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Fucked up with Benzos

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poparopaliss

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Over the last couple of months I've been gradually taking more and more benzos to help me sleep/get me through some shitty days in work. I've been averaging 20mg diaz a day which mightn't sound a whole lot to some but it's taking it's toll. This all stemmed from a month long xanax binge and so I decided to use diaz as it's at least longer acting. I've been like an emotionless zombie for the best part of 3 months and have become dependent for all social occasions, so much so that I wouldn't even dream of going out without 10mg in my wallet

I've tried to abstain for a few days but the after day 2 I'm a big ball of anxiety barely able to look people in the eye. This is effecting my performance in work big time also. Of course this isn't helped by going out on meph/coke binges once or twice a month, something I am 100% going to stop after the next festival I go to at the end of May. I really mean it this time!:\

So basically I'm just looking for some advice on how to taper off this stuff without suffering the worst effects/mild panic attacks. I'm currently thinking about telling my GP about the situation(I've been self prescribing off the dark web) but I don't know if any good will come of it, as in he'll prob think I'm just looking for a cert(which when I think IT about now, wouldn't be a bad option to have as I'll be doing some traveling soon and don't want to be hiding unprescribed benzos getting on a plane


Any advice would be appreciated, I need to get off this shit

Mods please feel free to move this if it's in the wrong forum
 
gradually decreasing the dose over time works, just make sure you use small decrements and give yourself long enough without doing it abruptly. It took me 6 months to go from 15mg diazepam a day to zero, in 2mg decrements, but the transition was smooth and didn't lead to big anxiety problems.

It might be worth telling your doctor because they can help you manage the taper and regulate when the pills are dispensed, as buying benzos yourself just makes it far too easy to obtain more if you feel your willpower being tested when you have a bad day here and there, and you can end up back at square one.

It does work though and by the end of my taper I was absolutely relieved to be off them and felt better than I had in months.

Mephedrone and coke definately won't help, obviously!
 
taper, taper, taper. 20mg isn't a lot, so if you drop 2mg a week, you'll be off it in no time without any massive problems. i know it sucks, man, but them's the breaks. but after a few weeks, your confidence and sleep will return to normal. you've just gotta want it. even if you went cold turkey off 20mg, you'd probably not sleep for a couple nights and feel pretty dreadful for a week, but if you want off asap, this is an option.
also, look into valerian root capsules (available at holland and barrat's). switch to them to make the transition less painful. good luck
 
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