Benzos Benzo Taper Plan

[mike.vick]

I have been addicted to benzos for 10 months and want to stop. I saw the taper plan of 10% reduction per week, with a 2-week break after 50% of total dose is reached.

How will I react to this taper? I have quit opiates successfully last month, and weed as well, although, I am getting more weed next week.

ThankYou!!!

 

[mike.vick]

Bump.

 

[spacejunk]

I think it depends what benzo/s you are on, as to how easily/effectively any taper plan is likely to be.
Long lasting benzos are generally used for tapering; i used diazepam.

I don't know what your situation is like regarding having your taper medically supervised, but if you can do some kind of outpatient treatment, i would recommend it, although i'm lucky to have that sort of thing provided free where i live, so i know it isn't possible for everyone to do it that way. Benzo wd can be really dangerous, but i'm sure you don't need me to tell you that.

i can't make an informed reply to your question, but there are some benzo tapering plans that you can find online, such as the Ashton Manual.

Good job getting off the dope.

 

[kleinerkiffer]

How will I react to this taper? I have quit opiates successfully last month, and weed as well, although, I am getting more weed next week.

Sorry, but only time will tell.
Some people react really bad after just taking benzos for a few month and some people have no problem quitting with a proper taper, even after years of taking benzos. I really hope you belong to the latter.
And imo the mind plays a huge role in benzo withdrawal, so try and not think about it too much.
Good luck!

 

[mike.vick]

^^^ Thanks man, Yeah I hear the taper is hell- Stevie Nicks said Klonopin is the worst drug in the world, she spent 60 days in-patient at a hospital to get off it.

I hope someone else has experience with getting off Benzos.

 

[spacejunk]

Honestly, i found it a breeze with a good doctor.
I was taking insane amounts of RC benzos for years - that they'd never heard of (phenazepam, flubromazolam) - yet a good slow taper and i was fine.
I might be one of the lucky ones though.

 

[mike.vick]

Thanks bud ^^ What was your taper like? I switch from xanax to klonopin a couple months ago with the intention on tapering 10% per week, Haven't started it yet.

 

[spacejunk]

Well, i really fucked up last year, had a seizure and spent time in hospital.
Was moving house and forgot to take a dose or something.
I fell into benzo abuse/addiction after a ten year opiate habit.

Then when i got out of hospital - dazed as fuck - i hadnt really put 2+2 together as to why it happened.

So i relapsed on f-lam when i got out, and it eventually dawned on me that the seizures and psychosis were from benzo withdrawal. Duh, right?

I was taking hideous amounts of benzos though. Really bad. Like 5000 doses in 2/3 months bad.
Dont remember much from that period.

So i spoke to my drug counsellor, she got me into an inpatient detox where they stabilised me on diaz. Meant to be in there for a week.
That went fine, so they dropped my doses pretty aggressively in there (halving my diaz dose per day, doing obs and making sure i wasnt about to seize up). That went fine, and on day 5 they let me go home (cos the food was shit and i'm a healthy eater, which was my only health complaint in there - besides the expected insomnia)
Then over the next ~3 months they tapered me down on diaz as an outpatient.
I found it easy....then i jumped off 5mg diazepam with no discomfort whatsoever.

Was really glad to have a good medical team overseeing the whole thing, after my WD trainwreck. That was scary.
But you should be fine, just be as strict with yourself as possible IMO.
Good luck!