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Benzos 5 weeks clean from methadone, still feeling shit, questions about benzo cessation.

Tryptamite

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I went to an inpatient detox 9 weeks ago. I came off 60mg methadone over 4 weeks. 5mg to 0mg was the hardest. I left the first day without any medication and proceeded to eat 17 7.5mg zopiclone over a 12 hour period without any sleep.

I continued to take zopiclone and smoke weed for a week but the WDs kept lingering and the zimovane wasn't really working.
I bought 150 1mg Xanax tablets. I have been taking them along with Valium and zimovane over the last 3-4 weeks in varying amounts (6/7mg per day and most recently down to 3mg and the last 2 days I have taken 0.5mg.)

I believe I am almost over the methadone withdrawals. I had a 4 or 5 year heroin habit with most of that time also spent on methadone maintenance.
I have never experienced benzo withdrawal but I believe I am in for some now.

Add to the zopiclone and 150 xanax - 2 weeks on Valium before detox and Librium in detox.

I am in severe discomfort. Digestive system fucked. No appetite. No energy. Extremely cold. Food goes through me. Have been feeling this way since I started reducing the Xanax. Still excessively yawning, no idea why. Feels similar to opiate WDs but no restless legs or sweating.

What am I in for? How long? I'm not shaking, I think I am unlikely to havE a seizure.

I don't want to buy any more benzos but could get Valium or z drug zopiclone which works on same receptors I believe. Also can get sedating anti psychotic zispin (mirtazipiene).

I have weed. I have alcohol and gbl at my disposal. Rather not take them now. Do they work on same receptors? Would they just prolong WDs?

Any info, experience or advice appreciated. It has been a hard 2 months. Feeling very miserable now, seems like this shit will never end. Jesus fucking monkey tits.
 
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