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About to withdrawal from benzos.

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cavzfan2002

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I've been using generic k-pin for about 6 months now. The messy part is I have been doing so without a prescription which is a recipe for disaster. I have been using 1.5mg per day to manage my anxiety, insomnia. However, I have about a three days supply and no way to get more. I've been through benzo withdrawal before and it is HELL. I know that once it begins there is really nothing you can do to make it better, only time will help. I've idiotically tired coping with it in the past with heavy alcohol use which I firsthand found out that it is the worst thing you can do. I do not have health insurance so this is going to be a nightmare. Any feedback or tips on how I can make it through this or if I should attempt to even go to the free clinic due to lack of insurance, would be greatly appreciated.
 
Get to a doctor as soon as possible, and tell them you are about to go through benzodiazepine withdrawal. Since there is a chance the withdrawal may produce life-threatening symptoms (myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, seizures, psychosis) they will be required by their Hippocratic Oath to help, or at least not to harm. To turn you back to the street would cause harm through inaction. You should get some benzos to taper then.

If you do get turned down, just go into the emergency room when the tachycardia gets bad (resting heart rate above 150 or so) and you will get something (clonidine (which btw, I recommend to find if you can), baclofen (this can be just as bad as benzos imo) or pregabalin/gabapentin (again, can be just as bad as baclofen, as they are gabaergic)) which can alleviate the worst of the withdrawal symptoms.

It seems to me that you have the right attitude. This shouldn't be a fatal endeavor even in the worst of circumstances (look up other benzo withdrawal support group websites after the withdrawal has subsided and you'll see that the risk of death is incredibly overblown). But, if you have any pre-existing health conditions that would make you more susceptible to said life-threatening symptoms, then you should not under any circumstance accept abrupt cessation.

By the way, if you do visit benzodiazepine withdrawal support sites, take everything you read there with several large spoons of salt. Some of the people there are incredibly alarmist, and will try to scare the shit out of you so you never take a benzo again. Some of them are also very emotionally disturbed. So, don't let what they say affect you too much.

This is all temporary. Take care.
 
Thanks man, very good advice. It's not often you hear intelligent responses when it comes to situations such as these.
 
Get a lot of alcohol and enjoy the ride. No, but seriously.

This seems to be an issue, because you can die from benzo W/D. What you SHOULD do is go to the hospital and tell a doctor what is happening, and you can detox safely. Or go to a detox center.

You can die and seiz out from the WD from benzez, so please, go to the fucking hopsital?
 
Hey bro, it's been about a year since I've been on this site but I appreciate ur advice way back then. Of course I found a way to get more and have been taking k-pin daily since. I'm in no danger of running out but I would like to do a legit taper and this would be hard considering I have been doing this for so long without a script. If ur still on this site even what do u think the best course of action would be? Just tell a doc straight up which failed b4 she just prescribed me an SSRI which just makes things much worse and gave me visteral (sp?) which is just a damn anti-histamine, or should I just say Im having extreme anxiety to the point where Im barely able to function which really isn't a lie. Any feedback would be much appreciated man, I posted on a bunch of boards and ur the only one that gave me decent advice.
 
If you have the supply a taper really shouldnt be hard to do. Post what your average daily dose is and im sure someone will help you set up a taper schedule.
 
It's at 2mg per day, and I have about a months worth left and I don't have a script, but maybe a faster taper would work, I still feel like I should see a doc or something cuz I hate being dependent on this person I've put them thru enough
 
good luck... was on the highest legal prescribed dose of klonopin(8mg) and had to take 10mg.. was on it for about 6 months too. worst 2 months of my life.

get A LOT of muscle relaxants. and sleeping pills. sleep through it or you wont get through it imo.. after the first week i was able to go outside and wow the world looked so pretty
 
cavzfan2002 said:
It's at 2mg per day, and I have about a months worth left and I don't have a script, but maybe a faster taper would work, I still feel like I should see a doc or something cuz I hate being dependent on this person I've put them thru enough
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I'm really sorry to hear you had a bad experience with a doctor before. Having said that, I still think it is worth trying again. It sounds like you really would like some help.. That is a strong thing, not weak - it can take a lot of courage to reach out like that. Don't be afraid to ask people close to you for help either - that is what friends/family are for :)

Is there any way you could see a different doctor, perhaps an addiction specialist, or a drugs counsellor?

Good luck <3
 
I agree with effie - try to see an addiction specialist. Mine is great. They understand this kind of stuff, and if they're good, they won't force you into things you aren't comfortable with. Mine is really chill, if I run out early (as long as it's for a good reason), he doesn't give me much crap about anything - he just decreases the dose for the next month, and that's only because I ask him to. If I tell him a certain medication isn't working for me (like the Vistaril) he'll give me a different one. Really, an addiction specialist truly is the best way to go. I've had horrible experiences trying to taper off of things with regular doctors, because they honestly just don't understand shit about addiction. I've been seeing my addiction specialist for about four months now though, and I've made far more progress than I ever did with my primary doctor. I feel comfortable talking to him, and most importantly, he lets me go at the pace *I* feel comfortable with. (Both with my Subs and my Xanax) To me, that's really important in an addiction specialist. Forcing a person to get off of something, or taper down to a certain dose, even, before they're ready only leads to disaster.
 
Get some valiums from the dr. They will help you quit due to there weak potency and long half life. Expect to feel absolutely terrible when the last amount of clonazepam leaves your system. You got one good thing going for you. Your dosage is really low and your duration of use hasn't been to long. Expect to feel very irritable and have hot flashes worse then opiate withdrawal. In a few months you should start feeling better. Definently go to the dr to be safe. You probably won't have a seizure.

And you might find that small amounts of opiates help you in the short term when u feel really shitty. I wouldn't recommend it though.

Remember once you quit don't drink any alcohol or take any benzos. It will hamper your recovery and probably make u feel crappy. You can do this.
 
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