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to: gip. very import.
Take is slow with zanax.
I have been on Valm. 5mg a day for ten years. Two years ago I just stopped. Man, I raged at everyone, just wanted to kill somebody. ANYBODY! So I went away and fummed walkng around, fist balled up. I had no idea what the hell was happening, what a mid-life crisis, what? After about two months I thought: could it be the V's? So I asked a Doc. Checked online. Read books on Benso. And yes there is from England a Benso. site. Sure enough many people were going through the same thing. Man I went home and popped a 5mg and do so the next day and the next for about two weeks and evened out then went to my Doc and said how do I get off these things. He said REAL SLOW. Like months, shave them down to dust. Now Z's are 4 times more powerful then V's. you do the math.
You have come way too far to lose ground now. Cut'em slowely. What does it matter. Unlike Oxy a taper off of them is a slow slow but an easy walk.
I have been on Valm. 5mg a day for ten years. Two years ago I just stopped. Man, I raged at everyone, just wanted to kill somebody. ANYBODY! So I went away and fummed walkng around, fist balled up. I had no idea what the hell was happening, what a mid-life crisis, what? After about two months I thought: could it be the V's? So I asked a Doc. Checked online. Read books on Benso. And yes there is from England a Benso. site. Sure enough many people were going through the same thing. Man I went home and popped a 5mg and do so the next day and the next for about two weeks and evened out then went to my Doc and said how do I get off these things. He said REAL SLOW. Like months, shave them down to dust. Now Z's are 4 times more powerful then V's. you do the math.
You have come way too far to lose ground now. Cut'em slowely. What does it matter. Unlike Oxy a taper off of them is a slow slow but an easy walk.
Also, because of the chemical make up of benzos, if you do not wean, it could be life threatening.
Yesterday was absolutely horrible... I truly don't know how I even did what I did. I MEAN HORRIBLE...at my worst, I've never EVER experienced anxiety at that level.
Tomorrow is appt. w/Doc. I'm going to ask her to wean me to V.... then wean off the V.
From what I understand... the Val. has a lot longer 1/2 life... and we'll go from there.
I'm also going to ask her to never give me a long standing renewal Rx for anything that I can become dependant on.
I drank a whole bottle of wine on Tues., I DON'T DRINK~ I'm sure that didn't add to the after affect of that whole mess.
I'm a lot better today...Just waiting on my appt w/her.
Thanks
Gip
Tomorrow is appt. w/Doc. I'm going to ask her to wean me to V.... then wean off the V.
From what I understand... the Val. has a lot longer 1/2 life... and we'll go from there.
I'm also going to ask her to never give me a long standing renewal Rx for anything that I can become dependant on.
I drank a whole bottle of wine on Tues., I DON'T DRINK~ I'm sure that didn't add to the after affect of that whole mess.
I'm a lot better today...Just waiting on my appt w/her.
Thanks
Gip
I don't know where this thread began, talking about benzos, but I am on day 4 of going off percs, but I also am on clonazepam(klonipin) at 5 mg a day for about a year an a half. After I am done getting off my percs, I want to go off the benzo, but I heard it is awful. So if you taper slowly, it isnt as bad?? what I am nervous about is how the hell will i sleep with no pills after i'm done all this. That's why I went on the benzo to begin with, panic and insomnia. killed 2 birds.
The thread began because I detoxed from Vicodin w/the help of Xanax. I was taking @ 2 - 3 mg a day ... which was 4 - 6 pills I have the .50. This is of the Xanax... I'm done with the Vics...
Not a lot by some standards... but I was taking them for @ 9 months. I'm very tiny...very small structure and weigh ... well the last time I got weighed was @ 120... I know I lost a ton of weight during the last two weeks I don't even look good. I don't know if size has anything to do with this whole thing, but I didn't think 3mgs a day would cause this much havoc with my system.
Tuesday and yesterday I went through the most awful anxiety levels I could even type in words how horrible I felt. It was HORRIBLE... ABSOLUTELY the worst. I couldn't even breathe..one panic attack after another, couldn't sit, couldn't sleep, couldn't eat ... I wanted to kill something ... ANYTHING would have been good enough...(matine hit the nail on the head)
I pride myself in being so freaking intelligent.. I didn't know what the hell hit me yesterday. It truly was awful.
Tomorrow @ 9:45...I'm going to Dr. We are going to devise a plan ... I'm going to tell her the truth about the Detox, however humbling, and hopefully I can work through this w/her.
Anyway.. I took some Xanax... slept last night...called the Dr...she is just going to have to help me. I truly would not survive another day like yesterday again.
I did a lot of reading abount Benzos yesterday. S**T... I should have read before I started w/them. Anyway...it is very dangerous and sheer hell to w/draw from them without some kind of taper.
I wish you well... and a speedy recovery.
Gip
Not a lot by some standards... but I was taking them for @ 9 months. I'm very tiny...very small structure and weigh ... well the last time I got weighed was @ 120... I know I lost a ton of weight during the last two weeks I don't even look good. I don't know if size has anything to do with this whole thing, but I didn't think 3mgs a day would cause this much havoc with my system.
Tuesday and yesterday I went through the most awful anxiety levels I could even type in words how horrible I felt. It was HORRIBLE... ABSOLUTELY the worst. I couldn't even breathe..one panic attack after another, couldn't sit, couldn't sleep, couldn't eat ... I wanted to kill something ... ANYTHING would have been good enough...(matine hit the nail on the head)
I pride myself in being so freaking intelligent.. I didn't know what the hell hit me yesterday. It truly was awful.
Tomorrow @ 9:45...I'm going to Dr. We are going to devise a plan ... I'm going to tell her the truth about the Detox, however humbling, and hopefully I can work through this w/her.
Anyway.. I took some Xanax... slept last night...called the Dr...she is just going to have to help me. I truly would not survive another day like yesterday again.
I did a lot of reading abount Benzos yesterday. S**T... I should have read before I started w/them. Anyway...it is very dangerous and sheer hell to w/draw from them without some kind of taper.
I wish you well... and a speedy recovery.
Gip
did you get my post about labelmesane, a website devoted to getting off benzos? i found it interesting. i feel for you. I have also been using my klonipine in extra dosages to get me thru this detox. I think the benzos are worse. Good luck, thanks for your response.
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