Benzos

[Noodlebug]

How many of you guys on SS, want to CTB due to Benzo withdrawal?
I've been reading about how awful it is, completely debilitating and it can be so bad that people choose to end their lives :-(

 

[Worthless_nobody]

It's not my main reason for ctb but I completely understand how absolutely awful benzo withdrawal is. So sorry your going through this. I'm badly addicted to benzos.. trying to get off again but I just don't want to face withdrawal. I successfully tapered off by myself because I couldn't afford dr or inpatient stay. The withdrawal and tapering off were brutal. I wish I had never touched meds or drugs in the first place.

 

[DeadButDreaming]

Not me, but I think I should be proscribed them. I think my condition calls for them.

 

[nitroautnz]

Wow, i wasnt aware of such an horrible thing it was and i m glad i never try to get prescribed for it.

 

[MrAsclepius]

It's the only thing that deters me...I've taken a plethora of medication for panic disorder and I'm worried benzos are coming next. Getting off bp meds was hard enough, I don't know if I'll be able to handle benzo withdrawal.

Benzos are double edged swords, in a way.

 

[Apathy's Girl]

I'm tapering off now and can't sleep. I just lay awake twitching and having weird muscle spasms. It's awful, but what is even worse is this isn't the first time I'm getting off them.

 

[Cherry Crumpet]

I know they aren't good, but I've been on xanax with a script for over a decade. I hate it but it makes life bearable at times when it's really bad for me. I know I abuse it and take it to just numb myself to my reality.

 

[Ch92921]

dont like the benzos. they just paralized me. But deep inside I was still unhappy or depressed.

 

[Paralysed&Poorly2]

Benzo withdrawal is toxic it's the worst thing ever. I was very proud to get off it but on hard day's I could really do with one.

 

[Ch92921]

Benzo withdrawal is toxic it's the worst thing ever. I was very proud to get off it but on hard day's I could really do with one.

wait

how long dud you take it and how many months it last?

its because i have consumed Valium for three months. now i am 15 months off and still have headpressure

 

[Paralysed&Poorly2]

wait

how long dud you take it and how many months it last?

its because i have consumed Valium for three months. now i am 15 months off and still have headpressure

I took them for nearly three years and it's been a year and half since I last took any.

Are you sure that the head pressure is because of this or could it be something else

 

[Ch92921]

It's the only thing that deters me...I've taken a plethora of medication for panic disorder and I'm worried benzos are coming next. Getting off bp meds was hard enough, I don't know if I'll be able to handle benzo withdrawal.

Benzos are double edged swords, in a way.

Experience in quetiapin withdrawal?

Benzo withdrawal is toxic it's the worst thing ever. I was very proud to get off it but on hard day's I could really do with one.

How long have you consumed?
How long symptoms lasted?

 

[Wrennie]

How many of you guys on SS, want to CTB due to Benzo withdrawal?
I've been reading about how awful it is, completely debilitating and it can be so bad that people choose to end their lives :-(

I just ran out of my Klonopin and they won't refill my prescription until a specific date. I took too many per day. I guess more suffering is in store for me...

 

[killedbypsychiatry]

How many of you guys on SS, want to CTB due to Benzo withdrawal?
I've been reading about how awful it is, completely debilitating and it can be so bad that people choose to end their lives :-(

benzos are part of what injured me so I guess me too :/ I was cold turkey'ed of benzodiazepines and SSRIs a year ago and still have many symptoms, although thankfully my akathisia (which I think is one of the worst symptoms that can make someone ctb) has dissipated a lot but I still have many awful sxs. But I cannot know which are from the benzo or SSRIs

 

[Trojan]

I've been on Clonazapam for 8 years. The one time I tried to get off it I was so miserable that I couldn't function. I will stay on until I am no longer around.

 

[greyhound]

wait

how long dud you take it and how many months it last?

its because i have consumed Valium for three months. now i am 15 months off and still have headpressure

headpressure could be a symptom of chronic infection. Benzos suppress the immune system so it's possible some infection established itself while you were on them. Head pressure is a symptom of Babesia. Plus it can also cause anxiety so may have contributed to why you were on them.

 

[Ch92921]

headpressure could be a symptom of chronic infection. Benzos suppress the immune system so it's possible some infection established itself while you were on them. Head pressure is a symptom of Babesia. Plus it can also cause anxiety so may have contributed to why you were on them.

No its caused by valium withdrawal. It last very long. But I guess in month 18,19 it will be over. I am in month 17.

I have never experienced anxiety during my benzo withdrawal.

my symptoms were:
insomnia, painful paresthesias, painful numbness of my left arm, feeling of weakness, feeling of falling unconsciousness, muscle spasm, waking up in the middle of the night with tachardia, sweating, itchiness and headpressure.

All symptoms are gone only headpressure perists as a PAWS.

 

[greyhound]

No its caused by valium withdrawal. It last very long. But I guess in month 18,19 it will be over. I am in month 17.

Well I hope for your sake that is the case. Because Babesia is freaking hard to get rid of (I've got it) and head pressure sucks.

 

[Weary Soul]

It is one of the reasons for me.

Benzos were the only med that ever helped me, and helped me to be functional. I have been on every antidepressant out there - and absolutely none of them work, and ironically they too can cause severe withdrawal symptoms.

I have also had seizures as a result of withdrawal as well as being put on atypical antipsychotics (I have severe anxiety, cPTSD, and social anxiety not to mention some severe traumatic brain injuries).

I was on Xanax for 9 years at a dose of 3 mg/kg/day - never needed a dose increase, and it worked. My doc decided it was making me depressed (ummm - no, my life situation was depressing me but not to the point it was causing me any problems) and he arbitrarily decided to take me off them (just about cold turkey). I wrote about it in another thread.

I have to add the caveat that we are all different and what happened to me may not happen to others.

But yes, because he took me off of benzos, which were pretty benign for me and enabled me to function coupled with the severe withdrawal effects that almost killed me and permanently disabled me, it is one of the reasons I am here. If I knew then that this would have happened, I would never have touched them.