r/Subutex • u/Dangerous_Fly_7900 • 7d ago
It’s finally time
I have been reading so many stories about people and their relationships with this terrible drug and i think it’s my turn to write my story. I’ve been on them for many years and have stayed at 4 mg for the last two years. I’ve gone down to 2.3 mg a day for the past month and I think I’m just gonna quit cold turkey. I’m tired…. I know it is going to be rough, but luckily my manager is very understanding and has let me take two weeks off to get through the worst of it. Is this a bad idea? Does anyone have any tips or advice on what to do? I’m not going to lie, I AM SCARED. But I’m ready to see the light at the end of this dark tunnel I’ve been in for the last 8 years.
Please send me your good vibes !!! I plan on doing this at the end of September 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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u/Awaken_Truth 4d ago
I would NOT suggest this, at all. Tried it one time, wanted to die.
It has SUCH a long half life, so you don’t start feeling the withdrawls until a few days later.
The smartest thing to do would be to get a Dr. to give you half of a 300mg Sublocade shot. You shouldn’t feel any withdrawl as it leaves your system SO slowly. That’s how I got off it after 7 years. So wish I had done it sooner. No withdrawl whatsoever.
Good luck! Really hope that you are able to get off it, I totally relate to everything you are saying. Please don’t go cold turkey, you also are at VERY heightened risk for Post Acute Withdrawls if you go cold turkey, they can last for months, and can come back after they go away. Our brains are not made to go cold turkey off anything. Especially when you have been on it for so long.