Encouragement

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Hi there,

 

Was hoping to get some encouragement.. I'm down to 5mg now and have had a few days where I haven't felt like death.. am wondering if I've been through the worst of it and the remaining 5mg will be a whole lot easier? It has been hell so far..

 

Thanks in advance for replies.. .

Cheers

Rory

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Wow - more than 50% of the way down. Pat yourself on the back for that.

 

Could very well be that you are past the worst part. I feel the same in my taper that the early cuts were more painful than the most recent ones. That of course can change but positive attitude and momentum can be key factors in accepting and managing any w/d symptoms. I hope that is the way it is going to work for you.

 

 

 

 

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Just wanted to chime in. Though our benzo is different (mine was Ativan). I have been off almost 7 weeks now. I wanted to give you something possibly positive. I was on almost 2.25 mgs of Ativan. Withdrawal was unbearable, and I felt hopeless. I tapered it over 17 weeks and was told many times it was too fast, but I forged forward anyway. I had unbearable symptoms that drove me to specialist after specialist giving me health anxiety, mental symptoms..all unbearable. But, when I reached .125mg, I began improving. First good sleep returned on a routine basis. When I tapered to my last bit at .0625 I was no worse. I slid off. And my acute was way easier than my taper. I had headaches off and on for about a month (now only about one or two week), random muscle twitches, sleep was between 5-6 hours, broken in a few hour increments (now 6-7 hours with the occasional night where I am up a few hours) depression and anxiety comes in the form of attacks a few times a week, lasting any where from an hour or two, maybe more, but fade. By far the worst is the tinnitus I developed from my first cold turkey that goes 24/7. Ironically it is slowly improving. I have one or two days a week where it is quieter than normal. That gives me hope it will fade to quiet eventually.

I don't say this to gloat. I don't want to do that to anyone. I understand reaching for any hope that there might be in tapering, searching.

What I want to say is that I expected the worst in my last of my taper and acute, and it didn't happen. Have hope, you might be one of us that does have an easier time!! Keep forging ahead!