u/Nice_Lobster180

Officially day 14 off 7oh. Day 5 off of suboxone. These post acutes are killing me. Not even sure if they’re post acutes or just straight up withdrawal from the subs, but man I have zero energy. Everything feels heavy, every task too big. Work this week was the worst thing ever. Just so depressed, I have propranolol that’s been kinda taking the edge off the anxiety and have been loading up magnesium and vitamin C, but nothing helping the feeling of just wanting to slump in bed and can’t get comfortable. If I were to take a small dose of subs tomorrow just to have one good day, is that a horrible idea? Something tells me it obviously is. And I’ve been strong for this long why ruin it for one good day (which, could turn into 3 “good days” then 4, then so on with how addictive my brain is.) just needing someone to tell me what I should do.

Day 13. Day 4 off of subs. Everything feels so dull and I could cry at the drop of a hat. No real pain, just feel restless and have cravings. Getting through work without anything to help push me through is driving me up a wall. I don’t have much energy, basically just been running off the fact that I’m proud of myself for stopping, sticking to it, and not going back. Didn’t bring any emergency subs with me to work like I did the last few days, which honestly, was really hard to resist the temptation. Could use some words of encouragement and advice on when this feeling will end.
For reference, was taking plain leaf for 4 years. Switched to 1000mg habit of 7oh daily for the last year. Today is my 13th day.

Officially haven’t taken 7oh since last Friday at 8:00pm. First time I’ve felt like myself in a full year. Physical symptoms have fully dissipated, besides the sweating, but even that has gotten significantly better. Was taking around 1,000mg 7oh daily, spent all of my money on it, thought it would be impossible to get off of. And I used to be addicted to real opiates. Of course I wouldn’t have been able to do it without suboxone, but day 1 it wasn’t even touching the withdrawals. Sent myself into precips after waiting a full 14 hours from last dose and had a miserable day Saturday, but after that, I was FINE. I see a lot of posts in here about people feeling scared to stop because of the physical symptoms. The reality of that is, most of us who take/ took 7oh are people who used to be addicted to real opiates and have flashbacks of how bad previous withdrawals were. That’s what stopped me from kicking it for a really long time. We innately do not want to feel bad. Ever. The reality of that is… you have to unfortunately. You’re gonna have to push through a small period of being uncomfortable to come out on the other side. You got this. You can do it. Stop giving into this evil, vile substance.

Posted in here a week ago asking everyone what to expect with 7oh withdrawal. I had to make an update post for anyone who might be going through it currently, or considering getting off of it. I decided to go the QuickMD route to get a suboxone script. Haven’t had any issues with them so far. Day 1 was absolute hell. My last dose was Friday evening around 8:00pm (I was taking almost 1,000mg of 7oh). The following day, I took my first dose of sub around 10:30am. I definitely sent myself into precips, and quickly dosed myself with a full 24mg of subs to counteract. It worked, but didn’t FULLY take the symptoms away. The main thing it helped with, which I am fine with, is the RLS. That has always been the most agonizing part of opiate withdrawal for me, personally. I basically slept til 5pm Saturday, woke up drenched in sweat, and almost gave up. But I pushed through. Day two, woke up feeling much better, but still drenched in sweat. Still today, that has not gone away. Now today, I feel almost normal again. Symptoms currently: sweating, fatigue, laziness, some minor back pain, but absolutely worth it. Everyday I’m feeling a bit better. I’m not going to stay on the subs for longer than 7 days in fear of having to detox from those. Wanted to share this here to say, yes, day 1 sucks, day 2 also sucks but it is NOT IMPOSSIBLE and it is not always going to be the horror stories you read on Reddit. I’m only 3 days “sober” but god I feel good just knowing I’m not spending all my money on that bullshit anymore. Cheers.

Looking for some advice from anyone who’s had experience with using suboxone for getting off 7oh. I used to be on fent back in the day, came off of it multiple times with suboxone. Was doing really good for 5 years then stumbled into 7oh and messed my whole life up financially. It’s taken all my money, just like fent did. Got a 7 day script from quick md, planning to start over this weekend when I don’t have work (work full time office job M-F) I know the horrors of coming off suboxone as well, kicked it in the past after using it for two years. After reading horror stories on Reddit I’m pretty terrified to get off this BS. I know enough about precips to wait until I’m in full blown WD before taking a strip but any advice please I’m desperate and ready to be done