Looking for Buddies - LT High dose Xanax direct taper 1/2 way there!

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Debbie,

 

Ginger seems to calm things down. Hope it works for you too.  Using a heating pad too..

 

Laurie so glad the ginger helps you...hope the heating pad helps too.

Praying you feel better soon.

 

Love and hugs❤

 

 

 

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Laurie and Debbie - I hope you are both feeling better!  When your stomach hurts, it just makes for a rough time.  Mine is hurting but not too bad!  It seems to be worse in the mornings and is a little better by around 4pm. 

 

I am waiting to see how much of the storm we get.  I hope it does not hit us!  We are 1 mile off the ocean so I am hoping it is not too bad!

 

I am going to turn the computer off now just in case.

 

Have a better night and a good day tomorrow!

 

Love and hugs,

Julia 

 

 

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Laurie and Debbie - I hope you are both feeling better!  When your stomach hurts, it just makes for a rough time.  Mine is hurting but not too bad!  It seems to be worse in the mornings and is a little better by around 4pm. 

 

I am waiting to see how much of the storm we get.  I hope it does not hit us!  We are 1 mile off the ocean so I am hoping it is not too bad!

 

I am going to turn the computer off now just in case.

 

Have a better night and a good day tomorrow!

 

Love and hugs,

Julia 

 

Julia, yes when stomach issues are going on it just makes you feel bad all over.  Mine was better the past 2 days but having some issues today.  Its good that you get relief in the evenings.  At one point I thought oh if the anxiety would ease up I could handle anything else...Ha!... boy was I fooling myself. 

 

I sure hope you don't get any of that storm.  My granddaughter is vacationing in Florida with friends they are due to fly out in the morning I'm praying there aren't any problems.  I believe she is far enough away that there shouldn't be.

 

Let us know you are ok if you can tomorrow.

 

Love and hugs❤

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Mary that was beautiful!  Thank you. ❤

 

I am so glad you had a wonderful day praying many more for you.

 

 

Thank you!  Praying for better days for you and for relief for your tummy!

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Mary,

 

This was such a nice post!  Thank you for the encouraging words!  You are so low you will be walking off soon!

 

Gastritis is hitting me hard tonight.  Drinking ginger and hoping it passes.  Stay strong ladies!!

 

Thank you! Thinking of you and praying your tummy trouble let’s up soon! I feel so bad for you! 

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Julia,

Let us know how you are with the storm please. Stay safe! Thinking of you guys!

 

Love,

Mary 

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Good morning everyone, sleep was horrible.  My stomach is still bad.  Is it possible this could be SIBO?  Many have stated they had this while tapering.  As painful as it is, I don’t think I could tolerate an antibiotic at this point.

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Cut off the tip of my finger last night. ER, removed what was left of my fingernail, stitched me up. on cephalexin, a few 5mg oxy's. specialist tomorrow morning. I am totally out of it. just checking in.

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Laurie I wish I could help.  The only thing I know about SIBO is that my daughter suffered from it when she was a child.  Of course they gave her antibiotics.  I first took her to a neprapath he actually diagnosed her with SIBO but his method of treatment would have taken 3 months to get results and I was desperate for her to get well fast.

I'm sorry your stomach isn't getting better.

 

❤❤❤

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Cut off the tip of my finger last night. ER, removed what was left of my fingernail, stitched me up. on cephalexin, a few 5mg oxy's. specialist tomorrow morning. I am totally out of it. just checking in.

 

Oh my gosh Baddove I am so sorry!  Praying it heals quickly and without the specialist having to intervene.

 

❤❤❤

 

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SS, I am so sorry about your stomach issues. I pray that you get better fast.

BD, OMG! I hope you're OK. I hope it isn't too severe and you heal up quickly. thank you for checking on

Mary, I hope today is another banner day for you since yesterday was so nice.

Julia, Praying your WD is ow symptoms and that you are safe and well

Debbie, I hope you're healing every day and that your symptoms are low. You are always in my prayers.

MB, I hope you are doing OK. I don't see an update as of late.

 

I actually slept a few hours last night so I am very grateful for that. I am doing OK on my cut and planning to cut again tomorrow at noon (one week) as long as I can handle it.

 

Praying you all have the best Thursday you can have,

HM

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Laurie and Debbie - I hope you are both feeling better!  When your stomach hurts, it just makes for a rough time.  Mine is hurting but not too bad!  It seems to be worse in the mornings and is a little better by around 4pm. 

 

I am waiting to see how much of the storm we get.  I hope it does not hit us!  We are 1 mile off the ocean so I am hoping it is not too bad!

 

I am going to turn the computer off now just in case.

 

Have a better night and a good day tomorrow!

 

Love and hugs,

Julia 

 

Julia, yes when stomach issues are going on it just makes you feel bad all over.  Mine was better the past 2 days but having some issues today.  Its good that you get relief in the evenings.  At one point I thought oh if the anxiety would ease up I could handle anything else...Ha!... boy was I fooling myself. 

 

I sure hope you don't get any of that storm.  My granddaughter is vacationing in Florida with friends they are due to fly out in the morning I'm praying there aren't any problems.  I believe she is far enough away that there shouldn't be.

 

Let us know you are ok if you can tomorrow.

 

Love and hugs❤

 

Hi Debbie,

We are safe.  It was an extremely rough night.  The wind and rain and warnings of tornado's were scary and I did not get any sleep until around 8:30 this morning and then I slept until 12:30 and made myself get up.  I had to get up to take my meds so I would not be dealing with interdose WD at 10 and took my 2nd dose when I got up at 12:30.

 

I hope your daughter did not have any issues leaving Florida this morning!  Prayers!

 

I have said the same thing about other symptoms through this taper - If I could just get rid of this I can handle anything else - And I feel the same as you - Oh no - that is not true - I can not tolerate alot of the WD very well.

 

I hope your stomach is better today!

 

Love and hugs,

Julia 

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Julia,

Let us know how you are with the storm please. Stay safe! Thinking of you guys!

 

Love,

Mary 

 

Hi Mary - Thank you!  We are fine!  Got no sleep due to high winds, rains and tornado warnings but am ok.  Will taking a nap this afternoon.  lol  It is amazing how not getting sleep makes you feel like crap.  I hope you are doing well. 

 

Love you,

Julia 

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Good morning everyone, sleep was horrible.  My stomach is still bad.  Is it possible this could be SIBO?  Many have stated they had this while tapering.  As painful as it is, I don’t think I could tolerate an antibiotic at this point.

 

Laurie - So sorry you are still having stomach problems.  I do not know if it could be SIBO but I do know that sometimes my stomach hurts so bad that I have to hold on to my stomach and I have to lay down with it.  I know you do not want to go to the doctor but it may be a good thing to do to just make sure it is not WD.  It really sucks when you are dealing with pain and do not know for sure what it is.

 

I will keep praying for you to get better.

 

Love,

Julia 

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Cut off the tip of my finger last night. ER, removed what was left of my fingernail, stitched me up. on cephalexin, a few 5mg oxy's. specialist tomorrow morning. I am totally out of it. just checking in.

Baddove - Darn - sorry that happened to you!  I hope you feel better.  Sounds like a very rough night.  I hope the specialist can help you feel better!  We are thinking of you!

 

Love and prayers and hugs,

Julia 

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SS, I am so sorry about your stomach issues. I pray that you get better fast.

BD, OMG! I hope you're OK. I hope it isn't too severe and you heal up quickly. thank you for checking on

Mary, I hope today is another banner day for you since yesterday was so nice.

Julia, Praying your WD is ow symptoms and that you are safe and well

Debbie, I hope you're healing every day and that your symptoms are low. You are always in my prayers.

MB, I hope you are doing OK. I don't see an update as of late.

 

I actually slept a few hours last night so I am very grateful for that. I am doing OK on my cut and planning to cut again tomorrow at noon (one week) as long as I can handle it.

 

Praying you all have the best Thursday you can have,

HM

 

Thank you HM - I am so glad you slept for a few hours last night!  I am glad you are doing well with your cut and hope tomorrows cut goes well too! 

 

Take care.

 

Prayers and hugs to you too,

Julia 

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Thanks Julia, it seems a bit better right now.  I am going to eat light and see if it subsides.  It sounds like yours may be worse than mine!  I hope you are better.

 

Holding your cut?  Where are you now 95 percent?

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Thanks Julia, it seems a bit better right now.  I am going to eat light and see if it subsides.  It sounds like yours may be worse than mine!  I hope you are better.

 

Holding your cut?  Where are you now 95 percent?

 

Hi Laurie - I am so glad it is better for you!  My stomach is hurting pretty bad but I am hoping once I eat supper shortly, it will ease up.  Sometimes it does and sometimes it does not.  I have not eaten much today since I got up late so it will probably help.

 

I am at .5 and have been for 19 days.  I am planning to make a small cut Sunday.  Right now I am down 87%.  Seems like the 13% I have left will be difficult.  Hoping for the best!!!

 

Take care.

Julia 

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Laurie and Debbie - I hope you are both feeling better!  When your stomach hurts, it just makes for a rough time.  Mine is hurting but not too bad!  It seems to be worse in the mornings and is a little better by around 4pm. 

 

I am waiting to see how much of the storm we get.  I hope it does not hit us!  We are 1 mile off the ocean so I am hoping it is not too bad!

 

I am going to turn the computer off now just in case.

 

Have a better night and a good day tomorrow!

 

Love and hugs,

Julia 

 

Julia, yes when stomach issues are going on it just makes you feel bad all over.  Mine was better the past 2 days but having some issues today.  Its good that you get relief in the evenings.  At one point I thought oh if the anxiety would ease up I could handle anything else...Ha!... boy was I fooling myself. 

 

I sure hope you don't get any of that storm.  My granddaughter is vacationing in Florida with friends they are due to fly out in the morning I'm praying there aren't any problems.  I believe she is far enough away that there shouldn't be.

 

Let us know you are ok if you can tomorrow.

 

Love and hugs❤

 

Hi Debbie,

We are safe.  It was an extremely rough night.  The wind and rain and warnings of tornado's were scary and I did not get any sleep until around 8:30 this morning and then I slept until 12:30 and made myself get up.  I had to get up to take my meds so I would not be dealing with interdose WD at 10 and took my 2nd dose when I got up at 12:30.

 

I hope your daughter did not have any issues leaving Florida this morning!  Prayers!

 

I have said the same thing about other symptoms through this taper - If I could just get rid of this I can handle anything else - And I feel the same as you - Oh no - that is not true - I can not tolerate alot of the WD very well.

 

I hope your stomach is better today!

 

Love and hugs,

Julia 

 

Julia so glad ya'll are safe.  I'm sure it was very scary hope you got a nap this afternoon.

 

Granddaughter got home safe and sound.

 

We had to take care of a few things at moms last night so today my stomach has not been good.  I really wish I could control my nerves better.

 

Hope you have a good evening.

 

Hugs❤

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Laurie so glad your stomach is feeling a little better.

 

HM so glad you got some sleep and your taper is doing better

 

My anxiety and stomach is acting up today hoping I'll feel better this evening.

 

Hugs❤

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Debbie,

 

Hang in there, I’m sorry you are still suffering. This week is almost behind us….

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Debbie,

 

Hang in there, I’m sorry you are still suffering. This week is almost behind us….

 

Laurie,

Thank you.  I hope your stomach gets better.

Yes thank goodness hope the weekend is better for all!

 

Hugs❤

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Laurie and Debbie - I hope you are both feeling better!  When your stomach hurts, it just makes for a rough time.  Mine is hurting but not too bad!  It seems to be worse in the mornings and is a little better by around 4pm. 

 

I am waiting to see how much of the storm we get.  I hope it does not hit us!  We are 1 mile off the ocean so I am hoping it is not too bad!

 

I am going to turn the computer off now just in case.

 

Have a better night and a good day tomorrow!

 

Love and hugs,

Julia 

 

Julia, yes when stomach issues are going on it just makes you feel bad all over.  Mine was better the past 2 days but having some issues today.  Its good that you get relief in the evenings.  At one point I thought oh if the anxiety would ease up I could handle anything else...Ha!... boy was I fooling myself. 

 

I sure hope you don't get any of that storm.  My granddaughter is vacationing in Florida with friends they are due to fly out in the morning I'm praying there aren't any problems.  I believe she is far enough away that there shouldn't be.

 

Let us know you are ok if you can tomorrow.

 

Love and hugs❤

 

Hi Debbie,

We are safe.  It was an extremely rough night.  The wind and rain and warnings of tornado's were scary and I did not get any sleep until around 8:30 this morning and then I slept until 12:30 and made myself get up.  I had to get up to take my meds so I would not be dealing with interdose WD at 10 and took my 2nd dose when I got up at 12:30.

 

I hope your daughter did not have any issues leaving Florida this morning!  Prayers!

 

I have said the same thing about other symptoms through this taper - If I could just get rid of this I can handle anything else - And I feel the same as you - Oh no - that is not true - I can not tolerate alot of the WD very well.

 

I hope your stomach is better today!

 

Love and hugs,

Julia 

 

Julia so glad ya'll are safe.  I'm sure it was very scary hope you got a nap this afternoon.

 

Granddaughter got home safe and sound.

 

We had to take care of a few things at moms last night so today my stomach has not been good.  I really wish I could control my nerves better.

 

Hope you have a good evening.

 

Hugs❤

 

Debbie - Thank you, yes it was scary and did not do anything for my anxiety about storms.  I took about a 45 minute nap and then did not sleep well last night.

 

I am so glad your granddaughter got home safe. 

 

I am hoping your stomach is better today!  I am sure being at your Mom's made it hard for you! 

 

I am hoping we all have a better day!

 

Love,

Julia  :smitten:

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Hi everyone,

 

I hope you all are having a better day!  I am hanging in there.  Not much sleep and stomach and off balance still.  I know it will get better.  Alot of emotional stuff this past week so that makes a difference.  It will get better soon.

 

As Laurie pointed out - one more week behind us!  Thank goodness.

 

Have a good day!

 

Love,

Julia 

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Hello buddies,

 

Happy Friday! I will do a cut today at noon and I hope it goes well. I am waiting for the pin to drop as I get lower in dose. Maybe I'll get lucky. My sleep was typical last night. I got a couple/few hours and the rest was, exactly that 'rest'. I dreamed, though, and feel like the sleep I did get was quality.

 

My GAD is mild right now. Let's hope it doesn't kick in anymore today.

 

Take care, everyone,

 

HM