Benzodiazpine Withdrawals (Page 3)

I do want to warn everyone that is taking Benzodiazepines. Xanax, Clonazepam, Klonipin, Ativan, Valium, etc.. THIS IS A PSYCHOTIC DRUG! ONLY TO BE USED FOR 2-4 WEEKS. I was put on them for yrs. I had terrible anxiety... the more anxiety I had, the more the doctor was upping my dose! It was the Clonazepam causing it. I went to a detox, they cold turkey'd me ~ TAPER SLOWLY. You will have the worst withdrawals and they are not like an opioid withdrawal! it takes weeks to over a year to go through the withdrawals. Trust Me I was a victim of such. READ UP ON THEM. See sites like benzo.org.uk then join a benzo group. They should be treated like an opioid. They can be worse than them.

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If u think benzo wd's are worse than opiate wd's, u have never been an addict! I've been on clonazepam, xanax, & valium over the past 10 years on and off and the worst part is headaches and maybe diarrhea and it lasts for less than a week. Any true "pill head" out there will agree that opiates are far worse to get over. You physically can not do anything when going through opiate withdrawal, it's the flu x1000000! And I'll go up against anyone who thinks otherwise.

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I have been on Clonopin/generic for years. I was put on them in the hospital because I refused to take seizure medication. Only reason I refused is because the rest key coming back negative & my mom was an RN @ the time she saw my heart monitor & noticed I was having irregular heart beats not anxiety or seizure. She told the nurse & doctors this but they ignored her. So after being told which seizure meds they wanted to give me I refused unless it was an anti-anxiety as well because when my heart would skip beats or pause just to return to normal an he later I was always asleep when this happened . I was put on 1mg a day at night fast forward 20yrs later I am now at 3x a day. I tried to get off them with doctors help when I was still on 1x a day only after a heart doctor diagnosed the correct problem. I did fine until the last day of 1/4 of a pill then done I collapsed from a really bad headache & went to ER where they just started me back in them. Instead of treating the headache & be fine with them for good. I was mad. The reason I am replying is all most of of the ones you named are also anti-seizure medications so if you are on them for that reason I don’t recommend going off of them because it can cause seizures again & with out help from your doctor can also make you have seizures if you only had anxiety. So you are some what correct on how the meds are hard to get off of but if the person has seizures & reads this & decides they want off it will make them return & people who don’t have them & take it for anxiety can also. So it it is horrible to get off of for anxiety but can do more damage if it is not done right. One last thing they are NOT short term medication unless if used only for anxiety.

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So what is the best non drug way to deal with anxiety?

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Re: Happy187 (# 41)

Well I’ve been on Xanax for 15 years and never had a problem. I am not young and for two years I was given 5 mg oxycodone 15 a month but just when I really needed it. I have serious chronic pain. I no longer take those. But to label people as “pill heads” is an insult to me and others who need their pain medication and don’t care if they take them rest of their lives if a senior. I disagree. If a doctor asked me which one could I live without I’d choose the Oxys but never the Xanax. And I will take them and not give a rats ass about it. If you are young different story.

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