OFF ZANAX PLS. ANSWER RE: MUCLES

I've been off zanax for 117 days now and not taking any meds after years of taking the zanax.  Now I don't know if my side effects are weird or valid and it's driving me to my end....  With this "bouncy" walk and my muscles in legs feeling like waves I'm searching the internet and finding all kinds of weird stuff.  My feet tingle and the muscles in my eyes hurt.  Is this normal?  
Will someone please answer me on this site and help....
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[drifter0213]

consult with a therapist or 'ASK A DOCTOR" on medhelp.org-drifter0213

[abby10]

I't's all normal.  The benzo withdrawal's can get very weird.  You probably have some kind of restless leg syndrome going on along with your other symptoms.  Look into taking some potassium supplements.  It takes a long time for it all to go away.  Try not to think about it too much, worrying just makes you feel worse.  One thing about the benzo withdrawals is... your symptoms eventually do go away.

Beleive me they will go away.

abby

[ILADVOCATE]

Haldol and Orap are antipsychotics and can commonly cause short term movement disorders and have twice a potential as current atypical antipsychotics to cause tardive dyskinesia. They were used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders but newer antipsychotics such as Risperdal and Abilify have replaced them (and there are newer ones in development such as the glutamate antagonists that will not cause any form of movement disorders and promote a fuller recovery, one of which is glycine which I am under study for, read through my entries). Anti-anxiety agents such as Xanax do not cause any form of movement disorders. Klonopin actually treats my dystonic spasms.
  As for withdrawal psychosis from a benzodiazipene that's common if they are stopped abruptly and not to be confused with schizophrenia. That's why a person should not stop a benzodiazepene without a psychiatrist's supervision. It can be dangerous. I once went off Klonopin (with my psychiatrist's permission but ahead of his titration schedule) too fast and I had full body withdrawal symptoms. I asked my psychiatrist what to do about it and he said if I went to an emergency room they'd just put me back on it. On the other hand I did eventually go back on it because I needed it. If you need a benzo. Klonopin is safer long term than Xanax which is meant for short term use. But if you don't, after 117 days those symptoms should have gone away. Do speak to a doctor about it but if you have anxiety disorder there's no reason to let it go untreated.