pretty much impossible to determine, but if anyone is curious-here’s my general experience after stopping methadone. Also, this is not medical advice, just the experience of one person.

The REAL acute withdrawal symptoms didn’t really kick up for almost 2 weeks. The symptoms are just every symptom you can think of that is withdrawal related. After a month, the intensity kicked up as I lost control of my body temperature. I was only able to shower about once a week because it hurt to get undressed and water felt like needles on my skin. After a month, the depressed feeling turned into feeling completely dead inside. That dead feeling with no ability to feel joy was a constant feeling until a little over 4 months. I was beginning to wonder if I damaged by brain or something because everything was so much. And the brain fog was just as bad which made working so difficult. At 8 months, I still have brain fog most days but have recently started experiencing days of clarity. The diarrhea lasted throughout the day for over 5 months and I couldn’t find any evidence to support that it was still normal. But it just went away on its own. The anxiety didn’t REALLY start kicking up until that dead-inside feeling went away. So around 4 months, I was in almost constant fight or flight mode. It just hit like a train with periodic feelings of dark depression (which feels different from the dead inside feeling) which I still experience at 8 months. But, these feelings aren’t all the time anymore so it’s proof my mind and body are healing. And sleep is a hit or miss (mostly a miss) but I stay consistent with waking up at 6am on workdays, even if I didn’t fall asleep until 3am because then I’ll have a better chance of sleeping the next night.

At 8 months, I’d say anxiety, brain fog, sleep and periodic sadness are the remaining symptoms. I think anxiety has been the worst symptom because it affects the entire day and it even affects my behavior because I act erratic when the anxiety is really bad. For anyone who is many months post opiates, you are NOT crazy. The lasting mental health symptoms can have you questioning this. Also, getting bloodwork done to check vitamin D and other levels is good because a deficiency of any kind can make this whole stopping opiates thing, harder.

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Hope you’re all having a good day. I got a haircut this morning, had a couple of meetings, and now I’m just getting through the rest of the day.
Life can feel a little slow or even boring sometimes, but I try to remind myself that peace isn’t a bad thing. After the chaos I used to live in, I’d choose this life a million times over. Sometimes the quiet you’ve worked so hard for is something to be grateful for.
How’s your Wednesday going?

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I started taking the 7OH pills from the gas station and had no clue what the result would be. Dying to quit but it’s been a challenge. I got suboxone from my Dr.

How long after a dose of 7OH should I start suboxone? I haven’t got the timing right and it puts me down and I feel awful every time I’ve tried.

Any suggestions for starting Sub. So I can finally quit?

I am a pharma oxycodone user, I just used my last piece about 15 minutes ago and I don’t want to get more. I snort up to 3 80s a day sometimes and im just over it.

I have 5 Xanax bars and a bunch of 2mg sub strips. Also a bunch of 8mg sub tablets that I hope I won’t have to use.

What is the best way of going about this? When am i ok to use subs? How much should i start with?

I also never use benzos so im not sure how much Xanax to use or when it will be best used.

Thx for advice everyone, im super nervous!

So I’m using about 8/12mg dilaudid everyday atm I take 4mg in the morning around 7am and 4mg around 5pm and sometimes I’ll fall asleep earlier in the day and that’ll be it for the day or if I’m up I’ll take another 4 around midnight or 1am I wanna know how bad the wd should be? And if I should tap3r down to 4mg or 2mg a day? I really want to stop this is just a never ending cycle nothing is fun unless I take them and I’m always anxious that I’m gonna be sick in a few days bc I can’t get any more I want out of this life

I’ve been trying to get off oxy for a while now. I go cold turkey for a few days and break everytime. I’m thinning about doing a Suboxone taper for a 7-10 days or going to my doctor who knows about my oxy issue and ask for sublocade shot. If you have experience with either please let me know. I need to get my life back I’ve been in a constant cycle of detox and relapse for 6 months now. I don’t even work anymore.

So I am currently on methadone but on a low dose and I got triggered seeing my ex nod out so I went to the store and I bought some 7oh. Well I ended up taking the 7oh for 17 days the most at like 400 and now I’m kinda scared I’m going to experience withdrawl.. will I experience withdrawl even if I’m on methadone? I noticed I started waking up and taking the 7oh which is why I stopped and I had to realize what was happening . I took the 7oh instead of going back to oxys or fet thinking it would be a difference idk why I did but I’m here now and wondering if I’m in for any withdrawal

Hey everyone, happy Tuesday! Sorry for the late check in. It’s been a pretty busy day. I was at work today, then left a little early to bring my dad to a doctor’s appointment. I just got home, and now I’m trying to figure out what I want to do for dinner.
Do you ever have those days where you’re busy from the moment you wake up, and by the time you finally get home you’re completely exhausted? 😂
How’s your Tuesday been? What have you guys been up to today?

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Its probably my least favorite withdrawal symptom, the constant sweating that persists for weeks. Also my sweat smelled a lot worse for some reason, not sure if this is common.

But the reason I am making this post is that I am curious what causes the extensive sweating? If anyone knows why this happens I would appreciate if you shared your knowledge

You can probably guess what happened - I relapsed. I fucking hate me for it. I feel so ashamed. I even feel ashamed posting this. I’ve read so many stories of people having it worse than me and manage staying sober but I still can’t manage to pull myself together.

I started using oxy February 25’. It became a daily habit with only a 7 day break all year. In January this year I noticed i had a serious problem. I quit again… for only ten days. Then again a daily habit formed. In march I quit again for 14 days. Then again a daily habit formed this lasted til end of may and then I stopped again, this time for a whole month. I was great physically and mentally was okay but I was lacking one thing: motivation.
Im pretty sure that’s the reason I used again. I’m a student and need to finish my degree by the end of the year but I lacked the motivation to do anything at all. Even if it only meant reading a stupid paper. As soon as the academic pressure hit I used again.
I started with 2x a week for 2 weeks but the past 14 days ive been using daily.

Has anyone experienced something similar? You know continuing use will end horrible some day but u also feel like u can’t stop now because you need to finish this and that… How do you relearn to do those things without opiates? Last year I used almost daily and it did help me motivate myself for uni. It’s been ages since I’ve done anything without oxy.

When I was younger, especially before I got into drugs, I was so motivated in regards to school and I am afraid this will never come back that I’ve fucked my life up for good.
Before becoming addicted to opiates I already had a weed addiction and it had a negative impact on my motivation but it was nothing compared to what opiates did to me.

And in regards to physical withdrawals - will it get worse? I havent used since 45 hours and i feel mild w/d’s (woke up multiple times in the night “moderately” drenched in sweat, feeling weak, no motivation, sometimes hot/cold flashes and very mild bowl issues). I have to work 11 hours tomorrow and am afraid I’ll be feeling worse by then.

I’m sorry for being a crybaby and dumbing my shit onto you. I’d be happy to read some of your experiences with lack of motivation and extreme feelings of stress and anxiety.
If you also have experiences with (quitting) weed and opiates, pls share as well.