Can Benzo withdrawal cause unreal depression ?

[[Ti...]]

Omg it's bad. I feel as though this may be it. I can't sleep and have such bad depression that it wakes me up in the middle of sleeping if I tryctocsleep w major panic.  Im lost. I can't take thespian much longer.  The only symptoms I have left our depression and anxiety but my depression is giving me a headache that feels like pins and needles. Can this really be benzo withdrawal or is this clinical depression? I am so scared I can't even tell you how much. If possible somebody please respond quickly thank you so much

[[Ti...]]

Omg it's bad. I feel as though this may be it. I can't sleep and have such bad depression that it wakes me up in the middle of sleeping if I tryctocsleep w major panic.  Im lost. I can't take thespian much longer.  The only symptoms I have left our depression and anxiety but my depression is giving me a headache that feels like pins and needles. Can this really be benzo withdrawal or is this clinical depression? I am so scared I can't even tell you how much. If possible somebody please respond quickly thank you so much

 

Anyone???

[[cr...]]

So sorry, Timmyp, my depression seems unreal and although I am a depressive, it can be so debilitating now.  And now I am getting headaches like you.  I just want to tell you we will be ok someday, we just have to go through it.  The insomnia makes it worse, because sleep is restorative.  It will get better and there are a lot of us on this forum that feel your pain.  Be strong.  Cross

[[re...]]

I just want you to know you are not alone. So sorry you feel so bad. If you have not already gone on the withdrawal site and posed your question, I would suggest you do. I do know benzos can cause depression for sure. But I don't know if going off of them does but it would not surprise me. Going off I am isolated most the time. I don't feel like I can function very well in the world. Hang on Timmyp 

 

redwoods 

[[Sh...]]

Timmyp...its definitely the benzo withdrawal. Im getting absolutely cained by depression. It came on at a certain point in my taper. And it used to go away after I stabilised. Once I reached 2mg though it has been constant. Its been so long that I think it is the real me...but its not!! Its as if my brain brings up my deepest regrets and just focuses on them 24/7. Its insane. Im so done.

[[La...]]

It's the unholy benzo depression sweetie!!!!

Antidepressants can be of help. I believe I wrote to you in another post about Remeron. What it did for me was kill the depression and anxiety and then knocked me out for 2 days which is what I needed at that time. It starts working almost immediately. I have read they are using it in benzo withdrawal clinics. i will have to find that article again and post it here.

 

Laurie

[[Br...]]

Timmyp...its definitely the benzo withdrawal. Im getting absolutely cained by depression. It came on at a certain point in my taper. And it used to go away after I stabilised. Once I reached 2mg though it has been constant. Its been so long that I think it is the real me...but its not!! Its as if my brain brings up my deepest regrets and just focuses on them 24/7. Its insane. Im so done.

 

I am the exact same way. Its like i cant even summon up a single positive thought all day. Sometimes for weeks in a row. Its like my brain just obsessively fixates on my past regrets and mistakes, things that ive gotten over a long time ago. The headaches are also unreal.

[[Sh...]]

Timmyp...its definitely the benzo withdrawal. Im getting absolutely cained by depression. It came on at a certain point in my taper. And it used to go away after I stabilised. Once I reached 2mg though it has been constant. Its been so long that I think it is the real me...but its not!! Its as if my brain brings up my deepest regrets and just focuses on them 24/7. Its insane. Im so done.

 

I am the exact same way. Its like i cant even summon up a single positive thought all day. Sometimes for weeks in a row. Its like my brain just obsessively fixates on my past regrets and mistakes, things that ive gotten over a long time ago. The headaches are also unreal.

 

Brain on fire its definitely a symptom of withdrawal...its basically the only symptom ive got the whole way down. My brain is also doing some weird things to counteract this. Its beginning to think of things in my past where I was happy, memories that are crystal clear that I haven't thought about for years. And I get lost in the past and feel really sad. Like I want to go back there and start again. Its an incredibly sad thought.

[[az...]]

Timmyp...its definitely the benzo withdrawal. Im getting absolutely cained by depression. It came on at a certain point in my taper. And it used to go away after I stabilised. Once I reached 2mg though it has been constant. Its been so long that I think it is the real me...but its not!! Its as if my brain brings up my deepest regrets and just focuses on them 24/7. Its insane. Im so done.

 

I am the exact same way. Its like i cant even summon up a single positive thought all day. Sometimes for weeks in a row. Its like my brain just obsessively fixates on my past regrets and mistakes, things that ive gotten over a long time ago. The headaches are also unreal.

 

Brain on fire its definitely a symptom of withdrawal...its basically the only symptom ive got the whole way down. My brain is also doing some weird things to counteract this. Its beginning to think of things in my past where I was happy, memories that are crystal clear that I haven't thought about for years. And I get lost in the past and feel really sad. Like I want to go back there and start again. Its an incredibly sad thought.

 

Oh wow... Thanks for voicing this. It's been happening with me and I haven't been able to be objective enough to describe it. I need to change my password so I can type on the computer, the phone response method in conjunction with cog fog is killer. Super frustrating. May have to come back and actually re-explain my post, but you nailed it. That feeling of wishing I could go back, too.

[[Br...]]

Wow. I didnt even think to mention that. Ive been having the most vivid memories of when i was little recently.

[[Sh...]]

Thanks you guys. This whole thing is crazy. Lately I've been getting this thing happening to me as well. It's really weird. I'll be asleep and then I'll wake up. I'll feel really good for a few seconds and then as I remember the predicament I'm in I get this feeling of doom flood over me. And my mind starts thinking about the time that I've spent stuck like this. It's been 9 months now. I hope you guys can get off this poison. I'm almost off...and looking forward to healing. You just gotta get through it...

[[Lo...]]

It's not just the benzos. It's probably the pre existing anxiety and depression, which got worsened by benzo use, leading to lower quality of life, leading to withdrawal, leading to withdrawal depression and even lower quality of life and falling into a life situation that is now 100 x worse than before we took the benzos and feeling like a fool for being in that sort of position.