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taper from Temazepam desperate

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wbe

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I have insomnia. The doctor give me 15 mg of Temazepam. I want to start tapering. He gave them to me on march-25. I use it on and off. Then 5 weeks ago I started using it everyday because I was told that I could not miss anymore days of work. Now 15 is not working. My dr. TOLD me to go up to 30 mg. After reading about this stuff I am scared to go up to 30. I have been opening the capsules and taking half out. So I take 1 15 mg capsule and half of another capsule. Want to taper off. I am scare of the withdrawal symptoms. Especially the rebound insomina. Can anyone tell me the best way to taper. And is there anything I can do about the rebound insomnia.
 
Your doses are small and you've only been using (Not abusing) for 2 Months so hopefully this won't be too painful. But as pain is relative this could be a nightmare or a breeze for you. I hope it's the latter. I'm unsure about advising your taper as I wouldn't want you to drag it out unecessarily and prolong the agony. On the other hand, Temazepam gave me nasty withdrawals, but that was after serious abuse, even though I wasn't using it daily I was taking doses in the thousands of milligrams.

Maybe you could try getting some Diazepam if you wanted play it safe... But I'd say you wouldn't need to start on a high dose seeing as you're only taking around 22.5 mg Temazepam which is roughly equivilant to 10 mg Diazepam.

You could refer to The Ashton Manual.... But more than likely (Or hopefully) someone on Bluelight with more knowledge will guide you.

Good luck, you'll be fine. ;)
 
I had rebound insomnia, not much anxiety tho when I stopped using temazepam after 6 months of use......

But I was taking Valium as well during that time.

I was using like 30mgs of temazepam a day & 10mgs of valium, not a big user.......but when I stopped using, I was getting like 2 to 3 hours of sleep a night for a week or 2 .........

Benzos should never be used long term, & I never did understand why I used them for 6 months, there's absolutely no recreation in me using benzos.......although temazepam was a bit euphoric & fun.
 
I talk to a doctor. I asked him about the rebound insomina during withdrawl. He said take benadryl. Does anyone agree with this?
 
Can anyone tell what I can do or take for the rebound insomnia. I can take 1 or 2 dags of insomina but more than that I do not know.
 
wbe said:
Can anyone tell what I can do or take for the rebound insomnia. I can take 1 or 2 dags of insomina but more than that I do not know.
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Nothing would work for me whilst in acute withdrawal. I ended up in hospital for 7 days suffering from psychosis :(

You could try Mirtazapine....
 
well if you have trouble sleeping i would suggest a seating anti-histamine or maybe a sedating Tricyclic anti-depressant or Mirtazapine. At the dose you where taking i doubt you'll get any real wd symptoms besides rebound insomnia and you might not even get that
 
How should I start. I do not want to taper incorrectly. I have only been taking the other half fill capsule for 3 days. last night. I went back to 15 mgs but I took 25 mg of benadyl . You guys have been so helpful. you seemed to have more info on this then the doctors. When they give you these drugs they do not tell you everything.
 
I went to my psych. She wants me to take 1/2 of a 25mg zoloft for 4 days and then increase. Until the zoloft kicks in she wants me to stay on 15 mg temazapam for another week. Then she wants me to taper by half. I thought that the taper was suppose to be slower then that. Before I take zoloft what do you know about this. I feel like I am going around in circles.
 
Lmao@ doctors prescribing antidepressants to bring you off a benzo withdrawal.

I would never take any antidepressants, but that's just me.......
 
My pharmacy will not fill the temazepam 7.5 mg until June 17. I want to start tapering. They because I just refilled the 15 mg that I can get the 7Mg. The thought of being on this drug any longer make me anxious. I feel as if I am trapped. They are forcing me to continue on this drug. Is it ok to open the capsules and try to divide contents
 
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