When does Lorazepam and Zopiclone Withdrawal Start?

[V82]

How long does it take for Zopiclone withdrawal to start from the last dose?

I was also wondering how long lorazepam withdrawal will take from the last dose.


I have been using them on different nights, not every night will I take either. But I am afraid because I am taking prozac and want to get off these drugs cause they seem to have negative effects for my anxiety in the long term.

I take 7.5 mg of Zopiclone approximately twice a week.


I take 1.5 mg of Lorazepam approx. three times a week usually.

I usually have 2 or 3 days with using none of these drugs at all and I haven't noticed withdrawal symptoms.

Sometimes I take 5 - 7 days off Lorazepam once every month or month and a half.


I am stopping these drugs now and if withdrawal starts I wanted to know when.

I am sick of these drugs especially benzos been on the occasional benzo use train for tooo long and it has not improved my anxiety one little bit. I am worse off. I just want to stop and get on the Prozac.

 

[keeping]

you take zop x2 a week, loraz 3x a week, and always have at least a two day break between them? sometimes three?
you wont experience withdrawal if you havent already mate cause it doesn't sound like you're dependent!
congrats

 

[V82]

Ya but don't they work on the same receptors?

 

[keeping]

yus

 

[Keif' Richards]

Keeping's got good info and I'm in agreement for the most part. Zopiclone (Immovane) belongs to a class of drugs known as Z-Drugs (because most of the originals began with the letter Z), but you can also call it a non-Benzodiazepine if that's easier to remember. Non-Benzodiazepine, much like the term non-Barbiturate, can be a little misleading, as it actually implies that the drug works in a very similar fashion and upon similar systems in the body, while being chemically distinct from class.

Benzodiazepines and Z-drugs, the classes of drugs to which Lorazepam (Ativan) and Zopiclone belong respectively, both exert their effects by acting upon the GABA-A receptor, so yes, they will be cross-tolerant to a certain extent.

At any rate, neither of these drugs is very long-acting, so by taking 2-3 days off on a regular basis would probably predict that you're not going to experience any withdrawal from either substance. Bear in mind, withdrawal is different from a little bit of rebound anxiety and/or mild insomnia. It shouldn't be anything that would rob you of your ability to function.