Benzo Withdrawl question

[patrick123]

Hello, I havent posted in this forum for awhile and I need some advice .

I was prescribed klonipin .5 mg 60 pills. I took them in about 10 days. Then I got off them for about 23 days. Then for about 14 days I felt like total crap, and then i started to feel relief after about 2 weeks but still woke up feeling extremly bad. Then I took adivan 0.5 mg for about 7 days pretty hardcore, 2 mg whenever I felt anxious. Then about 3 days ago I quit. I'm the type of person who ALWAYS gets withdrawls even if I take AD's for 2 days. Furthermore, I cant sleep, and my sex drive is through the roof and I feel eletric shocks through out my body,constant tearing up, and it wont stop. I thought about tapering off, but I feel like I can do this without it. Although, I'm thinking maybe I should. I feel like I'm in hell. IDK. I just want to be clean and the thought about taking those drugs again is just a nightmare. So confused......

I didnt know the dangers about these drugs till now. FML. I know how dangerous they are now. I hope its not too late. Right now I excersise everyday, and eat completly healthy. Althoug I do drink Diet pepsi to help ease the symptoms, I know its not the best thing to do.

 

[ADDlCTlON]

exercising and taking drugs all day, do you work? but seriously as with any drug if you cant hang try committing yourself to an in-patient detox. If you want to be clean be clean, not trying to be meen but grow a backbone and man up & dry up. Either you need support or you dont, all this fall back is just procrastination to the kick, just get it over with man

 

[patrick123]

You're a fool I just graduated college and trying to get a job right now. I had anxiety my whole life and was trrying something new. I should have researched about it a little more I do admit.

Any advice from someone not trying to be a troll?

 

[qwe]

Hello, I havent posted in this forum for awhile and I need some advice .

I was prescribed klonipin .5 mg 60 pills. I took them in about 10 days. Then I got off them for about 23 days. Then for about 14 days I felt like total crap, and then i started to feel relief after about 2 weeks but still woke up feeling extremly bad. Then I took adivan 0.5 mg for about 7 days pretty hardcore, 2 mg whenever I felt anxious. Then about 3 days ago I quit. I'm the type of person who ALWAYS gets withdrawls even if I take AD's for 2 days. Furthermore, I cant sleep, and my sex drive is through the roof and I feel eletric shocks through out my body,constant tearing up, and it wont stop. I thought about tapering off, but I feel like I can do this without it. Although, I'm thinking maybe I should. I feel like I'm in hell. IDK. I just want to be clean and the thought about taking those drugs again is just a nightmare. So confused......

I didnt know the dangers about these drugs till now. FML. I know how dangerous they are now. I hope its not too late. Right now I excersise everyday, and eat completly healthy. Althoug I do drink Diet pepsi to help ease the symptoms, I know its not the best thing to do.

you have these w/d's from 10 days? and less days?

you could be psyching yourself up

whether it's "in your head mostly" or not, i'd reccomend some clonidine for the after effects. it'd calm you down

wait a second... if you take clonidine for a day you'll probly get a rebound from that too lol

you seem unable to access modern pharmacopeia because your brain signals react strongly to disbalance... alternative treatments are all over the internet, and good luck on this journey. they seem to be your only solution as far as i can tell

 

[ADDlCTlON]

You're a fool I just graduated college and trying to get a job right now. I had anxiety my whole life and was trrying something new. I should have researched about it a little more I do admit.

Any advice from someone not trying to be a troll?

i have severe anxiety and irrational fears, so i can relate to your "Need help asap please!!", Ive kicked so many times i know your "I feel like I'm in hell". Im just saying if you want that "I just want to be clean" stop using everything for 30days, get some clean time under your belt, I know its hard but if you want to beat the problem your gonna have to fight it.

just get your 30 days bro, get a support network of sober people you can talk too while you get those days, there are many free centers that offer a wide range of programs, google rehabs in your area. most offer both in paintent and out paintent programs and most have meetings all day and shrinks and alot of people that are going through the same thing you are.

going to shrinks/doctors and getting meds is only doing half of the work, gotta hit up the programs/meetings/counseling sessions/etc and work em. You might need meds for awhile, and thats ok, but I bet if you work the problem correct soon the meds will be a tool you use instead of them using you. Xanax is a miracle drug for me & i only use it when i need it. Ive used it twice in my whole life and each time it helped my mind rationalize things and im in a better place because of it, its a drug i will respect and not abuse.

waking up and feeling like shlt is what happens when you use, most of the general public that takes pills dont even know there having withdrawal effects when they stop. they think there sick or having a cold. tapering off is the best way to kick if you can do it, even doctors recommend tapering off meds. Its never too late.

Good luck and dont give up. Peace

 

[Mylittlesecret]

I have extreme anxiety. To the point my body creates crazy symptoms and I end up in the er. Xanax is the one and only thing that has helped me. But I only take certain doses and never ever abuse it because it's my life saver. Even though I have addiction problems my brain let's me rest with Xanax. And I only take it when needed or for preventive when anxiety is probable. With that said. Your anxiety makes the recovery harder but recovery itself can be helped with anxiety meds. The one that starts with a k is just like Xanax only without addiction fears and bad side effects. But since I have always used Xanax I prefer it bc I know it works. You definately should use sleeping pills to help. Your body needs the rest to recover. You can do it. It's hard but try to be positive. If you can't on your own do not feel bad. You are "maning up" by trying to take control of your addiction. Don'tet anyone make you feel guilty. Addiction is illness. Besides. Everyones mind and body deals with drugs, side effects, and recovery different. So no one can judge your recovery based on their opinions. People need to be supportive. A lot of people try and fail. You might be a strong person normaly, but addictions make us weak. The sickness can over ride everything. Just don't give up. Don't give in to it. You have decided it is a problem. You won't be happy getting high during this illness. So don't let it win. You ARE stronger than the addiction. Everyone is. But you have to find your strength and fight for it. You are in a fight with yourself. Only you can do it. You want this. Keep telling yourself that. Tell yourself your going to do this. Get mad at your addiction and say you aren't going to take it, you stopping. Period. Right now your addiction is making you question yourself. It's the addiction that is tellig you it's too hard and you might not be able to do it. It's making the steps seem impossible. But I will tell you first had. This is not impossible. I have been addicted to just about everything at some point. When I do drugs or drink I get in deep. One addiction at a time. But I always end up with it being a huge problem. I start things thinkng I'll be ok. I'm always wrong. But I do stuff bc I enjoy the head changes. I don't plan on the worst happening. I have never had treatment or been in a rehab. I have been very addicted to things and it was deep. It affected my life greatly. I'd lose everything with one or i'd mess a lot up with another. It was always the same process. I don't want to quit to I can't quit. Every single time. After pain and tears and fights. At some point I'd just say. Screw this. I'm done! And I'd quit. Some I had to taper down and some I quit cold turkey. I'd go through recovery alone in my head. It was my fight and no one could help me. No matter how sick I got or how bad I wanted it, once I was done, done! But that's me. Most people need help. And that's ok. It's bc they are convinced by what the addiction tells them. Regardless what you say to others, you have got to enternaly get honest with youself. I wish you all the luck with this fight. You can do this!

 

[TheFDA]

Obviously everybody reacts differently to every substance, but you shouldn't be experiencing physical withdrawal from any of that. I believe that the minimum amount of time it's supposed to take somebody to get any sort of tolerance or dependence of Klonopin is two months, & with Ativan I think it's closer to a month or six weeks.

Perhaps some of the symptoms you're experiencing aren't from withdrawal & are more the sort of symptoms that lead you to end up going on Benzos in the first place?