Author: Romeo

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:18 am

Hey jspa88,

By far, the best thing I did during my wd was to take Clonidine, the blood pressure medication that Breezy_Ann mentioned. I tried a bunch of herbal crap, but it really didn’t do anything for me. I know others have had success with some of the herbal supplements, but they just didn’t do anything for me.

Another thing I wanted to mention is that you are very likely to suffer at least some kind of mild wd symptoms when you quit Suboxone, even if you taper very low. The wd symptoms will be greatly minimized by tapering very low, but you’re still probably going to experience some wd. The Clonidine will help minimize those.

Once you do quit, you’re going to find that keeping your mind and body occupied will help you to get through your wd. Your brain will be screaming at you to sit on the couch and not move, but that’s the worst thing you can do. You have to force yourself to get up and get active, it’ll help.

BTW, when you say you take the "tiniest amount and you’ll be fine all day", are you talking about taking the tiniest amount of an 8mg pill or a 2mg pill. The tiniest amount of an 8mg pill is probably around 1mg, which is still a decent amount of Suboxone for someone trying to quit. The tiniest amount of a 2mg pill is around .25mg which is a much better amount to be tapering off of.