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Benzos Did I mess up my hard work...

hydrochron

hydrochron

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Hey, I've gotten down to 6.25mg's of valium and was about to jump off in the next few days.

Well I had really bad racing thoughts today, and took 10mg's. Followed by another 10. So I took a total of 25mg's.

So I took forever making sure this stuff was out of my body, now i'm so confused.

I need some feed back on what to do, right now i'm thinking just take it at night. I just feel like I was so close and screwed it up. But I dont want to give up. I still want to quit.

Thanks.
 
well it didnt help. keep as low as a dose every day as possible. start with something smaller and if you freak out, take a tiny bit more and cut yourself off. just dont worry about it. just keep looking forward and be positive as much as you possibly can. fake it to yourself even. take it one day at a time. exercise a lot. that saves my life in WDs.
 
That is a relatively low dosage. I feel you should be fine taking 6.25mg again the next day, or making a cut back down quickly.
 
quit being a wimp. that's a tiny habit. known people taking triple that dosage of xanax and made it off without injury.
 
Ignore karkov25, his negative comments just show his ignorance.

As another bluelighter said going back to 6.25 will be fine. Good luck man i'm in a similar boat, i was using valium here there & everywhere since december & recently have only taken 15 mg in the past week. I'm still pissed for taking any tho after over 2weeks clean...
 
^good advice.

Karkov, I'm actually impressed... I've never seen someone dicksize the habit of people they've known. Congrats that you hang out with people with 'big habits'... Maybe if you can't make productive comments you should go feed them more benzos so their habits get even larger!
 
karkov25 said:
quit being a wimp. that's a tiny habit. known people taking triple that dosage of xanax and made it off without injury.
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Please don't post condescending comments like this, when someone is simply asking for a bit of genuine advice.

Opioid withdrawl and withdrawl from stimulants and other addictive drugs sucks, and can be extremely miserable. But with those drugs, most people are able to just tough it out, as that's about all you can do. However, if you knew anything about Benzodiazepine pharmacology, you'd be aware that tapering/getting off of Benzos is a whole different ball game, and that there are real dangers to be considered, even at a dose as low as 6.25mg daily. Plus, keep in mind that the OP has tapered down to this dose, and that he would still be feeling the ill effects from the deficit of previously higher doses.
 
Hey thanks for all the positive advice guys.

I thought about it for awhile, and I think I should just quit right now. Maybe stay on it for 3 more days and that's it. So wish me luck i'm going to just take it at night. Then try and skip a day, and quit.

Thanks again.
 
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Bad idea. Oh, they work alright. They work for just about anything that ails you, which is precisely what makes them such a double-edged sword.

If you think you are capable of taking only low doses for a few days, to get through the worst of it, and then stop, I'd say go for it. However, most people do not possess the self control to make this work, which is why most of us will agree it is something that should be avoided.
 
Haha morphonorconic, I know what you mean. I can take them as needed though for a few days, thank god that was way easier then this.

My main goal is crushing this for good. When i'm benzodiazapine free, i'm going to be so happy...Plus it's summer, so I have some time.

So i'm expecting probably a month of sorrow. Anyways once again, thanks!
 
I found the low dose stages of tapering the worst. I had the odd day when I would take a (relatively) large dose and as long as I went back to my taper dose the next day and didn't do it often then I was ok.

+ karkov he could have started on 100mgs of xanax a day for all you know, he is down to 6.5mg as he has tapered.
 
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