Recent content by BenzoMom

Hi Ela. Please research the Ashton Manual - it needs to be a gradual switchover. There's a lot of information in the manual and honestly, it's just a starting point. I had to go way slower than she recommends and I did a liquid microtaper, taking a little less every single day. However, many...

I'm so sorry to hear this and can empathize greatly - this was definitely one of my worst symptoms in tapering. Are you also weaning of a benzodiazepine? Mine got better immediately after my crossover from Klonopin to Valium and has stayed much better - it was after this point that I was able...

Hi. Yes, it did, after my crossover to Valium. See my latest post above. I finished my taper over 4 months ago and it's still way better. I still have some tinnitus but that's also better and mostly shows up at night.

Hi Catherine. I'm not active on here but I got your message through the thread. I'm SO sorry for what you are enduring. Cutting from 1mg to .5mg of Xanax in a couple of weeks is going to bring on severe withdrawal symptoms for many. If you haven't already, I would look into the Ashton...

Hi @AccidentalAddict . I'm so sorry! It would have been nice if the doctors would have warned us that getting off these damn things is often harder than street drugs, huh?! I'm doing better for now. I crossed over to Valium over several weeks and am doing a very slow liquid microtaper (using...

@grate_biff PLEASE do not end your life. I beg of you. I am 100% confident that a lot of this is from benzo withdrawal. I am in several support groups and the tinnitus and hyperacusis is extremely common for those of us in tolerance, tapering, etc. As someone who relentlessly experienced...

I like the Lane. I'm Catholic and we believe in purgatory. I am likely serving my purgatory time right now. It's so intense and horrendous.

Oh, I'm going plenty slow but I'm suffering pretty severely so I'm not going to drag it out for years like that. I'm going at 10% per month and had to slow it to 9% per month. If things improve with a crossover to Valium, I may take it slower, we will see. When you are in hell, the only way...

Hi there. Struggling and suffering immensely......BUT, I have switched one of my clonazepam doses 2.5 days ago for diazepam and the hyperacusis has settled. I am having other severe symptoms, BUT, it became clear to me several days ago that my hyperacusis was worse because of interdose...

I went back to the ENT - eardrum is fine. I think when the audiologist fit me for my musician earplugs, she poked my eardrum as I felt it when she pushed down in there. In addition, I had been doing some facial massage/TMJ massage. Since then, I can feel the stab in my left ear when I get a...

@grate_biff Hang in there. You are getting close - much closer than me. I am doing a microtaper and it's very brutal. Only 25% down from 2 months ago. I can't go any faster. Anyhow, look into low gain hearing aids once you are done, with custom molded ear plugs. The plugs can keep noises...

Thanks - and you find them quite comfortable? More so than the ones that go into the ear? It's going to stink if I've paid $230 for musician earplugs and can't even wear them.....

@Earing I am thinking of ordering the Docs Proplugs because I think the foam kind have been irritating my ear canal too much. Do you get vented or unvented?

So this is a new one for me. It feels like my eardrum is bruised, maybe from wearing earplugs too much, etc, on my left ear. My left ear, for years has always had some issues, feeling full, etc and even some occlusion. But never any hearing issues until the last several months, of course...

@Marc22 I apologize. I thought you were recommending consistent use of benzo, not intermittent. Infrequent usage is not generally a problem but there's a fine line that has to be walked with them.....that's why they can be dangerous. I'm sorry about your depression. I completely...