How Am I Going to Get Through This Horrible Benzo Withdrawal?

[TheDanishGirl]

I think the withdrawal should have subsided now, this past week I have felt no symptoms. It is about 4 weeks since I reduced my dosis and I have not reduced it further.....but yesterday and today I have been miserable and depressed. Could it still be the lack of benzo's which is affecting my brain and my overall well being?

I am on 2 ADD's besides the benzo.

 

[Christophe_85]

Felt "good" for about a week, but now I feel so bad again I contemplate suicide all the time, and my 2 year plan is still intact. I can not live this way in the long run. It is way too draining and exhausting.

I will see in the next year if their will be any improvement. basically if I can keep my life or not.

Sometimes I feel exactly the same... So my advice is to try to live your life day by day...

I was thinking a lot about suicide at the beginning of this year but now I want to try to improve my daily life and try to relax more...

Anything that you can do to help you relax and cope better is advised !

 

[linearb]

I think the withdrawal should have subsided now, this past week I have felt no symptoms. It is about 4 weeks since I reduced my dosis and I have not reduced it further.....but yesterday and today I have been miserable and depressed. Could it still be the lack of benzo's which is affecting my brain and my overall well being?

I am on 2 ADD's besides the benzo.

Benzo withdrawal is notorious for being very up-and-down, "waves and windows". It's also possible to remain on a consistent, stable dose of a benzo and still have withdrawal symptoms, because your body becomes tolerant to that dose so it is creating a demand for more benzo.

Additionally, being on two other drugs, makes it incredibly difficult for anyone to really have an understanding of what's going on in your brain -- most of these drugs have not really been studied that well in isolation, let alone in random combinations.

 

[Luman]

I think the withdrawal should have subsided now, this past week I have felt no symptoms. It is about 4 weeks since I reduced my dosis and I have not reduced it further.....but yesterday and today I have been miserable and depressed. Could it still be the lack of benzo's which is affecting my brain and my overall well being?

I am on 2 ADD's besides the benzo.

I think that all people who have come off a heavy regimen of habit forming drugs have depression and anxiety symptoms, for a while at least, part of the brain is asking you to give it the drugs again - but don't do it unless you really have to. You're out of the danger zone, it's only the psychological part that is acting up and that can be very difficult. It will subside. I stopped smoking cigarettes totally 26 years ago and still have dreams about smoking, but I have no desire to smoke anymore, and have not for decades.

I got my Clonazepam Rx yesterday, two 1 mg pills twice a day for 3 weeks. I think that this is a large dose to start on, so I broke one in half this morning, to make it .5 mg, and took it with good results so far. I'm going to go out for a while and see how I feel later, and if anxiety returns I'll take the other .5 mg piece and see how I feel tomorrow. I'd rather not take this stuff every day, if I can manage that. Usually the T pretty quiet at home after a few hours of being up, but going out and hearing noise in the street sets it off, for the rest of the day, with anxiety, and I'm curious to see how the Clonazepam works under these circumstances.

 

[Scared111]

@Luman, if you can get your MD to prescribe it to you, I would take it. You are not going to get addicted to clonazepam if you use it for a month or two. I took it years ago for a few months and got off of it without any problems. So 3 days after I woke up with loud T in my head I found some extra pills and didn't hesitate to take them. Took the tinnitus out of my head to a mild hiss in my ear. I took it about 5 or more weeks so I could fall asleep and stop my anxiety. Then I got off of it slowly by titrating not cutting doses. It involves crushing pills everyday, putting in liquid and taking out millimeters a day. It seems like alot of trouble but believe me less anxiety!!

does the tinnitus remain lower after you got off? or it went back to its original volume?

 

[VincentWinters]

I will see in the next year if their will be any improvement. basically if I can keep my life or not.

No Sandra you can't force your self into a time table, its just going to make you more miserable having that hang over you. It'll just be counter productive. Never give up on life, I know things are so, so hard now, but I promise you things will and do get better.

 

[Mkc28]

@Scared111, yes in my case it did. The clonazapam helped my anxiety big time. When I got off of it my T did start to get a bit louder. I think it was anxiety starting to creep in again. But I was able to not panic over it and it gradually lowered over the next week and has continued to lower. You really need to stay on benzos till you are sleeping well and your anxiety over T is gone or somewhat gone or it might come right back. But anyway, I've had T 4 months and 2 weeks tomorrow and my hissing in my left ear during the day is mostly gone. At night it gets a little louder 1, 2 or 3 on a scale of 10, it varies, but it doesn't bother me. And the past week I've been waking up to quiet which before I would hear it a bit when I first woke, and I can stay in bed and enjoy the quietness!!

 

[MBH]

A neor doc gave me nortriptyline @25mg I held off for awhile due to the other doctors would not give me anything. So I did it for three weeks, but during that time I had a bad time with it bad drug and I knew it was not working. Then I went back to the GP she told me to try Zoloft @50mg. TY sandrakd for posting withdrawals symptoms , otherwise I would not have known, I've been withdrawal for a week. I was never on anything before. I've been trying to deal with anxiety without trying Zoloft. If you calm down with T does anxiety go away. I never had anxiety before until T came along. I know people with T but never had the anxiety with it.

 

[JasonP]

I sympathize with you. I have heard about some people switching to chlordiazepoxide to taper. I have no experience with that medication so I can't tell you much other than you could research it yourself or talk to an educated doctor about it. I hope you feel better asap.

 

[MBH]

Educated doc I didn't know they are out there Ive been to few and they pass me along with no one taking control they just hope I go away. I'm going to try a therapist next. TY for your advise.

 

[Virginia1027]

The very same thing happened to me. Pure hell for six weeks. INTENSE anxiety, sweated through my clothes, constant crying...just awful. There is hope, though! It does end - I promise!

Definitely taper off slowly. I went cold turkey and that made things way worse.

I will pray for you. In the meantime, do not worry. This will NOT last forever!