Did anyone lose muscle during withdrawel?

[[Ma...]]

I used to workout alot but since the withdrawal I have been too week to exercise. I have lost alot of muscle. My body looks much differant. It scares me to look in the mirror with no shirt. Anyone else experience this?

[[be...]]

More than possible but if you're used to working out and no longer can it makes sense that you'd lose the muscle mass you once had. Hopefully in time you'll be able to slowly resume exercising but it's hard sometimes. Sadly just need to do what you're able to do. It will get better. B

[[Ma...]]

What this stuff did to my mind and body is horrible. Thanks B

[[Fi...]]

I used to workout alot but since the withdrawal I have been too week to exercise. I have lost alot of muscle. My body looks much differant. It scares me to look in the mirror with no shirt. Anyone else experience this?

 

Yes, I lost 35lbs and got to the stage where I lost a whole load of muscle tone - difficulty standing up and walking and so on - but then I was hardly eating and certainly not eating anywhere near enough... It's all back now though - even if I'm still unfit.

 

Are you eating?

 

I think physical exertion is detrimental when your body is temporarily not in a position to repair muscle and tissue damage (which typically goes on during sleep).

 

If you are too weak to exercise, then don't do it for the present. Trust. It will all come back in due course. "Forcing it" should never be an option in this kind of recovery - that's only adding to the damage IMV.

 

 

[[Ma...]]

I'm eating but not very healthy. I did try to force working out but like you said it made me feel even worse. I also get very little sleep. Two hours a day lately.

[[Fi...]]

I'm eating but not very healthy. I did try to force working out but like you said it made me feel even worse. I also get very little sleep. Two hours a day lately.

 

Oh well, that accounts for it for sure in my book.

 

Small, regular snack-meals throughout the day will help there. Protein at every "eat".

 

Sleep deprivation was a killer for me - and, I'm sure, almost everyone else too. it hits every system and holds up progress on all fronts. Thankfully, at this stage for me, it is showing very good signs of turning around.

 

"Forcing" yourself while under those temporary handicaps (food/sleep) will certainly only deplete you more. I bunked down for the duration - you'll have plenty opportunity to bounce back again when conditions are more favourable 

[[Ma...]]

Thanks for your help. I hope to be off the klonopin by the end of the year.   

[[2t...]]

I have lost muscle during the last 5 months, first few months of taper I seemed ok. I think it is from not being so active, the withdrawal process, not sleeping very well and not eating very well.

I also seem very gaunt when I look in the mirror, people say you will get better once you are off the drugs and on the road to recovery,

[[Ma...]]

You're almost off the klonopin. Congrats. I'm just beginning.

[[2t...]]

Thanks, its a long but worth it journey, hope to be free early Feb.

[[Fi...]]

Thanks for your help. I hope to be off the klonopin by the end of the year.   

 

No bother at all 

 

I think it pays to "stop fighting yourself" on this particular run - no striving, just acceptance.

 

All the very best

 

 

 

[[Go...]]

i definitely have lost a lot of muscle mass during withdrawal. I used to work out 4-5 times a week including cardio and weights. Once I started WD, i lost all desire to workout and have not had the energy to do so except for some very light workouts (e.g. I did core workouts for 15 minutes tonight).  I am about 6'3 and prior to WD i was around 205 lbs. Last time I weighed myself i was down 175-180 lbs.

 

In my mind, i very much want to be working out (I suppose that is a good sign), but right now I am just not able to on any consistent basis. I hope by late spring or early summer this will change but i have no expectations for anything at this point.

[[2t...]]

i definitely have lost a lot of muscle mass during withdrawal. I used to work out 4-5 times a week including cardio and weights. Once I started WD, i lost all desire to workout and have not had the energy to do so except for some very light workouts (e.g. I did core workouts for 15 minutes tonight).  I am about 6'3 and prior to WD i was around 205 lbs. Last time I weighed myself i was down 175-180 lbs.

 

In my mind, i very much want to be working out (I suppose that is a good sign), but right now I am just not able to on any consistent basis. I hope by late spring or early summer this will change but i have no expectations for anything at this point.

 

You have done well on your taper to get to .04 in around 5 months, have you had an easy time or just powered through?

[[Go...]]

i definitely have lost a lot of muscle mass during withdrawal. I used to work out 4-5 times a week including cardio and weights. Once I started WD, i lost all desire to workout and have not had the energy to do so except for some very light workouts (e.g. I did core workouts for 15 minutes tonight).  I am about 6'3 and prior to WD i was around 205 lbs. Last time I weighed myself i was down 175-180 lbs.

 

In my mind, i very much want to be working out (I suppose that is a good sign), but right now I am just not able to on any consistent basis. I hope by late spring or early summer this will change but i have no expectations for anything at this point.

 

You have done well on your taper to get to .04 in around 5 months, have you had an easy time or just powered through?

 

A little of both. The first couple of months, before I found this website and the Ashton Manual, I did surprisingly well for cuts of .25mg as recommended by my doctor. When i got to around .5 mgs is when i started having trouble and found Ashton and this website. I slowed down quite a bit, but as is the case with others, the lower i got the more difficult it became.

 

Last week over the holidays i felt almost completely fine. This week, I feel absolutely horrible with the "drugged"feeling, depression, agitation, and sweaty palms and feet. I was sitting at my desk yesterday nearly in tears for no apparent reason.

 

Reading other people's stories, it seems like I havent had as bad sxs as others, though times it has been pure hell. There are literally 2 people in my life right now that know I am going through this (my fiance and my doctor) and I can't shake the feeling of being alone even though my fiance has been amazing with her support.

 

Maybe I had a bit of an easier time (if I can call it that) because I was one and off the drug for most of the duration and not taking daily. I might get a script for a month and then get it refilled 2 months later. Though in July and August i was on pretty much daily sometimes taking more than 1.5 mg in day as result of a particularly stressful situation.

 

During this time though, I have only missed 2 or 3 days of work due to WDs (I tend to work around 50-60 hours a week).

 

Well, that was long and rambling, but I guess I just needed to vent. As you can see it's been a mixed bag.

[[Ca...]]

Which witch (couldnt help it),

Has got it... dont force it, u wont bounce back... -7yrs with little exercise, and its all a struggle, in my case, my appetite went mad, and i put on lots of weight... -after a big day on my feet, RLS is worse for a couple of days... i try to do some productive gentle exercise around the property, but never push it for the sake of it.. (too little exercise isnt great either, but u can only do what u can)... another good reason for a slow and functional taper... i exercise in the spa, when bad... on a good day, a few hours in the tractor works every muscle...

It is depressing, but temporary, as i know i will get back to the sports i love, in time...

All the best with your journey...

[[Ma...]]

How has the gabapentin worked for you? I was prescribed it 300mg but am scared to take it.

[[Ca...]]

Matty, was that for me??

Few of us been talking about it in -other medications...

And i had this convo yesterday with my Dr..

Be sure to remember how different we all are...

Pre benzo, post accident, i took a lot of gabapentin (gpn) for nerve pain... i took it in every combination u can imagine over years, and never had any issue at all. -a single day in months of 2400mg didnt make me pause, no groggy at all.. -same with a constant 1200mg/d for a year or two...

-BUT, now, with benzo involved, its all different, and makes me groggy, but good at night for sleep and RLS etc (300mg) -but i now prefer lyrica, as needed, but have some concerns about addiction, though "they" assure me its not addictive... pffft...

Lyrica gives me great energy and helps with stomach related spinal injury stuff...

Gpn is more widley used, but it depends on yourself, and what gives u what u need...

Personally, -if i didnt have nerve damage to my leg n guts, i would b reluctant to take either in my particular benzo situation...

-another thing, pre benzo, lyrica didnt work so well for nerve pain, now gpn doesnt... -go figure???

-also, maybe the reason one is taking a benzo has a role too...?

Hope something here helps u...

All the best...

 

[[Co...]]

I can barely walk because of muscle loss. It's very scary.