Author: TeeJay
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 7:47 am
Hey Oiler.
How long you need to stop using for before induction depends a lot on how much you were using. I’m not from your part of the world, so I’m unfamiliar with how pure your supply was, or even how much a bundle weighs. Just to be cautious, I’d give yourself 24 hours before dosing. Some people can manage 12-18 hours, but the reality is the longer you wait the better. Ideally if you can wait 6-7 days, you won’t even need to resort to sub!
Something that you can do to make it easier is do a test dose. This can help you gauge whether you’re ready to induce or not. ie hang out for as long as possible, then take just a tiny bit of one of those 8mg tabs. Try and only take about 1mg. Then listen to your body – has it made your withdrawal symptoms better or worse? If it relieves your withdrawal, it’s a sign that you’re ready. If it makes your withdrawal feel worse and you start to feel jittery, then hold off a few hours before you take more. Symptoms of precipitated withdrawal are similar to withdrawal, but it also has a real speedy jittery feel to it.
The idea of a test dose is to ease yourself onto Sub rather than take a whole lot and possibly end up paying for it.
As for the rapid detox idea … Been there done that a few times. 20 x 8mg Subs will be heaps more than what you’ll likely need. You only need enough Sub to last you a few days. Use the Sub only to relieve your H withdrawal symptoms. Don’t look at it as a replacement drug. View it as an aid to relieve withdrawals. If you take the Sub for more than a few days, you’ll begin to become dependent on Suboxone, so only take for as long as you need to relieve the H withdrawal.
All said and done, home detoxes don’t work UNLESS you’re ready to put in the work to stay clean. I’d definitely look at getting some kind of help to give you a leg-up into recovery. Rehab, counselling, meetings, getting a new phone number etc. You can’t just take Sub for a lil while and expect everything to be okay.
Also, there’s no way to do detox pain-free. Detox isn’t fun. Sub can make it a bit easier, but it won’t make you feel like you’re stoned. If it does, you’re taking too much.