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Benzos Zopiclone taper.

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doppelganga196

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Zopiclone taper? Help/advice needed please.

Up until the week before last, i'd been taking 20/60 mg of prescribed Temazepam nightly, usually just 40, as i'd been using the odd 20 mg during the day for anxiety as i'v had no access to anxiolytics, i.e, lorazepam, diazepam.

I've been having some really awful insomnia over the last 2 years, which has come & gone ( tried melatonin, exercise, warm milk, diphenhydramine, etc ) however since my recent detox, cold turkey, from morphine & codeine, i've been eating Zopiclone like tic-tacs;

15 mg is a mild anxiolitic dose for me. Admittedly i take the odd 30 mg with a beer, just to get that 'yeah it's kickin in riiight now' effect one gets from opiates:\

Then i find i'll need another 15 to 30 mg before bed!

I wrote out a taper yesterday;

5th) 15 mg + 7.5 max.

6th) 11.25 + 7.5 max.

7th) 11.25 + 3.75 max.

8th) 7.5 + 3.75 max.

9th) 7.5 or two seperate doses of 3.75 most.

10th) 3.75 MAX!

11th) good luck to ya. Valerian tea, hot baths, meditation & exercise, all good things, no doubt.

I strayed from this taper schedule as i found myself in a new job & things just went the other way...

Can Anybody help me decide an excellent taper plan. No, i've no access to diazepam, at least not for many days, maybe a week, so i cant use that classic method.
 
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Christ!!!1 i need somebody to give me some thoughts on this! I see people in tough spots asking 4 advice on benzo & opiiate WD all the time.

Captain H, Cane2theleft, Double00heezy, SHAMBLES! MONSTANOODLE! Please can you tell me if the above taper is appropriate? i fucked it & i'm taking 15 mg in the day for anxiety & 45-60 at night to sleep! I cant manage to break this cycle & i'm withdrawing from opiates so its all i have.
 
NeighborhoodThreat said:
I think he's using temazepam and wants to taper with zopiclone...I think.

OP, I'm a bit confused as well...
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Yeah, that wasn't written quite right ( guess why); i was using prescribed temazepam from my doc for insomnia & occasionally anxiety as since sunday the 4th i've gone cold turkey from morphine pills, 10 mg ones, like 60-90mg at a time with a 30-60 redose later in the day. On top of that some days i'll take 240 to 360mg of codeine, some times mixing them up at lower doses.

I used to take very frequent, i.e 3 day, tolerance breaks, but the last month or so i've had some kind of opiate in my bloodstream!

First couple days weren't too bad as i'd eaten a few too many diazepam at a friends. After monday, tuesday i was having to take loads of loperamide & the cravings & anxiety were wretched. So i bought a ton of zopiclone of a friends who sells a stockpiles of unused scripts like tramadol & zopiclone. Course i fucked off the tramadol.

Since then i've just been throwing down zopiclone in doses ranging from 11.25 mg to 60 mg at a time , & even up to over 100 mg a day.

I need a decent taper plan & going to the doctor is out of the question, otherwise in the coming years he'll never give me a few lorazepam or temazepam when i really need a pill to prevent heart attack stress level.

So, can anybody offer a taper regimin based on the above doses? It would be very much appreciated.
 
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