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I'm at 5 months off after a 2 year taper from 14 years of 3mg of klonopin and still having very serious issues both psysically and mentally. Im terrified about my future and starting to worry if I'm going to be stuck this way. I don't know what to do anymore I just feel so completely out of it. I have dizzy spells that almost knock me to my feet. I have constant head pressure that never goes away. My iq has dropped significantly I have trouble comprehending simple sentences and performing daily task. My memory is completely shot, both short term and long. I also feel like I am in a different world or dimension it's kind of scary. My time perception is off as well. It wasnt this bad tapering. Im at a loss. Has anyone else felt like this month's after a long taper? I'm just desperate.
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I'm at 5 months off after a 2 year taper from 14 years of 3mg of klonopin and still having very serious issues both psysically and mentally. Im terrified about my future and starting to worry if I'm going to be stuck this way. I don't know what to do anymore I just feel so completely out of it. I have dizzy spells that almost knock me to my feet. I have constant head pressure that never goes away. My iq has dropped significantly I have trouble comprehending simple sentences and performing daily task. My memory is completely shot, both short term and long. I also feel like I am in a different world or dimension it's kind of scary. My time perception is off as well. It wasnt this bad tapering. Im at a loss. Has anyone else felt like this month's after a long taper? I'm just desperate.

 

I have and still having the same symptoms you just described. But as 11.5 months out, I am starting to see small improvement. A few things that have helped me are : walking 5 days per week, eating healthy ( mostly veggies and fruits, low on carb, protein, less sugar), meditation daily morning and night for an hr., sleep early and enough hours, low stress environment, benzo buddies.

 

The dizzy spells have improve quite a bit, since this month, still hit me occasionally but very mild. I still have anxiety but less intense. Oh and the head pressure still bad for me but I think it has to do with intrusive thoughts. I'm doing meditation so in time it should calm the intrusive thoughts and will be less head pressure. dp and dr is getting better too. What im struggling must is cognitive abilities with memory, intrusive thoughts, etc. but I find some days they are better too.

 

Five months still very early, I have learned as hard as it is , if you can accept it as much as possible, things will get better.

 

Tracy

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Yea I had that around 5 mos. the 4 months since have been steady improvement.  If I remember, the fifth month was a bitch. I think statistically 5 and 6 are ruff for most. Push ahead
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It took me well over a year after I jumped to start to feel better.

 

Everyone is different but I think Klonopin is powerful for causing withdrawal syndrome.

 

I wish you well and remember that you will recover from this. This is a fact because I was there and it does end.

 

Anne

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this month (month 5 ) has been very difficult. Dizzy, anxiety, head pressure are with me daily. My brain says it will never heal. But I know that is a lie. Too many people on here have healed so I am gonna hang on till I do.

 

 

I'm at 5 months off after a 2 year taper from 14 years of 3mg of klonopin and still having very serious issues both psysically and mentally. Im terrified about my future and starting to worry if I'm going to be stuck this way. I don't know what to do anymore I just feel so completely out of it. I have dizzy spells that almost knock me to my feet. I have constant head pressure that never goes away. My iq has dropped significantly I have trouble comprehending simple sentences and performing daily task. My memory is completely shot, both short term and long. I also feel like I am in a different world or dimension it's kind of scary. My time perception is off as well. It wasnt this bad tapering. Im at a loss. Has anyone else felt like this month's after a long taper? I'm just desperate.

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YES - I had all that from past tapers/jumps and I've got it again NOW. My time perception is COMPLETELY off now. Minutes seem like hours, but also the reverse. I'll start to focus on something at work, look up and it's 2 hours later. WTH.

 

Anyway, it does improve once are off and you are not stuck that way forever.

 

 

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I'm at 5 months off after a 2 year taper from 14 years of 3mg of klonopin and still having very serious issues both psysically and mentally. Im terrified about my future and starting to worry if I'm going to be stuck this way. I don't know what to do anymore I just feel so completely out of it. I have dizzy spells that almost knock me to my feet. I have constant head pressure that never goes away. My iq has dropped significantly I have trouble comprehending simple sentences and performing daily task. My memory is completely shot, both short term and long. I also feel like I am in a different world or dimension it's kind of scary. My time perception is off as well. It wasnt this bad tapering. Im at a loss. Has anyone else felt like this month's after a long taper? I'm just desperate.

 

Hello americanguy00,

 

I tapered from a much lower dose of clonazepam with a crossover to diazepam.  At 5 months off, I was experiencing the same things that you are experiencing. In fact, the dizzy boaty feeling showed up at 4 months off!!  I continued to teach piano, but my teaching suffered. I was mostly on auto pilot, there was no creativity at all.  Sometimes I couldn't even drink a sip of water without it dribbling down my chin.  Ugh....

 

This can be a tough period, but it won't last.  While the dizziness lasted for several months, it started to ease up little by little. It eventually went away completely.

 

My brain started to show up when I was close to a year off, what a treat, I could actually think again and process information.

 

Distract and accept, that is what I did.  I spent every hour of every day finding some type of distraction from the symptoms.  Although I yelled at my symptoms more than a few times, I also needed to accept that this recovery would take as along as it would take. 

 

This is temporary, you'll see an easing up.  It's well worth waiting for!

 

pianogirl  :smitten:

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