Signs Benzo withdrawal is life threatening?

[infectedmushroom]

Sounds like a dumb question - everyone is different - but what are some signs that Benzo withdrawal is turning fatal?

When I think back to about a year ago when I was tapering off benzos, I was pretty terrified of seizures. In retrospect I was probably never close to having one - I'm a healthy young man with no history of seizures personally or in the family - and I tapered down to doses which are relatively low from doses that weren't exceptionally high (e.g. 20-30mg Valium equivalent for a few months to 5mg Val. Equivalent before going C/T.)

I remember the general anxiety and discomfort of tapering, and think that probably contributes greatly to the general feelings of impending doom and thoughts of "oh god, I've dropped too quickly, I'm going to die," which aren't based in reality, but come over you in a panic when you're lying in bed with a massive headache, irritable and generally restless as fuck.

I guess the question is; how does one know when they're in dangerous territory? When do headaches, anxiety and feelings of panic change to serious and life-threatening symptoms not just conjured up by a GABA-fucked mind but rather real signs of potential fatality?

 

[MrRoot]

My addiction specialist nurse recently told me to get ER if my hands started shaking or if I get headache and that was after using +10mgs of Klonopins and 100mg Restoril daily and decreasing to only 60mgs of Restoril daily.

 

[theGirlWithBlueHair]

Yeah shaking and sudden jerking movements would be signs of seizure progressiveness. I don't think a headache would be much to worry about, though. but if you are still are on 60mg of temazepam you should be fine. you won't go through withdrawal really. but you will still feel something I'm guessing.