I feel crazy in my own thoughts or own head is this normal

Hey everyone. I tapered down to 0.5 mg clonazepam at night from 0.75 mg (0.5 mg at night, 0.25 during the day). I have been on 0.5 mg for about a month. First 2 weeks it was okay but now the last 2 weeks my sleep has gotten really bad, averaging 5.5 hours a night. I am not sure how long this is going to last before it gets better. Does sleep get better? I am forgetting what sleepiness and yawning feels like. Just looking for hope if someone has gone through this. Thanks!

I was stable on 1mg for about 2 weeks. Then I relapsed this week, about 50-60mg a night. I want to try and go back to 1mg tomorrow for a couple of weeks. Considering the fact its only been a few months can I make quicker cuts? My doctor is moving me onto diaz and wants to cut me 1mg every 3 weeks. Please someone respond to this I'm shitting myself I've taken some crazy doses (2-500MG) of valium this year over 2-4 week periods with a couple of month breaks in between. I just want to get off this shit. Will what my doctor is prescribing work ie 1mg every 3 weeks? I can take it slower towards the end when I get to 5 and do .5 reduction every 2-3 weeks until I get to point 5.

Edit:

I was thinking if I can stabalize on 1mg clonaz for 2 weeks, I could do this (c = clonaz d = diaz) per week/2 depending on symptoms:

1mg clonaz

0.5 c - 7mg d

0.5 c -5mg d

0.5 c - 2mg d

10mg d

8mg d

5 mg

4

2

1

0,5

Has anyone used Ketimine in any way during WD, taper or protracted ? If so I would love to hear experiences and any opinions

Hey hello im looking people with emocional anesthesia or anhedonia .share, how long you are on another med ? Thanns

Digestion problems I know they can be common during WD. Mine went down a good bit with a course of Prilosec but it’s coming back now again- so I may do another month or 3 of the Prilosec again. However I heard Prilosec can cause anxiety and obviously I want to limit that as I progress on my taper. Has anyone experienced that?

I’d rather not take Prilosec at all - heard it’s not good long term anyway.

So open to peoples short term solutions they’ve found for heartburn / excessive burping and gassines?

Like slow motility combined w bad breathing patterns (from WD essentially) and I get gas stuck and have to burp ALL THE TIME. I know about eating clean and earlier and the day- doing my best there TIA

Started at 30 and now I'm on 10 and I've realised going down by 2mg every 14 days probably isn't the best?

Basically had some seizure-like episodes both at home and at work, ,and I'm wondering whether my taper is too quick. I've been taking various benzodiazepines for over 5 years.

Bit frustrated as my prescriber decided what's best as opposed to listening to me and I end up having to go off sick from work meaning loss of income :(

Just looking for opinions from others, thank you

I’m over 3 months off of 1mg of Xanax almost everyday for roughly 15 months. My anxiety has pretty much subsided, or at least it’s very manageable. But my vision is still awful.

I went on the keto diet to try and help because I’ve read that it helps with mental health. After a month I stopped because my vision is getting progressively worse. I read somewhere that your eyes use a ton of energy and if your body isn’t adjusted to using fat as energy then it can mess your eyes up worse. Anyone heard of that?

I also have dpdr and I’ve read that that has to do with your eyes as well. I get little spurts of that throughout the day. However I am so used to it by now that it barely gives me anxiety anymore.

How long did it take you for your vision to get better? Has anyone tried keto while in withdrawal?this just sucks that a lot of my symptoms are gone but I can still barely see.

Essentially, this is why I resumed in the past: debilitating insomnia, only a few hours of sleep, and nightmares, unable to bear the burden. I take pregabalin and trazodone as needed, but they are evidently ineffective. I suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Basically the title…

I don’t want to get readdicted to diazepam but I am worried about the withdrawals from Pregabalin.

Do you think I’d be ok if I took diazepam for another week or would that just revive my addiction?

I was taking diazepam for about a year 10 mg a day sometimes 20-30 mg on weekends.

I tried to stop taking Lyrica but I got horrific anxiety and borderline psychotic symptoms.

What would happen if I used Valium for a week to get through the WD?

Is this a stupid idea?

I was using 10 mg diazepam daily for about a year and I was surprised by how easily I was able to stop..

I am actually more scared of the Lyrica withdrawals but maybe I am just trying to justify taking Valium again??

What do you guys think.

Hopefully it’s the last one I have for awhile. Long story short, I’ve used Xanax and clonazepam on and off for about 12ish years - Xanax 0.25-0.5 as needed never more than one does a day. Then I was prescribed clonazepam 0.5 to take nightly for a year. Didn’t realized the harm I’d done. Took a cleanser break after tapering off, and would only use benzos incase of an emergency. Last use was a prescribed ativan for MRI claustrophobia on 10/11 and the days following that does were hell. So decide I was done with them all together, INCLUDING the versed / midazolam given before they wheel you back to the surgical suite.

I was scared, my heart was racing and I was on the verge of a panic attack, but I did it. I didn’t wanna be dealing with any possible kindling or rebound symptoms while also recovering from surgery.

It wasn’t fun, but to me it was worth it! I also feel like recovery post-op was easier somehow.

Thought I’d share!!

Alcohol still works the same for me..so it cant be GABA downregulation. I can definitely hit that receptor with other substances, but benzos have lost effect. Feel awful tapering ...worst experience of my life.my GAbA A receptor is still there though... can get drunk easily

I had a brutal feeling taper and developed an extreme case of agoraphobia. Life felt very hopeless and it felt impossible to recover, up until 6 months ago. I do exposure therapy everyday and exercise regularly and it finally started to work. I am still not fully healed and may never fully recover but I am happy to say that I have overcome my agoraphobia and other symptoms to the point where I decided to start working again. Ive worked the past 2 days and of course its not easy but wow I can't believe I've made it to this point.

Don't give up and be as consistent with your exposure therapy as you can. Desensitize yourself and you will start to shed that fear and anxiety.

Been on benzos for years and had to reinstate and update which really didn't help much. But for the past 3 days I've been drinking out of depression. On day 2 of drinking it just made my anxiety worse and I had to drink just to take away thus ruthless anxiety I woke up to.... so I'm dealing with a 3 day bender and I took my prescribed diazepam of 15 mhs a day plus an extra 5 mgs and it's not even helping... been feeling like I'm in he'll for 3 hours straight. Panic, erratic breathing, shaking with anxiety, chest pain the whole 9 yards. Usually at this point I go to the ER but I'm sick and tired of 6 hour waits and usually they just deny me anyways and won't give more benzos... this kind of fear is brutal and my dodr is just as bad now

Hello. So I was eating popcorn in bed with the hubby and I gave a piece of popcorn to dog only to spit it out, I put the piece on my night stand and had my pill sitting there but I think I swallowed a chunk of popcorn instead of the pill. Didn’t have my glasses on either 🤦🏼‍♀️ ended up going to the kitchen and when I jumped back into bed I noticed a lorazepam sitting on top my glucose monitor 🤷‍♀️ either I missed the pill the night before or I didn’t take it tonite. Not sure what to do. My anxiety is through the roof atm. Take it or perhaps take another one? That would be 2mg of lorazepam total. Help!!!!

I've had a prescription to clonazepam for a few years, but only took it about once a week on average until recently. I had a major surgery 5 weeks ago and started taking 1mg every night to sleep for about 30 days. Should I do a rapid taper or a slow one? Will I have withdrawal, and can I have a seizure? I've already cut down to .5 for the last week with no major issues. Also, I was given Gabapentin for the post surgical pain 300mg x 3 daily. Will this help with getting off the benzo?

so i have been using valium carelessly for a long time. a month ago i decided to reduce from daily to once a week and didnt seem to feel that bad on the days i didn’t take it.

my question is how long after your last valium dose do u start to notice symptoms??

also is it safe to go from daily to once a week if no negative symptoms have happened

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I’ve been in tolerance for a long while and it’s made me sicker than ever. Akathisia, confusion, constant despair etc.

For someone who was on them for years, then completely detoxed?

I am looking for any advice or anyone with experience tapering. The Ashton manual suggests moving from klonapin to diazepam for a taper I believe because diazepam is easier to titrate into smaller doses. I have also heard of people using compounding pharmacies to get custom doses of klonapin made so that you can taper with klonapin. I was wondering what the community thought - is it better to stay on klonapin for the taper or move to diazepam? FYI I am currently on .375 mgs of klonapin daily for 10 years. Thank you!

So, I’ve been working my way down by just the feels, i.e if I get shaky or feel drained I’ll pop a 10mg.

I’ve come from taking daily 2mg kpins, with RC’s suggesting they’re either 10mg Valium or 2mg Xanax. With the RC’s I would take twice a day on top of the night time kpin.

I’m now taking 10mg daily, functioning fine during the day and sleeping fine. It’s taken about a month to do this.

How am I doing? In the hardest part to come? Any advice/ info would be appreciated

Hi. Is here anyone diagnosed with ADHD, BPD and PTSD and successfully quit long benzo usage? Ive been currently 15 days without heavy benzo use and im really stressed and struggling. I have severe OCD symptoms and some paranoia. And im stressed the fuck out.

I guess im just hoping there’s anyone who can give me some hope. Thanks :)

I’ve been taking 0.5-1mg of klonopin daily for the last 4 years. I’ve been taking it on and off for the last 8 years. Every time I try to cut back to 0.25 a day I start feeling side effects within 24 hours. It feels like the lights are too bright, my head hurts and my mind is completely blank. I can’t focus on anything, my motivation is non-existent. How long does this last? It makes it hard for me to go to work and I’ve given up trying to get off them 3 separate times because of this. Tell me it’s worth it.

Like I had delusions, hallucinations and delirium stopping just 3 milligrams daily of Xanax. I couldn't sleep more than an hour and would wake up and instantly throw up. But I think it's crazy I went psychotic stopping them. I would've thought you'd need to be taking like 10mg a day to get to that point.

I do have very good knowledge overall about my Benzo use. I'm on them since end 2017, so all good don't need any tips or some. - Just wanted to make sure.

Bless yall.

So I have bad anxiety and depression, I’m 17 weeks in to 20mg Prozac which does seem to be helping but still sometimes use the benzos, at first it was once a week then Xanax and klonoppin same day but over the last 2 weeks it’s became 2 days per week…

So say Tuesday and Friday, 1.5mg Xanax and 2mg klonoppin same day more more less

What’s everyone thoughts on that amount twice per week? I’m generally healthy, working, workout daily (male aged 30)

Often take promethazine for sleep also

Am I taking enough to develop dependence, any advice would be appreciated. I don’t want to take any benzos if I’m being honest. (Also suffer from vestibular migraines - weird sore heads with dizziness that the benzos can help.

Thanks again for any opinions

So i used to take valiums xans and prazepam to get high, now i stopped takin 2 weeks ago and i have some withdrawal symptoms, will one beer make me feel beter or worse?