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Benzos Lorazepam Binge Help

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ReggieTheCat

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I've been binging on lorazepam for the last 3 weeks. The usual dose daily has been 3-4 mg a day. On a couple occasions I went up to 6 mg. I wish I had some self control to save some to taper with but there is only 5-6 mg left. how do I best do this now? 1 mg a day at night or something? I'm kinda worried. Will that even help?
 
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bdomihizayka said:
3.5 weeks of 1mg klonopin a day was enough to have me withdrawal horribly; but benzos effect everyone different. Is anxiety a usual problem for you?
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Yes it is. That's why I get enjoyment out of abusing them unfortunately. But I hope to stop once and for all now.
 
You've already stated you have no self control so I assume you're going to eat the rest no matter what we say.

Give your pills to a trusted friend or family member to assist in a taper. You don't have enough to do enough of a taper to make this a walk in the park. Expect anxiety, depression, insomnia, and lethargy in various degrees.

Many people (myself included) don't notice hard core withdrawal symptoms from shorter binges like yours. That does not mean it won't suck. Trading your lorazepam or buying a longer acting benzo like Valium or clonazepam is your best bet. Valium would be better.
 
What is the likelihood of having a seizure with what I am doing? That's what scares me the most.
 
it's impossible to say. Every dr. i've spoken to about it says it's not a huge risk but you hear about it often enough and neither groups provide any conclusiveness to the subject. IMO it's just best to play it safe and somehow/someway taper. I've cold turkeyed off huge benzo habits and it was not nice, 4-6mg/day isn't much so don't expect it to be life shattering but still i'd definitely recommend a taper, everyone is different, some people seize, others won't even coming cold turkey off huge doses.
 
Hi Reggie

there is only 5-6 mg left. how do I best do this now? 1 mg a day at night or something? I'm kinda worried. Will that even help?
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Yes, using those last 6mg to taper will help. Given that your binge was only three weeks, I think you could try doing exactly what you suggested, and go down to 1mg a day.

That will at least minimise the shock when you stop completely.

The hard thing to do is not to give in after the first day of 1mg and think "ah screw it, I'll just take the rest as a last hurrah and then deal with the consequences later".

Any tapering you can do will help your body and mind to get through the withdrawals.

Good luck:)
 
Thanks so much guys. I'm prepared for some brutal w/d but that really puts my mind at peace. I'll use the remaining few mg to taper myself slowly.
 
is this your first time through benzo withdrawal? if so, then it'll be significantly less harsh than if you've gone through it a bunch of times, that's just my experience tho, sames goes for opiates. IMO you probably won't go crazy (literally) and that's usually the worst part. 3 weeks is about the cut off time to not experience withdrawals, so it may not be so bad.
 
Hey I think you would be best taking 1mg at night for 5 nights then take .5 for the last 2 nights. That way it'll be even less of a jump when you stop. Let us know how you get on. Good luck and Be safe!
 
Well I've done these types of binges on and off for the last few years. Sometimes I wouldn't binge for several months and other times I would binge a couple times a month. Generally I wouldn't have very many withdrawal symptoms (usually just twitching, insomnia and anxiety) but I certainly did on my last binge about a month ago and it really freaked me out... I had a very frightening experience where I was sure I was about to die. Looking back, it was most likely just a really bad anxiety attack. I've dealt with anxiety my whole life but it never got to the point where I thought I would die. I wasn't myself at all for a while.

Like I said, my fear is a seizure. I've also been having some dull chest pains/aches which are worrisome. Is that normal? I'm honestly never gonna fuck around with this shit again. I took 1 mg today, I'll take another tonight then go down to just 1 mg at night and then split my last pill into 2 I guess.

I realize it's hard to generalize, but I'm guessing seizures usually occur when you're using high doses for a long period of time.... correct? What kind of damage am I doing to my body by tapering so quickly?
 
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