help! waves of anxiety and panick.

[[Fe...]]

I'm trying to taper fast because of interdose withdrawl (oxazepam). I'm having a hard time dealing with the anxiety and fear. It's like the fear is attaching itself to anything I feel. This morning it was the fear of my heart, noon my stomach felt weird and now my eyes and brain feel so dry and pressure, I'm panicking over that! My weak spot always has been anxiety/panick. But not to this extend. I'm worried.

I know deep down this wil be over in another moment but for now I seek some support during this awful feeling.

Take care all.

[[an...]]

Hey there! Heard you calling through my email lol! Inter-dose withdrawal sux, but so does tapering way too fast-in fact, it can be fatal in the two weeks after it leaves your system! So don't. Read on this forum about how to really taper. I wish I had. Meanwhile BREATHE-do the in for 4 out for 5 or something like that. Breathe into a paper bag?

peace,

stasia.

[[Fe...]]

Through your email?  How? Haha. What do you mean by fatal? Now I'm very scared.  Can I die?? I'm going back to 3 x 5 mg and see if it'll stabilise some. I know the standard relaxing and breathing things. Do them all they long. I'm so sad I got in this mess. I was so against benzo use. Months ago I told the doc I feared I was having w/d symptoms. He told me that couldn't be beause of the low dose.  But the longer I took it and the higher my dose, it only went more bad. Im sorry, im rambling and crying, I don't know how to get through this all. When I had agorafobia 13 years ago I worked my ads of to regain control over my body (without meds) and now I'm losing that control to so much more extend. I'm so frightened this will never end. I'm sorry... still rambling. I want to be the strong stubbor n enthousiast  independent women I was again!

[[an...]]

One big question-are you following a taper plan, or just making it up as you stumble along trying to cope with all the symptoms? Have you tried looking at other topics? How long have you been on benzo buddies?

[[Fe...]]

I'm on benzo buddies for a couple of days now. I'm learning to cope with the symptoms. My doctor wanted me to switch to diazepam.  I tried, wasn't a succes and om top of that got the flu. So 2 days on 10 mg oxa. Was sick of it! But also got a lot worse symptoms. In the tapering topic someone suggested to split the dose over the day and taper from there. So today I started doing that. It's a big jump from 3 x 10 to 3 x 5 a day but to this point manageable. Even had a window where I could Listin some music.

Sorry I ramble a bit. There are not many people who understand.  Feel the urge to talk about it and get it out of my system

 

I am reading a lot on this forum yes.  Also trying to be of some support for others