Okay so I m on here hoping somebody might give me some insight beyond what the doctors have told me already. To give a little background 32 Y/O M Until about 4 months ago I had been an alcoholic or at least alcohol abuser off and on for 10 years started and stopped numerous times but I ve finally kicked it thank god, tried it by myself and then gave in and was given some librium. Anyway since then I ve had on again off again anxiety never unbearable but still annoying, 2 weeks ago I finally broke down and let my DR give me some low dose ativan .5 mg " to be used as needed" Well I used it for 5 days as neeeded for about 9 or 10 mg total, and decided I d stop for a bit, felt ok the first day though the usual jitters. Second day out of nowhere started shaking, tremors, muscle spasms, sweating like crazy and some very strange thoughts almost like hallucinations. Took the ativan and back to normal in just a bit. Went to the DR next day and he says well maybe your sensitive heres a low dose diazepam 2 mg to try. So I try that 4 days feelin ok still just a little jitters, only about 10 mg total, now same thing didnt take any for a day definitely having pretty bad anxiety and shaking but I said thats ok I m not in a total panic so I ll hold off. Next day I m feelin the same and suddenly the shaking and muscle twitches get pretty bad, plus my face muscles feel all tense and clenched so I get up to go lay in bed and all of a sudden I get this kind of head rush/ electric pulses going straight through my brain, totally disoriented so bad that it felt like my head was gonna pop, my fiancee was ready to call the ambulance as she thought I was gonna collapse right there but I didnt. I went ahead took 3 mg of the diazepam and went to the ER as the feeling past pretty quick and everything checked out ok. Today back at the DR he says its not any kind of withdrawal but rebound anxiety, now I ve had plenty of anxiety before but nothing like that. So to anyone whos read this far thank you and I d love to here any input, could I really be that sensitive to such a small and short dose ?? The dr said to quit taking all the benzos right away and that seems like a good idea but I wonder could I be at risk of any serious complications, the constant shaking and spasms is what makes me worry about that. Any advice would be greatfully appreciated as I sooo dont want to find myself addicted to benzos after finaly kicking booze. Oh yea as I write this I m still having a vague bit of the pulsing lightheaded feeling, kinda like faintness mixed with electric shocks.