Stable before starting?

[[Da...]]

How stable did you get before starting youR DLMT? I updosed 6 days ago after some fast dry cuts and I'm not feeling too great, but wondering if you stabilized completely before starting or if you started anyways.

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The longer the better. I usually advise to keep holding as long as you feel you are getting something out of it, at a minimum, but some symptoms can be long term and long holds usually help these.

[[Da...]]

I'm not feeling any relief at this point, but at what point do I consider it long enough to decide if it's helping? I've only been at this dose for 6 days so I don't expect perfect, but I was hoping some symptoms would have started to get a little better instead of worsening.

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Some people hold for months  - as long as it takes.

[[Da...]]

What if I keep getting worse?

[[...]]

The nature of these symptoms is often up and down, but the overall trend is to better. That is what I would expect for you. Time is your friend.

[[ho...]]

The longer the better. I usually advise to keep holding as long as you feel you are getting something out of it, at a minimum, but some symptoms can be long term and long holds usually help these.

sg, I'm still holding after three months after Gigantic cut (well two Gigantic cuts in ten months both overnight cuts)  and I'm starting to feel some symptoms coming back that went away for awhile. I'm a lot better of course than right after cut but some symptoms coming back. However having lots of life stressor s that are one after another. Terrified of the infamous tolerance withdrawal. Is this normal for the symptoms to be coming back after they've abated a bit? It's a little over three months since last cut and my life problems causing me a ton of stress, could these major stressor s bring symptoms back?  Scared of tolerance  :'( thank you

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The longer the better. I usually advise to keep holding as long as you feel you are getting something out of it, at a minimum, but some symptoms can be long term and long holds usually help these.

sg, I'm still holding after three months after Gigantic cut (well two Gigantic cuts in ten months both overnight cuts)  and I'm starting to feel some symptoms coming back that went away for awhile. I'm a lot better of course than right after cut but some symptoms coming back. However having lots of life stressor s that are one after another. Terrified of the infamous tolerance withdrawal. Is this normal for the symptoms to be coming back after they've abated a bit? It's a little over three months since last cut and my life problems causing me a ton of stress, could these major stressor s bring symptoms back?  Scared of tolerance  :'( thank you

 

What gets me about the fear of tolerance withdrawal is it makes you do exactly the the thing that common sense tells us not to do.  Time is your friend.  All I can say is for you to go to the Long Hold thread and see what others are experiencing.  I believe you will find that symptoms come and go, but that the overall trend is to eventually heal.  It is the way symptoms are.  Three months really is not that long to hold.

[[bu...]]

 

What gets me about the fear of tolerance withdrawal is it makes you do exactly the the thing that common sense tells us not to do.  Time is your friend.  All I can say is for you to go to the Long Hold thread and see what others are experiencing.  I believe you will find that symptoms come and go, but that the overall trend is to eventually heal.  It is the way symptoms are.  Three months really is not that long to hold.

 

:thumbsup:

 

...and I would have amended that to say "...the irrational fear of tolerance withdrawal...." and included this tidbit from Colin:

 

 

We should point out that only a small number of people develop Relative Withdrawal symptoms. 

 

http://www.benzobuddies.org/benzodiazepine-information/tolerance-and-dependency/

 

 

[[Da...]]

Worse today than I was yesterday. Getting super frustrated 😡

[[ho...]]

The longer the better. I usually advise to keep holding as long as you feel you are getting something out of it, at a minimum, but some symptoms can be long term and long holds usually help these.

sg, I'm still holding after three months after Gigantic cut (well two Gigantic cuts in ten months both overnight cuts)  and I'm starting to feel some symptoms coming back that went away for awhile. I'm a lot better of course than right after cut but some symptoms coming back. However having lots of life stressor s that are one after another. Terrified of the infamous tolerance withdrawal. Is this normal for the symptoms to be coming back after they've abated a bit? It's a little over three months since last cut and my life problems causing me a ton of stress, could these major stressor s bring symptoms back?  Scared of tolerance  :'( thank you

 

What gets me about the fear of tolerance withdrawal is it makes you do exactly the the thing that common sense tells us not to do.  Time is your friend.  All I can say is for you to go to the Long Hold thread and see what others are experiencing.  I believe you will find that symptoms come and go, but that the overall trend is to eventually heal.  It is the way symptoms are.  Three months really is not that long to hold.

thank sg. I do go to long hold. The part of my brain that is still rational tells me don't continue like this, you're still catching up. But the benzo brain says otherwise. The fear of tolerance withdrawal makes the symptoms worse so like a vicious cycle.  Thank you.

[[ho...]]

 

What gets me about the fear of tolerance withdrawal is it makes you do exactly the the thing that common sense tells us not to do.  Time is your friend.  All I can say is for you to go to the Long Hold thread and see what others are experiencing.  I believe you will find that symptoms come and go, but that the overall trend is to eventually heal.  It is the way symptoms are.  Three months really is not that long to hold.

 

:thumbsup:

 

...and I would have amended that to say "...the irrational fear of tolerance withdrawal...." and included this tidbit from Colin:

 

 

We should point out that only a small number of people develop Relative Withdrawal symptoms. 

 

http://www.benzobuddies.org/benzodiazepine-information/tolerance-and-dependency/

yes I've read that. Thank you builder.

[[Su...]]

The longer the better. I usually advise to keep holding as long as you feel you are getting something out of it, at a minimum, but some symptoms can be long term and long holds usually help these.

 

I agree