changing and new symptoms

[[ha...]]

I've been benzo free for almost 8 weeks. Was on for 5 weeks, then did rapid taper (5 days). I experienced surprisingly intense withdrawal symptoms for such a short time on. I feel a lot better (waves and windows have pretty much stopped), but I started having heart palpitations almost 2 weeks ago and they haven't gone away. They usually let up in the evening, and I am sleeping okay with the help of melatonin. It's just weird how the palpitations seem to have come from nowhere, and are not going away. Any advice would be helpful.

[[li...]]

It is completely normal to have different withdrawal symptoms come and go throughout the healing process. During my taper I had a lot of heart palpitations, haven't really had any the last 2 months.

[[ha...]]

Thanks for your response. It's comforting to know that what I'm experiencing is "normal." I have gone through benzo withdrawal two times in the past (symptoms only lasted a month), but this occasion is different (not as intense, but longer lasting). This garbage is so unpredictable.

[[do...]]

I still wouldn't take any chances when it comes to the heart. If you haven't had a check up in a while, perhaps you should make one?