How Long Does Suboxone Withdrawal Last

I don’t trust or respect suboxone prescribers. I would have been better off just coming of the opiates. Just because it’s legal, doesn’t mean it’s not a predatory scam.

Hearing the narrator pronounce “Suboxone” is almost as painful as the goddam withdrawal

I’m 64, 75 days off of Subutex. Still having severe insomnia, mood swings, racing thoughts and sometimes feel hypo manic but only in my brain. Detoxed from opiates at least 100 times during my 18 year opiate addiction. This is NUTS! I’m a RN, psych by experience and I’m telling you, this MAT is craZy. Doctors don’t taper patients off correctly, too fast. But, upside is, I have NO cravings and cannot even remember the euphoria high. PAWS is serious.🤬

For everyone currently struggling to get through the suboxone withdrawals,I promise you it gets better but it is a longer battle than getting off the drugs themselves. I'll be 4 years off suboxone(5 years off the drugs) in March and for me the physical symptoms lasted between 10-14 days but the emotional and brain fog symptoms lasted 10 months and I was only taking a quarter piece a day of an 8mg strip. The only thing that kept me going was knowing I'd never have to go through these withdrawal symptoms again once my body got used to feeling normal again. I set a goal date to quit and vowed to it.The withdrawal is hard as hell but let me tell you,once you get through it you'll be so glad you did. You can begin to truly live again. Keep with it,it'll be worth it in the end.

This suboxone is worse coming off this shit than anything I've ever been on. God help me. 🙏 I will say a prayer for anyone going through this terrible affliction.

I’m 12 days clean and I’m not looking back this stuff ruined my life and I’m glad I’m on the right track

I'm 2 months into quitting without weining off after just over 10 years of taking it daily the first 2-3 weeks were s slog. The hardest part wasn't deciding to quit, it's choosing not to give in and take a piece. 2 months in, I feel great mentally and I'm loving my mental clarity and nit being DEPENDENT on substances. I'm still constantly fatigued and have trouble getting the energy to get through my work day but I get through it, everyday. My nights at this point are still hell. Mainly when I try and lay down, my legs are constantly irritated to the point I want to cry and just stay up all night pacing around my house and punching my legs. I have no access to medical care so I have to just do it. There's nights I literally get no sleep, then get in my truck n drive to work and get on a roof and go through the motions. I can deal with fatigue and soreness, my nights are the only thing that seem like I'm on a dark endless path with no light to be seen. But the improvement in my mental state outweighs it. I'm finding joy in not being a mental slave to addiction anymore after just about my entire adult life has been filled with it. I'm sticking on this path regardless how hard it is. I will NEVER touch suboxone again as long as live and that's a promise I've made to myself. It helps soooooo much, but the lingering effects are just unbearable at times. I'll come post a update to this comment in a few months and let yall know when I fully feel "normal" again, whatever that means. I just want to sleep at night and I'll be fine... wish me luck, it's 1 am CST right now and ...... yeah.

I took suboxone for 12 years, I started with 32 mg every 24 hours back in 2010 but tapered down to 1mg every 24 hours (12 hours of peace, 12 hours of misery). My last dose of subs was 11/24/2022 @ 2 am, over 18 days ago. I still have no energy, chills, and a very bad attitude. The first week I slept less than 8 hours total, now I'm getting 2-3 hours sleep per night. I don't mean to scare anyone but for the last 3 years I was doing 2 mg or less per day, tapered to 1mg the last month (my suboxone level was so low I was going into withdraw every single day) but after 18 days of no suboxone I still feel horrible. On a more positive note, I did find that listening to classic music that triggers good memories helps, free dopamine is naturally released. It does help.

If you cant say suboxone right dont make a video on it

I’m just sitting here crying. It’s hard right now. Suboxone 6 years after 20 year opioid addiction. My stomach was hurting so bad today! 😢😢😢 happy to see anyone who has come through this

I was on 32 mg of subutex for 2 years then down to 24 mg just had a 2nd knee replacement and during the rehab decided i was done went from 24 down to .5 mg of belbuca for a week and I am now 32 days free from it compared to coming of off 240 mg to 320mg of oxy 80s and 25 to 30 norcos a day it was pretty easy the worst part was the insomnia only maybe an hr or two of sleep in 2 weeks and I am still having some insomnia and lethargy but overall pretty good I will be glad when those 2 things are over but I can thankfully say that after a 20 year opiod addiction and 4 plus years on buprenorphene i am finally free and never ever going back hang in there as it does get better

I have done h/fent withdrawal and suboxone withdrawal cold turkey. Let me tell you right now that if your thinking about getting on suboxone don't. Just go cold turkey. If I knew how much worse the suboxone withdrawal was I would of never got on it. With the h/fent withdrawal it lasted 8 days of hardcore withdrawal then I wad good. With the suboxone the physical withdrawal wasn't as intense but lasted 8 times longer. I tapered down to a tiny sliver but when I made the jump it was hard. Not only did it last way longer. I had such a clouded foggy mindset for a few months. I couldn't make a simple decision like what I wanted to eat. I also felt suicidal. Never have I had that off dope. Suboxone sounds like a miracle drug but for the love of God don't do it. It is way worse in my opinion. If it wasn't for my wife I wouldn't of made it. Been clean 5 years now.

There is not "may" with these symptoms, you WILL experience all of them.

This mess is NOT a joke. I'll be 90 days off of suboxone in 3 days. My birthday will be 99 days. And man. This crap has took all I've had to get through it on my own. I tapered from 4mg to 0.25mg, and I wrote down my exact tapering schedule and the way I did it if anyone is in need of help. Basically went down slow, adjusted for 2-3 weeks at new dose, and kept going. Took me 4 months or so. Now its just PAWS a couple times a day. Ill get anxiety, sweaty, clammy, and diarrhea still, even at 90 days. But its mostly just in the evening from 5-8pm. Other than that ive made it man. Its the hardest drug ive ever stopped by FAR. Even with tapering. Dont quit. Keep moving. Eat healthy, shower often.

Was on it for 15 years. Till I finally got mad. Not at anyone but myself for looking weak. I was up to 8 mg max and then went to half ( 4 mg) a day. Then split the half in half and it still sucks. Withdrawal off of anything is hard. I don't care how strong you are. It is rough. But please don't quit nor give up and relapse

I was put on suboxone when opioids became evil. It took me 6 weeks to get off of OxyContin and 6 months to get off suboxone because I did not like the side effects. I never experienced withdrawal symptoms when I got off of the opioid for chronic pain related to a spine injury.

I'm on day 16 and still feel like I want to die. I preached suboxone to save people's lives and now I wouldn't reccomend it unless it's life or death. My opiate withdrawals were nothing compared to this monster.

Was on suboxone for almost 7yrs...inwould have been better off comming off the herion and morphine...been almost 7weeks and still struggling but the good days help me get thru the bad days...first time iver been completely sober in over 20yrs

Im 5 days in and habe slept none. Skin crawling its the absolute worst. Im sick of it. I was manipulated into thinking ot was a saving grace. In all reality, it controls everything from no emotions besides anger or depression to took decay. Im not giving up. I broke my foot 6 days ago and then be told I to wait 3 days before any comfort of other meds was gut wrenching. I said you know what if ima suffer ima suffer. I keep up the fight. Feels like i started it yesterday but its been 11 years. Of 8/2.

Although suboxone works, it shouldn't be long-term if you get cut off your meds for any reason, like losing insurance you will go back to old ways unless you made it to the point your getting clean for yourself and not because others want you to. good luck to anyone in the struggle it real.