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retox420

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I used to do a lot of drugs. now i just smoke weed daily and scammed a dr. into giving me valium for the past 6 years. I want off the valium so badly, but its not as easy as stopping something like crack. If i stop taking my valium i will have seizures and die. not cool.

so i have been slowing tapering for almost 2 years. I am down from 30 mg/ day valium to around 5. Some days i have terrible symptoms of heart palputations and extreme headachs. I cannot function, i quit my job, i sit at home all day long wishing i was dead.

My psych gave me Gabapentin for the benzo taper and he gave me Proponol, a beta blocker, for the heart palputations.



I spent 3 years in a half way house one time and really liked it. Ive done jail time 4 times. I am institutionalized. I need the structure of a halfway house. But i do not want to do the 28 day rehab because they do not know how to taper benzos. I know this, i used to work at the rehab after i was a patent. but maybe thats just addictive thinking. I need to know if i should go to rehab for valium, or if i should taper at home under the care of a doc
 
I would stay the course with the doctor. As long as you are being honest with her/him and yourself and are able to do it. I am tapering my xanax now. I would hate to do that in the psychward. However, once you are done with the taper, I would highly suggest looking around for sober living houses that you can just start in. You will have to pop a few clean urines, but I think that it will be advantageous for you to be able help other addicts starting out fresh. It may be just what you need to keep yourself sober. Sometimes the best help we can give for ourselves, is to be a sympathetic ear, and to mentor an addict that is fresh in recovery because you know what happens when you use.

I think your taper schedule is a little bit long. The only way this is working for me, is that I have had to expect, and conquer discomfort. Of course every time I go down a dose (.25mg every two weeks) I am vigilant about the signals my body is sending me.

Are you around people that care about you? Do you have someone to talk to when the anxiety gets profoundly disturbing? Do you have someone that can help you if you have a seizure? If not I would highly suggest having someone there. If you haven't had a seizure from benzos then I will tell you what happens. You feel like a train is going to stop in your mind, and the next thing you know you are waking up on the ground without a recollection of what just happened to you. It is scary, and you need to have someone around you to put you in the recovery position and make sure you don't hurt your jaw or teeth.

It is excellent to see that you know what you need. There are many sober living houses that will take you in without going to rehab. Search around you may be pleasantly surprised.

keep us posted.
 
I agree with manboychef - keep tapering with your doctor. If you are concerned about siezures request an antiseizure medication. I did 10 year run with Xanax and went to rehab for alcoholism. Rehab didn't put me on a taper. They just made me go cold turkey for Xanax. It was terrible. If the taper with your doctor is going too slow talk to him about speeding it up some, but you're almost done! If you prefer a sober living environment I would start looking into it now, and try to have something arranged for when you take your last benzos. PAWS from benzos is a bitch, and you would probably do better around people than by yourself. Good luck to you and keep up the great work!
 
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retox420 said:
is there any way to flush the benzos out faster
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I wouldn't recommend it. The slower you taper the less likely you are to have horrible lingering symptoms. Slow and steady wins the race when it comes to tapering benzos. IME rehabs don't know shit about tapering long term benzo users.
 
I agree, they try to taper you off in 28 days, which proves to me they don't know a damned thing about detox or recovery.
 
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