Updose questions

[[Tw...]]

After having  tapered too fast my doctor had me updose to try and stabilize. I suppose this means I'm trying to find the point where my body is actually at in this healing process. I've been pushing too hard and it hit me really hard. My questions are 1) Did it take you a little while to stabilize after going up? 2) What is your definition of stable? Symptom free or tolerable? 3) How long before you started tapering again? I'm really struggling at the moment to find balance to continue through this. Thanks

[[Pl...]]

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[[bu...]]

After having  tapered too fast my doctor had me updose to try and stabilize. I suppose this means I'm trying to find the point where my body is actually at in this healing process. I've been pushing too hard and it hit me really hard. My questions are 1) Did it take you a little while to stabilize after going up? 2) What is your definition of stable? Symptom free or tolerable? 3) How long before you started tapering again? I'm really struggling at the moment to find balance to continue through this. Thanks

 

With V, it's common for any dose change to take 5-7 days to be felt.

[[Tw...]]

Thank you for the response builder. I suppose I'll start keeping a daily log of everything now so I can look back and compare things. Just having a hard time accepting that I updosed yesterday and don't immediately notice all around improvement like I thought but I'll give it time.

[[Be...]]

I have to reinstate my taper after jumping 10 days out and hit hard. gotta rethink how to taper under 1mg.

[[2t...]]

Hey Beat, sorry you had to reinstate after being off for 10 days, was the end of your taper difficult or easy? I know you jumped a ,5mg of V and just collecting information to decide about my jump.

 

Thanks    2trusting

[[Be...]]

Hey Beat, sorry you had to reinstate after being off for 10 days, was the end of your taper difficult or easy? I know you jumped a ,5mg of V and just collecting information to decide about my jump.

 

Thanks    2trusting

 

Hey 2T, I jumped to fast from .75 -> .5...I was feeling GREAT after 1.5mg  then I made a crazy mistake. Since im only ten days off, i will just continue tapering .25 every 2-3 weeks and let my body heal.

[[2t...]]

I think I understand, you were cutting .25mg V every 4 or 5 days after 1.5mg point?

[[Be...]]

I think I understand, you were cutting .25mg V every 4 or 5 days after 1.5mg point?

 

I was cutting .25 every 10-14 days until I got to .75 and then rushed the .5 because i Was feeling good. My cuts were manageable till now....the .5  jump was too much. So now back to 1mg for 2 weeks and resume cutting. I feel a little better today after updosing last night, so I have to rework the V back into my system

[[Da...]]

I updosed my klonopin 6 days ago and I'm still feeling pretty horrible.  Today has been pretty bad. I'm wondering how long you give it before you updose again? Or do you just keep praying for stabilization?

 

We aren't defeated by updosing. We're listening and taking care of our bodies like we should have all along. We will get through this.

[[Be...]]

I updosed my klonopin 6 days ago and I'm still feeling pretty horrible.  Today has been pretty bad. I'm wondering how long you give it before you updose again? Or do you just keep praying for stabilization?

 

We aren't defeated by updosing. We're listening and taking care of our bodies like we should have all along. We will get through this.

 

Hey bud, exactly.....if we feel bad we can fix it by updosing or holding the cut. I think you will see some relief soon, K takes awhile like V

[[Da...]]

I really hope so. I woke up so nauseous today I can hardly stand it. Then add in the chest pain, throat closing off, back aches and anxiety and it's just an awesome day. 

[[Pl...]]

I updosed my klonopin 6 days ago and I'm still feeling pretty horrible.  Today has been pretty bad. I'm wondering how long you give it before you updose again? Or do you just keep praying for stabilization?

 

We aren't defeated by updosing. We're listening and taking care of our bodies like we should have all along. We will get through this.

 

Dad.... Did you read the following thread ( its posted under support during withdrawal I think:

 

"Do not wait too long to stabilize....."  It was a very positive thread of someone also holding while on kolonopin and his timeframe also I think he updosed too....

 

I'm in the same boat as you guys...

 

I'm having really bad cog fog so please forgive me .....

[[Be...]]

I hear ya man......the throat one is scary, I slept 2 hrs last nite after jumping 10 days ago....yesterday was hell. Just hell.

[[...]]

Ditto - I updosed 5 days ago and am waiting for things to settle - I understand it could take a while longer to get built back up in our systems.

 

At least we know we are not alone and this is normal for benzo stuff.

 

Am thinking of you all - we will get there.

[[Tw...]]

I updosed my klonopin 6 days ago and I'm still feeling pretty horrible.  Today has been pretty bad. I'm wondering how long you give it before you updose again? Or do you just keep praying for stabilization?

 

We aren't defeated by updosing. We're listening and taking care of our bodies like we should have all along. We will get through this.

 

Your absolutely right Dad. March will be one year tapering for me from 3mgs of K originally so you being at 1mg already is light speed ahead of me. My doctor saw me yesterday sweating and having some decent tremors and was just like why are you doing this to yourself. My reply was I just want off and it all just caught up with me over a 2 week period. Like playing chess with our minds really. 

[[no...]]

Hi all  I up-dosed just over 10 weeks ago and am still cycling with symptoms as it can commonly  take anything  from a few weeks up to a few months to stabilise, I was I a mess at 3.45mg and barely surviving so up-dosed back to 5mg where I was last in January 2015. My original dose was 20mg and it took me along time to get down from there as I was also taken CT off other Benzos and high doses of all sorts of poly drugs. I'm having some good, bad, okay and hell days still so I'm not stabilised yet so will continue holding here, if I feel in a few months I need to updose again I will do so, If I feel I am able to cut then I will cut. I've been housebound in agony for most of the last two years, so I had to change tactics.

 

 

Love Nova xxx    :smitten:

[[Ca...]]

Wow, u have had a rough road...!

Good to see ur hanging in there and still pushing on in an objective way...

Thanks for the info, it came at a good time...

Best wishes...

 

[[Ca...]]

Oops... that was for Nova bty...

 

But it could just as well apply to everyone...!

 

[[...]]

How are the updosers doing today? I wish I had good news but I still feel really bad, that Valium is taking a while to build up again....

[[Da...]]

Day 7,still feeling crappy. Getting frustrated and sad.... just want to see that things are getting better - even if it's just a tiny bit.

[[no...]]

Day 7,still feeling crappy. Getting frustrated and sad.... just want to see that things are getting better - even if it's just a tiny bit.

 

Praying for you- keep pushing Dad24!

[[Tw...]]

Well 3 days after an updose I have begun to stabilize. Was able to put in a full hard days work outside today. Helping a friend build his first home on the bay. Had a great view all day and I'm just happy I got a break, even if it was just for the day.

[[no...]]

Hi everyone  due to all the interest in right across the Forum on the topic of  up-dosing and for those of us who have up-dosed I started a support group  I hope will be of help to us all here http://www.benzobuddies.org/forum/index.php?topic=174254.0

 

 

 

Love Nova xxx  :smitten: