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How do I go about coming off daily benzos?

Kota

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I've been on benzos daily for a total of about two and a half years. I have a high tolerance, really bad balance, and a terrible memory. I don't always stop at therapeutic doses, not that that needs to be said. I'd like to start taking them only as needed.

There are two problems with this. The first is that, if I tell my GP that I want to take benzos only as needed, she'll drop my script, and I won't have the buffer of extra pills in case I have a really bad time. The second is that I'm physiologically dependent. I won't give you a sob story, but bad things happen when I don't have my benzos. I'm organically prone to several benzo withdrawal effects, so it's really rough.

My plan is to taper down with my GP, stay on a lower dose of script benzos, and have a backup of RC benzos. However, I'm approaching serious exam season, and I could do without any complications of tapering right now. I may have no choice, as my GP may have been contacted by my psych nurse about something which happened a couple weeks back which I ascribed to lorazepam to avoid trouble. I'm pretty scared by this whole thing. What do I do?
 
Take a look at the Ashton Manual http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/, if you haven't already. It's sound advice.

Tapering down from 40 mg diazepam per day can take 6 months to a year, but it's the most painless way; and given that (1) you know you're prone to physiological WDs and (2) you're scripted, you can probably afford to take your time over it.

If it were me, I'd avoid mentioning to the GP that I wanted to taper myself off benzos until I'd actually started, worked my way down a bit and got some pills squirrelled away for emergencies; but that could just be me being over-cautious.

Take care, and best of luck however you play it.

EDIT: I see Shambles got in there before me :) Great minds must think alike, or perhaps fools seldom differ. One or the other .....
 
Thanks for the advice, everyone. I'll read up on the good Doc Ashton's advice.
 
I ended up going CT without telling my doc just so i would have spare pills, i told my doc when i was like 3 or 4 days ct. That way just works better for me
 
...If you can avoid any changes to your routine until after your exams then do. If you don't have a choice then your Doc -who scripted the bloody things in the first place- has a duty of care and should work with you to taper down at the recognised rate as per for example The Ashton Manual (has any one mentioned this??)

I would avoid, like dog shit on the pavement, any RC's as you could end up in a worse place than where you started.
 
The Ashton method worked for me moving from xanaz addiction to diazepam to taper. It took a while but was fairly easy and importantly I could function and work.

I think you need to be quite self disciplined and motivated to get off to make it work, its such a slow technique.
 
Clouds house (2nd most costly rehab in England) Tapered me in 9 days off Diazepam and Tamazepam which been on for over a decade -no wonder I had a seizure...

Just reduce your dose ever day even if just crumbs to the point you can still function. That or the Ashton method.
 
I came off a sizable daily diazepam habit, was on it for the better course of year.

Coming off the first few days were hell, my limbs were trembling, my mind racing thoughts.

I thought back to Jonah, as he lay in the belly of the whale after being swallowed whole or David facing a massive, towering Goliath. In this moment I knew God would not put a test before me which I could not conquer.
 
CTing from Benzos is highly dangerous, at best it will be horrible at worst you could end up dead, much like booze and for similar reasons.

Trusting in God doesn't really cut it, if you donlt have the means to taper yourself, get thee to a doctor or a a drug counseling service
 
LosBlancos said:
I thought back to Jonah, as he lay in the belly of the whale after being swallowed whole or David facing a massive, towering Goliath. In this moment I knew God would not put a test before me which I could not conquer.
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So did many, before they died, still in blissful ignorance that they lived in a non-God-requiring universe which was at best utterly indifferent to their existence.

There's no way that a benevolent God can exist in the same universe as 4-methoxymethamphetamine.
 
Yeah, that video is cracking. Definitely the best answer to that question I've ever heard. Anyway, please don't use religion to come off benzos, because it won't end well. Responses like that really aren't helpful, or safe. The best advice has already been given. If you're not already on diazepam, switch to it and taper off, as per the Ashton Method. Perhaps give your benzos to a friend, to distribute to you, so you stick to it. Good luck!
 
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