So I am 24 days clean from heroin today, but for the last 3 weeks I have been on a 50 day sub taper schedule I had calculated with resources I found online. I am down to 1mg as of today and I’m just wondering if anyone here has any experience successfully tapering off of suboxone, as I am terrified that even weening down to eventually .13mg then nothing that I will still experience bad withdrawals when I get to 0. I know there isn’t anything wrong with being on suboxone long term, but for me what I want more than anything in my life right now is to not be physically dependant on a drug in order to feel physically well enough to go about my life, and I also feel that for me on sub the creative part of me always feels clouded and I find it difficult to do things I enjoy like writing music and stuff. Sorry for the long post haha thanks in advance for any advice
Yeah honestly idk how much heroin was actually in the h I was getting as I would always fail for fent any time I was tested while using, but yeah I’ve been on 1.5mg of sub for the last 5 days and this morning went down to 1mg. I’d say I am stable at this amount aside from just being exhausted all the time and some stomach issues but it is tolerable. Congrats on your time as well it’s no mean feat as I well know haha
Currently going through sub withdrawal from tapering off 1mg, about how long did the symptoms last for you? Im only at day 10 and i still feel like shit although able to move around better. Stomach and diarrhea has been nonnnnn stop though 
Congrats on your sobriety, im 6 years off pills but these sub withdrawals havent been easier
Personally, I opted for the sublocade shots. I got 1 a month for 6 months.
That said, it’s been 11 months since my last shot and I’ve had zero withdrawals. And, it doesn’t even show up in my UAs, anymore.
Most importantly, I’m living a life in recovery.
Additionally, it was significantly easier than methadone titration. I believe I got down to 2mgs of that before walking out of the clinic for good and, sure enough, I relapsed shortly thereafter.
Granted, I was doing zero recovery then, either.
At any rate, I remember what my Outpatient Counselor told me, in regards to MAT meds: “Listen to your body and take it as prescribed.”
Best of luck!
I never knew Suboxone was addicting My doctor did not inform me that I would go through withdrawals I am currently on about 10 mg a day. Are the withdrawals bad is it like heroin or fentanyl I am so mad nobody informed me before I started this medication.
I was on opiates(pills) for over 10 years before switching to subs, im currently on week 2 of sub withdrawal and im still feeling weak af, non stop sneezing, feels like sunburn on your shoulders, diarrhea ever since i stopped them. And this is just from a 1mg taper off. Honeslty id talk to your doc about some comfort meds to help with the withdrawals. They are identical and last ALOT longer than opiate withdrawal IMO because subxone is a long lasting. Id work on tapering down instead of cold turkey, its way worse in my opinion. Eventuallly your body if gonna withdrawal no matter what because its never not had some kind of opiate in it, even if subs helped you, which they definitely helped me too! Your brain is literally attempting to rewire itself, its wild. Goodluck!!!