Do most people in benzo w/d experience depression?

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Anyone who's been here a while - is depression a common symptom in w/d?  If so, does it come and go? 

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Mine comes and goes.  Its getting to be a pattern.  Depression, body aches the next day.  It seems like when I have the depression I have hardly any WD pain.  I can tell when the depression is coming.  My eyes look like my Dad's did when he had a stroke.  Kind of startled looking.  Then the depression hits.  Lasts about a day and into the next.  then I just come out of it.

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Without a doubt and it varies from person to person,ie the personality of the individual,length of time on the drug,but everyone will suffer with depression.

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Yes, this is pretty common.

 

Apathy is also quite common too.

 

TC

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Yes, this is pretty common.

 

Apathy is also quite common too.

 

TC

 

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Thanks for responding.  I have never really felt depression before.  I think about 3 weeks into being benzo free I started having episodes of depression.  At first they were awful and would last a day or two.  I had feelings that my life was just dreadful - even though deep down I knew my life was good - very strange.  I have had a few more episodes and it seems they are getting less intense and shorter in duration - Thank God.  I pray I never feel like that again!

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Not too long after I quit the Xanax, I got hit with a horrible wave of depression -- I have never in my life felt so sad and depressed.  I remember it came on so incredibly strong.  I could actually feel my heart aching.  It was some hardcore mourning and I felt utterly hopeless.  I spent quite a bit of time just sobbing...this after not being able to shed a single tear for quite some time.  It lasted a number of days.  After that, in the earlier months, I was hit a few times like that, but just for a day here or there, or sometimes even for a few hours.  Since then, I've had ongoing depression, but it's never been quite to the degree it was in the beginning.

 

Definitely a terrible feeling!  Glad to hear your bouts with it are getting less intense and shorter in duration.