What is your nightmare w/d symptom? And how do you do to cope with it?

[Guest [su...]]

Mine at the moment is my morbid thoughts about death. I don't know how to cope with them. I m not afraid rather angry@

[[Be...]]

Depression and crushing fatigue are my worst....I just have to wait it out

[[Je...]]

I don't have these anymore, but toxic naps were one of the worst. You take a nap feeling horrible and get a little while of peace only to wake up feeling even worse mentally and physically than you did before the nap. It feels like you are in a nightmare that you can't get out of.

 

To cope you just take one day at a time. Mornings were also horrific, though. I thought I just couldn't take one more day of this, but somehow you do and it gets better.

With slowly microtapering all of those symptoms went away.

[[be...]]

Extreme fatigue/jello legs/weakness and above all extreme full body burning. Scalding. I just do my best to distract myself in the day and watch mindless tv (only at night). In short I just try to cope as best as I can. Come to BB and read posts. Try to offer support and get some when I'm really struggling. When all else fails I have a good cry. B

[[ti...]]

Insomnia and panic attacks. I am taking remeron for the insomnia, not working as good now that the hot flashes and heart pounding have started

[Guest [su...]]

I have this fatigue too. I guess we all do. I want to do this or that but I am so tired. I used to run 60  km every week last summer. Now I can't walk without getting short of breath. Sleep is not a problem. I sleep on anthistamine Lergigan. I don't know the name is in America. I sleep like 10 hours on them. But have my PTSD present in every nightmare, and dream lucid and vivid dreams every night. Sometimes scream or cry (almost every night).

I had have so many symptoms earlier because I taper really hard..

Up to 30 at the same time. Something other is strange..My body is used to feel really bad, because of all abstinence and when I feel normal my brain think it is something wrong. I had severe w/d during 120 days. I was so sick. I can't believe I am alive. Many times suicidal thoughts passed my mind. Even though I am afraid of death. My shrink said to me that I just was tired and my brain was so tired and all anxiety made this feelings..What I just wanted was to be myself again...And rest! Morbid thoughts and they tend to disappear when I did my last stupid taper so here I go again. Been there done that 

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[[Jo...]]

Insomnia and panic attacks. I am taking remeron for the insomnia, not working as good now that the hot flashes and heart pounding have started

 

Same here.  Insomnia is the worst.  Coping with exercise.  At least I lie more or less still.  Been better with K to V cross over.  I dont know how long the honeymoon will last, but I'll take it.

[[...]]

My Sxs are just like BenzoBarb.  Jello legs being the worst

[[Ca...]]

the worst is the morning wake up at four am or so with pounding heart, sweating, intrusive terribly frightening thoughts and this lasts until I finally force myself out of bed by seven thirty or eight -- I'm too EXHAUSTED to get up when I wake up.

 

The exhaustion is the next worst symptom

 

Depression next

 

Anxiety next

 

Burning skin next

 

Every morning I wonder how I will ever get through the day.

 

And I wonder if and when this will ever end.................

[[Be...]]

Chemical anxiety / agoraphobia.

[[be...]]

I forgot. Agoraphobia as well. I cope by getting into my yard and venturing out a bit on good days. Baby steps. B