psytaco
Bluelighter
Hey guys. Halfway through last year I had a bit of a benzo habit. Not as severe or as long as alot of what I read on here. However, it still required a careful tapering regime and was very distressing and uncomfortable. I would NOT want to go through that again.
At the beginning of this week I stopped taking zoloft after tapering for 3 weeks. The withdrawals when stopping completly were intense and I was surprised by how bad the anxiety was. I was originally given 25x 10mg temazepam for sleeping. At first I had a bit of fun with them and went through 10 in one night. the next two days I would go through about 4 a day for sleep and to keep the anxiety at bay (not very good at this). I went to a doctor who prescribed me 25x30mg oxazepam which I have found very good at managed the axiety. but not so good for sleep. I am keeping close to therapuetic doses between 45mg and 60mg a day. Which is equivlent to 15-20mg vals a day. When I was abusing vals and got addicted I was doing around 40-60mg a day.
My question is, if you have had a previous addiction to benzos, how long does it take for the addiction to be reinstated? I have been taking the benzos for a week now at these doses. It shouldn't be cause for concern should it? I heard withdrawal can happen quickly if you start taking benzos again. Is this right? Or more a case if you start taking them soon after withdrawing.
I just don't want to go through another lot of drug withdrawal after getting off the zoloft. Incidently, that is going very well and I have few withdrawal symptoms today.
At the beginning of this week I stopped taking zoloft after tapering for 3 weeks. The withdrawals when stopping completly were intense and I was surprised by how bad the anxiety was. I was originally given 25x 10mg temazepam for sleeping. At first I had a bit of fun with them and went through 10 in one night. the next two days I would go through about 4 a day for sleep and to keep the anxiety at bay (not very good at this). I went to a doctor who prescribed me 25x30mg oxazepam which I have found very good at managed the axiety. but not so good for sleep. I am keeping close to therapuetic doses between 45mg and 60mg a day. Which is equivlent to 15-20mg vals a day. When I was abusing vals and got addicted I was doing around 40-60mg a day.
My question is, if you have had a previous addiction to benzos, how long does it take for the addiction to be reinstated? I have been taking the benzos for a week now at these doses. It shouldn't be cause for concern should it? I heard withdrawal can happen quickly if you start taking benzos again. Is this right? Or more a case if you start taking them soon after withdrawing.
I just don't want to go through another lot of drug withdrawal after getting off the zoloft. Incidently, that is going very well and I have few withdrawal symptoms today.