I started at 14mg of subs 8 months ago. Went down 2mg every 6 weeks and after 8 months was able to get down to 1mg. Stayed at 1mg for 2 weeks then went down to .5mg. Continued at .5 for about 10 days then stopped all together. That was 8 days ago.... first three days for me were the hardest. Felt very tired(lethargic), mild muscle soreness, mild restlessness and difficulty sleeping, mild on and off headaches, was sneezing and yawning 50 times a day, using the toilet(#2) 10 times a day, also had trouble focusing. On day 4 the symptoms reduced slightly(20%). Day 5, 30% reduction in symptoms compared to 1st three days. Day 6 my energy levels stared to return, was able to get full night sleep and the physical symptoms were 60% less than 1st three days. On day 7 I woke in the morning feeling relatively good. It was a very good feeling. throughout that day I only felt 20% of the severity of symptoms from 1st three days. Today, day 9, I'm feeling great most symptoms have subsided only issue is I'm feeling a bit of low energy still. Psychologically I did not experience any depression but did feel some anxiety the 1st 3-4 days. Ive never really suffered from depression or chronic anxiety in my life. I know my psychological fortitude helped me avoid the depression and anxiety and everyone is different. Some people may feel much worse with the combination of physical symptoms and psychological symptoms. Personally I felt like the anxiety for the 1st 4 days was nearly as uncomfortable as the physical symptoms. Fortunately it didn't last very long. The stress from getting off subs wasn't that difficult compared to the many other hardships Ive experienced. I'd rather go through this again than be dumped by another girlfriend. Perspective is important my friends. In conclusion, YOU CAN DO IT!!! JUST DO IT!! and IT WILL SET YOU FREE!! Strongly recommend getting down to .5mg. Five weeks ago I tried jumping off at 2mg, made to day 3 caved and jumped back on. Withdrawal symptoms at 2mg are 3 times stronger compared to.5mg. Get yourself down to .5mg or less and stay at that dose for 2 weeks, and then kiss it goodbye. Hope this helps someone.

I'm on day 3 after going 8 days on .25mgs. I took 8 mg strips for 16 years. Insomnia and loss of appetite are irritating but nothing like acute WD. Suboxone saved my life. My life is completely different now thank God.

Figure withdraw and the pain are part of healing. Only way out is through.

Amazing content. Kudos! Much love to my fellow recovering addicts and to those still ripping and running. Be well!

For anyone complaining about the background noise, you obviously don't have kids. Dr. B., thank you for taking time out of your day and time from your family to share your knowledge with the world. I truly wish I could come to be a patient of yours. You and your team are amazing. Thank you!

I take 4mg a day and it’s been great! I almost decided to not go the Suboxone route based on stigma. Then I found Dr. B…completely changed my outlook! Thank you! I went from junkie to senior account executive at a billion dollar software company! Thank you so much for your message of breaking stigma

This was a GREAT live stream, so much good info. Oh It was Dr.B's Kid. Totally understandable. Please do it again next Sunday?

9:30a.m. video this my first time on link with you guys. However, I'm on first sublicade shot and want to know if after this shot if I don't want another shot would my withdrawals be severe or no withdrawals?

Unfortunately there is no way to taper without withdraw. I’ve learned at least that much.

Nobody ever talks about the side effects of long term Subonxone use...decreased sex drive...almost non existent. Difficulty urinating and bladder pressure. Dull senses, dull emotions, like there is a bla ket over your spirit preventing you from feeling fully human. Like thatlight inside you has gone out. At least on opiates I was creative, felt human. Suboxone helps you mainyain life on autopilot. Which can be helpful to adjust to new ways of living. Also big.pharma uses names of some meds to rub it in the face of people....Sub- Ox- One...think about it

Whsts the rist and would it even to be worth tradeing methadone for suboxon...or if you take the time to get suck and go trow it wouldn't you be just hurting your self I am really confused cuz insurance is stopping rides to the methadone clinic so i went with out for a week at 120 i stoped cold trucky should i just get off to get off

First, Dr.B I respect what you are trying to do in the world of drug addiction that being said, having addiction and family history riddled with addiction and childhood trauma, western medicine and therapy in this area is crap. I’ve done so much research, have you experienced addiction? How can you guide if you haven’t lived it? Clinics are full of counselors that know nothing about addiction and the way they relate to addicts is definitely lacking. For the patients/addicts you are not the drug. Something inside went somewhat haywire and don’t give up on yourselves and stay on these meds forever! I thought it was going to save my life but since taking it I have never felt so terrible mentally, spiritually and physically. There is a fortune being made off of addictions. I pray you find the right help, get healthy as you can. Find natural ways to heal. Western medicine does not want you to figure it out! I’m trying to find my personalized treatment plan naturally. Dear God if I find it I will shout it to the roof tops!

When you can get back to me but my question is how can I make my doctors at the suboxone clinic understand I want to tapper off I’ve mentioned it and they I feel like forcing me to stay on it and I don’t want to be i mentioned it like 3 times already and still they won’t I’ve been on it for like 10 years and need to get off I feel like it’s a crunch and my sponsor recommended me to get off

Hi I'm on 5ml subeytex I'm dropping my self 1ml every week and iv had no withdrawals wen do you think I'm going to start to get ill

How bad was the taper for anyone taking 1 or 2 8mg for a year and a half?

I have had severe anxiety since a teen. I'm 37 yrs old now. I'm trying to get off of subtext. I can't sleep coming off this. Im in meetings and work a recovery program. Without this medication I have no cravings. My legs cram. I pour sweat. I feel like I'm losing my mind. I get depression. Mood swings. This is hard. I don't know how to do this. Plz help

I need help I can find a answer anywere can nurses be on mat suboxone treatment while working ? It's a low dose and it's my friend and he's deathly scared of getting help or asking any of his colleagues and it's impossible to find this information please help

Tapering isn’t working for me. Going to my first sublocade appointment today. Doubt I’ll get on the shot today but I’m excited. I already stopped going to my Suboxone doctor. I’m planning on getting the 300mg shot one month ; and 100mg shot the 2nd month and then ride off into the sunset. It’s been 13 damn years of Bupe ruining my life. It also saved my life but I should have only taken it short term in the beginning however I wasn’t educated and my dr definitely didn’t have my best interest at heart.

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I can’t tell you how much I wanted and needed to hear everything’s said but the background children made it super hard, sorry but I found it super frustrating

Yes it’s important I’m hoping my training and eating right and getting on top of my anxiety issues before tackling my buprenorphine issue I’m down to 3.6 and will drop again in a month but this time I’m given myself a good chance of getting clean , it took me two years of anxiety etc to getting clean of benzodiazepines so I’m hoping Iv got the tools to make the last step , good luck to everyone who is trying to make a difference in their lives x

Suboxone question. Should i spit or swallow (haha okay) the liquid after it dissolves? I heard rumors the naloxone effects you but idk?

Without withdrawals?? I thought after tapering down to 1 gram then the withdrawal start and go for months after u from 1g to nothing a day. Am I wrong ?

I Just Wanted To Say Thanks So Much For Your Help In The Last Pill Ive Gotten Away From Yay ! Thanks So Much Dr,

Can you do a video on vaping I used it to quit. Smoking I also think it helps me stay away from H and hard I have been clean about a year and a half thanks to vaping and Suboxone

Ive been on Suboxone for 10 years. How can I taper successfully? The issue for me is bad back pain. I have used this vs opoids as I was being prescribed a ridiculous amount of Opoids at that time, and needed to get off. I was taking 240 Oxy 30's per month, with fyntenal 100 micrograms per hour patches as well. So I decided to quit and get off that crap. The point is that I am tired of this medicine. I want to stop

I would like to know, if I’ve been off the subs for a month, & then took 1 , 0.4 tablet, is that going to ruin my progress? I took a 0.4 yesterday & worried that it’s put me right back.

Sorry guys but the audio...not you guys, but the children, all that background noise...just horrible

Ive been sitting here sometimes space out thinking so much of playing out my life in my mind . After ive smoked to take some sorta edge off but still damn . Why did i do what all ive done ? This shit is batshit crazy yall , why would they put that ingredient in suboxone to do people like this though? Damnnnn . And ive gotta work like this and its actual hard work! Ill never use shit ever again

This is such a important matter and I had a very hard time trying to focus on the conversation and I ended up with a lot o stress because of the noise in the background. Please next time be in a place where there is total silence and relaxation so we with problems concentrating can learn much easier and you never told us HOW to teper down with out withdrawals.

I'm on 8mg and don't feel it working for me

15 years of Suboxone n pain pill cycles.along w severe illness, my with draw is equal to dying. Not typical withdraw , and my negative family has been anti support towards me. Slow death.... Yikes

Now I’m right here back in the same seat this time learned it’s all mixed with Damn benzo

I can manage most wds, the exception being restless leg. I am taking clonidine, and some loperamide for poopies. I had to take some sub it was a tiny amount to sleep last night due to the restless leg and arms both feel like there are ants crawling in my skin. I also get strong electrical surges in my brain every time this happens. During the day I am doing pretty well other than mood swings, tearing up, and yawning a lot. I also get some aches and pains but there manageable. There is also some depression at times but its very mental possibly due to feeling all my emotions coming back. Before I would just take sub almost like a kill switch. Now I have to actually process these emotions, it can be something as simple as you need to eat something healthy, or be social, or focus on romantic relationship. Subs would mask most of these feelings.

I would love to watch this conversation/video, but damn! The background noise is driving me CRAZY. It sounds like there are kids playing in the background.

How long do you have to wait before starting subxone if you are taking fentanyl

Please do continue the same subject next week!

Dang this is rough

It was an older doctor not the current doctor. I work with just to clear that up.

NICHOLE. no problems until done. Taper was easy. The last .25 and STOP is a different story.

A doctor told my husband you can’t take the shot until your down to 2 mg or less of his 16 mg film daily . Is this true ?

TV on in background, kids, so hard to hear over them.

Hi sir u best

I don’t agree with Dr B about being on Suboxone’s for the rest of your life. Like who wants that?? No one

I feel like a big baby. I’ve been in 2mg for a year and scared to stop. From what ppl are telling me, I should have withdrawals from 2mg. The highest I ever got was 6mg . Down to 4mg a year later then down to 2mg a year after that. Anyone have experience going cold turkey off 2mg Buprenorphine? There isn’t anything lower to go down to

My daughter is having trouble finding a sober living facilitu to go to post rehab becsuse shes on subutex. Does anyone know how to find sobet livings that accept people on these meds?

I would like to take buprinorphine but it is too expensive, my insurance will not cover this it’s 2022 now.

Sound took this video before I got out of the clinic

I found when I got close to going off suboxon I did herbal liver cleansing of milk thistle to help clean out the suboxon. I think this helped lessen my withdrawal symptoms.

I'm not sure if they ever fix the echo problem but the problem is his voice is playing through doctor be computer and then Dr B computer is recording software is picking the his voice up

Gotta start taking magnesium potassium, caffiene free tea bc has l-theanine. At 8mg your receptors are 80 percent saturated, at 4 mg your receptors are still half saturated, I made mistake of jumping at 2mg and wd for months not realizing it's still a big dose... Also, Suboxone is a strange drug to ween off bc as you get to doses below 4 it starts acting as norbuperinorphine which is full agonist so that's why it gets rough. Plus it's half life is ridiculous, you really wanna start stretching as many hours as you can before dosing.. also there's no info about how it functions as an anti depressant but it does and long term use causes depression in a lot of ppl, although it's why it works for some and when they go off it they kill themselves. So if you start having suicidal thoughts seek help. I found taking small dose for two days then taking the previous dose the third day then dropping to smaller dose confuses your body into thinking it's gonna get bigger dose. Ugh. I'm gonna write a book. Message me with any questions

anyone know how to deal with depression related to suboxone? I've developed serious depression after getting on it but am afraid to come off completely.

How to do a successful methadone taper would be a good topic. It's so hard to come off the last little bit.

Yeah, good luck with that

I'm stuck on 1 8mg suboxone a day. Past three years or more i been taking just 1. I'll take a piece of it throughout the day. Yeah I should try to tapper off.

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I am on 0.4 mg twice a day and need to jump off but it’s still got a solid hold on me, I just need to be brave and do it

Self care is critical, too many off us rely on the suboxone to get us through similar to when using opiates. You , we are more important than , we. Deserve sleep , Eaton a

hi dr b i have been on methadone for 3 years now from about 6 years use of percocet prescribed by my doctor, i havent taken a pill in 3 years with no cravings i am now on 0,5ml of methadone or 5mg, my doctor wanted to switch me to suboxone once i get to 20mg but i continued till now, since im already this far what would be the best approach to finishing off my taper should i continue the taper or switch , i noticed that my plateux is 5mg i have a feeling once i get to 3mg i will lose my energy to go to work, would it be best to go cold turkey at 3 mg or just fight the withdrawals for a few month going down 1mg at a time, i just needed a second opinion thank your dr b

I tapered off suboxone back in 2011 with no problem inwas doing a lot of 80mg oxy cotton

The steps dont work for everyone

Keep yalls mics turned down and montior vol down will solve that found yall through KZfaq from tic to

Please repeat

The key to get off of suboxon is taking it once a day at the same time and it's not easy but it makes it easier to go down .when going off it's going to be crazy all the old thoughts come back so go back on a small dose.the next time you go off it we'll be much easier that first real bad withdrawal only happens once .Going in a 7 to 14 detox center would be best for this transition. The next 8 month everything gets better. There is just no easy way out but worst of it really isn't that long .Good luck it's a battle.

The judgment is going to kill me every time I’ve tried to start Suboxone I’ve backed out painfully and gone through with drawl because people are so judge mental and they have no problem being verbal and vocal at me about it I don’t understand why when I start Suboxone people can’t be happy for me and you’re doing the right thing and scared both times I was attacked by everyone around me Kaiser professionals the worst they attacked me the worst

His mic is picking your voice up and vice versa

Please do this again. I'd like to hear about the shot for getting off. I've heard others are having success with 1 shot and done?

Sounds like there’s other people talking!!!!

Due to the uneven distribution of the components, buperenorphene/naloxone,cutting strips below 2mg becomes more inaccurate.Manufactures statement.

Been on sub for years what is reduction dosage ? I want off these

This may a well be called “How we keep people on suboxone FOREVER”

Taking vivitrol will send you - if your on subs! Don’t do it! I was hallucinating and blacked out

I’ve been on suboxone for 7 years. I’ve developed atrial fibrillation of the heart. Now it’s gonna be hard to get off without possibly dying. I’m a single father and don’t know what to do 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

I want to come off of Suboxone so Bad!

I didn't watch the video but the title is a complete lie 100%. Ive been on subs for 10yrs i went down to 1mg a day and every 2 days and still had a month long withdrawal after being on 1mg a day for 3 months. Kratom is how i was able to stop thats it!

What a terrible sound, kids in the background, echo... I can't focus on it!

What is with the yelling kids in the background??!!?

I think these pills taste nasty and I hate them . I’ve been taking a half a pill for awhile . Getting ready to break half in half and start skipping days !!

Distracted by the kids constant chattering in the background and the echo issue. Just address the title: "How to taper without withdrawals."

Spent the first 6 min talking about feed back. By, by.

Excellent video, but honestly, the kid made it hard to concentrate on what was being said.

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I hear other people, children and a male voice

I’m really glad I found this Chanel ! I work in Recovery Housing and I honestly feel Suboxone is a life saving medication and it has given people they’re lives back . That being said, there is nothing wrong with staying on the medication and living your best life !

Can’t rely on suboxone for anxiety, past trauma.it’s best to have talk therapy.whatever negative feelings on any particular day , it is transient, it Will pass even if you have no suboxone.

WORSE VIDEO EVER! Yes, I'm complaining about the noise Dr. B's children were making and yes I have children. Couldn't you keep them active in another room or even outside until you completed this video. I can't believe that you actually have patients on 40mgs of Suboxone. The only person who made any sense in this video was Nicole and I thank her so much for tapering off, which I thought this entire video was about. Onto another video that can really help me.

Dr B looks very handsome. Cool ..

HORRIBLE VIDEO...CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING WITH ALL THE BACKROUND NOISE!

This guy is the WORST addiction specialist I have ever seen on you tube.

so darn noisy.

Get to the point already

For a guy that is such a pro with Suboxone, I find his tapering guide WAY TOO EXTREME/FAST. He advised that guy that he should cut one of his 8 mg doses in half?! Do you know how hard that is? A 4 mg drop just like that? Smh I thought you knew better Dr B. Especially with a guy that admitted that he sometimes abuses (takes more than prescribed) and sometimes goes a day without using. That guy needs to handle his stress in life in other ways instead of taking more suboxone or he'll never be able to taper because any discomfort will make him take

Dude bad feedback can’t listen to this echo chamber

Get to the point. You always yap way too much about irrelevant matters

If you guys are gonna try a KZfaq video live stream please try and get your sh*t together regarding the presentation. You don’t have to be a professional studio to put out a decent video. Kids in the room ? C’mon

I’ve been on suboxone for 3 years and started tapering 8 months ago. I went from 8-4-2 with no wd yet. So my doc wants me to go from 2-1 next then 1 to off. I feel like that’s too big of a drop from 1 mg but he’s saying that’s all they can do. I feel like he just doesn’t want me to come off so he’s gonna force me to wd and get back on. Anybody jump off at 1 mg?

Christ at the time I was just taking Oxy like 3 times a day. Had Covid and had no opiates for 5 days. Withdrawal was over. Suboxone I hate. I feel like crying all the time. Have horrible anxiety. I stArted on January and I’m getting off this crap. I no longer work 56 hours a week have no motivation. It’s a scam. It’s a crap drug. Oxy 3 times a day is better. Constipation so bad I have to take lactulose. Suboxone is horrible.