crunchyplanets
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Also, i want to add that smoking cigarettes and drinking caffeine can send your anxiety into overload. You probably already know this though. I notice on days that i drink too much coffee, my mind goes absolutely bonkers.
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Benzo dependence... is it worth it?
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CosmicG
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I literally just walked out of a rehab facility after detoxing from Xanax and etizolam. I promise this is a road you do not ever want to find yourself wandering down. Absolute hell. I could not imagine quitting cold turkey. Tapering for me was impossible. If you have an extremely addictive personality like I do then don't do it. I had to detox with Librium and Neurontin and fifteen days later I still don't feel quite like myself.
no, not at all... i was in ur place a year ago with severe PTSD and social anxiety.. i was deep in benzo dependency and thought whatever ill stay on it for the rest of my life i don't care i never want to get off of these because ill only feel even worse than how i feel now.... little did i know the benzos over time just made me so depressed i got off of them through a super rough 3month detox/rehab thing and felt so much better i will never touch them again...
eventually u will need a higher and higher dose because they will stop working and ull be up to a lethal dose... its better to find permanent solutions to anxiety problems.. u can only increase ur dose so many times as u gain tolerance before the dose kills u... u have to find a way without drugs because ur body can only take so many drugs before it gives out (this might take years in ur case, but still u don't want to go down a decade long road of taking increasingly higher doses of benzos shutting yourself out from the world not living life..
eventually u will need a higher and higher dose because they will stop working and ull be up to a lethal dose... its better to find permanent solutions to anxiety problems.. u can only increase ur dose so many times as u gain tolerance before the dose kills u... u have to find a way without drugs because ur body can only take so many drugs before it gives out (this might take years in ur case, but still u don't want to go down a decade long road of taking increasingly higher doses of benzos shutting yourself out from the world not living life..
David Wooderson
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f you think you have panic attacks now, just wait until your so acclimated to benzo's that they stop working, while your heavily dependent on them. You will truly experience panic and anxiety. I thought I had bad anxiety before benzo's, after being on 8mg's of clonazapam for 4.5 years and then going through detox I had straight up terror for months. It subsided and now nothing fades me.
Some people are unable to function after a benzo dependence.
8mgs is a MASSIVE dosage.
I was on 1.5mgs daily for 11 years and had almost no withdrawals even after stopping cold turkey but 8mgs is enough to give anyone hell.
Honestly I can't imagine any doctor prescribing that high a dosage of Klonopin for anyone and I'm going to guess that you chose that dosage yourself though if I'm wrong I apologize.
That seems higher than could possibly be considered therapeutic.
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Actually, if you are on the correct dosage of a medication and taking it under doctor's supervision it is possible to never need to increase your dosage beyond a certain point.
Sure, you will slowly gain tolerance but if you don't abuse a medication and take it correctly certain benzo dosages can work consistently for years depending on exactly how you respond to it and what the drug is.
For 11 years I was on 1.5mgs of Klonopin and it never stopped working for me up until I got off of it.
This is so true! same thing happened to me, except i had only been taking it for 1.5years before i detoxed... its very rough... the best is just to never start in the first place...
David Wooderson
Bluelighter
It was for seizures and was Rx'd, no I didn't choose that, started on 2mg and was increased until I stopped having seizures. At the time I would laugh about the benzo/suboxone risks because I was also prescribed 16mg's daily by the same doctor, thank god I never had any problem with the combo other than being bombed 24-7.
I'm so glad I'm free because no place would take me at that dose except the place I was admitted, that scared the crap out of me.
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ThePharmacist4925
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The benzodiazepine you are using is not even FDA approved. It has not been on the market for a long time. There are probably no good studies on the long term or short term side effects of this chemical. I understand wanting a way out of your anxious cage that you probably live in, it's okay, I live in one too. Benzodiazepine addictions are really hard on people, the rebound anxiety is too much for many people to handle. What happens once you are hooked and you try to resupply only to find out your hook-up has been pushed out of business. I get wanting to be free of anxiety, I've spent significant amounts of time in psychiatric facilities dealing with aforementioned anxiety disorders. Seizures suck, I've unfortunately witnessed a lot of them and even had to put a credit card in a person's mouth while I hold them from behind to minimize physical harm they may cause to themselves while flailing about. I'd highly recommend ending up in a situation where missing a couple doses results in seizures that cause permanent mental or physical damage.
It would be a bad decision to allow yourself to become physically dependent on benzodiazepines that haven't been prescribed by a doctor in your country.
It would be a bad decision to allow yourself to become physically dependent on benzodiazepines that haven't been prescribed by a doctor in your country.
pally pete
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15 years later and a lot of ex Benzo users still don't feel quite like themselves.
CosmicG
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^ yes well nothing I can do but stay positive and try not to dwell on my symptoms too much. I have only been using them for a little over a year, so I feel that there is hope for me yet. My dosages were never insanely high, just multiple times throughout the day due to the short half life of my benzos. I feel better today then I did yesterday so there is improvement!
《Plasticity》
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^ Great way of handling the situation, as hard as it was staying somewhat positive is what got me through etizolam withdrawal. It may have taken 3 months feel 100% after a small habit but now I feel better than ever, something that was hard to imagine in the depths of withdrawal. 3 months may seem like like a long time, but it definitely gets better and nobody is to say your withdrawal will last that long. You should be getting past the acutes pretty soon so stay strong, things will be looking up soon.
To answer the OP... Hell no, for the grand majority it's not worth it.
To answer the OP... Hell no, for the grand majority it's not worth it.
Alraune89
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I'm starting benzos. Using them only just for last three weeks. ( alpralazom,xanax ) pills makes betteee person, I guess, so that is a big fact why firstly, this feeling could give addictive feelings too. i'm warned and I better suggest to be carefull..
But, offcourse, if benzos works and doctors decribed them specially for your own personal problems, that you have to take thous pills to feel better, for example, for thous who suffer hardly from A D syndrome or heavy anxiety...
But, offcourse, if benzos works and doctors decribed them specially for your own personal problems, that you have to take thous pills to feel better, for example, for thous who suffer hardly from A D syndrome or heavy anxiety...