Snowdoveee & benzo WD's...

[wait2long]

I am not sure if anyone here will remember a member that was here a while ago, her name was snowdoveee. well i just heard from her personally, the first time in months.  she has not been around or able to post, so she asked me to tell all of you why and what happened to her..this is her story the best i can tell it....
she is one of the sweetest ladies i have ever met...i met her about 5-6 months ago on this very forum, at the time she was addicted to benzos...xanax if i remember correctly. she was taking an extremely high dose at the time and was trying to taper , she was trying to stop the cycle of addiction even though she had real anxiety and panic problems, i spoke to her daily for quite a while, off the forum also.  then one day i didnt hear from her, days went by,and turned into weeks, then over a month had passed, still no word from Snowdoveeee, i was getting quite worried..about 5-6 weeks later, i received an e-mail from her daughter to inform me that snowdovee had a stroke and had been in the hospital ever since the last time i spoke with her...it was caused from her tapering off benzos...she had tried to cold turkey off them once before until i warned her of the dangers, so she started taking them again because of my warnings and decided at that point to taper with a doctors help...well from what i understand,(please excuse me if i am wrong Snow) she wasnt honest with the doctor about the amount of benzos she was taking probably out of shame?, embarrassment? stigma?,..whatever the reason, it didnt matter...she had a stroke and has life long problems from this, upcoming surgeries, a lot of work ahead of her, and days upon days of nothing but sleeping just to recover,..the doctors said she would be LUCKY if she is able to recover in a years time because of the damage of trying to get off the benzos...so anyone out there with an addiction to benzos, or just messing around with benzos or just starting on benzos...please head this as a warning...this is an extremely dangerous drug to get off...do not ever lie to your doctor about your meds, always be honest, do not be in a rush to get off benzos, it must be a slow process with a doctors help...you never know what these types of meds can do to you...this is not a post to judge anyone...
if you ask why i write this?
because i just promised this sweet lady, who is having a hard time typing that i would do this for her, i would put out her story about the dangers of getting off benzos...i promised her.
she wants everyone who is having ANY issues with benzos to please. please take this as a warning and get the proper help, you could end up paying for this for the rest of your life....
PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!!

[lostmarbles]

Alprozolam/Xanax - one and the same
Diazepam
Tomazepam
Lexotanil/Bromazepam - one and the same

Anything with a pam at the end...

These are the ones I know of and commonley used. Benzos are basically given in patients who have stress related disorders ie, panic attacks, anxiety, insomnia (can't sleep) I hope this helps... they are all highly addicted and to come off them you need to be medically supervised. I stress this point hugely, they are addictive and dangerous and need to be tapered slowly.

[flmagi]

This is really sad. Could someone please list some of the more commonly used benzos. I guess I'm somewhat drug illiterate when it comes to whats a benzo. I know I'm not on any but perhaps for someone else that may not know things like Xanax is a benzo.
Please send her our love and hopes for a fast recovery.

[Goldrush1971]

Thank you very much for your response... This forum is really a great thing... I think I will stay away for the Xanax... I just got one monkey off my back.... I'm not going to let another one get a grip.... I've read so many stories on here about addiction that sound so much like my own.... I'm going to try to do what I can to help..... Thank you.....I'm out of the shadows...

[lostmarbles]

all ican say about the dreaded xanax is that it is addictive, highly addictive and once addicted have to be tapered off and supervised!!! it is awful. I have never heard of taking it to quit smoking??? !!! and i am a smoker and i took it for 3 years... thats a little odd!! all im saying is that I did not go out of my way to become an addict and if you read the earlier posts that I wrote you will see that it was prescribed.. i recommend you do not take it especially if you are an addict.. i know someone else here who's mum takes it but not regularly.. about once a week when she has anxiety.. in that respect i think it's fine but certainly not if you are an addict... i hope this helps you... let us know how you go and keep posting! you have come to the right place, so welcome!

[Goldrush1971]

This is my first time posting on this site but I’ve been reading it regularly for a few months now. I started reading it because I am definitely an addict. I was taking 10 to 15 Norco’s a day for about 3 years.... I finally had enough of it and went to a doctor in my area that is certified to prescribe Suboxone…… I can honestly say, I truly believe Suboxone is a miracle drug…. But that’s not the reason I’m commenting….. I recently decided to tackle my second addiction…Smoking… I spoke with my Primary Dr about my wanting to quit… He recommended that I take Xanax… I have no experience with Xanax and have never heard of it being prescribed as an aid in quitting smoking…. Now I read this post… It scares the s h i t out of me... Considering my addictive personality, do you (anybody) think it’s a good idea to even start taking… The dose he put me on is .25mg dose twice a day…. So basically.. .50mg a day…. Again… after reading this post, I question whether or not I even need to mess with these little Xanax pills… Sound like trouble…    

[lostmarbles]

so sorry to hear... well, she has a wonderful friend in you! of course you miss the talks you had im sure.. i tell you, I have made some fabulous friends on here and yes although none of us have ever met, I hold you all very dear to my heart.. if something like that happened to any of you guys my heart would break. She is very lucky to have you, and she sound like a great person.